Minecraft — Volume Alpha: Sheet Music Select

True to the Recordings
This book is better than I even hoped it would be. Each one of these pieces is a carbon copy of the original songs as heard on C418’s Minecraft: Volume Alpha. Original key signatures, rhythms, and time signatures are all kept. I haven’t been able to find anything to the contrary, so it’s likely this book was arranged by the composer himself. This is not a watered-down version, and so is NOT going to be suited for less-experienced pianists. (I’m looking at a piece with 6 flats, and there’s another in 7/4 time… you get the idea) However, skimming through this I can tell that each of these pieces is totally playable if you’re good enough or work hard enough.However, I sincerely wish more piano adaptations of game/movie soundtracks were this accurate. I don’t care that it’s challenging. Heck, I’m thoroughly excited! If you like the original music, then you’ll LOVE the opportunity to play them as you hear them, and will, with significant practice and discipline, learn a lot along the way.I am by no means a pianist. I’m self-taught and have learned to play a small handful of what you might call intermediate-level pieces. This book has challenging parts, that’s for sure, and I’ll have to work up to them, but there is a good variety of difficulties present. At the moment, I’m just picking my way through the easier sections (there’re plenty enough) and still getting to hear solid chunks of phrases that I totally recognize from the game. Eventually, I’ll pick the song that seems the most reachable and do what I’ve done with all the other songs I’ve learned: practice and persevere! Someday I’ll be able to play the whole book.On another note, I would love to see a beginner-level book of this music. So many kids play this game, and if it gets a kid (or enthusiastic adult) actually wanting to learn the piano, then I’m all for it. I know a fair number of kids (mum teaches beginner-level piano) that would be all for it. She can’t wait to show them this book, even if at the moment it will be just an incentive to keep learning. She may even water sections down herself, break it into a duet, etc. They’d love it.For those with a Spotify account (you can make one for free), this is a link to the album on Spotify’s web player:http://open.spotify.com/album/3Gt7rOjcZQoHCfnKl5AkK7That is what you’ll be learning to play.-Mr. Exxion

Intermediate to Advanced Mood Music
Purchased for my teen daughters who have been playing piano for 8 years. As a point of reference they are on level four of the Faber method books and are accomplished on multiple instruments. They report this sheet music is definitely not for a beginner. My eldest could immediately play a number of them, some of them required a little noodling through. She says the key signatures of a number of the pieces would definitely be trickier for a less experienced student, and the left hand on a few of them is particularly challenging. With that said, the music is very enjoyable. Terrific mood music at just the right level to give them a slight challenge with something new and fun. Direct quote from her, “Some of them are easy to play fingering-wise but the key signatures are so bizarre they would be confusing for a beginner. For instance one of the pieces, Minecraft, has a fingering that is almost the same throughout but the key signature has 6 sharps which is probably a bit much for a beginner.”

Great Scores But Book Material Is Fragile
Great scores, no doubt about it. I would recommend this if you want to play some nice Minecraft music on piano, it’s worth it. Just be sure to store it correctly, it is paperback after all. You should probably store it in a binder if you’re going to take it with you otherwise it might crease and bend.

Great book
I got this as a gift for my brother. He plays it often. It has a variety of songs and some are upper level beginner-friendly, others are very advanced. It sounds very nice when he plays as well, just like the Minecraft music. I recommend

Si te gusta Minecraft y su increíble música y estás empezando a tocar piano o ya sabes, este libro es genial, las piezas son cortas y personalmente creo que son sencillas.

子どもとピアノを楽しむために買いましたなかなか難しくて数曲しか弾けませんが、マイクラの曲を自分で弾けると楽しいですね良い曲ばかりなのでお気に入りです