High School Musical: Easy Piano Version - Various

Advantages: Great classics from Broadway
Disadvantages: A few "spelling mistakes" in the chord lines

...Product: Chocago movie vocal selections Setting: Vocal line, piano accompaniment and chords Composer: John Kander Lyricist: Fred Ebb Published by: Hal Leonard Music Publishing Price: RRP £7.43 ($14.95) Cheapest at amazon.co.uk - marketplace at £4.03 at the time of writing (july 2007) The selections of the movie version (313241-H2) of the musical Chicago is very much better than the older selections of the musical (312087-H2). The song list includes the classic musical numbers All that jazz, Nowadays, Roxy and Razzle Dazzle. Also, the selections includes the songs Cell-block tango, We both reached for the gun, I can’t do it alone and the for the movie specially written I move on. The duet Class for two female voices is also included, although it was cut from the movie. Kander and Ebbs music from this musical is famous - most people... Read review

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Advantages: A lot of good music for female voices. Easy to learn, fun to sing!
Disadvantages: It lacks the song "Eye of the beholder"

...Product: Vocal selections of the musical Witches of Eastwick Setting: Vocal line, piano accompaniment and chords Composer: Dana P Rowe Lyricist: John Dempsey Published by: International Music Publishing Price: RRP £14.95 Cheapest at amazon.co.uk - marketplace at £11.21 at the time of writing (july 2007) The vocal selections of the musical The Witches of Eastwick is one of my favourite books. It contains all the good songs from the musical, including three of the trios between the witches and the duet “Something”, completely written out with all the parts and even a shortened version of the ensemble song “Dirty Laundry” with all the ensemble parts. The book also contains four strong up-tempo songs for female voices, as well as the beautiful ballad “Loose Ends”. Two songs for male voice are also included. The only song I’m missing... Read review

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Advantages: a masterclass in poetic writing
Disadvantages: very much a text book

...'t worry about the keys on the piano, just express yourself by hitting them, expression is more important than rules." Its obvious from this example that to play music you need to understand how the keys, notes, chords and musical script work and relate to each other and it's the same with writing poetry. This book aims to give you that understanding. Many people will say that its too late to learn a whole new skill such as writing poetry, if they couldn't do it at school, then it is probably beyond their capabilities. What most people fail to realise is that unlike music or art we all have the basic skills already under our belts. The tools that we use to make our poetry is the very thing that we use to communicate with on a daily basis, ordering a pizza, doing the Times crossword, talking about Eastenders and writing the shopping list are all... Read review

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