Hal Leonard Disney Super Easy Songbook Easy Piano Sheet Music Book

Review of Disney Piano Book

Great book for young beginners. Kids will love this book.

Only right hand notes are included

Okay I didn’t know this book ONLY had notes for the right hand. What a waste of money, you can’t even remotely learn any of the songs. Don’t purchase this book if you’re even slightly interested in learning the full songs.

LavPebbles

August 13, 2023

Great adult beginner book who wants to use chords

I forgot that I have given my niece this book years ago as a Christmas gift, so when I was at their house one weekend and tried to play from it, I quickly ordered one for myself.

After realizing that adult beginners should practice playing by using chords, a light bulb came on as I figured this book out. Some people are saying there’s no bass clef notes. True, but it’s all in chords to make playing supposedly easier. I wish it would still show the notes, so that we can learn to read music as well.

I also noticed that they mislabeled the C chords. C chords is the first thing you learn as a beginner (CEG), but on some pages it is showing as EGC. Is that still a C chord? As a beginner I don’t know, but everywhere on Google it is showing as CEG. I would recommend going through the book to relabel the chords if they are incorrect, so that you do not continue learning with the wrong names of the chords.

The song selection is nice, but I wish Mary Poppins’ Feed the Birds was in it (one of Walt Disney’s favorite’s songs). You also do not get the full songs, but just enough to learn as a crowd pleaser.

I would not show this book to a kid learning piano yet as it may mess them up, but at the same time, it could also help encourage them to play if they hear a tune they are familiar with. Just watch out or make sure the chords are named correctly.

Kindle version poorly formatted

This book is supposed to be formatted so that the complete song is visible by the player without taking hands of the keyboard, but when setting the kindle version to two page (column) view one sees the end of one song, and the beginning of the next song.

The songs are very simplified, and easy to follow. I am interested in seeing how my young piano learner adapts to the format of putting the chords at the top instead of as notes in the treble clef, however the fingering diagram is not on the second page, so I don't know how that well that will work.

Excellent songbook

My kids a few months into piano lessons, I've never taken them, but have played other instruments. We both play out of this songbook and there is a large selection of songs from Disney's past and present. They sound reasonably like the originals, and are arranged and marked for easy play.

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Very Easy, Love this Book for Beginners or Early Intermediate

Bought this book to teach my children how to play piano. Fantastic selection of songs and very easy 5-finger piano for the right hand. Every note is labeled, most of the songs are in the key of C (no sharps or flats) and the tempos are fun and easy.

The book also lists matching major chords and shows the fingering for the left hand above the staff, so once you learn the right hand, you can play the base clef with chords. At first, I played this for the kids (not necessary but fun), and soon they learned the chords themselves. Proud day! And allows this book to go from early beginner to early intermediate.

The songs aren't the full Disney songs, but are usually 1-2 pages long and let you play the bulk of the music with corresponding words (also included which is wonderful!). Our kids have enjoyed learning on this book, and even though I'm more advanced, the songs are fun and easy to play when I add in the left hand on my own.

Overall - a really fun book to have for the piano. Will probably always be a regular staple in our piano books.

Best beginners Piano book.

Best beginners piano book. Simple notes with the letters printed on each note and chords with pictures at the top of the page to show how to play each chord. Anybody can learn to play the piano using this book.