The Beatles Keyboard Book [Paperback]

The Beatles (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1993

Exact note-for-note keyboard transcriptions from the recordings of 25 Beatles favorites, including: All You Need Is Love * A Day in the Life * Hey Jude * Let It Be * Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da * You Never Give Me Your Money * and more. Also includes lyrics.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation (April 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 079351441X
• ISBN-13: 978-0793514410
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,493 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Where's Hey Bulldog??, August 11, 2006

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Michael Oliver (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Beatles Keyboard Book (Paperback)

Excellent for piano players in that it shows the exact keyboard transcriptions for a number of Beatles songs. However, there's more than a couple that shouldn't even be in here (like All You Need is Love). Songs like Come Together and Get Back are there just so we can be shown the keyboard solos, the rest of the song (guitar and bass arranged for piano) can be ignored.

Also, there's a number of good piano-based Beatles songs that are absent, most notably Hey Bulldog. Others that should have been included are Sexy Sadie, Honey Pie, and Lovely Rita. Personally, I would have also liked to see Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight. But it's great to have some lesser known songs like Martha My Dear, which have great piano parts.

The book also provides the lyrics and the right key for the vocals above the piano parts if you want to sing along as well. The Beatles weren't fantastic piano players, so the songs in here are quite easy (except maybe the ones Billy Preston plays on) but still a lot of fun. Well worth your money, especially for songs like Hey Jude, Let It Be, and You Never Give Me Your Money.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Play it like the Beatles, April 7, 2010

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Michael Hayes Music "michaelhayesmusic.com" (Nashville) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Beatles Keyboard Book (Paperback)

This is an excellent book if you want to play Beatle songs exactly like the Beatles and sing along. If you are looking for solo piano arrangements then this is not the book to get; but, if you want to create your own arrangement then it is a useful tool. Sunrise

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great piano transcriptions of Beatle's classics, June 29, 2011

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Jason Weber - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Beatles Keyboard Book (Paperback)

If you are just looking for the piano/organ parts to popular Beatles songs than this is the book you need, as it features a good variety of songs and has the piano/organ part exactly as it was played on the original recording. Arrangements are pretty simple and in the right key, and the songs are pretty popular such as Hey Jude, Get Back, Let it Be, and All You Need is Love. Of course, it is missing some essential songs as well such as Hey Bulldog, Carry That Weight, and I Want You which all were pretty heavy on piano and organ. This book is still a bargain for the songs it features and the accuracy is spot on. It makes great for bands trying to cover some Beatle material or simply if you are studying chord/rhythm patterns for certain keyboard songs by the Beatles. If you want more songs or are looking for more than just piano arrangements I believe there is a book that is called complete beatles or something that features every single song by the Beatles and every instrument transcribed that was in the recording. Although that book is also kind of pricey as well.