The Contemporary Singer - 2nd Edition | Vocal Technique Book with Online Audio | Complete Voice Training for Beginners to Advanced Singers | Berklee ... for Students and Performers

by Anne Peckham

This easy guitar songbook is designed for players who want to enjoy and master the timeless hits of The Eagles. Ideal for beginners, intermediate players, teachers, and classic rock fans, it can be used for lessons, home practice, or performances. This collection is a beginner-friendly sheet music book that makes learning fun, accessible, and musically enriching.

Inside this updated edition, you'll find 18 classic rock songs arranged for easy guitar with accurate notes, tablature, chord symbols, and full lyrics. Each song features clear notation and chord diagrams, making it simple to follow along and play. This is a valuable music teacher resource and a great practice tool for anyone improving rhythm, reading, and performance skills.

The arrangements help build confidence and technique through familiar songs that inspire consistent practice. Every page is professionally laid out for smooth playability, ensuring that learning is enjoyable and rewarding. Its also a thoughtful gift choice for guitar students, music lovers, and fans of The Eagles looking to expand their repertoire.

Full Song List
After The Thrill Is Gone * Already Gone * Best Of My Love * Desperado * Heartache Tonight * Hotel California * I Can't Tell You Why * Life In The Fast Lane * The Long Run * Lyin' Eyes * New Kid In Town * One Of These Nights * Peaceful Easy Feeling * Take It Easy * Take It To The Limit * Tequila Sunrise * Witchy Woman * You Never Cry Like A Lover

A thoughtful gift for any music lover. Perfect for home learning, lessons, or performances, this easy guitar collection brings the spirit of The Eagles to life. Trusted by teachers and loved by students, its an essential addition to any guitarists library and a source of timeless inspiration.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction, How To

208 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2000

Reviews

[Robinson Crusoe]

This guide was essentially like having a vocal coach at home, in varying degrees. The book explores the biological mechanics of vocal technique, helping the aspiring singer grow increasingly aware of their body, presence, and also the psychological effects on the body, impacting overall performance. The supplementary CD offers vocal warmups for all ranges, as well as additional exercises, for increasing one's range, and overall improvement of performance. A multidimensional, indispensible tool for singers at every level of experience.

[John Burns]

I've now read 4 singing books and this was probably the least useful of them all. Like most singing books it is written in a fairly economical and dry manner which introduces you to the fundamental elements of singing technique.
I think the problem with this book is that it is really intended as a kind of workbook for assisting teachers and students on vocal courses, not as a "teach yourself to sing" type of guide. There simply isn't enough information in this very sparsely written book for it to be of any use whatsoever to the amateur singer who is not using it in conjunction with vocal tuition.
Will it help you to develop certain aspects of your technique with its list of useful exercises? Yeah probably. Will it take a mediocre amateur singer and single-handedly turn them into a good singer? No. I think not.
In fact the best aspect of this book is the exercises. The basic information about singing is so clipped and unhelpful that if you were thinking of getting this then you'd presumably be better off just buying the follow-up book Vocal Workouts for the Contemporary Singer. Buy that one instead of this. Or if you are an amateur singer who isn't receiving tuition, don't buy either but try Roger Love's Set Your Voice Free, which has been my favourite singing book so far.

[Goth Radio Hour]

Great book for vocal students and teachers alike. A lot of practical information from learning about the anatomy of your vocal cords to warmups and other how-to sections for both beginner and advanced vocalists.

[Neil]

There is some good information in this primer on singing and vocal performance, and some worthwhile exercises on the accompanying CD. That said, the exercises and the text are not very well integrated. Several full songs are used in the text of the book, but there is no sign of them on the CD. The same goes with graphics that demonstrate various vocal ranges. So unless you can accompany yourself or are using this book as part of professional voice lessons, you can skip those sections (and really, if you're paying the money for professional voice lessons, is this book that necessary?) I think I just talked myself out of another star. There's a potential good product here, but it isn't integrated very well, so it loses usefulness.

[The]

some decent, practical tips and exercises.