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Title: Library of Easy Piano Classics by Music Sales Corporation ISBN: 0-8256-1284-5 Publisher: Music Sales Corp Pub. Date: March, 2002 Format: Plastic Comb Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (8 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Be careful of duplication!!
Comment: As I wrote in my review of "All the tunes you've ever wanted to play", if you already own that book, you do not need this one. They are the same books, with the same selections, with the same arrangements. However, the pages in this book are larger, thus the notes are easier to read.
Rating: 5
Summary: A motivating beginner book
Comment: I am trying to teach myself to play piano, and this book is great. After spending time playing songs from kindergarden, it's really nice to sit down and play something that gives you a lot of pleasure and really makes you want to play more.
This book has really motivated me to practice more and concentrate harder in the time I do spend at the piano. Also, it's a great bargain - it's a huge book and a LOT of songs for the price. Usually you spend 12-15 dollars on a thin book with just a few songs.
Rating: 5
Summary: An instant favorite!
Comment: I received this book as a gift and it instantly became my all-time favorite compilation. Although I am an advanced pianist who loves to play the original versions of many of these songs, I still turn to this book again and again for pure listening and playing enjoyment.
Like the other reviewers, I appreciate the quality of the selections and the spiral binding. But what I love most about this book is how cleverly the pieces have been simplified. They are easy enough for an advanced student to sight read, yet somehow they retain all the essence of the originals, so they don't sound like the watered-down kiddie versions I remember playing in my "lesson books." They would definitely provide enough challenge for a beginning or intermediate student building a repertoire.
I feel the reviewer who stated that the arrangements were "needlessly simplified or altered" completely missed the point of this book. Imagine learning to play the "Moonlight Sonata" or Schubert's "Serenade" in a few weeks or even a single sitting! The pieces are condensed, but when you are playing just for fun, it makes sense to play only the parts that people recognize and admire. And what a great idea to transpose Chopin's "Etude in E" into the key of F so that it is actually possible to enjoy its lyrical beauty without going mad trying to remember all those sharps. Since composers tend to be men with large hands, I've had to chop notes out of their four-fingered chords all my life, so why not have the publishers do it for me? In short, this book does all the right things to make these songs a joy to play.
Whether you are a beginning student looking for recital pieces, an intermediate student wanting to learn sight-reading, or an advanced student who just needs a welcome break from months of laboring over the originals, this book has something for everyone. I would recommend it as an addition to any home with a piano.
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Title: Library of Piano Classics by Music Sales Corporation ISBN: 0825611113 Publisher: Amsco Music Pub. Date: 01 June, 1990 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: My First Book of Classical Music: 29 Themes by Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and Other Great Composers in Easy Piano Arrangements by Bergerac ISBN: 0486410927 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 08 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: The Best in Movie Sheet Music: Easy Piano by Dan Coates ISBN: 0769214207 Publisher: Warner Brothers Publications Pub. Date: July, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: 150 of the Most Beautiful Songs Ever by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation ISBN: 0881883077 Publisher: Hal Leonard Pub. Date: 01 February, 1984 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Library of Piano Classics 2 by Amy Appleby ISBN: 0825613779 Publisher: Amsco School Pubns Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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