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Next to Normal (Vocal Selections): Piano/Vocal/Chords

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This item is the Vocal Selections songbook from Next to Normal. The complete contents are:

- Prelude
- Just Another Day
- Everything Else
- Perfect for You
- I Miss the Mountains
- He's Not Here
- You Don't Know
- I Am the One
- Superboy and the Invisible Girl
- I'm Alive
- I Dreamed a Dance
- There's a World
- I've Been
- Didn't I See this Movie?
- A Light in the Dark
- Hey #1
- Aftershocks
- Hey #2
- How Could I Ever Forget?
- Why Stay?/A Promise
- The Break
- Maybe (Next to Normal)
- Hey #3/Perfect for You (Reprise)
- So Anyway
- Light

Notable missing songs are Who's Crazy/My Psychopharmacologist And I, It's Gonna Be Good, Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I'm Falling, Wish I Were Here, Song of Forgetting, and Better than Before.

Arrangements are based on the orchestra score, with minor adjustments in the piano part. Vocal parts are NOT doubled in the piano and the accompaniment follows the original piano part pretty closely. Vocal parts are written out for each character and some dialog is included.

Over all, this is a great Vocal Selections book. Too bad about the missing songs, though.

This is a wonderful book. The songs are in their original key and sound exactly like they do from the show! The music is beautiful and I use mine SO frequently!

Recently purchased this book, and love it dearly. It has most of the songs, almost all, and I think the idea was to include songs that could be taken out of context and therefore useful to a singer... My Psychopharmacologist and I wouldn't really be useful unless one was specifically doing that scene from the show. Also, the book isn't the indigo color it appears to be in the above picture, it's actually the same color as the poster, so don't worry. The songs are in no apparent order, but very complete. An excellent purchase -- there are so many songs, you definitely get your money's worth!

This book has a large selection of songs from the show. Songs are in original key and accompaniments are authentic. I wish all show vocal selections were this good.

I bought this vocal selections book shortly after listening to the soundtrack of the Original Cast. I was let down because it doesn't contain ALL of the songs from the show. In fact, the reason I bought it was so I could perform a song from it for my senior recital in college, but the song I wanted wasn't in there. Aside from that, it is great. It's easy to see which character sings which part and the page turns are fairly easy. All in all it was a good buy!

This book is a very satisfying and fun book to play with excellent transcriptions of the fabulous music from this brilliant musical. A rare gem of arrangement, in which rock songs don't just feel like a pulsing chord in the left hand and a melody in the right hand. The only downside to this book is the glaringly obvious absence of several major songs from the show. The most painful removal was "Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I'm Falling", but several others are missing as well. Overall, however, this book is definitely worth your money and will make an excellent addition to any Broadway lover's music collection!

This is a wonderful notebook, with every details of voice, piano, and chords. The notes may allso be playd with trumpet or guitar, and other instruments. The chords may be a bit hard, but just practice if you dont get it the first time. Perfet if you want to set up the musical itselves.

Best Musical Ever! I LOVED the show on Broadway & this recording just brings the beauty home - deservedly won the Pulitzer this year.

My son loves the music to this show so this was a Christmas present. He loves it!