Always On My Mind; See The Day; Being Wih You; White Flag; Mamma Mia; From Both Sides Now; Somwhere; I Don't Feel Like Dancin'; Hotel California; For Your Eyes Only; Valerie; You're Beautful; Jesus To A Child; Easy.
With Kember at the helm.....He has arranged the 13 tunes twice, for piano and vocal, and solo piano, making this a good resource for players’ repertoire. October 2010, Mi Pro This collection of intermediate (Grade 3-5) pop songs from John Kember is a fantastic resource for pianists who want to make the transition to playing pop piano. It is unusual in that each song is presented in two formats: the first has melody, lyrics and a basic chord structure, making it ideal for accompaniment, improvisation and understanding harmony; the second is a full-blown, beautifully arranged piano solo. Both versions of all songs feature on the CD. My pupils and I have really enjoyed [this book]. I loved Always on my Mind, Hotel California, Easy and of course Mamma Mia, while they preferred White Flag and the ubiquitous You're Beautiful. We varied the playing by dueting as one played the chords and the other the melody (this was very good for understanding the underlying harmonies and might serve as a good Year 9-11 composition stimulus), or attempting the piano solo versions and being delighted by Kember's excellent, true-to-the original arrangements. Playing along and listening to the CD enabled [pupils] to get to grips quickly with the rhythms and get an overall idea of the pace and flavour of each piece. Music Teacher, January 2010
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