Trans-Siberian Orchestra : Christmas Eve & Other Stories

Trans-Siberian Orchestra : Christmas Eve & Other Stories | Accurate to a Point, But Lacking

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	Trans-Siberian Orchestra : Christmas Eve & Other Stories Alfred Publishing Company, 1998 - 116 pages average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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Matching songbook. Contains original material such as: An Angel Came Down * An Angel Returned * Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 * The First Noel * First Snow * God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen * Good King of Joy * A Mad Russian's Christmas * O Come All Ye Faithful/O Holy Night * Old City Bar * Ornament * The Prince of Peace * Promises to Keep * The Silent Nutcracker * A Star to Follow * This Christmas Day.

Excellent for guitar

This book is excellent for anyone wanting to learn how to play songs from the TSO Christmas Eve CD. I bought it mostly for the acoustic songs, but I've played around with some of the others as well.

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Accurate to a Point, But Lacking

When I ordered this book, I was rather torn between two alternatives for what I thought I might be getting. One alternative was something challenging, comparable to Anthony Burger or Dino Kartsonakis. The other alternative was that the book would be akin to the High School Musical piano books, which are in my opinion worthless. I was pleasantly surprised to find that this was not the later, but unfortunately it was not the former either.

The songs in this book do sound remarkably like the songs played by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Unfortunately it is hard to get all of the parts into something that a solo piano can play, and therefore some of my favorite rhythms were absent (originally played by bass guitar, I believe).

If you're looking for a challenge, this is probably not a book for you. On a majority of the songs (with the exception of "A Mad Russian's Christmas" and "Christmas Eve in Sarajevo 12/24", I could sit down and play right through them with relatively few problems. Even the two songs I listed are perhaps at most at the Intermediate level though. My only difficulty was getting those two up to speed without losing some of the rhythms and notes.

Overall, I would suggest this book for someone who simply wants something fun to play (Intermediate Level or higher) or who wishes to perform a song, such as "A Star to Follow". Otherwise, look for something with a little more challenge that was designed for solo piano to begin with.

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Guitar Christmas

By Jeffrey W. Bennett Author of Under the Lontar Palm and founder of LayMentor...
I bought this book to learn the screaming guitar solos. What a way to go for christmas. Exciting and dramatic. However, not all guitar pieces are transcribed in tabular format. This book is best played by sight readers.

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