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Best of the Beatles: Alto Sax

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First of all, except for "Birthday" a maybe a few others, the parts for alto sax are all the vocal leads in songs, ONLY. The songs are fairly easy to play, and aren't written exactly the way it is played on the cds (some different repeats or note lengths, or in some songs like "Sgt. Pepper" you get harmonies instead of the melody.)
One of my biggest problems is that many of the songs (all?) are not in the same key as the real ones. Playing along with the cd unfortunately is impossible unless you transpose the music to a different key.
However, this book is cheap and comes with many, many songs!
***In addition to this, there is a very good Beatles song book called Lennon & McCartney solos for the alto sax. The parts are well written and have a wider difficulty range than this one. It comes with a play-along cd which will supply the rythym section for you and will play your part on a piano (which you can turn off.) It only has about 10 songs (Yesterday, Can't Buy Me Love, Lady Madonna {my fav song to play and the hardest piece you'll find in either book}, and Maxwell's Silver Hammer to name a few,) but is well worth it.

Who knew the beatles songs could be so easy to play. Anyone with 2 years of alto sax experience or more can play this easily. It is a big hit at parties etc. and it sounds great to play some of your old favorites.

As a beginner, this book has built my confidence and given me the opportunity to play songs that I have loved for years. It is very easy to understand and makes all of those long hours playing scales worth it!!!! A must for any music fan.

My 12 year old son loves loves the Beatles. He's only been playing the saxophone for a little over a year and picked this book up and started playing all the songs. I was surprised at how well he played them. He plays them while listening to his ipod so he keeps with the beat. It's a good book for even the beginner player.

My 13-year-old daughter asked me to order this. She is a big Beatles fan (must be genetic because I am too, and I swear she discovered them on her own). This is her third year of playing the alto sax, and she is really interested in breaking out of the school band songs to learn some tunes on her own. This is perfect for her and definitely a more thrilling way for her to get her weekly required practice time in. Plus, I love the tunes coming out of her room!

This product was mostly as I expected. It allows me to play my favorite Beatles music on my saxophone! The only downside I found to some of the songs is that they are definitely intended to be played with other instruments/ other parts and they don't include the whole melody for the saxophone.

This book is great if your playing for your own enjoyment. if you want to play it for a solo you will have to transpose it into the origanal key. if you dont it shall sound weird when you play it to the track. so you should buy this for a teen between 13 and 14 who enjoys playing there sax or flute. i enjoy it greatly. but i am a 13 year old.


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This book really brings back memories. My son plays all the songs from it and I get to enjoy listening! Great book.