Reader's Digest Easy Way to Play 100 Unforgettable Hits

by Dan Fox, William L. Simon, Reader's Digest Association

Book Overview

Designed especially for the person who reads little or no music, this is the perfect beginner's songbook. Includes 100 of the bestselling and best known songs of our time. Peel-off decals can be... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895773856
• ISBN13: 9780895773852
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Alfred Music
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 10.9" x 14.5"

Customer Reviews

The Easy Way to Play 100 Unforgettable His

I was introduced to Reader's Digest Sonbooks a few years ago by a friend. Since then I have purchased over 30 of these books for myself and friends. I've played the piano all my life and I think they are the greatest music books ever offered. They offer such a wide variety of music that is easy to play. I would highly reccommend them to any one.

Awesome piano book!!!

This is a awesome piano book for a super price. Strongly recommended!!!! I like it because it is large and it has numbers below the regular notes, as well as the lyrics. There are some nice songs in it and you will be able to play these in a flash. I can read music, but even someone who can't read notes will have fun with this book. Some of the 100 Songs you will get are: Amazing Grace, America the Beautiful, Adult Lang Syne, Battle Hym of the Republic, Good Bless America, Greensleeve, Tennessee Waltz, Danny Boy, Days of Wine and Roses, Alexander Ragtime Band, All of Me, Dancing in the Dark, Dream a little Dream of Me, Smoke Gets in your Eyes, Lover come back to Me, This Land is your Land, etc...This is probably one of the best, if not the best Books I own and I hope the listed above will be helpful to you, to make your decision, if you will purchase it or not.

Easy way to play 100 unforgettable hits

There are a hundred reasons why I love this book and would recommend it to anyone. 1...It has the notes, the chords and best of all it has the easy numbering system where c is 1 ; d is 2; e is 3 ; f is 4; etc........2...don't let the easy numbering system discourage you.....the opposite is true......if you have some initial success playing show tunes and old favorites you will continue playing music.........3.....Your success will motivate you to practice without noticing how much work you are doing....it will be fun..........4.......You will do songs like THE WAY WE WERE, I LEFT MY HEART IN SAN FRANCISCO, STARDUAST, SEPTEMBER SONG, FLY ME TO THE MOON, APRIL IN PARIS, DIXID, THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND, GOD BLESS AMERICA, ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT AND SO much, much more.......5......the idea with music is to have fun.........6......to be able to gather around the piano and play some tunes is a real confidence builder.......7......like exercise equipment, language courses and so many other activities, if you don't have success along the way you will give up.......you have success which motivates even more success............8....even more remarkable is that from playing these show songs you develope a feel or style of your own and you get a "sense of music" that is invaluable..........9.......I like the idea that with a few hours of practice on a song you can have fun with it.........10......maybe your classical music teacher will shake his head, but you will make more progress on the time put in than with so many of the other courses or books......11....Here is the sad and funny part to the whole review....something this wonderful is out of print.......it shows you that people in our society often fail to appreciate wonderful and simple pleasures............It was written in 1991........12.....the reason I would buy and own one or more of these books is that they will help you in family and social situations.....suppose you want to meet that cute girl or handsome guy........being able to sit down and play EMBRACEABLE YOU, FOOLS RUSH IN , GREENSLEEVES, I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU OR IN THE MOOD can be very useful............it is great to be able to teach others to play, to share this book, for romantic moments, .......it is useful to play the piano the way knowing how to dance is useful...........13....nearly all of us have taken a few piano lessons and we learned dumb, go no where songs.....when we see someone who can play great show tunes, great film memories, look back fondly tunes or inspiration, country or special songs at Christmas a sense of fun, envy and wanting to hang with that person happens.........14.....In several instances when I sat down with this book, girlfriends were impressed, wanted to hear more or we just had fun with the words and melodies.......15............In today's rushed world where time is at a premium, learning 100 old standards can be a priceless tool...........Instead of spending weeks learning Topcatta and Fuge in D minor

Great piano for all levels

This book has several levels to play from, two hands, one hand notes, and one hand numbers, all together. This makes it easy to advance with both hands. For the more experienced player the tunes have the chords and enough changes in key to play a lot of nice songs quickly. Has sections for whatever mood you may feel like playing that day, such as show tunes, hits, and seasonal favorites. Large for easy reading and well worth adding to your collection.

Great songs - Great format!

If you like the classic songs from popular music to show tunes in an easy to read format, this is for you. It gives suggested settings for keyboard and melody line with chords. It also has easy to play treble and bass, but experienced musicians will be able to fill in as desired.