Harvey Reid has written a number of books, mostly about guitar. Here is the list, with descriptions and
info on where to find them.
Title |
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Description |
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Year |
Capo Voodoo- BOOK 2
Partial Capo Chord Book
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An astounding 33 ways to use a 4 or 5-string shortened partial capo on your guitar. With over 900 chords showing beginners, songwriters & professionals where to put the capo and where to find the amazing new sounds. The 94 pages are jammed with photos, diagrams, tips, tricks, advice and lots of great chords. |
Released Feb 2011
$24.95 + shipping
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2011 |
Capo Voodoo- BOOK 1
The "Cut Capo" Chord Book
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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. |
Released Summer 2010
$24.95 + shipping
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2010 |
The Wreck of the Isidore: A Glimpse Into Maine's Hidden History |
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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 on this web site
$19.95 + shipping
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2009 |
The Song Train |
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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
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2007 |
Modern Folk Guitar |
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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
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1984 |
Duck Soup Guitar |
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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 . Recently upgraded and expanded.
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1983 |
Sleight of Hand |
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Instrumental guitar arrangements for the universal (Third Hand or Spider Capo) partial capo, mostly
fingerstyle but a little flatpicking. TAB & standard notation.
Revised and upgraded in 2011. |
still in print / available on
this web site $16.95 + shipping from Woodpecker Records and from www.partialcapo.com
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 |
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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, 350-page book all about the partial capo. Songs, chords, explanations, examples,
everything all in one place at last. |
available in 2011 - Harvey is working hard on it right now |
2010 |
A New Frontier in Guitar |
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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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