Harvey Reid Books

Harvey Reid's Books

Harvey Reid has written a large number of unique and useful books, mostly about stringed-instrument fingerboards. Here are the descriptions & where to get them. They are generally available from Harvey's web store, at his performances, from Amazon, and many are in digital form on the iTunes bookstore.

TITLE	BOOK	DESCRIPTION	STATUS	YEAR
BOOKS TO READ
The Troubadour Chronicles A History, A Celebration and a Manifesto		A 530 page non-fiction paperback book; it is in-depth, fascinating, personal and hard-hitting. A must-read for songwriters and music fans alike. Harvey worked for 3 1/2 years researching, writing and editing this landmark book that will forever change how you look at American music. READ MORE	Available only on this web site and Amazon.com Now available as a Kindle digital book.	2020
The Wreck of the Isidore A Glimpse Into Maine's Hidden History		102 page premium quality hardback color book, with a 13-song CD included. Tells the story of this once-famous local shipwreck and how it illuminates the rich local history of Southern Maine. (Harvey wrote 4 songs relating to it that appear on this CD along with 9 other nautical themed instrumentals. READ MORE	available only on this web site and a few local stores	2009
TAB OF HARVEY'S MUSIC
Sleight of Hand Solo Guitar Arrangements for the Partial Capo		Instrumental guitar arrangements for the universal (Third Hand or Spider Capo) partial capo, mostly fingerstyle but a little flatpicking. TAB & standard notation. 14 of the arrangements can be done with an Esus 3-string capo. Revised and upgraded in 2011.	Suite: For the Duchess, Für Elise, Scarborough Fair, Minuet in Dm, Flowers of Edinburgh, Simple Gifts, Sally Goodin‘, Irish Washerwoman, Pavanne, Minuet in Dm, Red-Haired Boy, June Apple, Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring, Devil's Dream, Sally Goodin', Scherzo, Shenandoah, Greensleeves, Sailor's Hornpipe, Fisher's Hornpipe AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	1983 digital version for the iPad available on the iTunes bookstore NOW AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON
Capo Inventions Solo Guitar Music for the "Esus" 3-string Partial Capo		Instrumental guitar arrangements for the Esus partial capo/ with CD included / TAB and standard notation, with lots of explanations and tips. Intermediate to expert level.	AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON Skye Boat Song, Highwire Hornpipe, Windy Grave , Hard Times, The Unknown Soldier, Suite: For the Duchess, The Arkansas Traveler, The Minstrel Boy, Red in the Sky, Prelude to the Minstrel’s Dream, Norway Suite: Parts 1 & 2, Star Island Jig, Macallan’s Jig.	2006 digital version for the iPad available on the iTunes bookstore
CHORD BOOKS FOR GUITAR
The Troubadour Guitar Chord Book A Complete Library of Chords in Standard Tuning		The best, most complete and readable standard-tuning chord encyclopedia, it's an essential new reference tool and important book. Over 2900 open & closed-string voicings, optimized and selected for solo acoustic and troubadour-style guitarists. Other encyclopedias of chords are for jazz only.	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2013 digital version for the iPad available on the iTunes bookstore
The Big DADGAD Chord Book An In-Depth Exploration of DADGAD Guitar Tuning		Another Harvey Reid thorough, complete and detailed chord reference book. 2500 chords in DADGAD tuning, carefully mapped out in a clear & readable form, with the full fingerboard and every note of every chord shown. 137 pages packed with chords and helpful information & music theory.	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2014
The Liberty Tuning Chord Book Exploring An Extraordinary New Guitar Tuning		A simple new guitar environment that you can do with any guitar in as little as 5 seconds, that completely changes the whole game of fingering chords. Play almost any song with simple, geometric, 2-finger shapes. You need to combine a tiny change of your tuning with a special partial capo	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2014 digital version for the iPad available on the iTunes bookstore
The Big Book of Orkney TuningChords An In-Depth Exploration of CGDGCD Tuning		Orkney Tuning (CGDGCD) has become an exciting and popular new tuning, and this book is the most thorough, accurate and readable map of its chordal possibilities. Packed with clear explanations, and a ground-breaking section of ways to use partial capos.	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2015
CHORD BOOKS FOR BANJO, MANDOLINS & UKULELE
