Customer Reviews for Viva La Vida
Stuart
Location: from Yrkshire, England
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
January 29, 2009
Simply great!
I'm now a born again pianist, having not played much at all over the last 20 years. Haven't stopped playing the piano since the music arrived. Much easier than I'd expected too.
18 of 39 people found this review helpful.
Matt
Location: from DE
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
November 25, 2008
My favorite Coldplay book thus far
I have the books for "A Rush of Blood to the Head" and "X&Y". What makes this one different from previous books is that throughout this one the vocal melodies are incorporated into the scores so that the songs sound more like normal P/V/G format sheet music. While it was nice in the other books to have accurate harmony transcriptions, they could get a little boring without a melody line or a vocalist singing along and sometimes tended to get too repetitive (esp. in "Rush of Blood") or too loosely structured (in "X&Y") to be played as solos. I actually prefer this book's format and absolutely love playing all of the songs from this great CD! They aren't too difficult, are really fun to play, and sound awesome. Overall, one of the only songbooks I have that I enjoy playing cover to cover. Absolutely love it. Standouts for me: "Lovers In Japan", "Reign of Love", "42", "Lost", "Chinese Sleep Chant", and "Death and All His Friends"(my favorite). Buy it and enjoy!
24 of 48 people found this review helpful.
jk
Location: from boston MA
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
November 21, 2008
Not too hard to play
This is great and not too hard to play on the piano. Some songs are more simple than others. A must have for coldplay fans.
20 of 41 people found this review helpful.