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If you love Wicked, then this is the book for you. But you have to be considerably a very good note reader to play the music. A lot of rhythm work and big chords.
My school owns this book, and I use it near constantly to accompany several singer friends of mine. It is easy to sight read, and the sound of the songs is rich and full, as they should be. I would suggest this for anyone looking to learn the music of Wicked.
Otherwise a fabulous book. (Defing Gravity starts with, "Something has changed within me."), and instead of talking to Glinda with the "Unlimited" section, there is a reprise of that section from "The Wizard and I." I understand that this was done to make this song a complete solo, but it was still a little disappointing.
That and I'm just a music junkie. :-) I have several musical books for voice and piano from Hal Leonard, and they are all exceptional.
I am a vocalist, and after seeing Wicked for the first time I knew I needed to own a solo book of the songs so I could use them in future auditions. First of all the beginning of both is totally left off.
The piano parts are done well, and the voice parts allow room for the singer to make it his or her own. The only reason I did not give this 5 stars is because of the major changes in Defying Gravity and No Good Deed.
No Good Deed starts with "No good deed goes unpunished." instead of the original beginning where she's chanting (Eleka namen, namen, atum atum eleka namen.)., and that was my favorite part. I would still buy it again.
This was a complete compilation of WICKED songs. The arrangements are for intermediate pianists. The melody line is simple and easy to follow.Good quality paper used and photos make it extra fun.I wish it was spiral-bound.
I think that his book is amazing. So other than that I would say that this book is really nice if yuo have any auditions or any concerts or just for fun. Some disappointmennts are that they changed some of the songs to make them solos and not groups, which is nice but if you want the real original then i would recommend the Wicked Grimmerie. I also own that and that is really cool. Stephen Schwarts also made the notes easier for younger kids but he still put the real chords and everything. I highly recommend this book.
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