Customer Reviews for Deluxe Anthology
Peter
Location: from Vejle, Denmark
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
January 26, 2009
Terrific - recommendable
I'm 42 and have played piano for 3 years now. This book is very nice and just makes me want to learn to play every single peace. They sound terrific. I wish that like all American books were written with less white space so you can have a whole song on a single dpuble sheet. (without turning sheets)
18 of 41 people found this review helpful.
Kylie Doak
Location: from Victoria, Australia
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
October 6, 2008
Fantastic Book
I have actually had this particular book for many, many years - over 20 years, actually, (white background with red writing! - probably original cover) and I absolutely LOVE it! I don't know whether the music is exactly what Freddie plays or not, but it sounds pretty wonderful to me! I love to "channel my inner Freddie" when I play! (hehe) I'm in my element listening to Queen and love that I can play the music too. It remains my favourite music book to this very day (and I have tonnes of music!). Note: for those who may not like the particular arrangements, listen to your cds/records enough that you can improvise a little and add the bits you want - nothing wrong with that! Just a suggestion :)
18 of 35 people found this review helpful.
Mike
Location: from UT
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
August 8, 2008
Not bad...
This book is the best I have found for all of the Queen songs that I love. However the typscript is poorer than I like, and there are some parts that i would hve liked that were not included. However, the transcription is not bad, most of the reviewers seem to forget that much of rock music is improvisation. This very well could be how the music was written, it may have just been played differently. Overall it is a little simplistic but it doesn't take much to add all of the touches it needs.
18 of 38 people found this review helpful.
Lucas
Location: from Longview, WA
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
June 3, 2008
Absurd!
This book is nothing like the original songs. It has no resemblance whatsoever. DO NOT BUY!!!
19 of 41 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Boston,MA
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
February 5, 2008
Not even close
Notes in book not even close to real piano part. Also misaligned/fuzzy notes.
23 of 38 people found this review helpful.
Juli
Location: from Martinez, CA
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
November 27, 2007
Ok for lyrics..
I wasn't too excited about the piano arrangement. It was a bit too simplistic. OK for a beginner who wants to play along.
5 of 12 people found this review helpful.
Greg
Location: from Lake Forest, CA
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
October 22, 2007
Poor Print Quality
This book looks like a fifth grader copied it off of a coin-op copy machine at a drug store. Blurry notes and inconsistent typeset makes it difficult to read on the fly.
5 of 11 people found this review helpful.
Anyone who can write
Location: from New York City
March 30, 2007
Dictionary
I have enjoyed this book somewhat, but the few songs eventually grow old and the real piano parts aren't there (Appluase Sam A. someone had to say it) [...]
5 of 12 people found this review helpful.
Crystal Muller
Location: from Alberta, Canada
March 15, 2007
Great Piano Music!!!!!A+++++
I have reallt enjoyed playing this music and I weould recommend it to any one wanting to play the Piano, or strum along to the music, but it does not have the guitar music line, but good overall
6 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Chris A.
Location: from Gladstone, Or.
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
December 20, 2006
Guitarists Beware!
This is a sad book if you are a guitarist.Unless you are a pianist or vocalist, this book is a waste of time and money. I wanted to play some awesome Brian May licks when my brother (Pianist) bought this book, but they only make a book for pian/vocals/chords. If someone makes this book into a tab book, I have not found it. This makes me very sad.
5 of 12 people found this review helpful.
Sam Arnold
Location: from Gladstone, Or.
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
December 20, 2006
Disapointed :(
I was honestley very disappointed with this book. Sure, you get a few measures of the real piano part with a few exceptins( It's a Hard Life has the complete piano part and rocks!) but, I was looking forward to playing piano music set aside from vocals instead of just chorded vocal parts made to play on piano. This still is the best piano book for Queen I've found...sadly.
6 of 13 people found this review helpful.
joey
Location: from Danville, PA
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
July 26, 2006
A good buy
Truth: Many of these songs are not the original piano part. The right hand often has melody. The bohemian rhapsody piano part is not how Freddie plays it. Even so, i really liked this book because i do not mind playing a song with the melody. I like to hear Freddie's voice in my song and to be able to play along with the guitar solos. The songs are not easy yet they are not extremely hard; good for a piano player with a fair amount of experience. People who only want to play the original PIANO part as it is heard in the song should not get this book. (like i said, i LOVED it)
6 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Springfield, illinois
April 29, 2006
[...]
