Enya - The Memory of Trees (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) [Paperback] Review

If you like Enya's music, and even if you don't, this book offers some great songs to play on the piano. They are very pretty, and fun to play. Lyrics are included, making singing along relatively easy for anyone who likes to.

The Memory of Trees (no lyrics) is kind of repatitive, and the right hand plays in constant 8ths, but it's lovely and a good exercise.
China Roses (lyrics) is very pretty, but a little difficult to play.
Hope Has a Place and From Where I Am I've played before, but right now they escape my memory (they probably have 5 sharps)....
La Sonadora (Spanish? lyrics) is kind of pretty.
On My Way Home (lyrics) is impossible to play up to speed (unless you have an extra hand) but it's good otherwise.
Once You Had Gold is a very pretty song. I think this is one with 4 or 5 sharps, but once you get over that it's fun to play.
Pax Deorum (Latin? lyrics) I've never played the whole thing, because it is boring to play, even though it sounds nice.
Teahouse Moon (no lyrics) is lots of fun; it is also kind of repatitive, but in a great way that makes it easy to play with the dynamics.
Athair Ar Neahm (Gaelic lyrics) is beautiful, lots of fun to play, and another one where playing with the dynamics is great.
Anywhere Is (lyrics) is kind of difficult, but fun once you can play it.

These aren't difficult songs, despite those with many sharps, but not for beginners. Level 4 and up, maybe?

You probably won't like all the songs in this piano book, but the ones you do like you'll play a lot.

Also recommended are Enya's other piano books (Shepherd Moons & Watermark especially). If you like this you'll like those, and visa versa.
Good luck!

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Anywhere Is ¥ Athair Ar Neamh ¥ China Roses ¥ From Where I Am ¥ Hope Has a Place ¥ La Sonadora ¥ On My Way Home ¥ Once You Had Gold ¥ Pax Deorum ¥ Teahouse Moon ¥ The Memory of Trees.

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Enya - Paint the Sky with Stars (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) [Paperback] Review

Although Enya's music is superb, the transcriptions in this book leave something to be desired.Part of the trouble is of course due to the difficulty of arranging music originally for multiple instruments and voices for solo piano, but on other instances it seems to be more thoughtlessness on the parts of those who transcribed the music. For example:

-Several of the pieces, such that "Anywhere is" and "The Memory of Trees" are very repetitive.In the original pieces, the harmonies and background change over the course of the song.In these arrangements, each verse is notated exactly the same.

-In "The Celts", a D.S. al. Coda is given without any indication as to what point in the music the player is supposed to skip to the Coda

-In "Storms in Africa", there are sections where the pianist is asked to play three notes simultaneously, each of which is at least an octave and a fifth apart from the others.

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The Best of Enya: Anywhere Is ¥ Book of Days ¥ Caribbean Blue ¥ China Roses ¥ Ebudae ¥ Marble Halls ¥ On My Way Home ¥ Only If... ¥ Orinoco Flow ¥ Paint the Sky With Stars ¥ Shepherd Moons ¥ Storms In Africa ¥ Story of Boadicea ¥ The Celts ¥ The Memory of Trees ¥ Watermark.

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Enya - A Day Without Rain (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) [Paperback] Review

I enjoyed the CD, and a little over a year ago I started learning to play the piano as an adult.I was a little apprehensive that this book would be over my head, but my piano teacher has already incorporated some of these songs into my "curriculum".The arrangements are a bit challenging for someone at my level of skill, but what saves me is that the tempo of these enchanting songs are slow enough that I can keep up.I am quite happy with this book.

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Our matching folio features all 12 songs from the CD, the first release in five years from this ethereal Irish new age artist. Includes: A Day Without Rain * Fallen Embers * The First of Autumn * Flora's Secret * One by One * Only Time * Pilgrim * Silver Inches * Wild Child * and more, plus color photos and a separate lyric section.

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Celtic Thunder (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) [Paperback] Review

I am thrilled to get my hands on this songbook!I already own the DVD and both CDs, and have seen "the lads" twice during their first US tour.I am looking forward to future tours and additional recordings to add to my collection.

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Not a group but a show, Celtic Thunder is a collection of traditional and contemporary Celtic music at its finest. Featuring five male vocalists, the show was first staged in Dublin of August 2007, and has since been a mainstay on PBS stations. Our songbook includes 18 tunes arranged by Phil Coulter: Caledonia * Come by the Hills * Heartland * Ireland's Call * The Island * Lauren and I * The Mountains of Mourne * Remember Me * Steal Away * and more.

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Enya - Watermark (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) [Paperback] Review

I originally bought this piece for "Miss Claire Remembers",but ened up enjoying the book as a whole for all of the songs titles.

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Cursum Pertico * Evening Falls * Exiles * The Long Ships * Miss Clare Remembers * N Laetha Geal Moige * On Your Shore * Orinoco Flow * River * Storms In Africa * Watermark.

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