The Big Book of Octave Mandolin Chords An In-Depth Exploration of G-D-A-E Tuning		The G-D-A-E tuning mandolin fingerboard mapped and organized like never before, with clear explanations of theory and lots of tips from the master musician. Also includes 11 ingenious, never-published new ideas of how to use partial capos	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2015
The Big Book of Banjo Chords An In-Depth Exploration of 5-String Banjo G Tuning		Reid applies his fingerboard scrutiny to the 5-string banjo, and shows like never before how its fingerboard works. A wealth of information and fingerings and a must for any serious banjo player who plays in G tuning.	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2015
The Big Book of Baritone Ukulele Chords An In-Depth Exploration of DGBE Tuning		The most thorough chord book for the baritone uke. Includes some revolutionary new ideas on using partial capos.	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2015
The Big Book of Mandocello Chords An In-Depth Exploration of C-G-D-A Tuning		The C-G-D-A tuning fingerboard mapped like never before, with Reid's typical clarity and completeness. Also includes 11 ingenious, never-published new ideas of how to use partial capos	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2015
BOOKS FOR BEGINNERS
The Liberty Guitar Beginner's Book Play & Sing 30 Classic Folk Songs Instantly With Liberty FLIP Capos		Harvey Reid's discovery of Liberty Tuning completely changes the game for guitar beginners. This book shows kids or adults how you can play songs in 6 keys with just 2-finger chords. You need a full & partial capo with this book. Aunt Rhody, Hush Little Baby, Down In The Valley, London Bridge, Clementine, Rock My Soul, Skip To My Lou, Tom Dooley, She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain, Old Macdonald, Joshua Fit De Battle, Sinner Man, House of the Rising Sun, Happy Birthday, This Old Man, Streets Of Laredo, Red River Valley, Sloop John B, Amazing Grace, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Angels We Have Heard On High, Deck the Halls, Auld Lang Syne, Shenandoah, Oh Susannah, Michael Row the Boat Ashore, Worried Man, Silent Night, Little Liza Jane, Billy Boy, Camptown Races	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2015
The Liberty Guitar Method An Exciting Breakthrough In Beginning Guitar		Using the partial capo for beginning guitar. Ground-breaking ways to greatly simplify guitar chord fingerings to allow children, adult bginners and people with special needs to play full-sounding chords and 3-chord songs right away. Beginners can now play 16 iconic songs from Bob Dylan, Chuck Berry, Beatles, Woody Guthrie, Hank WIlliams, John Prine, Johnny Cash, Adele and others. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall (Dylan), Hush Little Baby (Trad.), The Cuckoo (Trad.), This Land Is Your Land (Guthrie), Amazing Grace (Trad.), Folsom Prison Blues (Cash), Your Cheating Heart (Williams), Let It Be (Lennon/McCartney), Angel from Montgomery (Prine), Maybellene (Berry), Imagine (Lennon), The Wedding Song (Stookey), Someone Like You (Atkins/Wilson), House of the Rising Sun (Trad.)	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON digital version available for the iPad on the iTunes bookstore	2013 digital version for the iPad available on the iTunes bookstore
The Song Train 56 Great 2-Chord Songs Anyone Can Play		Technically, it is a 4-CD boxed set recording, but it has a beautiful, 80-page hardback book and is a must for any beginning guitar player - filled with valuable information for anyone starting out in music. For adults or older children. Roving Gambler (Trad.), Handsome Molly (Trad.), Oh Death (Trad.), Kentucky (Kurt Davis), Rock Island Line (Huddie Ledbetter/John Lomax), You Never CanTell (Chuck Berry), Tijuana (J. J. Cale), My Old Home on the Green Mountain Side (Norman Blake), Defying Gravity (Jesse Winchester), Clyde (J. J. Cale), John Henry (Trad.), Old Blue (Trad.), When Your Troubles Are Like Mine (Trad.), Jambalaya (Hank Williams), Feelin’ Alright (Dave Mason), Jack O’ Diamonds Blues (Trad.), Pistol Packing Mama (Al Dexter), Waltz Across Texas (Q.Tubb), Little Maggie (Trad.), Bound for the Promised Land (Trad.), Ode to the E Chord (Harvey Reid), Tulsa Time (Danny Flowers), Honky Tonkin’ (Hank Williams), My Horses Ain’t Hungry (Trad.), Memphis (Chuck Berry), Changed the Locks (Lucinda Williams), Sinner Man (Trad.), I Love You A Thousand Ways (Lefty Frizzell), Moonshiner’s Blues (Harvey Reid), Tombstone Blues (Bob Dylan), Baby Please Don’t Go (Big Joe Williams), Miner’s Refrain (Gillian Welch/David Rawlings), Buffalo Skinners (Trad.), Simple Gifts (Trad.), ShakeYour Hips (Slim Harpo), Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down (Merle Haggard), The Cuckoo (Trad.), Rye Whiskey (Trad.), I’ll Go Stepping Too (Jerry Organ/Tom James), Willie Seton (Tom Paxton), Joshua Fit the Battle (Trad.), Tom Dooley (Trad./ arr Proffitt/Lomax/Warner), Black Jack Davy (Trad.), Far End of Summer (David Francey), Bright Morning Stars (Trad.), Willie Moore (Trad.), Well Well Well (Bob Dylan/Danny O’Keefe), Ramblin’ Man (Hank Williams), Pastures of Plenty (Woody Guthrie), Wild Bill Jones (Trad.), Single Girl, Married Girl (Trad.) 108, A-11 (Hank Cochran), Old Man at the Mill (Trad.), The Hills of Roane County (Trad.), Little Birdie (Trad.), Where the Soul Never Dies (Trad.)	still in print / available on this web site or at www.songtrain.net AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2007
