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Rush, Guitar-Tab Edition (Guitar Anthology Series)

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Author: Rus (Rush)
Brand: Alfred
Category: Book

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

6 reviews
Sales Rank: 563391

Media: Paperback
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 9 x 0.6

MPN: PG9530
Model: PG9530
ISBN: 0897249356
Dewey Decimal Number: 782
UPC: 029156185164
EAN: 9780897249355
ASIN: 0897249356

Publication Date: November 1, 1999
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Twenty titles from 11 albums. Includes: A Passage to Bangkok * Closer to the Heart * Cold Fire * Distant Early Warning * Dreamline * Freewill * New World Man * Red Barchetta * Red Sector A * Roll the Bones * The Spirit of the Radio * The Trees * Tom Sawyer * Working Man * YYZ * Xanadu.

Customer Reviews:

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A definite must-have for all prog rockers November 18, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful

I've always loved to play guitar as well as keyboard. This book was very satisfying and when you see the details and complexities of Alex Lifeson's riffs and solos, you realize how underrated he is. The tablature makes it very easy for anyone to learn, particularly for beginniners. My only real complaint is that the book really should have had at least 5 more songs or so. The book does include 20 of Rush's greatest hits, all of them worth learning, but you can't help noticing that songs like Cygnus X-1 and 2112 are missing. Don't get me wrong, this is still a great book, and it even transcribes most of the keyboard/synth and bass guitar parts for guitar, which can help you stay with the music. For Rush fans as well as prog rockers who want to challenge themselves, this book is a trip worth taking.

5 out of 5 stars

An excellent selection of some of Rush's best songs October 26, 2008
David J. Huber (New York, NY United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Not sure what one can really say about a tab book, other than that it seems to be accurately transcribed.

And for the person who doesn't want to buy tabs for every Rush song on every album, this is - in my opinion - a collection of what I find to my most favorite Rush songs. Not all of them, but there isn't anything in here that I don't like, either.

It's nice and thick, printed large enough that it's easy to see when it's on a music stand, and clearly presented.

5 out of 5 stars

All Aboard the Thailand Express! November 7, 2004
Doug (United States)
4 out of 8 found this review helpful

I saw Rush at the Chicago Ampitheater in 1981, for their 'Moving Pictures' tour. During the performance of 'Red Barchetta', at the break where there's that 'vroom-vroom' sound, on a giant on-stage screen there was displayed this cartoon footage of an undulating roadway. It was like, everyone in the audience became a Ferrari, dude.

Yeah, thinking back it was kinda' cheesy, but at the time it was all totally cool and really freaky.

So, do you know what 22,000 joints, bongs, pipes, and one-hitters sound like - as they're toked on all at once? Well, to paraphrase H. Ross Perot - it makes a giant sucking sound.

Alex Leifson is a premier and singular guitarist. The solo riffs on 'Working Man' sound like a chainsaw cutting through a block of ice. Way cool!

And this book fairly depicts what's going on. Although, a few of the chord voicings and phrasings aren't how I play. But, the key signatures and changes are there, as well as most of the notes. What's lacking, and rightly so as only play yields such secrets, are tips to things like wrist motion (loose) and fortitude (tight). Then of course there is the issue of phrasing. The solution? Practice! Experiment! Then practice some more!

The transcriptions in 'Anthology' are quite similar, if not exactly the same, as any other proper transcriptions I've ever seen published elsewhere.

4 out of 5 stars

good, but.... April 17, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful

I'm glad I got this book and can stop shuffling pages of printed amateur tab off the internet. However I do agree with the other reviewer that some of the fingerings indicated here seem to be inaccurate. I was watching the Tom Sawyer video from Rio and it's clear Alex is using different fingerings on the opening chords than indicated. Not a huge deal but a bit frustrating because one reason to buy these books is to play it "just like" your heroes. (To be fair, it may be that the book is an accurate rendition of studio versions and Alex changes his fingerings in concert for ease of play, lack of overdubbing etc...)Even with that quibble, any new or intermediate guitarist who likes Rush will like this book.

2 out of 5 stars

Rushed attempt at transcription April 29, 2002
12 out of 15 found this review helpful

The transcriptions in this book may provide one with the ability to play something that sounds something like the recordings, but are not completely accurate. Tones are missing. Fingerings are incorrect. One may argue that the musicial notation is somewhat accurate, but the tablature seems to indicate that it was produced only by translating the notes, not by listening to the recordings (e.g., by listening to the recording one could determine whether a note was played higher on a low string or lower on a higher string).
Pass on this book if you wish to play a Rush song exactly as recorded. Instead, look to back issues of guitar magazines (especially Guitar for the Practicing Musician, no longer in print).

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