Hamilton Easy Piano Songbook by Lin-Manuel Miranda | 9 Broadway Musical Hits for Beginners and Intermediate Players | Piano Vocal Sheet Music Book for Students, Teachers, and Musical Theater Fans

This songbook is a great gift for yourself or for anyone who plays a little piano and who loves the Hamilton CD-- even if they haven't played much piano since they were a kid (as I hadn't until recently).Even tho it says "Easy" , most of the songs were not very easy for me to play (esp while singing ) AT FIRST but I love the CD/musical so much that I was motivated to practice with these ez versions of Lin Manuel Miranda's brilliant work.And the melodies are so pretty, I CAN make the songs sound recognizable, albeit slower than intended, but they still sound great... which motivates me to practice more to improve.My three favorite songs in this book are-You'll be back-Dear Theodosia-BurnI wish there were more songs included (esp the heart-stopping "Unimaginable" piece ).But I am happy that I bought this book -- it brings back to mind the many great mini-stories within the play and the joy I felt when I finally got to see Hamilton when it came to DC after I obsessively checked the Kennedy Center website each day until I found tickets at a reasonable price (knowing pricey seats sometimes come available at a drop in price a few days before the performance...so if Hamilton is coming to your city , you might try to do the same.)It was worth the price to support the arts/gift tickets to my husband for us to see it for his birthday. Husband wasn't as obsessed w/ it as I, but he did enjoy the soundtrack which I played for him in the car on a long trip. We both agreed it was a fantastic performance at Kennedy Center, a great gift to the world ... ( he even says my piano-playing renditions are "good"(!)(I'm not good, but not as bad as I was when the songbook first arrived. Miranda's chords/melodies are so pleasant, they really do sound good even played poorly/unevenly and at a pace far slower than on the CD and on stage--which is great incentive to practice:)

My 14 y/o grandson asked specifically for this book for Christmas.He plays well and wanted an easy-to-play book for starting on this collection.

I was disappointed that Amazon didn't offer a "Look Inside" for the music as I appreciate seeing the key signature (0-2 sharps / flats on this one) and difficulty of music. However, took a chance and am very pleased with the music. I'm an intermediate player and enjoy being able to sit down and play without a lot of prep. I didn't want a "big note" piano book and this delivered, being a step above in my opinion. Some of the music is rhythmically complex for me so an easier music helps. It's written for piano so the songs sound really good. Nice selection of the songs too. I recommend this book.

I've been playing the piano on and off for many years, but I don't put a ton of time into it so I'm not great by any means. I wanted a book of arrangements that I could learn and enjoy fairly quickly. That said...this book was almost TOO easy for me. It would be great for a beginner, but for anyone with some experience you'll probably want something more challenging.The song selection is also a little odd to me. I get that "Alexander Hamilton" and "My Shot" are the main songs in the show, but they have a lot of rapping and sound terrible on the piano. Meanwhile, songs like "History Has Its Eyes On You" or "It's Quiet Uptown" I think would be beautiful piano tracks, but they were left out.My biggest complaint is the changes they made to some of the songs to make them easier. In my favorite song from the musical, Wait For It, they changed the key and completely CUT OUT the bridge, which is my favorite part of the song! I'm in the process of writing it back in myself using an arrangement from a harder book for reference, but it's a royal pain. I think they easily could have left it in and arranged it differently to be less challenging.That's why I knocked off a star. I can't complain that it's too easy when I ordered a book that has "easy" in the title. But I am annoyed with some of the unnecessary changes they made to the songs in favor of making an easier arrangement.

This book keeps calling to me. I have my keyboard right outside my kitchen and I find myself stealing away from cleaning to play a couple of songs here and there. My fave to play is probably “Wait for It” or “Dear Theodosia.” I have been a beginning piano player for over 30 years and have just started to progress by actually practicing. Have loved Hamilton since I saw the show and now my kids are also obsessed with the songs too. This book ticks the boxes for us: easy, but hard enough to be fun, and has songs we love to hear repeatedly.

We've been obsessed with the soundtrack so got this to tinker with on the piano. We were bummed it was missing a few favs that we thought would be in there but also realize a lot of the songs would probably be pretty tricky to put in a beginner-ish book. Definitely worth buying, though. "You'll Be Back" was pretty easy to play and a definite crowd pleaser :).