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The Beatles Best: Easy Piano

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I've been using this book for the past year or so, and I still love it. This book has helped me develop my music reading skills far more than any other book I have. I have purchased a number of easy piano books, but not one of them even comes close to this one. I feel that the arrangements have been done with sensitivity and a good feel for the 'heart' of the songs. The music is printed in a large and spread-out format, making it easy to read. If you love the Beatles, this book with over 120 songs will keep your interest for a long time. Some of the arrangements are quite easy, and I have found that I keep 'flagging' more and more of the songs as my skills advance. A number of the pieces are still out of my reach, but I look forward to adding them to my play list. This is a great book!

I'm not much of a piano player; I play keys in a cover band, and mess around with a keyboard and synth when I'm bored. This book makes the songs really easy to play. Anyone who is good at chords can take this book and play even more complicated music using it. Or if you barely know how to play, the songs are written so anyone with even a very basic understanding of piano sheet music can play it.

For those home pianists who want to play an easy and very enjoyable review of Beatles music. Those who have basic practice of reading scores it is almost first view playing. The collection makes an overview of all nice periods of the group.

The song selections are great but the arrangements are very very simplistic, at best. So, if you are a TRUE beginner who is just starting to learn to sight read, this is great. But if you are relying on the right finger positions, forget about it! I'm not sure who arranged these but the "fingering" is way off and it will drive you nuts as it did me (if you rely on that kind of thing). I LOVE The Beatles but would recommend something else if you are transitioning into an intermediate player. "Easy" may be great and all but in the end, you will "long" for more. In summary, save your money on this version and go one step up to more complex pieces.

My daughter, who has been playing piano for 6 yrs., loves this book. With very little practice she is playing many songs from it.....and she's only 12. It's a great book for any Beatles fan.

I've had this book for about 10 years and am still learning and adding Beatles songs to my play list. The sound is very near original Beatles for an easy piano book. Good fingerings help you with how to play it. Not every song the Beatles produced is in here, but just about any one you'd want to play. The nicest thing about playing Beatles songs on the piano is you already know the distinctive melody and how it's supposed to sound.

Here's the nice thing: this sizeable book has 120 songs, and a good selection.

But here's the deal: This thing is SO incredibly easy. When I see "easy" in the title, I just assume that they didn't do anything too complicated. To me, beginner is something along the lines of Bach's "Minuet in F". This book, on the other hand, is a SERIOUS beginner book; we're talking "Mary Had a Little Lamb" or "Happy Birthday". The left hand generally only plays ONE note per MEASURE and just holds it there. They don't even put any harmony on the right hand. Oh, and they try desperately to keep everything in the key of C.

I recommend this book for someone who doesn't actually play piano, but who can (or is learning to) read music. For me, it was just too easy and boring. The songs sounded like elevator music. *yawn*

The easy piano book THE BEATLES BEST is great. There are one hundred and twenty full length songs with complete lyrics. All the famous Beatles hits are here and as you can imagine with one hundred and twenty selections some more obscure songs are included as well. The arrangements really are easy piano for the most part with many written in the keys of C and F though some pieces are more challenging than others. Just reading the complete lyrics of some of these songs is entertaining. Piano playing Beatles' fan shouldn't miss this.

I bought this book for a beginning student and I ended up wanting one for myself. This book makes the Beatles songs playable by almost anyone willing to put in the effort. Lots of songs most are written correctly. To sum up in one word accessible!

I bought this book for my daughter who is a 12 year old intermediate pianist. We are using it over the summer to practice her sight reading skills. Not only did her teacher like the book, my daughter loves it too.