The Piano Guys – Easy Piano and Cello Sheet Music | 12 Simplified Favorites Including A Thousand Years, All of Me, Moonlight and More | Hal Leonard Songbook with Pull-Out Cello Part

Great book but bot for the beginner cello player. It is a wonderful mix of music and culture but I bought if for the cello parts and they are broken down to easy arrangements. The Piano is great is made easier then the other books.

This is a nice book with great, piano guy arrangements. You need to be aware that only a couple songs are for piano alone. There is a separate booklet included with the cello parts. For most of the songs, you can only hear the melody in the piano part of the time. You really need a cello playing the other part to hear the melody at all times. I played the cello part on a keyboard, so my student could perform his pieces with the full effect. Also, when they say "easy", they really mean late intermediate level. This would be a great book for a pianist and cellist!

Considering the complexity of The Piano Guys music, 'simplified' is relative. This is not music for beginners or anywhere close. I look forward to the time when my grandson can actually play these things and also wish for a really, really simplified version for less experienced musicians. I am a huge fan of The Piano Guys as is my grandson and he hopes to one day be able to draw such delightful fun from a piano. In the meantime, he will strive to be up to this. It will take a while, but we're both hopeful.

Nice arrangements

I bought this book and then promptly decided to return it. I decided to write a review to prevent other people from making my mistake. Let me start by noting that I am an upper-intermediate level piano player (the full songs by Yann Tiersen from Amelie are right around my level) who was looking for some fun songs I could sight-read or possibly play with a minimal amount of work. Just a book to noodle around in, if you will. Unfortunately, there are major problems with this book if this is what you want to do. Namely... 1) The level of the piano music is a little too simple. That's not to say that there aren't some licks here and there that are a little difficult and you'll need to go over them once or twice just to time them correctly, but the passages are going to sound a little hollow and not very supported by the left hand. 2) There are LARGE parts of the music where the cello is needed because the cello has the melody. I played all the way through a few of the songs and they were almost unrecognizable without a cellist. Overall, I'd say if you're a piano player looking for a good book, skip this one unless you have another friend (like a cellist) who is willing to work on it with you. The 'optional' cello part is not really all that optional if you want something that's going to sound more like a song and less like repeating arpeggios. That said, if you do have a cellist friend (or someone who can at least read the cello clef in their chosen instrument), get this book! There is a separate insert with the cello part for each song and the whole book is well presented! I just wish they could arrange these songs so a second musician isn't needed. PS - I noodled a little on ALL OF ME, which does NOT have an optional cello part. From what I heard, it is a GREAT simplified version and I would recommend it to any piano players who want to play Schmidt's ALL OF ME, but are scared of trying the full version!!

I bought this for my daughters age 11 and 8. Both have played for 4 and 3 years... my oldest is currently learning Moonlight and says it is challenging but not "un-doable"... My 8 year old plays cello and she and her teacher say that the music is great for young and old... Fun book when you are a Piano Guys fan!

Not terribly easy! I think a cellist would need at least two years of school orchestra experience to be able to play this well. Piano player would need a couple years as well.

Lovely book; my sister loved it!

Me encanta Piano Guys, y esta es una buena selección de sus piezas, algunas al alcance de pianistas no demasiado expertos: mi hijo de 8 años ya está aprendiendo alguna, con la ayuda de su profesora.

The Piano Guys are great. My Grade 5 Child has no trouble with the piano section but I might suggest that the cello section is beyond me at Grade 3 currently. Still worth purchasing as it's something to aspire to. Really, really good.

Spartiti semplificati per piano con possibilità di aggiungere anche l'accompagnamento del violoncello... accessibile, divertente e musica veramente splendida!!! Bravi piano guys!!!

Me encantó, es fácil de tocarlo en piano y como también trae la partitura para cuerdas es fácil de adaptar a otros instrumentos.

Grandkids love The Piano Guys and we were happy to add this to their collection. The Piano Guys inspired one of them, a 10-year-old, to take up the cello which he now loves with a passion.