The Frank Zappa Songbook, Volume 1 | Piano Vocal Guitar Sheet Music Collection for Musicians and Fans | Rock Songbook with 20 Arranged Compositions | Artist Songbook for Study, Performance, Practice

Product was wrapped extremely well. Little wear due to aging but this book is in phenomenal condition other than that. Such a great find and at a great price! I especially loved the personal note within encouraging me to share my good experience with the seller! They have a great shop! I recommend purchasing any books with piece of mind knowing it will hold up in whatever weather conditions! It was wrapped in plastic wrap airtight with a layer of protective cardboard over that to prevent dings. Such care. Thank you Honest Discount! I feel like I got a great discount on this rare item!

What a great reissue !!This book got so totally expensive that its a great relief to buy it at Amazon for less then 100.00 to 300.00 These sellers should be called "Book Scalpers" The Music is comprised of the most Salient pieces from Zappa's Early era,namely the albums Freak Out,Absolutely Free,We're only in it for money. Because Ian Underwood knows how to arrange pieces, he created Playable Versions of these pieces that most Intermediate students can play. Zappa's early work was filled with Heartfelt Hope in changing the world(for the better) It is apparent in the strong melodies and chordal structures. This book enables the Novice to read the music and understand how his music is constructed. If you play a little bit you will surely enjoy how well the melodies and poetry are assembled,True Genius!!! Maybe you can take Music Lessons and go deeper to learn music to it's fullest extent. Wherever you are Musically you will truly Love this reissue. PS Thank Ian Underwood for being the only person to be Left Brain enough to put this down for us,Thank You,Yes we noticed!!!

If you're more than mildly interested in Zappa's music. You might want to pick this book up. One of the highlights of the book is "Piano Introduction to the Little House I Used to Live In" - This piece has been performed by "classical" ensembles like the Meridan Arts Ensemble and "classical pianists like Yvar Mikhashoff (on a CD with music by Aaron Copland, Charles Ives and John Cage, amongst others). Some of the charts are in concert key,(like "Brown Shoes Don't Make It") but some are transposed. For instance, "Mother People" might be an alto sax part? The chords would make more sense a minor third up. There's a section at the back of the book, "Real Life Manuscript Section" with samples of Zappa's musical hand-writing. If you a musician and a Zappa fan, you might want to pick this book up.

Not as much material as I'd hoped for the price but what is here is very well edited and printed. I would have preferred a straight ahead Zappa songbook with piano and guitar and not as many pictures, artwork and autograph scores. While those are cool, I just wanted to learn the pieces and would have liked just music. But, since this is one of only a handful of sheet music collections for Zappa then I suggest you get it if you want to learn and see how Zappa thinks.

Other study scores should be created so a student can study the orchestration and melodic lines...good book.

Exciting to dive into this music.

Amazing book :)

Very rare and out of print 1973 Zappa Songbook. With 16 of Zappa's compositions (listed below) superbly transcribed and arranged for piano/guitar/voice by Ian Underwood, this book is essential for any Zappa-phile's collection (especially if you play)! Table of Contents ================= [page number in book shown at left]: 11 Brown Shoes Don't Make it 30 Mother People 36 Igor's Boogie 39 Penis Dimension 46 How Could I Be Such a Fool 52 Let's Make the Water Turn Black 57 Oh No 62 America Drinks & Goes Home 65 Son of Suzy Creamcheese 69 Excerpt from "Music for Electric Violin and Low-Budget Symphony Orchestra" (piano with concert pitch melody line) 74 Excerpt from "Music for Electric Violin and Low-Budget Symphony Orchestra" (transposed Bb Clarinet part) 75 I'm Not Satisfied 84 Mom & Dad 90 Absolutely Free 98 Uncle Meat 103 The Idiot Bastard Son 107 Piano introduction to "Little House I Used to Live In" (revised) 113 Manuscripts Pages 7-9 are occupied with storylines from Ruben & The Jets, Uncle Meat and The Legend of Cletus Asreetus-Awrightus & His Grand Wazoo. [The same material which can be found in the albums.] The "Manuscripts" consist of Zappa's manuscripts from: 1. Waka Jawaka (one page, just a sketch) 2. "Nun Suit" from side four of 200 Motels (vocal quartet score) 3. "The Girl, in a Statement to the Press, Explains" (full orchestral score, from 200 Motels) 4. "Can I Help You With This Dummy" (full score, from 200 Motels)

J’avais déjà ce song book sous une autre jacquette bref...

Dieser Reprint von 1973 - lange vergriffen - enthält Gitarrentabs von zahlreichen Zappa-Klassikern wie "Brown Shoes Don't make It", "Oh No" oder "Uncle Meat": alles Material, was Zappa mit den Mothers of Invention eingespielt hat. Doch auch für den Nicht-Gitarristen ist das Buch mit seinen liebevoll gemachten Foto-Collagen und instruktiven Essays über Zappas Frühwerk eine wahre Fundgrube. Besonders hervorzuheben sind hier noch die handgeschriebenen Manuskripte von Kompositionen wie "Waka Jawaka" oder "Can I Help You with This Dummy". Absolut empfehlenswert!

Music is the best and Frank's music is better than most anyone else's. Bought this to look at the dots and not disappointed. Check out the One Size Fits All book too. Super-dooper.

Transcription of piano into of 'Little House I Used to Live In' ... lovely, and not too difficult

tasty little sucker. who wouldn't want to play 'uncle meat' - do-do-do-do-do--diddle-idle-um...