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Avenue Q - The Musical (Piano/Vocal arrangement) | 
 enlarge | Creators: Robert Lopez, Jeff Marx
Brand: Hal Leonard
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $12.26
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 71290
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 160
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 8.9 x 0.5
ISBN: 0634079190
Dewey Decimal Number: 782
UPC: 073999132694
EAN: 9780634079191
ASIN: 0634079190
Publication Date: July 26, 2004
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Product Description
Playbill.com describes Avenue Q, a decidedly adult puppet/human show, as a meeting of Sesame Street and South Park. This deluxe songbook features all 20 songs in standard piano/vocal format (melody in the piano part), more than 20 fabulous full-color photos from the production, and a bio of the writing team of Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, who've scored big with their first Broadway show! Tunes include: The Avenue Q Theme ? Fantasies Come True ? I Wish I Could Go Back to College ? I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today ? If You Were Gay ? The Internet Is for Porn ? It Sucks to Be Me ? Mix Tape ? The Money Song ? Purpose ? There Is Life Outside Your Apartment ? What Do You Do with a B.A. in English ? and more. PARENTAL ADVISORY: EXPLICIT LYRICS
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Quite satisfied with my order... May 9, 2008
This is quite a comprehensive book of "selections"...I feel that you could almost perform a revue of the show just using this book! (Just kidding, don't try it or they'll throw you in the Pit of Copyright Infringement!) In addition, delivery was prompt and the book was in very fine condition (looked new).
Very Full Arrangement November 23, 2007
I am most pleased with this book because of the very detailed arrangement. Although the melody is written in the Treble Clef, the music survives arrangement very well. The chords are accurate, and in my case, difficult to play, but all the songs are included. But the most surprising thing about this book is that it includes all the vocal harmonies as well. Currently I am learning how to better play the music (it is NOT for beginners) and I'm sure I will appreciate the score when I can play it more effectively. This was a very good buy.
Wonderful! October 10, 2007
I bought this book because the other Avenue Q book I have was only the "Vocal Selections" and it was missing several songs. This songbook has every song from the Broadway Cast Album, with the exception of "School For Monsters/Money Song (Reprise)" and "There's A Fine Fine Line (Reprise)/What Do You Do With A B.A. In English? (Reprise)". Other than that, every song is here.
This book, unlike my other Vocal Selections book incorporates the melody into the right hand, but it can be easily removed to make room for vocalists if needbe.
The best songs to play/sing in this book are "Schadenfreude", "There's A Fine Fine Line", "It Sucks To Be Me", and "Fantasies Come True". At least, that's what I think. To each his own.
Good Buy June 27, 2007
I like the book I bought. It had all the songs I wanted. It came in a decent amount of time from when I bought it.
The Way It's SUPPOSED To Be Played November 16, 2005
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
If you haven't seen the show, go and do it. If you have, well done.
What many piano arrangements for recent Broadway musicals nowadays such as Wicked, Mamma Mia, and Spamalot have in their respective arrangements is a lack of a challenging score to play, though it may sound easy, and how oftentimes, they composer tries to alter the original score into something more adaptive for the public. Although this may sound like a good idea, it really isn't, because as soon as you play it based on the arrangement or sing it, you quickly realize it's not as good as the original, which is what everyone wants, right?
The Avenue Q Piano arrangement, however, keeps all the songs in their original context, letting everyone emulate the classic songs the way they're supposed to be sang. No one wants to sing "Defying Gravity" from Wicked without the chorus back-up or Glinda singing in every now and then, right? Avenue Q gives you the score straight from the source, without awkwardly messing up the original greatness of the music. A must-buy.
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