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In over one thousand pages, the complete music and lyrics, in full 'rock score' transcriptions, of all the 203 songs they wrote and recorded as The Beatles, plus nine by others which they covered on their early albums. All transcribed with separate staves for vocals, each guitar (in tab and standard notation) and all other instruments...the essential Beatles collection.
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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
This is ideal for those of you that read music, but can also be of interest for those that don't, since lyrics, chords and tablature are provided.
Most of the songs consist of the following;
Most of the songs consist of the following;
Vocal Staff: melody line, harmonies, chord symbols(above the staff) and lyrics below.
Others Staff: Piano/Brass/Strings/Organ/chorus harmonies e.t.c
Guitar1 Staff with Tablature staff below: Melody line with chords.
Guitar2 Staff with Tablature staff below: Melody line with chords.
(If it's a rhythm guitar, then staff has rhythm/strum patterns and 'tab' has chord diagrams.)
Bass Staff with Tablature staff below: Melody line with chords.
Drums (Bass clef) Staff : Bass drum (A), Snare (E), Hi tom (G), floor tom (C), hats & cymbals (B above), Hat with foot (F below)
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
This is a classic book. It's the most talked about rock sheet-music book in score format. But it has ALOT of mistakes (duh!)! Some of the songs are way off - especially the songs with more than 4 instruments! The transcriptions are sloppy. And being handwritten makes the pages look ugly. I think Barnes Music Engraving Ltd. should go through the entire Beatles catalogue and transcribe all of the albums! The "Off The Record" series are, for lack of a better word, perfect! The Beatles Complete Scores should at least be revised and edited. They need it! This book is far too important to be left alone! Please, guys, edit this book until it is perfect! How 'bout it Hal Leonard?
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
After watching archive footage of The Beatles performances; I noticed that the fingering of the bass guitar, in this book, was often different from that of Paul McCartneys,I was confused for a while, but then I happened to read an article where McCartney talks of retuning his bass down one semitone, in order to avoid playing in open E. So, when you read a review that slags off a Beatles book, you might want to bear this in mind; since The Beatles used all sorts of tricks like: capos, retuning e.t.c. to make their jobs easier. Unfortunately, for us, this means that we would need about three or more instruments, all with differing tunings, in order to play all of their songs exactly as they did. This is a great book, again it's not perfect, but the author has done a pretty good job.
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A work of art
Is it a perfect transcription of every song the Beatles released? No, it's not. It won't take you that long to find mistakes (one of the first ones I looked up was Martha My Dear:... Read more
Published 6 months ago by A. Todd
4.0 out of 5 stars
Almost spot on...
Every track recorded by The Beatles is included in this book (but not the Anthology tracks 'Free As A Bird' & 'Real Love') and are scored for all instruments. Read more
Published 7 months ago by P. Bate
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THE BEATLES COMPLETE SCORES
Excellent book, highly recommended, I'm really pleased with the book, I will be using this as a reference to adding other beatle numbers to my repotoire, great value for money.. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Steve
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You get exactly what you expect!
Great product and price. Everything you would expect. Can not think of one negative thing. Awesome that it's available and that somebody took the time to compose it.
Published 12 months ago by Sam
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Not for the purist
This was one of the first books I ever bought when I was starting out as a pianist, and also having a love for The Beatles. Read more
Published 13 months ago by W. H. J. Yip
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good reference, but not authoritative
You can just imagine the conversation at Shinko Co. Ltd Head Office sometime in '87/'88: 'Tetsuya, Yuji, Hajime, Goro (the listed transcribers) we've got a little project for you... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. Stuart Morton
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Compleat Beatles' Feast
Why should one buy lyrics and scores in the Internet Age? True, on the Web you can find all the Beatles' lyrics, and many of their scores, but you have to look for them, print them... Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2011 by The bookloving Norman
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Definitive Beatles - at last
The Book is beautifully presented,in a slip/box cover, and is high quality,and has the complete scores in the original recorded keys. Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2011 by wazzo
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Just short of excellent
This is good, really good, but there are number of annoying errors that spoil it. It really does need a second edition. Read more
Published on 27 Nov 2009 by Martin W
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Beatles Complete Scores
The Beatles Complete Scores is exactly what it says in the title. Very useful if you need scores WITH a bass line included - which I did. Read more
Published on 6 Nov 2009 by Anne
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