The Fray How to Save a Life Easy Piano (Paperback)

~ The Fray (Author)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: HAL LEONARD CORPORATION (February 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1423434129
• ISBN-13: 978-1423434122
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #172,093 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great songs, but with no warning of multiple transpositions..., January 9, 2007

By	David Habib "bookaholic" (Montreal, Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Fray - How to Save a Life (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) (Paperback)

Bought this mainly because of two songs: How to Save a Life and Cable Car (Over My Head). I wasn't disappointed with those two. The arrangements are great and in the right keys. So I was really looking forward to the book as a whole.

Problem, there are very few mentions of this on the first pages of the different songs, but quite a few of them have been transposed, which isn't so fun when you were planning on playing along. So a bit misleading, especially if they plan on catching people offguard in a bookstore where they can't test the keys, but still a good buy.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great when the songwriter is a pianist!!, June 17, 2007

By	ck_361 "ck_361" - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE)

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This review is from: The Fray - How to Save a Life (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) (Paperback)

When selecting piano music I always feel more assured when the songwriter is a pianist. Since Isaac Slade is a pianist the music we get to play is truer to the music we hear on their CD; another great example of this it Five For Fighting's "100 Years" by John Ondrasik. Most of the songs in The Fray's book are awesome to play and not terribly difficult. The rhythms are a bit tricky at times, but mastered with some devoted practice. Most of the songs in the book are in the key of Bb, Ab, and Cmin. I love the intro to "Hundred," classical stuff; listening to Isaac play it, and then myself, sounds spot on. Love it!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it, January 11, 2007

By	Sophie Mazowita - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Fray - How to Save a Life (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) (Paperback)

I think this is a great piano book. The songs on piano sound very true to the originals. I get really annoyed when I buy piano arrangements that have a separate voice line, and the piano part sounds completely different and is just accompaniment to that, so unless you sing along it doesn't sound like the song. But on this one what you play sounds like The Fray.

I didn't notice a problem of songs being transposed. My favourite tracks are Look After You and Vienna, and I had no problem trying to play along with those. In fact, I just tried all the songs out and the ones that have been transposed are: All at Once, Fall Away, Heaven Forbid, Dead Wrong, Little House. These are all transposed by a semitone, for instance from B major to B-flat major. I guess they thought 5 sharps would be too tricky. The good news is that at least for some of them it's not too hard to transpose back to the original key on the fly- it's usually just a matter of adding a sharp to all the notes.

I still recommend it!