The Beatles 1 - Recorded Version Guitar [Paperback] Review

The previous reviews shown here have nothing to do with this book. They appear to be for "The Beatles Paperback Songbook", which does look to be small and not necessarily accurate.
"The Beatles 1 - Recorded Version Guitar" appears to be exactly what it says: transriptions of the recorded versions. My guitar teacher has spent a couple of sessions breaking down "Day Tripper" off of the CD for me. What this professional musician came up with for this song is almost verbatim what is published in this book. So now I have it written out in a form that I can actually read (and correct as needed). It is a full-size (8.5x11) music book and I look forward to working my way through it.

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No band on earth but The Beatles could have a greatest hits compilation top the charts more than 30 years after breaking up! In a few short months, the CD 1 - featuring The Beatles' 27 British and American Number One singles - has sold more than 20 million copies and is well on its way to becoming the best-selling album of all time.We are very proud to present these matching songbooks to this landmark release. Songs include: All You Need Is Love * The Ballad of John and Yoko * Can't Buy Me Love * Come Together * Day Tripper * Eight Days a Week * Eleanor Rigby * From Me to You * Get Back * A Hard Day's Night * Hello, Goodbye * Help! * Hey Jude * I Feel Fine * I Want to Hold Your Hand * Lady Madonna * Let It Be * The Long and Winding Road * Love Me Do * Paperback Writer * Penny Lane * She Loves You * Something * Ticket to Ride * We Can Work It Out * Yellow Submarine * Yesterday.

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Pop/Rock: Note-for-Note Keyboard Transcriptions [Paperback] Review

Here are all the tunes:
* Africa
* Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)
* Alone
* Angel
* Axel F
* Brick
* Centerfold
* Chariots Of Fire
* Cherish
* (They Long To Be) Close To You
* Didn't We Almost Have It All
* Don't Know Much
* Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
* Drops Of Jupiter (Tell Me)
* (Everything I Do) I Do It For You
* Faithfully
* From A Distance
* Glory Of Love
* Hard To Say I'm Sorry
* Hero
* How Am I Supposed To Live Without You
* I Found Someone
* Imagine
* It's Too Late
* Just The Way You Are
* Let It Be
* Looks Like We Made It
* Love The World Away
* Mandy
* Sailing
* Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This
* Walk Of Life
* Walking In Memphis
* You Are So Beautiful
* You Are The Sunshine Of My Life

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35 note-for-note transcriptions for those who want to play exactly what they hear on recordings. Songs include: Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) * Axel F * Brick * Centerfold * Chariots of Fire * (They Long to Be) Close to You * Don't Let the Sun Go down on Me * Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me) * From a Distance * Hero * How Am I Supposed to Live Without You * Imagine * Just the Way You Are * Mandy * Sailing * Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) * You Are So Beautiful * and more.

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Beatles Favorites (Five Finger Piano Songbook) [Paperback] Review

I would elaborate on the previous reviewer's remarks by clarifying that the purpose of this book - and its wonderful companion volume 'The Beatles' Hits'- is not to cover every note of the songs that it contains.Rather, the purpose of the books is to help guitarists to learn the 'fiddly bits' in The Beatles' songs - lead breaks, tricky guitar figures, riffs, and interplay between several guitars.
Being both a Beatles' obsessive, and a guitar player interested in pinpoint accuracy, I have sought out tabs from many sources, online and in bookstores.I have never found anything as accurate as Wolf Marshall's transcriptions. And some of the other books are plain wrong.However, I find it somewhat curious that - having gone to the lengths that he did, of acquiring the same intruments used by the Fab Four in order to make the sound of the accompanying CD Rom's more accurate - Marshall doesn't actually seem capable of copying the style of playing 100% accurately, although he seems to be trying to do so. I find it reassuring that a session musician couldn't cop the feel that The Beatles put into their playing.
The idea of providing music, tablature, and CD versions of the songs is a great one, because it covers all modes of learning. And the way that the CD's are recorded is inspired: Marshall provides versions of portions of the tracks at regular and slow speeds, and within each of these contexts records the instruments on different tracks which can be isolated or combined using the balance control. In practice, this means that one can turn the balance in order to provide backing (drums and bass), eliminating the guitar part(s), thereby allowing one to play along with the backing tracks; conversely, one could eliminate the backing, and just play along with the guitar parts - a brilliant idea.
Marshall also provides fine written and verbal commentaries about each track, and about The Beatles' musical and cultural importance - a very welcome bonus.
I can't wait to get Marshall's 'The Best of the Beatles for Acoustic Guitar'.
Congratulations, Wolf. It's nice to find someone who cares enough to do such a thorough job.
Geert

