Coldplay: Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends: Piano/ Vocal/ Guitar Artist Songbook

First off, this book is not for beginner pianists. In no way are the songs easy to play.That being said, if you are a fan of Coldplay music and would like to learn how to play their songs on the piano, this is a good book for you. The songs are difficult to play, many of them with four flats or sharps. Some of them also contain odd rhythms that are often found in more contemporary piano music.The music itself is fairly accurate. It contains one line of treble clef for voice, chords for the guitar, and a treble and bass clef for the piano accompaniment. However, I feel that a couple pieces are missing instrumental bridges. Towards the end of Lost! there is a completely instrumental part that I love, but it wasn't in the music.Overall impression: difficult to learn, fun to play.

As a huge Coldplay guitar playing style aficionado, I would recommend this book but only if you can get it for cheap.The electric guitar parts are almost 100% accurate with Jony's parts, but Chris' acoustic guitars are sometimes completely wrong.The good: It will teach you Yes, Chinese sleep chant, Lovers in Japan, and 42The bad: Cemeteries of London in acoustic guitar is still a mystery.

One of the best albums of all time, and they have a book just for early learners playing guitar! Really awesome! I would totally recommend this!