2024 the best songs review

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(Big Note Songbook). The revised 6th edition of this big-note bestseller features 70 all-time favorites: All the Things You Are * Body and Soul * Candle in the Wind * Edelweiss * Fly Me to the Moon * Georgia on My Mind * Imagine * The Lady Is a Tramp * My Way * Memory * Tears in Heaven * many more!

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hal Leonard; 6th edition (September 1, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 255 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0793596513
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0793596515
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.82 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 0.61 x 12 inches
Reviewer: Anonymous
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great! But for a beginner definitely.
Review: I purchased this book and am able to sight-read every piece in here. I've been playing the piano for 7 years and taking lessons for 3. These pieces are great if you are new on the piano, or you are looking for a book to help teach you how to work with chords. I love how this book gives you lyrics and chords. If you wanted to, you could just play the chords and sing the lead (lyrics) of the song. This book has an AMAZING selection of songs. If you want to get this book but are worried it's too easy, get THE BEST SONGS EVER – 9TH EDITION. It is a green book. It is great if you are an intermediate-advanced pianist. It is great for working on reading music too. It has most of the same songs as this book. It's just a little bit more challenging.

Reviewer: MzLiberty
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: True beginner music
Review: I'm a true beginner on the piano, and I'm just learning for fun. I've never taken a lesson; I went through 75% of "Adult All-in-one Course" as my introduction, and wanted some better songs to play. I tried several other "beginner" piano books and they were too difficult for me. This is the easiest book I have found, and it has a few decent songs (I figure 5 or 6 songs I like is as much as I can hope for). I even had some of the same songs in other "beginner" books, but these arrangements were much easier. Sure, a different arrangement might be better, but that doesn't do me any good if I can't play it. I hope you can read the included song titles in the attached photos. I also included a few pages of the music, so you can judge for yourself if this book is right for you.

Reviewer: bmbranno
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good piano book depending on the songs you choose to play.
Review: This book has some really super simple songs and chords, but it also has some very challenging ones as well. I suppose that's nice for those few that master the simple ones and want more of a challenge. I'm a very basic beginner and still need the easy books to follow, so it will be a while before I can attempt the more challenging chords and songs. I do like the choices available as well. I actually bought the book for Lennon's "Imagine" and to be honest, the format they used is not quite what I expected even though it is relatively simple to play. In other words, it's not the same format as Lennon had intended it to be. Obviously that version is in a different book. So I was a bit disappointed in that discovery, but there are enough fun songs in the book to make up for it. The songs are from popular films, and range from relatively newer ones to some really old and possibly out-dated material. I guess there's something in it for everyone. Big print is a huge plus, too.

Reviewer: Abigail
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Better for a beginner to intermediate pianist
Review: I got this book for my brother, who has been playing piano all his life (he's 29 now). The notes are big which is good if you have bad eyesight, and there is not much complexity to the left hand harmonies. I looked through it and thought it would be too easy for my brother, so I ended up returning it. However if you are a beginner to intermediate pianist with bad eyesight, it's probably a good book.

