The best Musicals & Film Songbooks: Reddit reviews

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For the girl, consider this, it’s a learn how to play Flute with songs from Frozen.

Frozen - Recorder Fun!: Pack with Songbook and Instrument https://www.amazon.com/dp/1495013057/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fzo-BbF6N2GX0

https://www.amazon.com/Frozen-Recorder-Pack-Songbook-Instrument/dp/1495013057

you guys don't know pain until you've had this given to your 3 year old daughter.

This would do nicely...

When my son was in 5th grade and had to buy a $5 recorder (which we never saw again after they were done with that unit..I wonder where the damn thing went?), I almost bought myself one from Amazon.

I still kind of want this, too. LOL

Buy it from Amazon instead? They ship to Malaysia.

For those asking I found this when looking on Amazon:

The Legend of Zelda for Easy Piano: Easy Piano Solos https://www.amazon.com/dp/0739083244/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_4CtjCbJ0Y5QD4

There are other books from the same seller as well.

Standing in the Shadows of Motown: The Life ... - Amazon UK

a load of james jamerrson tunes notated with explinations, shows how jj knowledge of jaz informed how he made often simple chord sequences interesting with his voicing. get functional ear trainer on your phone so you can learn by ear. Be aware that it is timing where most tabs are wrong. My way to learn a line is listen, sing, wok out the key of song, learn notes, get timing then go back to listening to find out what I got wrong

Practicing scales and fingerings is a good way to train your ear. You'll start to hear chordal movement and resolutions that make sense. You should look into getting a jazz methods book, they typically have good exercises and warmups. Also, writing the music down, transcribing, is a really good way to train your ear. One of my favorite books is [http://www.amazon.com/Standing-Shadows-Motown-Legendary-Jamerson/dp/0881888826/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1433258160&sr=8-9&keywords=standing+in+the+shadows]. Listening to some bass lines on early Aretha Franklin albums, motown, and Wilson Pickett will get you in the groove in no time!

A recorder with a book with all the songs from frozen.

Way cheaper, same effect

If they have kids, get the kids a recorder with Frozen songbook. It’s actually available on Amazon if you’re interested OP! 😊

https://www.amazon.com/Frozen-Recorder-Pack-Songbook-Instrument/dp/1495013057/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=1YNZRJROF39AP&keywords=frozen+recorder+and+songbook&qid=1668810140&sprefix=%2Caps%2C65&sr=8-1

“Standing In The Shadows of Motown: The Life And Music Of Legendary Bassist James Jamerson” is a great start and arguably an essential book for any bass player. James Jamerson is one of the most influential and important bass players of all time and the book has transcriptions of many classic Motown Records songs he played on.

I might get downvoted for this, but in the case of learning composition for film I'm not sure a score study will do all that much. I reckon you're a fan and perhaps want to learn the melodic, harmonic, rhythmic and timbral language of the composer, but this will only take you as far as setting similar atmospheres (and since I get the feeling you are going to use a DAW, a DAW breakdown of the Game of Thrones soundtrack might suffice for that).

Watching TV shows and movies while consciously paying attention to the music and asking yourself why certain decisions were made will prepare you a whole lot more than isolating the score from the medium it was composed for. It can rather serve as a supplement when you can't seem to think of the answers to whichever questions pops up.

Richard Davis wrote a "Complete" Guide to Film Scoring for Berklee, it is lacking key information but it's the best I'm aware of to get you started on what questions can be useful to ask yourself.

Hell, get them the recorder and Frozen sing along pack. Hours of fun! Well, for the kids, anyway. Not so much for the parents.

There's some books for easy Zelda and Mario piano music. Each link has a preview so you can see how appropriate it might be for you.

Could be worse...

I can't wait until my friends' daughter is old enough for this.

> What is the best Beatles book for me (someone who knows very little and wants to learn more)?

There are thousands of books.

If you want just one to start, then Anthology is the best option. https://www.amazon.com/Beatles-Anthology/dp/0811826848

The stuff in the "** Piano Collections" books tends to be high quality. (e.g. "FFVII Piano Collections, Kingdom Hearts Piano Collections, etc). Sample (Disclaimer: my performance.) I have never been disappointed with anything I've found in these books.

For Zelda, you have Symphony of the Goddess (Amazon link). I don't super love the arrangement personally, but it's clear they tried. I wouldn't say that any of your complaints apply to it.

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Here is the link

Well I can get to play the songs, just I quickly have to learn by heart instead of reading if I want to play them, even relatively slow. Which becomes quickly an annoying and straining exercise

I bought my grandkids Frozen Recorders because payback is a bitch

Hey there, not the OP but this is the book that my teacher and I found for LOTR music. It comes with backing tracks too. I think if you get the digital version it comes with access to digital mp3s instead of the cd.

https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Instrumental-Solos-Strings/dp/0757923291

Hey there, this is the book that my teacher and I found for LOTR music. It comes with backing tracks too. I think if you get the digital version it comes with access to digital mp3s instead of the cd.

https://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Instrumental-Solos-Strings/dp/0757923291

Hey I got this Zelda sheet music book and love it. Thanks for being a sweet person and hurray for learning piano!

Aw man, I don't know how many people are with me, but Skyward Sword is my Favorite Zelda game... Love it! You should check out this zelda piano book. I have it and have plucked out a few of the toons and I have basically no skill on the piano... https://www.amazon.com/dp/0739083244/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_aHqdFbWBF6F6H

That's awesome - best of luck!

That's the Symphony of the Goddesses piano solos book - same idea as the HK book, but based on the SotG scores rather than the in-game OST. If you're interested, make sure to give the pieces a listen before you buy it, to make sure you like the arrangements - they're generally aligned with the original game soundtracks, but they're definitely catered to the SotG concert programs. I got the book off Amazon after seeing them:

https://www.amazon.com/Legend-Zelda-Symphony-Goddesses-Piano/dp/1470626292

I know someone mentioned a recorder earlier, but did they mention THIS!?!?

My sister threatened to get my son a drum set. I told her I would get 3 of this for her girls if she did. My son never got a drum set.

I posted this question just as I started reading Standing in the Shadows of Motown and this exercise is one of the first things you play. I've been looking through some of the first transcriptions ("Uptight", "I'd be a Fool Right Now") and can now see the connection to the exercise. He really works the scale in his bass parts, hitting on not just the root and V but also the vi and vii to 'bring it home'.

Great stuff. Thanks all for the replies!

Richard Rogers and Jerry Goldenstein are classics that stand out in my mind for production and arrangement.

This is a good book about scoring: https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Film-Scoring-Business/dp/0876391099/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1470492933&sr=1-2&keywords=film+scoring

This one: http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Instrumental-Solos-Strings/dp/0757923291?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s01

As an update: Playing with the CD definitely helps a lot. I can almost play most of them with the accompaniment and the instrumentals just sound so great