Audra McDonald - How Glory Goes

Rating:
Summary: fantastic!
Review: Songs like "How Glory Goes", and "I Hid My Love" are the main reasons I purchased this book; they are fabulous audition pieces because they aren't too familiar, so I'm really happy to finally have the the music. My only complaint is that these are two of the only songs here that don't have the chords written above the music. I usually play off the chord structure and just improvise what I play, (it's easier when you accompany yourself) so now I have the challenge of actually playing what's written while I sing. ^ . ^

Also, a few of the songs are transposed DOWN one half step to make them easier to play, it's no big deal but I mention this here because half-steps can be bigger than they appear, sometimes. ;-) hehe And the piano parts are not simple either, thank goodness, they are pretty faithful to the source for the most part.

Other than that, this book plays beautifully. There is an updated Bio for Audra at the beginning of the book with some really great info about what she is currently doing, or about to embark upon...

Rating:
Summary: fantastic!
Review: Songs like "How Glory Goes", and "I Hid My Love" are the main reasons I purchased this book; they are fabulous audition pieces because they aren't too familiar, so I'm really happy to finally have the the music. My only complaint is that these are two of the only songs here that don't have the chords written above the music. I usually play off the chord structure and just improvise what I play, (it's easier when you accompany yourself) so now I have the challenge of actually playing what's written while I sing. ^ . ^

Also, a few of the songs are transposed DOWN one half step to make them easier to play, it's no big deal but I mention this here because half-steps can be bigger than they appear, sometimes. ;-) hehe And the piano parts are not simple either, thank goodness, they are pretty faithful to the source for the most part.

Other than that, this book plays beautifully. There is an updated Bio for Audra at the beginning of the book with some really great info about what she is currently doing, or about to embark upon...