Customer Reviews

AWAKE JOSH GROBAN (Pvg)

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I was expecting that all the music from the same album will be on this music book, but unfortunately, as previously mentioned by the first person to comment on this product, "Awake", "Verita", and "Smile" were missing.

Musical notations are simplified [based on the comparison that i made on the two previous groban music books: Josh Groban and Closer]. Helpful for beginners but not quite fulfilling and helpful for advance music players.

In this regard, was expecting more but got less.

I love Josh Groban --- I am prob one of his biggest fans!! I have to say not all his songs are in this book --- the ones that I looked forward to singing the most werent in it at all. Awake, Smile -- my most favorite werent. Also I loved that the last book included the English translation -- this doesnt. Im not sure if it was because of printing policies but not all the songs are in this book. Oh well !! Im still a BIG fan!!

I was extremely excited when this book arrived. I was pleasantly surprised to see that the printed music contains most of the actual musical arrangement as recorded on the CD of the same name. My NOT-so-pleasant surprise was that nearly half of the songs are written in a different key than the music was recorded, thereby making "playing along" impossible for someone who can't transpose music in their head. (I notified the publisher of my disappointment, and suggested they not do this in the future.)

But the book is absolutely AWESOME!!

Seriously, why do publishers do this. If you're going to release a book of music, release the REAL music. And where are the last 3 songs? I want to sing them. C'mon people.

I thought this arrangement would still have an essense of Josh Groban's great piano, but in creating the easy piano version, the style that makes him great was lost.

I was very satisfied with this songbook. If you love Josh Groban's music and need easier piano music to read in order to play the piano, this songbook is great.It is not to easy, you must be able to read music to play from this songbook.

This book is amazing!!! Easy to play. Only thing that I was disappointed about was that the song "Awake" was not in this piano book. It is a beautiful song and ought to be printed in this book as well.

Although the arrangements are relatively easy and simple, they're accurate, and I found that it was easy to improvise, if you wanted to. For intermediates, in a few runs through, you could have it down.
The simplest ones are So She Dances, Solo Por Ti, and You Are Loved. In Her Eyes, February Song, Now Or Never, and Un Giorno Per Noi are a little more complicated, but not very. I'd still buy it because there's really no substitute for it and because I love the songs so much. It really isn't that bad.