The Beatles: Complete Scores by The Beatles

The Beatles: Complete Scores Reviews

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  John

  A 40th Birthday gift.... the ultimate in such gifts for an absolute Beatle nut!
  
  There are very few Beatles songs that I do not love.... perhaps "Why don't we do it in the road?", "Revolution 9" and "Blue Jay Way" come the closest to accomplishing that task.
  
  But as for my favourites... where do you start and when do you end?
  
  Penny Lane, Hey Jude, Eleanor Rigby, I'm Only Sleeping, Michelle, I Am the Walrus, Hello Goodbye, Two Of Us, For No One, Got To Get You Into My Life, The End, The Fool On The Hill,I Feel Fine,Strawberry Fields Forever, I'll Be Back, Rocky Raccoon, Lady Madonna, In My Life, Oh! Darling, She Said, She Said, Your Mother Should Know, Things We Said Today, You Like Me Too Much, Ask Me Why, Yesterday, We Can Work it Out, Across the Universe, The Ballad of John and Yoko, Something, Dig A Pony, Let It Be, Sun King, etc, etc, etc....
  
  ...well... that's a few of my favourites...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Matthew

  An incredible book. Sure, it's got a lot of inaccuracies in the transcriptions - piano parts especially seem to be heavily simplified - but it's close enough to help you figure it out. This is a book I will treasure and refer to for the rest of my life. Vocals, harmonies, rhythm guitars, lead guitars, bass, drums, percussion and orchestral parts all included.
  
  The only thing that lets it down slightly is the presentation, it's not the easiest to read (especially guitar solos) and overuses 'repeat' marks and very odd chord boxes. Spend a bit of time with what you want to learn, though, and it all comes together.
  
  I wish books like this existed for more artists! It must have taken a long time to put together.
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  Robert

  I'm forever grateful to the mad genius who created this book. The scores are incredibly detailed with only rare inaccuracies. I'm wowed every time I look in and find a riff or lick that eluded me. A larger format with a coil spine would be nice though.
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  Bobby

  How did they get such accurate transcriptions? As far as I can tell they're dead on.
  
  The only fault I can find is that some of the guitar chords they chose are very strange.
  
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  Matty Doherty

  At the time of buying i couldn't play a note on any instrument. I read the scores from cover to cover and was absolutely hooked.
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  Curt Granger

  When The Beatles are your favorite band...
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  Maurizio Codogno

  Vidi per la prima volta questo libro nel 1990, in Giappone dove ero andato a una conferenza. Il negozio però non accettava carte di credito e non avevo yen a sufficienza, così lo lasciai là e mi morsi le dita per quattro anni. Poi la Hal Leonard acquisì i diritti per gli USA, e subito mi affrettai a pagare gli allora 60$ necessari per farlo mio.
  Il libro, se volete, rafforza lo stereotipo dei nipponici: quattro tizi, con tanta pazienza, si sono messi a trascrivere le canzoni dei Beatles - c'è persino Revolution 9 - con tutte le parti di ciascuno strumento. Ci sono degli errori, alcuni anche marchiani, ma il risultato è strabiliante. Ho provato a suonare qualche brano a partire da queste trascrizioni, e vi garantisco che è una gioia. (sì, probabilmente occorre fotocopiare le pagine ingrandendole: ma è appunto un reference book)
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  Volkert

  Very good, but not perfect, collection of scores of the Beatles amazing catalog of music. My major beef with the book is that these songs are not in album order (but in alphabetical order), so when you have a medley from Abbey Road, you don't have a smooth transition from one song to the next.
  
  I also had a few minor quibbles with guitar chords, and guitar voicings, but they were not a problem for me because I had most of these already figured out. It might prove to be problematic for someone learning these song for the first time.
  
  But all in all, this is an excellent addition for those who want to delve more deeply, and perhaps learn note-for-note, some of the works of the Beatles.
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  Eric Stefani

  This book contain just about every notes of music the Beatles ever recorded. It amazing but hard to read such small print and being the book size I'm a little clumsy handling such a large book. The paper is thin paper like you'd see in a Bible. Yes all the drum parts, vocals and even guitar solos to trumpet parts. I've worked through a dozen songs with this book but still don't know if the music is rubbing off into my playing. They were a great band with great personalities and songs. Simply the best.
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  Scott Golden

  Okay, so let's say that you have a band and you want to play Beatles songs. THIS is the music book for you! That said, there are a number of significant 'mistakes' -- mainly, chord diagrams that show the correct chord name, but are NOT diagramed the way that the Beatles played them. However, used in conjunction with a viewing of the numerous surviving videos of The Beatles playing live, this book serves as an invaluable guide for recreating some truly wonderful musical magic.
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  Michael Curtis

  Hal Leonard is shameless with repackaging the same material under "different" titles - and publishing bad piano arrangements of rock music - but they redeemed their souls with this book. These are note for note scores - with correct instrumentation - of the complete Beatles catalog, as recorded. Astonishing!
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  Brianna

  Though the Beatles sometimes played variations of the chords listed on higher frets (which you can tell by watching their TV performances), this book was a Godsend. I toted this book around everywhere while I was learning the guitar.
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  Harrison

  This book isn't a five. It's a six. The best way to learn the songs of the Beatles ever. In addition, you learn some good, vintage guitar licks along the way. If you play guitar, go get this book. You'll know what I mean once you give it a try.
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  Thomas Cavanagh

  great reference. Accurate but not perfect. Essential to anyone who wants to analyze the beatles song writing
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  Mark

  For any Beatles fans who can read music, this book should be your Bible.
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  Dustin

  Great for analysis but not exactly a "Real book," in other words: hard to make photo copies and too large for any regular music stand. It's pretty much a pop theory book.
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  Kiof

  the terrors of small print
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  Michael

  The most accurate transcriptions, so I've been told. Essential for any musical Beatlefan.
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  Beatles1964

  Brilliant effort. Only small error is 'When I'm Sixty-Four' transcribed in C Major rather than C# Major(use a capo).
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  David Roberts

  A must have for devout Beatles fans, every note, every chord. Check out The End to see who plays which guitar solo at, well, the end.
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  Stone

  Together with Andy Babiuk's Beatles Gear, this volume should have a sticker on it reading "For freaks only".
  Only Japanese patience could habe done this book, thank you, thank you.
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  Joel Ungar

  If you want to play The Beatles on piano (or on Hammond organ) this is the book you have to get.
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  Mark Showalter

  Fantastic resource for the music of this great band. Some mistakes throughout but the sheer volume of the information makes the goofs excusable.
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  Ben

  not nearly 100% accurate but still a nice book to own, and the music is (of course) wonderful.