Kawai Piano Prices: Classic Rock: Keyboard Play-Along Volume 3 [Paperback] Review

I'm primarily a guitarist, but I like to dabble in keyboards. I always wanted to learn the parts for the The Allman Brothers Band classic, Jessica, and here it is! The CD makes it easy to slow things down while you learn the parts (good for a hack keyboard player like me!). These are the actual parts from the songs, not some cheesy piano/vocal arrangement. You get 8 songs and the CD for less than 12 bucks, so I think it's a pretty good deal.

One note: The reason I only gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is that it really only transcribes the piano parts. Any other keyboard parts (organ, synth) are not written out, though you do hear them played on the CD. One semi-exception: Come Sail Away. In their transcription of this song, they do write out some of the synth parts in the middle where there is no piano, resulting in kind of a one keyboard arrangement of the whole song.

I'm looking forward to Vol 7, Rock Classics, which Amazon says is coming out in June.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Classic Rock: Keyboard Play-Along Volume 3 [Paperback]

Product Description:
The Keyboard Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs as played by your favorite artists quickly and easily. Just follow the music in the book, listen to the CD to hear how the keyboard should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The audio CD is playable on any CD player. For PC and Mac users, the CD is enhanced so you can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing pitch!This volume contains 8 songs: Against the Wind (Bob Seger) * Come Sail Away (Styx) * Don't Do Me Like That (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) * Jessica (Allman Brothers) * Say You Love Me (Fleetwood Mac) * Takin' Care of Business (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) * Werewolves of London (Warren Zevon) * You're My Best Friend (Queen).

Get 10% OFF