The "Liberty" Song Train How to Play All 56 Song Train Songs With 2-Finger Chords		Play all 56 songs in the same key it was done in the Song Train (and sometimes it shows you how to play it in other keys) using just the amazing 2-finger Liberty Tuning chords. Beginner guitar paradise... Roving Gambler (Trad.), Handsome Molly (Trad.), Oh Death (Trad.), Kentucky (Kurt Davis), Rock Island Line (Huddie Ledbetter/John Lomax), You Never CanTell (Chuck Berry), Tijuana (J. J. Cale), My Old Home on the Green Mountain Side (Norman Blake), Defying Gravity (Jesse Winchester), Clyde (J. J. Cale), John Henry (Trad.), Old Blue (Trad.), When Your Troubles Are Like Mine (Trad.), Jambalaya (Hank Williams), Feelin’ Alright (Dave Mason), Jack O’ Diamonds Blues (Trad.), Pistol Packing Mama (Al Dexter), Waltz Across Texas (Q.Tubb), Little Maggie (Trad.), Bound for the Promised Land (Trad.), Ode to the E Chord (Harvey Reid), Tulsa Time (Danny Flowers), Honky Tonkin’ (Hank Williams), My Horses Ain’t Hungry (Trad.), Memphis (Chuck Berry), Changed the Locks (Lucinda Williams), Sinner Man (Trad.), I Love You A Thousand Ways (Lefty Frizzell), Moonshiner’s Blues (Harvey Reid), Tombstone Blues (Bob Dylan), Baby Please Don’t Go (Big Joe Williams), Miner’s Refrain (Gillian Welch/David Rawlings), Buffalo Skinners (Trad.), Simple Gifts (Trad.), ShakeYour Hips (Slim Harpo), Tonight the Bottle Let Me Down (Merle Haggard), The Cuckoo (Trad.), Rye Whiskey (Trad.), I’ll Go Stepping Too (Jerry Organ/Tom James), Willie Seton (Tom Paxton), Joshua Fit the Battle (Trad.), Tom Dooley (Trad./ arr Proffitt/Lomax/Warner), Black Jack Davy (Trad.), Far End of Summer (David Francey), Bright Morning Stars (Trad.), Willie Moore (Trad.), Well Well Well (Bob Dylan/Danny O’Keefe), Ramblin’ Man (Hank Williams), Pastures of Plenty (Woody Guthrie), Wild Bill Jones (Trad.), Single Girl, Married Girl (Trad.) 108, A-11 (Hank Cochran), Old Man at the Mill (Trad.), The Hills of Roane County (Trad.), Little Birdie (Trad.), Where the Soul Never Dies (Trad.)	AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2013
Liberty Guitar For Kids- BOOK 1 Now Even Young Children Can Strum Chords & Sing Songs		Children under 12 have never been invited to the guitar party, since generally their hands can't play chords. You just don't see really young kids strumming chords and being "little troubadours." This revolutionary book is going to change all that.	AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2013
Baritone Ukulele Simplified Play Great Music Instantly With Tunings & Partial Capos		A Beginner's Guide for Children, Adults and Music Teachers... Harvey Reid's ground-breaking guitar ideas now applied to its smaller cousin. Reveals for the first time the closest thing ever to instant music. Clever and easy ways to make great-sounding chords in 8 simple new tunings.	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2015
The 2-Finger Guitar Guide Simplified Chords With Tunings & Partial Capos		A careful study of over 30 tunings, partial capo configurations and "hybrid tunings" (these combine a partial capo with a change in tuning) to compare their value in the context of simplified guitar. If you have fewer than 4 working fingers or if you work with people who do, this is the only reference book of its kind.	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2012 digital version for the iPad available on the iTunes bookstore
Duck Soup Guitar Beginning Guitar With Super-Easy Chords		The original book on using the partial capo for beginning guitar. Several clever ways to greatly simplify guitar chord fingerings to allow children, adult bginners and people with special needs to play full-sounding chords and 3-chord songs with easier fingerings. Now superseded by the Liberty Guitar Method and the much more versatile Liberty Tuning.	still in print available from Woodpecker Multimedia. Recently upgraded and expanded. NOW AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	1983 digital version for the iPad available on the iTunes bookstore
