Pumping Nylon: Easy to Early Intermediate Repertoire (Pumping Nylon Series) Summary and Reviews

Pumping Nylon: Easy to Early Intermediate Repertoire (Pumping Nylon Series)
by Scott Tennant

Pumping Nylon: Easy to Early Intermediate Repertoire (Pumping Nylon Series)
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Author: Scott Tennant
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-05-04
ISBN: 0882849204
Number of pages: 63
Publisher: Alfred Publishing

Book Reviews of Pumping Nylon: Easy to Early Intermediate Repertoire (Pumping Nylon Series)

Book Review: Nice Assortment of Relatively Challenging Material
Summary: 4 Stars

Although this book is rated "Easy to Early-Intermediate" I'd say that only about 25% of the material is "easy", and at least 75% is "early-intermediate." With that in mind, this is a very good repertoire book. The author provides short, generally helpful comments on specific techniques used for each of the 37 pieces. Many of the songs are old "standards" by Carcassi, Sor, et. al., but there are also 4 by Tarrega (including 3 etudes I haven't found in other books) and a few by contemporary composers (including Andrew York, Omid Zoufonoun, David Pritchard, and the author). In general, I find that if a music book has at least one or two songs you end up adding to your own repertoire, it was a good purchase. Chances are this one will fit the bill; it has for me. I might mention that I don't own the original PUMPING NYLON (technique) book; this book can easily stand alone without it. The book has only the standard scores (no TAB)--these are of good size and easy on the eyes.

You can buy this book with or without a CD. I'd recommend getting the package with the CD, which has all the compositions nicely played (at full speed) and beautifully recorded. On a few of the tracks, the author also repeats the first few measures quite slowly--one might wish he'd done this for more of the songs. This is an instructional CD rather than one for general listening, since Tennant opens each track with a verbal "1, 2, 3...ready, go," or some such phrase (not sure this was necessary--is anyone actually going to play along?).

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