My biggest complaint about this book is that most of the songs are very painfully simple. A beginner pianist would probably enjoy these more than I did... That being said a lot of the songs are still very pretty. Just wish they were a little more challenging for a 'piano solo' book. Probably should be called 'easy piano'.
This is an excellent book of piano arrangements for most of the music from the Harry Potter series. I have taught piano for 30 years and these arrangements are intermediate to advanced. The arrangements are well done and fun to play.
With the addition of the never before published "Leaving Hogwarts," this product is phenomenal. They truly chose the best pieces of each movie, however, A "Window to the Past" from Prisoner of Azkaban is missing. For some, Prisoner of Azkaban is the best score, and this product definitely plays tribute to "Double Trouble" but misses out on the other great theme of the third movie.There are a bunch of selections from the first movie, then the second and third get ripped off. There is the great Spider theme from Chamber of Secrets, along with "Gilderoy Lockhart" and the "Flying Car" that are missing. But apart from the absence of these pieces, this product is a great buy. Retail on each individual movie's sheet music is $15, this book is less than $20 and comes with the best of the Harry Potter scores (for the most part).I recommend it to every Harry Potter fan, especially for the price. Even if you don't play piano or read sheet music, it is amazing just to have the complete collection in one book for such a great price.
Truly impossible to pick an appropriate piano book to play & enjoy, either for oneself or one's student, if you can not see an example of the music!!!These reviews are worthless. A 13 year old who has played for 2 years could be playing Bach 2 part inventions, or still pecking away at Alfreds Complete Adult Method, Level II.I have also noticed over the years, that some publishing company will claim their collection is suitable for beginne & /or easier piano, only to find that their measures & notes are larger, containing fewer notes, & the music is printed with biiiigggg not and spaces between each note, while the notes chosen still move with monstrous, unnatural, improbable leaps & sometimes less than harmonous intervals. I believe this is technique is actually HARDER for a beginning pianist, requiring them to visually keep track of their note through more empty space filled with lines & spaces, before finding the next note, while the sound produced does not make sense to their listening ear. This skill being a more advanced special awareness & mature brain acumen.PLEASE allow potential buyers to see several representative pages of EACH of the different pieces!!! No one would take the time to try to make up the middle of these pieces if you allowed them to see the beginning & end of a song, (for HEAVEN'S SAKE!!!)A Potential Purchaser Cheryl
Perfect as a teaching tool for all those who love the Harry Potter movies. I have students aged 10 and up who use it.
The Harry Potter sound track is classical music. The children are loving learning to play because they think of it as the Score from Harry Potter. It is like hiding broccoli in cheese sauce. They know it is classical music there but is so much more delicious this way.
Great intermediate arrangements of the Harry Potter music. My students love this book and can't wait to learn the music! As a piano teacher, it's important to supplement the lesson books with music my students are eager to play, and books like this do the trick! Not for beginners, this book takes the intermediate student on a musical adventure where they play songs and in the end, love what they hear. I find it encourages them to practice because they enjoy what they're playing and look forward to finishing whatever piece they're working on. Super! Arranged very well for piano students who are ready for a challenge! Harry Potter -- Sheet Music from the Complete Film Series: Easy Piano
I bought this as a Christmas gift for someone who is very skilled at playing piano and absolutely loves Harry Potter. I was nervous because no where at the time did I see it list if it was easy or advanced but figured I had to try. It is NOT the easy version but is infact advanced intermediate. It presented the perfect challenge for the person I bought it for. So if you have a Potter fan who plays piano very well, they will enjoy this book alot.
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