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Re: Pop Songs for Beginners

Author: allencole
Date: 2022-10-04 01:53

Johnny Galaga wrote:

> These wouldn't be for beginners, but I've recently taken
> interest in transcribing pop/TV songs into parts to play along
> (attached). There really aren't many good books for this.

Yep, copyright issues really make it hard to have popular songbooks. Warner Brothers managed to get past this with its 'Band Expressions' beginning band book, which has a few pop songs & TV themes.

I try to encourage intermediate students to try playing along with recordings where the lead vocal is doubled or harmonized. Those things usually are more playable by instruments because they allow for fewer vocal calisthenics in the recording process. But those songs also contain challenges that most beginners are not ready for.

And the kid I wrote up 'The Longest Time' for is a definite beginner, so I'm anxious to find anything similarly easy. Am thinking that 'Faded Love' might be a good candidate--about 40 years older even than the Billy Joel tune!

Allen Cole

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