Dan Coates Popular Piano Library -- Beautiful Ballads

I love this collection, it flows so graciously. The music is easy and very nicely written. Some of the songs I barely recognized at first but the arrangements are a lot of fun to play and the variety of music is great

Have returned to playing piano after gap of many many years, and aim to get back to previous grade 7 standard and achieve that grade 8 . This is my first experience of Dan Coates, and I would describe this as my 'guilty pleasure'; pleasantly easy to sight read, and ,as others have said, with very few notes Mr Coates manages to transform me into an accomplished player. Very enjoyable, after struggling with Bach and Schubert (where the opposite is the case!). I had not twigged that this is indeed a 'medley' , and only really bought it for 'Killing me Softly'; butt I love the chord changes as you segue through the different songs, and can ham it up for more fun. Favourite for me are the 'soulful' and 'power ballads' sequences.Will definitely be buying more Dan Coates; thankyou for all your helpful Amazon reviews.

Dan Coates publishes beautiful arrangements, no question! The only reason I gave this 4 stars instead of 5, is because even though it says "advanced", it is really an "intermediate" level. It left me longing for more embellishments. I subsequently purchased another Dan Coates book, rated "Intermediate/Advanced" and it is much more advanced, with more lush arrangements. I wish the publisher would pay closer attention to what is considered "interrnediate" and what is considered "advanced". That being said, the songs are beautiful, and you will enjoy playing them.

Very nice book! All is perfect! Thank you very much! Very special arrangements made by a great musician calles Dan Coates!

I love the music in this book. The tempos are interesting enough to keep me challenged.