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Five Finger Beatles Favorites has eight songs written in the easiest piano arrangements with optional teacher duet part. Songs Includes All My loving, And I Love Her, Good Night, Here comes the Sun, Michelle and many more.

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The Traveling Wilburys Collection (Piano/Vocal/Guitar) [Paperback] Review

Wonderful book for the musically gifted guitar, piano or organ/keyboard player. Some musical nohow required not for a beginner, if you can read music all the better. definately worth buying.

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Paul McCartney/Wings - Band on the Run (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) [Paperback] Review

I have been teaching myself the piano for the past year or so, and I bought this book because I really enjoy Paul McCartney's compositions and his style of rock/pop piano.
The standard notation alone in this book does not really match exactly as Paul McCartney plays it on the album, but the chord notations are written above each measure of the music and using a combination of these, one can pretty much imitate what Paul McCartney is doing on the piano.
I would not categorize this book as an easy piano book; I would say that it is on the intermediate level.My favorite songs to play in this book are, "Band on the Run", "Jet", "Bluebird", and "Let Me Roll It".
Since the chords are also shown for each measure, it comes in handy when I play my electric guitar as well. The book also contains quite a few large color and b/w photographs of the band.Overall this is a very good book for the money.I would recommend it for anyone that likes Paul McCartney and Wings or rock/pop piano.

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1999 was the 25th anniversary of Band on the Run, Paul McCartney's most successful and highly-acclaimed post-Beatles album. This classic album includes: Band on the Run * Bluebird * Helen Wheels * Jet * Let Me Roll It * Mamunia * Mrs. Vanderbilt * Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five * No Words (For My Love) * Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me).

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Across the Universe: Original Keys for Singers (Vocal Piano) [Paperback] Review

Some reviews of varying editions of this complain that it contains different/the original arrangements.

I bought this for the movie version of Let It Be.

And it is indeed the movie version.

Shipped well (using next week) on time.

Thank you.

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Authentic vocal/piano transcriptions of 20 Beatles tunes from the Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated musical directed by Julie Taymor. Includes: Because * Blackbird * Hey Jude * Let It Be * Revolution * Something * and more.

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The Beatles, 1967-1970: Piano * Vocal * Guitar (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) [Paperback] Review

This is a great intermediate piano/vocal/guitar book.There's a good selection of songs and they are playable as solos or accompaniments.The book can be a little hard to keep open since the binding isn't sectioned, but other than that, I was happy with it.

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28 more classics, including: All You Need Is Love * Back in the U.S.S.R. * The Ballad of John and Yoko * Come Together * Get Back * Hey Jude * Lady Madonna * The Long and Winding Road * Penny Lane * Revolution * Something * Strawberry Fields Forever * and more.

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The Beatles For Jazz Piano (Piano Solo Personality) [Paperback] Review

If you are used to the standard arrangements in Beatles Songbooks and want something new this is a good book to try.This is a piano solo book, with chord symbols, no lyrics.The songs are arranged with more extended chords and some substitutions, as compared with the usual arrangements. Not all the songs are in the keys the Beatles played them in. However, the arrangements are complete and you can play them as is.They do not include any written out improvisation; however, you have some fresh chords to improvise over.Some of the songs sound good adding a jazz swing feel others don't.Some of the songs sound a little strange at first with the extended chords but grow on you.This book is at an intermediate level.
The following songs are included: Get Back, All My Loving, And I Love Her, Eleanor Rigby, The Fool on the Hill, Here There and Everywhere, Michelle, Nowhere Man, Strawberry Fields Forever, With A Little Help from My Friends,

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11 classic Beatles songs specially arranged in jazz-style for piano solo...complete with guitar chord symbols. Songs include: All My Loving * And I Love Her * The Fool on the Hill * Here, There and Everywhere * Michelle * Yesterday * and more.

