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Songbook Review: Relaxing & Romantic Piano, Vol. VII
James Michael Stevens
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Relaxing & Romantic Piano, Vol. VII
James Michael Stevens
2017 / James M Stevens Music
82 pages / 27 songs
Review by Kathy Parsons
The Relaxing & Romantic Piano, Vol. VII songbook is the companion sheet music book to the 2019 solo piano album by James Michael Stevens. All twenty-seven pieces from the album are included. As the title implies, the music is relaxing and romantic, so the pieces are fairly slow and all are beautifully melodic. All of the twenty-seven pieces are each three pages long and none are in difficult keys (see the list of titles, the keys they are in and the number of pages below.) Some of the harmonies are a bit more complex than others, but all of the pieces are a pleasure to play and easy to play very expressively. I would say that the playing level for the songbook ranges from intermediate to early-advanced.

This songbook is available only from SheetMusicPlus.com as a PDF download. I downloaded it to my iPad, and the notation is very clear and well-spaced. All of the pieces have metronome settings and chord charts. Dynamics and expression are thorough, and I didn’t see any notation mistakes. This is a really nice collection of piano solos!

The titles of the pieces, the keys they are in and the number of pages are:

I Will Never Leave Your Side - Key of F (1 flat) - 3 pages
Dolce Amore - Key of Eb (3 flats) - 3 pages
When You Look At Me - Key of F (1 flat) - 3 pages
January Serenade - Key of D (2 sharps) - 3 pages
The Morning Rose - Key of C (0)/ A (3 sharps) - 3 pages
Midnight Roses - Key of B minor (2 sharps) / D minor (1 flat)/ D (2 sharps) - 3 pages
Love’s Mystery Unveiled In You - Key of A (3 sharps)/ C (0) - 3 pages
Serenade in Purple - Key of A minor (0)/ G minor (2 flats) - 3 pages
Dreams in Silhouette - Key of D minor (1 flat) - 3 pages
Lost in a Sacred Prayer - Key of F (1 flat) - 3 pages
Tell the End of Time - Key of A (3 sharps) - 3 pages
Flowers in the Field - Key of Bb (2 flats) - 3 pages
Stay In My Arms Eternally My Love - Key of F (1 flat) - 3 pages
Candlelight Serenade - Key of C (0) - 3 pages
Deep in the Quiet Beyond the Sea - Key of Eb (3 flats) - 3 pages
Swan in a Purple Sea - Key of Bb (2 flats) - 3 pages
Theme from a Summer’s Night - Key of C minor (3 flats) - 3 pages
When the Moonlight Meets Your Eyes - Key of D minor (1 flat) - 3 pages
Romance Amour - Key of Eb (3 flats) - 3 pages
Swan Lullaby - Key of E (4 sharps) - 3 pages
A Moment to Cherish - Key of C (0) - 3 pages
Romansque - Key of G minor (2 flats) - 3 pages
Early Summer Mornings - Key of F (1 flat) - 3 pages
Moments to Embrace - Key of A (3 sharps)/ C (0) - 3 pages
Purple Twilight - Key of C minor (3 flats) - 3 pages
Theme Eternal - Key of F (1 flat) - 3 pages
Somewhere in the Sunset - Key of D (2 sharps) - 3 pages
January 4, 2020
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