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The Lord of the Rings for Easy Piano | 
 enlarge | Author: Howard Shore
Publisher: Warner Bros. Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 228848
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 48
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 11.8 x 8.7 x 0.2
ISBN: 075792414X
Dewey Decimal Number: 786
UPC: 654979083429
EAN: 9780757924149
ASIN: 075792414X
Publication Date: December 13, 2004
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Product Description
The Lord of the Rings trilogy stands as THE definitive epic motion picture of recent times. Essential to the power and beauty of the three films was the evocative musical score by Academy Award[R]-winning composer Howard Shore. Now, twelve major themes from the blockbuster trilogy are available in easy piano arrangements by Dan Coates. Loaded with full-color photos from the many incredible scenes in the movies and printed on high quality antique paper stock, this new easy piano songbook is a must-have for any fan. Be sure to have plenty on hand for the Christmas gift-buying season! Titles from The Fellowship of the Ring: The Prophecy * In Dreams * Concerning Hobbits * Many Meetings * The Black Rider. Titles from The Two Towers: Gollum's Song * Rohan * Evenstar * Forth Eorlingas. Titles from The Return of the King: Into the West * The Steward of Gondor * Minas Tirith
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 Great for the Lord of the Rings Piano player July 21, 2008
I ordered this for my 14 year old niece and she is an intermediate piano player and loves it!
Adult re-beginner June 30, 2008
"Easy" is a hard word. I'm just coming back to the keyboard after 30+ years away and I can't say what level of player I was when I left (past Fur Elise; stalled on the Moonlight Sonata). Have been buying a host of popular music for "easy" piano and it varies. Some is so simplified I have it down on the third time through; others send me to the flash cards to learn what those off-staff notes are. LOTR is right in the middle of the range.
--A few songs from each of the three movies. In Dreams and Concerning Hobbits are the ones I'm learning first; will go back to the DVD and listen differently to decide which of the remaining songs I liked enough to want to learn.
--For the most part, no more than four notes in play at any one time, and a lot places where the music is one note, each hand. A smattering of 16th notes but mostly quarters, some eighths, and half notes.
--Easy key signatures; mostly C and the rest two sharps or two flats max.
--Lots and lots of 12-note arpeggios without a lot of fingering assistance in the left hand.
--Notes range two octaves above and below middle C.
In sum? There are enough notes on each page that the song sounds good, yet easy enough to recognize the tune on the first or second time through. Plan: master this book, then buy the individual movie scores one at a time as I get better and want a richer sound.
Awesome! August 3, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
My son loves the piano and he loves Lord of the Rings. It was a match made in heaven! He has learned so much while learning to play music he loves.
 Not Easy: False Advertisement June 19, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
None of the Lord of the Rings piano arrangements by Dan Coates can be described as "Easy piano."
I taught some songs from two LORD books to my intermediate student (Alfred's Book 5) and he had a lot of trouble with the arrangements.
By definition, "easy piano" should at least have some indicated fingering and left-hand parts without extended leaps. No such luck here. Not recommended because of this marketing ploy. If your kid can't play Fuer Elise, the complete version, this book is not for her.
Missing one song April 5, 2007
My son was pretty disappointed that "Many Meetings" is missing from this book. The Editorial Review said it would be there.
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