Reviewer: J. White
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Five different books, same cover, same songs, but different difficulty levels
Review: Hal Leonard publishes five different versions of this book. They're all called "Best Songs Ever", they all have an (almost) identical front cover page, and they all have an (almost) identical song list of over 70 songs, but they vary in difficulty from easiest ("E-Z Play Today") up to much more difficult ("Piano/Vocal/Guitar").At the top center of the front cover page, there are two or three little words which tell you which version you have, as follows, starting with the easiest version, in order of difficulty:(a) Best Songs Ever - E-Z Play Today(b) Best Songs Ever - Easy Guitar(c) Best Songs Ever - Big-Note Piano(d) Best Songs Ever - Easy Piano(e) Best Songs Ever - Piano/Vocal/GuitarAmazon has not made this very clear, and has aggregated together the reviews from several versions, so you can be looking at (e.g.) the web page for the "Easy Piano" version but be reading a review of (e.g.) the "Big-Note Piano" version. Worse still (as of Nov 2013) the "Look Inside" preview pages shown for both "E-Z Play" and "Big Note" are actually pages from the "Easy Piano" version.Accurate sample pages are available elsewhere, e.g. at sheetmusicplus.com, which also has the list of songs for each version.Here is a rough comparison of the different versions:(a) Best Songs Ever - E-Z Play Today:=============================Beginning level. Treble clef only, with single-note melody and lyrics (plus chord names for left hand). Very large print. Five treble clefs per page. Most songs fit on two facing pages (just a few are longer and require page-turns). Each note has the note's letter name printed in the circle of the note head. No key signatures, most songs are in the key of C, with a few in easy keys like F or G (with sharps or flats written by the notes whenever needed). Hardly ever uses ledger lines (except middle C). I wish it had suggestions for fingering.(b) Best Songs Ever - Easy Guitar:==========================Treble clef only, with single-note melody and lyrics (plus chord names for guitar or for piano left hand, and fret-board diagrams for guitar chords). Normal size print, up to 7 treble clefs per page. Nearly all songs fit on a single page or two facing pages. Key signatures are mostly C, F, G, D, and A. No suggestions for piano fingering. Although this book is intended for guitar, it's useful as a compact fake book (lead sheet) for chord-style piano.(c) Best Songs Ever - Big-Note Piano:============================Early intermediate level. Bass clef and treble clef. Typically at most two notes for left hand plus one note for right hand (per beat), or similar complexity (plus chord symbols and lyrics). Four grand staffs per page. Some songs fit on two facing pages, but most require a page turn. Key signatures nearly all C, F or G. Includes suggestions for fingering.(d) Best Songs Ever - Easy Piano:=========================Later intermediate level. Same comments as for "Big-Note Piano" (see above), except each song is a bit more difficult in some way. Maybe two notes at the same time in both left hand and right hand, or maybe a broken chord bass line is added, or maybe the song is moved into a key like B-flat (two flats) or D (two sharps).(e) Best Songs Ever - Piano/Vocal/Guitar:===============================Advanced level. Grand staff, plus a separate treble clef for vocal melody and lyrics (plus chord names and fret-board diagram for guitar). Often three or four notes in right hand plus two in left hand, per beat, or similar complexity. Most songs exceed two pages and need page turns. Key signatures are often E-flat (three flats) or similar, but with several in F (one flat) or C or similar.

Reviewer: bdm
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I recommend it!
Review: This book has some great songs in it, some old, some newer, in easy arrangements. It is not for someone who has had no musical training at all, but all you need to know are the basics and you can learn to play these pieces. My only complaint -- it does not contain two of my favorites, "Where or When" and "On a Clear Day". Having said that, I still highly recommend this book. It has lots of other favorites of mine, and I am having a wonderful time learning to play them.

Reviewer: Home shopper
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Simple to play easy to read
Review: Although I would’ve liked more cords, I find it enjoyable And easy to read

Reviewer: C. Coombs
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Excellent song selections!
Review: I am 54 and many of the songs in this book appeal to me. There are arrangements from the music I listed to as a teenager such as The Beatles, songs from musicals such as the Sound of Music, and many other familiar tunes. The arrangements are complicated enough to sound good but easy enough that an advanced beginner can play through them without much difficulty. An intermediate player would probably find them much too easy but probably fun anyway. I highly recommend this book.

Reviewer: RoAuger
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: The list of songs is just what I was looking for.

Reviewer: T. A. Jones
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Excellent product and worth the money

Reviewer: Lu Yao
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: I love this book - the songs are easy to play and very well written.

Reviewer: jean mather
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: to thick to keep open while playing the keyboard found it to heavy to stay on my music stand, not good it was tipping the key board up, but exellent music in the book

Reviewer: Maher,K
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Adequate and satisfactory. Item as described.