Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook Paperback: Amazon.ca: Annie Patterson, Peter Blood: Books

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"Singing improves the quality of life, making us feel better, stronger, wiser. Here are several hundred songs to get started on!" --Holly Near, author, "Fire in the Rain
--This text refers to the Spiral-bound edition.

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Lyrics and guitar chords for nearly 1,200 songs are arranged in a compact, easy-to-use format in this comprehensive collection. Folk revival favorites; Broadway show tunes; Beatles songs; hymns, spirituals, and gospel standards; songs about peace, freedom, labor, and the environment; and chanteys are among the songs included. This revised and retypeset version of the enormously popular group singing songbook makes this essential resource easier to read and use than ever before.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Pity I trusted the reviews, July 11 2003

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Stringbeanie "guitrchick" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook (Spiral-bound)

Too bad that I believed the good reviews of this book. I purchased it so that I could play guitar (the editorial review stated that it had guitar chords in an easy-to-use format) along with the songs. I have never seen a more poorly laid out book to try to play guitar to in my life! Confusing doesn't begin to describe it.
Take a look at the sample pages 3-29 (I wish I had), that is exactly how the material is presented. In my opinion, a terrible waste of money.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource for the Occupy Movement, Mar 27 2012

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Dianave - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rise Up Singing (Spiral-bound)

This book contains all kinds of great songs we can sing at demonstrations.

Singing is one of the most empowering and inspiring activities we can engage in as a group, and this book contains the songs we need for our movement!

I highly recommend this book to all progressive musicians.

Let's sing on the streets!

Diana van Eyk
Nelson, BC Canada
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5.0 out of 5 stars simply the best, Dec 6 2009

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I bought 3 copies of this book a few years ago and have given them all away so now I have bought another one for myself. I love this book, every song that means anything to me seem to be in this book. I thought maybe it was my age, 61, but visiting my 36 year old son and seeing him use it all the time made me realize it truly is a family, friend sing along book, simply the best.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great campfire book
I had a couple "gigs" lined up to play at campfires for kids, family, etc. Though I am reasonably accomplished and play guitar in a band - I had no suitable material... Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars Not all to everyone but I *love* it.
With knowledge of most basic chords and a fondness for folky music (traditional & revival + related - old English/Irish, spirituals, 60s-70s pop) I'll page through for hours... Read more

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