Others say...

"Great for an intermediate player"
I've been playing songs out of this book for a couple months now and find the arrangements aren't too hard, but enough of a challenge to be fun to learn and satisfying to play. Experience wise, I've been playing bass and guitar for a few years now so I'd say I'm between a begninner to an intermediate player - still a lot to learn. It takes me about a week to learn to play one of these songs consistently, another 3 or 4 weeks to commit it to memory and (mostly) stop making mistakes. This has become my favorite source for new songs. One of the guys I play with is extremely talented, he's toyed around with several of these and was impressed with their arrangement as well. Favorites - Blackbird, Hey Jude, Yesterday. Hope this helps.

"Good Arrangements for Intermediate Players (like me)"
Haven't tried all the songs in this book yet, but most seem to quite playable and sound true to the recorded versions. Lots of fun!

"BEATLE-ING"
This book by Hal Leonard is OK...
but if you want some real kick-axe Fingerstyle Beatle Tabs along with the accompanying audio recordings then check out Steven King's Beatle-ing CDs.
He has recorded seven CDs of Beatle songs (aprox. 100 songs) for solo six-string guitar in standard tuning (except for one or two alt-tunings, eg. a dropped-tuning on "Within You Without You") and has a website where you can attain the Tabs in PDF by enrolling as a student. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate or advanced Fingerstyle player you can learn something straight from a solo fingerstyle Master.
I personally have all seven Beatle-ing CDs and in my opinion there is no one who has captured the Beatles in their essence for solo guitar as well as Mr. Steven King.
Do yourself a favor and check it out: http://www.guitarbystevenking.net/index.html


"Great Fun"
Brilliant! Leonard has done it again, as "FINGERPICKING BEATLES" is another great compilation. The notation and tablature in the book are both of excellent quality, they are easy to read and are marked well. The difficulty level of the music is very consistent, any intermediate player will be able to play through the songs after a few tries if they are not able to site read them right off the bat. The sacrifice of difficulty in the music playing does not effect the sound however. Both bass lines and melody are included in every single song, which is a major plus. It should be mentioned that "Blackbird" is not a transcription of the lead melody, rather it is of the original guitar part.
For those who may be wondering, while the guitar "sings" for the player in every single song, there is certainly enough of a "Bass" sound to the songs to allow the player to sing along if they wish to. This is a must have for Beatles fans, I highly recommend it for every guitar player.

In short:
~ Clear Notation
~ Very consistent
~ Great Quality
~ Very pleasing to the ear
~ Sounds beyond its actual difficulty level
~ A must buy!


"Decent Arrangements and A Lot Of Fun!"
The arrangements in this book are complex enough to be good sounding. They are also easy enough for an intermediate to play thru the songs without too much difficulty.

I taught myself how to fingerpick by using the Mark Hanson books (which are excellent). These tunes are not as complex as the arrangements in his books or Fingerstyle Guitar magazine. The tunes are challenging enough not to be boring but you won't have to work on them for days to get them sounding right.