Frozen: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack (Piano, Vocal, Guitar Songbook)

(*I have been playing piano since I was seven. Studied piano pedagogy and performance in college. BA in music. Now primarily a stay-at-home mom, but I still play often, teach piano, play and sing in choirs, play for church, and at my kids' school.*)My 8-yr-old daughter's school talent show is coming up. She likes to sing and I play piano for her each year, so we've been keeping an eye out all year long for a good song...and then Frozen happened! We got the music 3 weeks ago. Many of the songs are challenging at first, but not too hard to get the hang of after careful practice. The rhythms are complex if you are going to play the songs note for note, but once you get the hang of it, they are really fun to play. "For the First Time in Forever" is an especially fun piano arrangement. It is up-tempo, with driving rhythms and melodies. I'm trying to convince my daughter that this would be a great choice for the talent show, because the piano arrangement sounds so great. She, of course, wants to sing "Let it Go", which is great too. The movie performance uses a lot of piano, so a lot of the sheet music arrangement sounds like the real thing, like the intro, and the transition from the first chorus to the second verse. The interlude in "Let it Go" where Elsa is building her ice castle is great, too. There is an off-beat emphasis in the LH that is tricky to coordinate against the RH, but again, once you have the hang of it it is very fun. The piano part follows the melody basically note-for-note, which is great if you're playing it as a solo, or with a singer who is not confident with the melody yet, but I might go on musicnotes.com to get a more traditional piano/vocal arrangement of a few of our favorites, where the singer sings the melody and the piano just accompanies.I am very impressed by the quality of this music, even for Disney. Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez did an amazing job writing the music and lyrics. I can't wait until they get this one on Broadway. I think it will be incredible!

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I am a retired piano teacher with advanced degrees so feel I can fairly review the book. As far as difficulty, it is neither simplified or advanced. It is the standard song accompaniment. A teacher would not use this for piano solos. But it is designed to use to accompany the vocal solos. The melody is on a separate staff above the accompaniment which is nice for the singer and accompanist. The duets, likewise, are on separate staves making it easy to play the harmony part if needed for the second singer. The spoken dialogue is included which is nice for little ones who've memorized every line. There are percussion indications clearly marked in the score which is nice for the creative teacher who will have someone play the rhythm.As far as wanting a piano solo, the advanced player can combine the melody and accompaniment. If one can't do this, a teacher could use this as a great opportunity to show the student how - a good creative assignment for arranging.

The music is great, of course, but I was disappointed in how the four chorus pieces were presented. Most pieces are notated with only a single vocal line, and all of the vocal parts are notated in the treble clef.Frozen Heart: This piece is for male chorus, but it's written in the treble clef, and with only a single solo line through most of the piece. There's only one phrase where multiple voices are shown, and the harmony that I hear on the recording is nowhere to be found.Do You Want to Build a Snowman: Very good.For the First Time in Forever: I would have preferred that the section where Anna & Elsa are singing together be notated as separate staffs, rather than shoving them onto the same staff, but oh well.Life is an Open Door: Hans is notated in the treble clef, but at least it's separate staffs for the two parts.Let It Go: There's a D.S. al Coda that makes the page turns awkward, it only saved one page of printing in a nine page piece. Other than that, good.Reindeers Are Better Than People: Again, it's for a male voice, so bass clef would be more appropriate here.In Summer: This one is more for tenor than bass, so at least the treble clef is somewhat appropriate. (They still should have put the "8" underneath it to make it tenor clef.)For the First Time in Forever (Reprise) Very good. Anna & Elsa have separate staffs this time.Fixer Upper: Harmony is almost completely missing from this chorus piece. There's two notes listed where it's two soloists together, but where it's a group, there's only one note listed. At the end, where the chorus of trolls are repeating "true love" over and over, there's only one line shown.Vuelie: This one, at least, has the vocal harmonies preserved. It's not presented as SSAA (it's notated for piano, with a single treble & bass clef), but all of the notes are there, and it matches what I hear in the recording. However, there's no words at all.Heimr Arnadelr: I was especially disappointed that this one didn't have harmony shown. Instead, it's notated as a single solo line, over accompaniment, and it's not an accompaniment that easily lends itself to being transformed into a cappella mixed chorus, like the original is. It does have the original (Norse?) text shown, plus an English pronunciation and English translation.

This is a very good arrangement of the best songs from the Disney movie Frozen. The 11 songs included are listed by several other reviewers, so I do not see the need to list them again.There are currently two editions of this music book out. The other edition is ideal for people looking for the piano accompaniment without the vocal line included. This edition includes the vocal line, which makes it great for piano solos and parents who are accompanying children.As others have mentioned, the songs require an intermediate-to-advanced pianist to play well. The vocal lines are included in the music and, as others have commented, all (including the male parts) in the treble clef. I do not see this as a problem, since most "sing-along" style music where the melody is included in the piano music is written this way.

Ich liebe dieses Heft, auch für Klavierschüler spielbar, prima!!!

Excellent quality music. Challenging enough that, as an experienced Pianist, it makes me have to play through it a few times before nailing it. Sounds exactly how I wanted it to

(5 for accuracy, maybe a 4 for guitarists) There are a lot of chords for the film Frozen on the internet but none come as comprehensive as this book. I personally found a lot of new and interesting chords. It is also very difficult at times and despite the excellent chord boxes throughout it has been made primarily for a pianist. For example, the chords for 'Let it go' are given in F. A capo on the 1st fret and chords in the key of E will make things a lot simpler for a guitarist. I have found better sounding alternative chords to the chord boxes provided on occasion and tab for some of the simpler piano parts would have been nice (even reindeers are better than people isn't in tablature format) but the chords do sound spot on and will be a very good test for finger dexterity.

The object I've receveid was in good conditions and the shipping was very fast!I liked this product and I'm very pleased about this order!

Excelente música y adaptación pianística muy respetable. No obstante, hay cosas que no son fieles al original, pero son detalles que no desmerecen a esta cuidada edición.