One thing I never liked about beginning piano books of popular vocal songs is that they were arranged with the melody in the right hand and some kind of chord with the left. Have you ever tried to sing with this? SLS!
Imagine "Tutti-Fruiti" "Great Ball of Fire" "Piano Man" . . . this was terrible. After a while, I'd get the sheet music with the guitar chords on it and just improvise using the chords, sometimes I'd look at some of the passing notes. Sounded better and more like the original than what was written.
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