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 enlarge | Author: Stephen Schwartz
Brand: Hal Leonard
Category: Book
List Price: $17.95
Buy New: $9.97
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Avg. Customer Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 2308
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 122
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 9 x 0.3
ISBN: 063407881X
Dewey Decimal Number: 782
UPC: 073999132670
EAN: 9780634078811
ASIN: 063407881X
Publication Date: June 1, 2004
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5 Stars for Accomplished Players - 2 Stars for Beginners August 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Pieces seem to be very true to the original score. Four and Five sharps or flats is common. Multiple changes in time signature within the pieces. Great if you're comfortable playing difficult music.
Incredibly accurate July 14, 2007
I'm loving this book! The arrangements are a great difficulty level- challanging, but not impossible. No One Mourns the Wicked, Defying Gravity, Dancing Through Life, and What Is This Feeling are edited, but not that bad, and Thank Goodness is reduced to Glinda's solo, I Couldn't Be Happier.
There's really no substitute for this book. The arrangements and the chords themselves are too complicated to pick up by ear. I'd encourage anyone who loves this musical and knows piano to invest in this book. It's a real keeper.
 FOR ALL PAINO PLAYERS!! May 12, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
this book is great for all piano players. it is fun and easy. also, it has the lyrics so you can sing along while you play. this book is the best.
So good, but so hard! May 4, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Five stars to this book because the songs are beautifully adapted and true to the musical. However, I bought this book so I could tinker with it on my piano, and it is way too hard for me to get anywhere! I played piano for 8 years as a kid, and am now just a rusty beginner/intermediate player. I thought I could eventually get these songs down by playing them over and over, but after flipping through everything I think the only near-manageable song is "For Good." My favorite, "No Good Deed," is completely impossible and I'll just have to listen to my CD. I would suggest this book for the highly advanced pianist. As for me, I'm going to go check out that easy piano version.
Note: The songs are edited to make more sense when sung by just one or two people. This significantly changes some parts though - I was disappointed to find that the entire "we deserve each other" and "I hope you're happy" segments were deleted from "Dancing Through Life" and "Defying Gravity," respectively.
excellent March 22, 2007
I play a lot of popular/broadway piano, and a lot of classical. I appreciate the fine editing (no sloppy progressions...) and beautiful chords. Great work!
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