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Jumbo Easy Piano Songbook: 200 Songs for All Occasions

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I'm an adult who just returned to the piano last year after buying one for my family. Anyway I love this book. It really is easy to play with most of the songs having the melody in the right hand and often the left hand is just accompanying chords. Lots of old standards here like "Old Mill Stream" as well as some classics such as "Fur Elise" and many other songs you know you've heard before but just never knew the title. Plenty of well known folk songs from all cultures too. With 200 songs many as long as four pages you won't get bored easily and lyrics are included (if applicable) so you can sing along.

I teach piano to elementary and middle school kids. I bought this book as a Graduation/Christmas present for my graduating 8th graders. The two boys and the one girl really enjoy this book a lot! It's inspired them to sit down to the piano not just to practice but to noodle around too. Most of the arrangments in this book are better than other collections I've looked at. It's not a perfect book but it gives so much variety that all 3 of my 8th grade students are playing more between lessons.

Received this book and was very pleasantly surprised. When they say big, they mean big and weighty. I have a keyboard and this book weighs almost 4 pounds and my rack could not handle it all and also keeping it open to a song was practically impossible. Since I wanted the book to work, I took it to Kinko's, had the spine removed, had 3 holes punched and now I leave a majority of the pages in a large 3 ring binder and put a few songs in a smaller binder that my rack will accommodate. Turning the pages is much easier now and for the $7 I spent, well worth it. Lots of songs here and for a person just starting back on the piano, am very pleased with the selections. My limited ability fits right along with the songs, as they are not too hard or too easy.

I'm using this book for times when I don't want a hard workout on the piano, just for enjoyment. It is full of entertaining tunes!

Some of these songs are older than my 80 year old grandmother, a lot of them are newer. But the difficulty level was just what I was looking for. Not kindergarten easy, but not too difficult either, just enough for a challenge. I would recommend this book for someone who is a first year learner.

While some of the songs are not completely true to the original score, this book provides an excellent variety of music for the beginner to learn to play. The songs vary from popular music to popular hymns to just plain classic songs. If you're looking for a little something to play and practice with, this book is great!

This is hands-down my favorite piano book. The arrangements are very playable for someone who is in the advanced beginner/intermediate range, but most importantly, the arrangements are also simply beautiful. I wish I could find more collections like this.

Love this book. It has so many songs I do know and like. It is a bit hard for me to figure out to play these songs, because I am a late beginner. A intermediate player will have much more fun with this.

This 512-page, softcover songbook is "jumbo" not only in content but also in size, measuring 9" x 12" x 1-1/8" thick. It contains 200 songs for "easy piano", i.e., the songs are arranged for beginning piano students. Most songs contain lyrics as well as melody. A lot of them show finger positions above the music notations. Some of my favorites are Fur Elise, Amazing Grace, Green Sleeve, America the Beautiful, etc. These are songs I heard as a youngster and longed to play. Now, as grown man, I enjoy playing them at my acoustic Yamaha, especially when my piano teacher gives me a kiss and a hug for doing well. Sometimes, she even gives me candy.

This is such a fun book!!! Most tunes are in the key of C which makes for easy playing....(I didn't think I'd miss the finger position numbers, but I guess I do....)For someone who is trying to get back into the swing of playing daily, it's nice to sit down with a book that is fun and easy!!!