My Top 5 Easy Piano Sheet Music Books

September 23rd, 2009

After more than 50 posts on this blog, I noticed that I was getting the most comments on the topic of easy piano sheet music. I definitely want to put in an effort to try and make more posts about easy piano and easy sheet music.

Since I am always searching for advanced pieces, I sometimes forget how frustrating it can be for some people who search for easier pieces, only to find medium to hard pieces.

If you haven’t yet checked out 8notes.com, I would advise you too. They are one of the top free piano sheet music sites on the Internet, with thousands of easy arrangements and compositions.

In addition, I have reviewed the following five easy piano sheet music books, and they all receive my approval. In fact, many of them exceed my expectations. All of them have received at least a four or five start rating from customer reviews. If you’re looking for a great easy piano book, you can definitely find everything you need with these five books.

The Best Songs Ever

The Best Songs Ever – 6^th Edition (Easy Piano) by Various Artists

This easy piano book offers you 71 all-time favourite hits from various pop, Broadway, and movie genres. It includes easy piano notation, lyrics, and chord names. Here’s what someone said about this book: “I bought this for my 12 year old daughter and it is perfect. Easy music yet the arrangements sound great! We both love it. I can actually play the songs with very little formal piano training.”—Deb Taylor from PA

100 Best Loved Piano Solos

100 Best Loved Piano Solos – Big Note Easy Piano arranged by Robert Schultz

100 Best Loved Piano Solos include mostly pop, TV, movie, rock, and country songs with big note notation (for easy reading) and includes fingering. Brian from Spain said, “It’s what I’m looking for since I’m learning with my son again the basics. It’s good to see a variety of types of music to keep it fun.”

VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Rock n' Roll

VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of Rock & Roll – Easy Piano by Various Artists

This book features a collection of the best and most influential rocks songs of all time. With 100 different pieces, you get easy piano notation, lyrics, and chord names with each piece. Here’s what KP from Key West said: “Great rock classics! My 14 year old is now much more excited about playing the piano- thank you!”

21 Great Classics

21 Great Classics – Easy Piano arranged by Phillip Keveren

This piano book is great for the beginner classical pianist. Pieces included come from the Baroque and Classical Period, with fingering and introductory text. “This is a wonderful collection of classical music for the beginner! I was able to sit down and play many of the pieces after not having played for 35 years! I love this book.”—Maxine from OH

35 Christmas Songs And Carols

35 Christmas Songs And Carols – Easy Piano by Various Artists

Christmas is just around the corner! Just in time for you start practicing so that you can impress everyone with your holiday piano pieces. The book includes vocal melodies, piano accompaniments, lyrics, fingering, and big note notation. Teresa from NC said: “This is a wonderful book for songs to play when you are just beginning like I am. Easy to read, easy to use.”

And there you have it, folks, some of the best easy piano books with the greatest variety in music. I strongly urge you to check these out!

Elise’s Musical Tip For The Day:

If you are looking for some really simple sheet music, you can still use advanced pieces! Some arrangements (especially from the pop and contemporary genre) have an extra staff line for vocal melodies above the grand staff. These notes are meant to be sung, but you can play them as well! Just focus on those top melody notes and you can play them on the piano. I do this all them for little exercises and sometimes to improve my sight reading.

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