Modern Folk Guitar		320 pages- the first college textbook for folk guitar / originally published by Alfred Knopf, re-printed by McGraw-Hill, now belongs to Woodpecker Multimedia. In print from 1984 to 2014, but now unavailable new.	out of print/ may be republished in 2017 or 2018	1984
BOOKS ABOUT PARTIAL CAPOS
The Top 20 Partial Capo Guitar Ideas The Essential, the Best & the Most Intriguing		Collected from Harvey's voluminous research into partial capos. These are the ones he thinks are the most important or interesting.	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2020
The Liberty FLIP Capo IDEA BOOK Vol. 1 The Guitarists' Guide to the Ultimate Partial Capos		Harvey's new partial capo is much much more than just something for beginners. It's the ultimate partial capo, and it does a multitude of useful things for players of all ages, styles and levels. Here are 73 ways to use Liberty FLIP capos to find new music. Mostly in standard tuning. A feast of 288 pages crammed with amazing ideas!	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2015
The Liberty FLIP Capo IDEA BOOK Vol. 1 More Ingenious Ways to Use Liberty FLIP Partial Capos		Volume 2 of the IDEA BOOK goes deep into the mysterious world where you combine one or more partial capods with altered tunings. Your head will be spinning as you dig into this fascinating "hidden world" in your fingerboard.	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2015
Capo Voodoo- BOOK 8 The BIG BOOK of Partial Capos An In-Depth Look at a Hidden Musical World		Like the title says- it's big. Over 600 pages, with the contents of all 7 of the Capo Voodoo books, plus even more. 172 ways to use all types of partial capos, in 30 different tunings, with 71 ideas in standard tuning alone. A landmark book that shows the breadth of new musical ideas that partial capos generate.	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2013
Capo Voodoo- BOOK 7 Secrets of Partial Capos in Drop D Tuning		Drop D tuning is the most common altered tuning, and few players realize that it is also a fruitful environment for adding partial capos. Take your guitar to another level, and use what you know about this tuning to access even more new music. 24 ways to use a variety of kinds of partial capos in this tuning.	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2013
Capo Voodoo- BOOK 6 More Secrets of the 3-String Partial Capo		Capo Voodoo Book 1 showed 24 ways to use the popular 3-string, E-sus type capo. This goes another level deeper, with 28 more exciting ideas using one or more of these capos. Features many previously unpublished combinations of partial capos with altered tunings.	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2013
Capo Voodoo- BOOK 5 Secrets of the Universal Partial Capo		Here are 41 useful partial capo configurations that yield some amazing music, and that cannot currently be done with the more-popular single-purpose capos, and require a universal capo that can clamp any combination of strings.	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2012
Capo Voodoo- BOOK 4 Secrets of Partial Capos in DADGAD Tuning		Most people think partial capos are for imitating open tunings, and don't realize that they can be combined with any tuning. This book shows 27 ways to explore this hidden dimension in your guitar. If you play in DADGAD tuning, youy need this book	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2012
Capo Voodoo- BOOK 3 Secrets of 1 & 2-String Partial Capos		How to use the mysterious Woodie's G-Band 1 and 2-string partial capos. 33 clever ways to get new music with these capos, in standard tuning as well as in DADGAD and some other common tunings.	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2012
Capo Voodoo- BOOK 2 Secrets of 4 & 5-String Partial Capos		Dozens of ingenious ways to use a shortened 4 or 5-string partial capo to play new music. RECENTLY EXPANDED, with 47 ideas now.	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2011
Capo Voodoo- BOOK 1 Secrets of the 3-String Partial Capo The "Cut Capo" Chord Book		24 ways to use the 3-string "E-sus" partial capo on guitar. The "Missing Manual" for this now-popular partial capo, with over 1200 chords showing beginners, songwriters & professionals where to put the capo and where to find the amazing new chords. 98 pages packed with photos, diagrams, tips, tricks, advice and lots of great chords.	or if it's easier AVAILABLE FROM AMAZON	2010
A New Frontier in Guitar		the first book about the partial capo free PDF download	Out of print / collector's item. Probably the first book ever published using desktop publishing technology. (Xerox Alto computer/ Diablo laser printer/ Scribe software )	May 1980
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