Christopher “Isto” White performs his arrangement of Cole Porter’s “Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love” at Brooklyn’s Jalopy Theatre during the release party for Fingerpicking the Great American Songbook.
Isto’s new book features 23 fingerstyle guitar arrangements of beloved standards and overlooked gems from the Great American Songbook. So what is the Great American Songbook? Not a single book, but a loose canon of songs written from roughly 1900 to 1940—Tin Pan Alley hits and tunes from Broadway and Hollywood that later became jazz standards. These timeless tunes remain fresh, playable, and endlessly open to interpretation.
Each song includes standard notation and TAB, chord diagrams, and lyrics, along with video instruction from Isto:
- After You’ve Gone
- Ain’t Misbehavin’
- Alexander’s Ragtime Band
- Blue Skies
- Can’t We Be Friends
- Give My Regards to Broadway
- I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
- Lazy
- Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)
- Makin’ Whoopee
- Manhattan
- The Sidewalks of New York
- Singin’ in the Rain
- Somebody Loves Me
- Someone to Watch Over Me
- St. James Infirmary
- Stardust
- Tea for Two
- They Didn’t Believe Me
- Till the Clouds Roll By
- What’ll I Do
- When You’re Smiling
- Who’s Sorry Now
Print copies are back in stock, order your copy today!
Joey Lusterman
Opinionated creative slash beginning guitarist. Joey has worked in every department at Acoustic Guitar in the past 10+ years: front desk, ad sales, editorial, sound guy, camera man, booth babe, email coder, podcast editor, photographer, book designer…
