Harvey Reid Books

Harvey Reid Books

Harvey Reid has written a number of books about guitar. Here is the list, with descriptions and info on where to find them.

Title		Description	STATUS	Year
The Song Train		Technically, it is a 4-CD boxed set recording, but it has a beautiful, 80-page hardback book that is a must for any beginning guitar player - filled with valuable information for anyone starting out in music	still in print / available on this web site or at www.songtrain.net	2007
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 Records	still in print / available on this web site for individual or textbook use	1984
Duck Soup Guitar		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 right away	still in print / available from Woodpecker Records and also Third Hand Capo Co.	1983
Sleight of Hand		instrumental guitar arrangements for the Third Hand capo , mostly fingerstyle but a little flatpicking. TAB & standard notation. No CD included.	still in print / available on this web site from Woodpecker Records and also Third Hand Capo Co. Suite: For the Duchess and Für Elise from the #105 album. Includes 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	1983
Capo Inventions		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.	still in print and available on this web site from Woodpecker Records/ CD included 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
The Partial Capo Handbook	Not Yet	extensive, 250-page book all about the partial capo. Songs, chords, explanations, examples, everything all in on place at last.	available in 2009 - Harvey is working hard on it right now	2009
A New Frontier in Guitar		the first book about the partial capo	out of print / collector's item. Probably the first book ever published using desktop publishing technology. (Xerox Alto computer/ Diablo laser printer/ Scribe software )	1980