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ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) [Paperback] Review

I think that the other reviewer was reviewing the wrong book. This book is a book of collections of music sheets that appear in ever popular "ABBA Gold" CD. Considering that all the other individual music sheets are not available, this book is the only source of ABBA songs for the people who wants to play them. This book contains the music sheet quality of scores - piano and chords, as well as lyrics. Not a "easy" version. A true ABBA lover should definitely check this out !
There is another one which is titles as "Great Songs of ABBA", which contains almost all songs of ABBA. Unfortunately, the book is hard to get these days.

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This is the matching folio to the 19-song retrospective of one of the most commercially successful bands of the 1970s, and one that continues to be a cultural icon through contemporary releases including the wildly popular Broadway musical Mamma Mia. This collection features: Chiquitita * Dancing Queen * Fernando * Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) * Knowing Me, Knowing You * Mamma Mia * Money, Money, Money * The Name of the Game * S.O.S. * Take a Chance on Me * Waterloo * The Winner Takes It All * and more.

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BEATLES PIANO DUETS 2ND EDITION [Paperback] Review

Great arrangements at early intermediate to intermediate level.Also playable on two pedal harps or one pedal and an advanced lever harpist.

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Features 8 intermediate level arrangements for 1 piano/4 hands: Because ¥ Eleanor Rigby ¥ Let It Be ¥ MaxwellÕs Silver Hammer ¥ Penny Lane ¥ Something ¥ When IÕm Sixty-Four ¥ With a Little Help from My Friends.

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The Best of Billy Joel (Easy Piano Personality) [Paperback] Review

If you are an early intermediate or better pianist who likes Billy Joel's music this may be a great book for you.It contains complete arrangements of the following songs:
And So It Goes, Baby Grand, Honesty, An Innocent Man, Just The Way You Are, Movin' Out (Anthony's Song), My Life, New York State Of Mind, Piano Man, The River Of Dreams, Shameless, She's Always A Woman, She's Got A Way, This Is The Time, Uptown Girl, We Didn't Start The Fire
The songs are arranged as piano solos with no lyrics. So if you are a singer, get something like "Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2" which has many of the same songs.
This is not a transcription book. The emphasis here is on an acceptable solo piano arrangement.While not copying Joel licks etc. they do approximate his style and spirit for each piece as best can be done while supporting the melody and chords in an intermediate arrangement. They are intermediate, but on the easier side. They sound fine played as is. The ones I've played are in the same key as the recording.So what's nice is they provide a good foundation for further embellishment, arranging and/or improvising or even some play along.It would have been handy if chord symbols were included.
I enjoyed what I've played so far, however, if you are really looking to play like Billy get his "Billy Joel - The Keyboard Book".It has actual transcriptions."The Keyboard Book" is a great book but harder to play as piano solo, which the book reviewed here does a good job of.
There are 2 versions of this book one for easy piano, one for intermediate.This review is for the intermediate version.

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An excellent collection of 21 of Joel's best, including: And So It Goes * It's Still Rock and Roll to Me * Just the Way You Are * The Longest Time * My Life * Piano Man * We Didn't Start the Fire * and more.

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The Beatles Classic Hits (Big Note Piano) [Paperback] Review

I really like this book, the arrangemets are simple but very weel done so that it sounds very nice. Its good for young learners and grownups like me who have a few skills left from childhood peiano lessons but don't have patience too play more challengin music.

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This great collection features big-note piano arrangements of 26 top Beatles hits, including: Come Together * Do You Want to Know a Secret? * The Fool on the Hill * Here Comes the Sun * Hey Jude * I'll Follow the Sun * If I Fell * In My Life * Lady Madonna * Let It Be * Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds * Penny Lane * Revolution * Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band * She Loves You * Twist and Shout * Yesterday * and many more!

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