Funtime Piano: Popular (Level 3A-3B: Easy Piano)

Great tunes. Relatively, easy to play.

Nice variety of pieces. Like the inclusion of both classical and popular music. Well pitched at students who are between grades 2 and 3 Abrsm and gives opportunity to work on technique and pedalling.

A little harder than expected but very good

daughter loves it

My students love this book.

A must have piano music book. I really enjoy playing the different and well-known pieces that it contains. Next step will be to try one of the other books of the series, the jazz one to start with.

Other beginner books have had the note names written in but this one doesn't and the song selection is a bit strange

This arrived the morning and seems like a good buy. There's a dozen arrangements of 'popular' tunes (not sure what that means really), and they all seem to be at exactly the level they say. The choice is fairly diverse but they're all interesting & well known enough to keep the motivation going. No obscure traditional folk songs as filler in here ! They're arranged to be at the right level. Some people will probably complain that they're too simplified, but this is after all a beginners book. I've checked the two Beatles tracks against my (official) Fakebook versions of the same and they're pretty similar. To give you an idea as to the level I've attached a copy of the first few bars of Eleanor Rigby. This is fairly representative of the level of the book. I hope the publishers don't mind. Surprisingly this book has no chord names. As it seems hard to find the actual listing before you buy it, here it is: Star Wars (Main Theme) The Lion Sleeps Tonight The Phantom of the Opera La Bamba A Whole New World (the Aladin theme) Music Box Dancer Colours of the Wind (from Pocahontas) Eleanor Rigby (Beatles) I Saw Her Standing There (Beatles) Pachelbel Canon (because no Faber book is complete without the PC !). He's a A Pirate (Pirates of the Caribbean). With the possible exception of Music Box Dancer which I'd never heard of before they're all fairly well known and are pretty much 'genre-free' meaning that they'll appeal to a wide audience. It turns out that MB Dancer is one of those songs that you hear everywhere but never knew the name off (if you don't believe me look it up on Spotify). All in all, seems an excellent choice. I plan to use it to work on my sight reading.

My son have progressed through different FunTime Piano books from level 1 to now level 3 over the past 2 years. Nicely written pieces that match the levels.

This book contains lots of fun songs that are easy for my students to play and make great pieces for recital

This book is perfect for my daughter. It’s easy to follow yet beautifully arranged. It has great selection of popular music. Here’s a complete list: 1.) Star Wars (Main Theme) 2.) The Lion Sleeps Tonight 3.) The Phantom of the Opera 4.) La Bamba 5.) A Whole New World 6.) Music Box Dancer 7.) Colors of the Wind 8.) Eleanor Rigby 9.) I Saw Her Standing There 10.) Pachelbel Canon 11.) Moonlight Sonata 12.) He’s a Pirate! If you’d like to have an idea how beautiful the arrangements sound like, search for “Funtime Piano Popular Level 3a-3b” on youtube. There’s a guy playing the scores from this book.

Arrived fast and as shown.

We are a fan of this series but it's often hard for my 12 year old to find songs in books that she likes. I'm 48 and we are both learning piano at the same time. This has been a great book for both us.