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Yes -- Complete: Piano/Vocal/Chords

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This book has almost all the Yes songs worth learning, unless, of course, you like 90125. The book doesn't include songs from any albums after YesShows. Other than that, it is really thorough, if you don't play bass, drums, lead guitar, or sing backup. A couple years ago I bought a complete Beatles book. I remember being really impressed by the layout. It is written like a score and has every part that is played--not excluding anything. This is what I thought the COMPLETE Yes book would be, but this book has all parts dumbed down so that they can all be played on piano, and as a bassist, this isn't particularly helpful. It does, however, have all the chord changes so it gives one a better understanding of what is going on.
Overall, I would say that I don't regret buying this book. It will be helpful in learning Yes songs. The piano bass parts are still very similar to what Squire is playing, and with a half decent ear for music, sounding out the rest should prove simple. It is worth the [the money] to a real Yes fan. WARNING: Don't buy this book if you can't read music. There is no tab.

I had been seaching all over the Internet for a decent Yes book until I came across this one. When I did, I knew instantly that I had to buy it. This book includes best of the band's earlier classics (Yes through Yesshows). Being a hard core Yes fan for years, as well as a devoted piano player, I simply had to pick this up (mainly for Six Sives of Henry VIII). I would recommend this to any Yes fan or rather to any pianist who just wants to try something different. However, don't be fooled by the size of the book that Amazon shows it as. When the book arrived at my house yesterday, it was at least twice as big as I had envisioned it! It wouldn't even fit on my keyboard stand, so I had to dust off my old metal music stand and stick it behind my keyboard just to keep the book from falling off the thing every time I tried to play something! But overall, if you're a fan of Yes and you enjoy piano, this book has all of the band's songs that are worth learning and will provide you with hours of fun.

Do not be decieved by the title of this book. If you are like me and are still looking for the definitive Yes guitar tablature book, I can promise you that this isn't it... and that such a definitive tab book doesn't exist, either. Understandably, though, it seems that such a book would be very difficult to compile (unless the band did it themselves) since pieces like "The Gates of Delirium" feature large, full band improvisational sections while many are never played exactly the same way (the intro to "Close to the Edge," for example) and differ with the whim of each individual player at different times. There is a book called "Yes: Classic Yes- Selections from Yesyears" that features tablatures for every guitar movement. The notable songs on this are "All Good People," "Roundabout" and "Long Distance Run Around" and some of the other significantly less adventurous pieces (those are the only songs with Wakeman and Howe, I believe). In this book, what we have here are just the chords on guitar (with suspect voicings) and melody lines arranged for piano (just like any other fakebook). *Note, this does not necessarily give you the keyboard parts* To some this may be useful if your intention is to study rock, to others who hope this provides everything necessary for your Yes cover-band- this will give you the tonalities and many of the musical structures, but will still require quite a bit of fleshing out on your part.

This book was really great for just piano and vocals. If you have a band and want to replicate Yes exactly, you'll need a lot more than this book, but it definitely helps. If you play guitar and want to learn Yes, you will have to learn by ear, but this book can surely help you out with the chords. My only complaint is that it is a bit pricey (I checked it out from the library).

As a singer and keyboardist, I was very pleased to have found a copy of this book at any price. It suited my purposes perfectly, which is to have a record of the lyrics and basic chords. If you're looking for a tablature of the intricate musical contributions of Howe, Wakeman, and Squire, this isn't the book, and wasn't expecting it to be so. I can't speak for the guitar tabs, but the keyboard arrangements are "Reader's Digest" approximations of the originals; it leaves the soloing and embellishing to the reader. As one who is interested in being able to sing and play their classic epics, for example, to my knowledge there's no better starting point out there for sheer coverage of the classic era.

The Book was Nice BUT it did NOT have TAB for Guitar. (Which is what I thought it was): (

Have not Opened it sence.

I guess it was my fault.
I should have read about the book more before ordering ( Plus I paid for
over Night shipping)


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