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Title: CAMPFIRE SONGS, 3rd Edition by Irene Maddox, Rosalyn Blankenship, Rosalyn Cobb ISBN: 0762703180 Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr Pub. Date: September, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75
Rating: 4
Summary: Good source book
Comment: I thought this book was quite good. I was pleased with the songs, and recommend it for all those who want to sing those old songs. Take it camping with you and your grand kids.
Rating: 5
Summary: Singing Praises!
Comment: What a WONDERFUL book!
I previewed this book on-line and was not disappointed. The pages shown are exactly what the rest of the book is like!
IT's great to have the music (although basic) and chords for many old songs that people 'assume' everyone knows.
This is a MUST for any Scout leader who wants to put a little sparkle in their program. It will truly expand your Pack/Troop song repetroire!
Rating: 5
Summary: Nice Size, Nice Selections
Comment: I really like this small size paperback. It has a super selection of over 100 songs divided into about a half dozen categories such as "Spirituals and Gospel Hymns", "American Folk Songs and Rounds", etc. Within the categories the songs are sorted by title. The folk melodies are represented by single sequential notes, with chords presented above the melody line. The chords are simple, and as presented allow plenty of time between chords changes making these songs particularly fun to play. The chords are generally ones that most guitarists would be familiar with although there are some, e.g., B-flat-7th, and F-sharp-7th, that may be slightly less familiar. The general form of the music resembles a 'fake book'. However, for me, the layout of this book makes it much more comfortable to use than most fake books I have seen.
However there are, in my judgement, some minor weaknesses with this book.. The binding appears to be glued in rather than sewn. Normally one would prefer to use a music book flat, with this book I would anticipate, perhaps incorrectly, that opening it flat might result in a split binding.
Although the simple melodies make it easy to play on either piano or guitar, the downside of this simplicity is that on an instrument such as a piano the songs do not have a 'full' sound. Also, the melodies for two of the first songs I looked at did not quite match in some respects the melodies for these songs as I remembered them. For example, for the song "He's got the Whole World in His Hands", the notes associated with the first "in his hands" lyrics are shown as:C-E-C, to my ears this should instead be C-D-C. I hope the authors read this review and re-check the melodies and post a review to let us know which, if any, do need correction.
Finally, the lyrics to the songs appear, in some instances, to be somewhat truncated. For example, the folk song Clementine is missing one of the verses I find most humorous.
My copy of this book, recently purchased, is shown as the third edition, I hope there is a fourth and that in the next edition the authors will double check the melodies and consider adding lyrics to songs where some may have been dropped. The price is really a bargain, but I hope the publishers will consider using a sewn binding, even if it means a slight increase in price; I would certainly be willing to pay the difference.
In spite of some minor shortcomings, I really liked the format, songs chosen, chord selections, and simple straight-forward melodies. The small size is particularly appealing; and I am considering getting a second copy to carry around and leave my original at home.
Its really is fun to use.
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Title: The American Song Treasury: 100 Favorites by Theodore Raph ISBN: 0486252221 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: April, 1989 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook by Peter Blood, Pete Seeger, Kore L. McWhirter ISBN: 0962670472 Publisher: Independent Publishers Group Pub. Date: 01 August, 1988 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: International Folk Songs: Paperback Songs: Melody Line, Chords and Lyrics for Keyboard, Guitar, Vocal (Paperback Songs Series) by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation ISBN: 0793573440 Publisher: Hal Leonard Pub. Date: February, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: A Little Book of Campfire Songs by Brian Denington ISBN: 0811808211 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: 500 Best-Loved Song Lyrics by Ronald Herder ISBN: 048629725X Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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