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Title: The Best in Popular Sheet Music: Advanced Piano by Dan Coates ISBN: 0769200311 Publisher: Warner Brothers Publications Pub. Date: December, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best I've seen
Comment: This book almost single-handedly got me back into piano playing after a 20-year hiatus. I've never been happy with the arrangements in most popular sheet music, especially "PVG" and "Easy Piano" sheets -- they are too simple and have almost no left hand accompaniment to speak of. Generally, there are no chords or arpeggios -- just single note "plink, plink, plink" etc. while the right hand has to carry the whole song.
On the other hand, many of the arrangements in this book (and in Dan Coates "Advanced" and "Professional Touch" books in general) have *wonderful* left-hand accompaniments and dramatic chording and other nice touches for the right-hand. Difficulty ranges from intermediate ("The Rose", "Open Arms") to advanced ("I Will Always Love You").
Sure, if you're talented enough to arrange for yourself you might find fault, but for those of us who just read and play and like to play popular music, this is an exceptional book.
Rating: 3
Summary: Not a good idea
Comment: Sheet books of contempoary music, I have found, are generally a bad idea. They are usually mediocre arrangements that take away the beauty of a song that was never intended for a solo instrument. This compilation is no exception and many of the arrangements are unacceptable rips. I found many of the arrangements in this collection are "light" and unappealing. But admittedly the fault is more in the genre of music than in the arrangements per se.
The musician advanced enough to read this music will gain more satisfacaction trying to arrange the songs himself from a public domain chord sheet! If you're desperate and really need to play some popular music on the spot, it might be worth investing in this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: wonderful
Comment: This book had such a wonderful variety of sheet music from the calssical eighties pops to modern day hits. it is wonderful just to sit around with the family on a sunday evening and sing together. with easy to read lyrics and easy to read notes, the whole family can join in on the fun. thatnmks amazon, this is a great book!
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Title: The Best Songs Ever (The Best Ever Series) by Hal Leonard, Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation ISBN: 0793504457 Publisher: Hal Leonard Pub. Date: January, 1995 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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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: Dan Coates Complete / Advanced Piano Solos by Dan Coates ISBN: 076929264X Publisher: Warner Brothers Publications Pub. Date: 29 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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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: It's Christmas! Dan Coates Piano Favorites- Advanced Piano by Warner Brothers Publications, Dan Coates, Warner Bros Publications ISBN: 0757902383 Publisher: Warner Brothers Publications Pub. Date: 22 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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