This Book is the best book to play QUEEN songs from!
6 of 13 people found this review helpful.
David Pigott
Location: from Jackson, MS
May 21, 2005
Nothing like the transcriptions.
If you want to play Queen as Queen is played then this is not for you. The melody line should not be included in the piano part, but it is here. This book is cool for beginners, but not for people who, for instance, want to learn Freddy's piano part in Bohemian Rhapsody. It's just not there. This book has a horrible piano part for this song, and it's pretty consistent with the others. Get the transcription book, "Best of Queen" for the real thing. This is far from it. I'm returning my copy of this.
5 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Minnesota
April 16, 2005
great book
This book has some challenging music in it but if you like queen it's definently worth the effort to learn the songs. It has all of queen's best so you'll almost surely have the songs you want to learn.
7 of 14 people found this review helpful.
jessica
Location: from england
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
February 5, 2005
queen rock
i think this book is fab, i tryed getting the notes off the internet but its not as good as the real book, i'm loving it everytime i go page by page & i sounds jsut a good as the true rockers QUEEN! buy it u wont miss out on alot & its cheap!
7 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from wales, great britian
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
January 26, 2005
[...] this is good
I am only age 14 and play piano sometimes but ever since i was a baby i had always loved queen and when i had seen this book i had to get it and now i can play bohemian rhapsody like freddie mercury did himself
4 of 10 people found this review helpful.
Rosie
Location: from NZ
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
January 21, 2005
Looks goood :)
I work at a piano shop in New Zealand and I'm seriously eyeing up this book! I've been playing it on my breaks and I'm loving the transcriptions. I've grown up with Queen since my mum played it all the time and I think this book is fantastic! I'd love to get the Greatest hits one and two, but can't afford it at the momment, but this one is great in the meantime. This book does Queen credit.
6 of 12 people found this review helpful.
.....
Location: from holliston
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
September 30, 2004
Sweet
UNDER PRESSURE ROCKS!
6 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Vik
Location: from Stockholm, Sweden
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
August 30, 2004
Queen is still rocking
I really love queen and now see that i can by myself play the songs and sing them, not as good as original queen but pretty good anyway :P Well i think this is a good book and not to hard and its really easy if you love thier songs
6 of 12 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Des Moines, IA
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
July 15, 2004
Excellent
These are some excellent editions of some of the best songs ever.
5 of 12 people found this review helpful.
Nicole
Location: from San Antonio, TX
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
July 13, 2004
Nice
This book is pretty sweet; it's got all the staple Queen songs. Of course, the melody is written in the right hand which is kind of a downer, but the chords make it easy to improvise off of and makes it fun. Definitely get this book if you dont mind improvising and LOVE JAMMIN OUT TO SOME QUEEEEEEEEEN!
6 of 13 people found this review helpful.
Eric little
Location: from Portland, OR
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
September 27, 2003
Awesome, With Awesome Price
This book is a great book for any Queen fan. You get many songs for a low price. These songs are not easy, they are practically the original music! I recommend this to any piano player who loves Queen. The music is challenging, so be warned!
6 of 12 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from Los Angeles, CA
July 1, 2003
Awesome
I think this book is good for people who don't just like one song, they like all the popular Queen songs. It may be a little complicated for some, but it's generally playable.
6 of 14 people found this review helpful.
Anonymous
Location: from N.M., USA
Difficulty Level:
Early intermediate
August 1, 2002
Not great for guitarists.
If you just want to play simple guitar chords, this book is for you. If you want to play something more like the recorded version (which I was looking for), I suggest purchasing a book with tablature--rather than "PVG" (piano, vocals, guitar chords- like this one). Unfortunately, this particular book is NOT available in tablature format. For piano/keyboard this would be good to buy, or if you play bass guitar. Publishers, please release a book with all these great songs in TAB format!!
6 of 12 people found this review helpful.
Jacqui
Location: from NJ
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
July 26, 2001
Queen at its Best
This is a great book if you're looking for a variety of Queen. If "Bohemian Rhapsody" is your thing, this is your song, this is definately your book! The songs are challenging, but are worth the effort to learn them.
6 of 12 people found this review helpful.