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American Pie

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From Sheet Music Magazine: This is one of the most cryptic songs to ever hit #1. McLean refuses to talk about what the song means. "If I told people what I meant, they'd just say 'No you didn't!'" he claims. Somewhere in the narrative is the history of rock and roll, from 1950 to 1971, centering on the day the music died - the day the plane carrying Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and The Big Bopper crashed. McLean does reveal that the recording starts off in mono and slowly separates to stereo as the events in the song become more modern.
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Title:

American Pie

By:

Don McLean

Instruments:

Voice Piano

Scorings:

Piano/Vocal/Chords

Original Published Key:

F Major

Product Type:

Musicnotes

Musicnotes

Product #:

MN0038877

Price:

$4.99
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Number of Pages:

4

Average Rating:

Rated 3.5/5 based on 3 customer ratings

Top Review:

"good easy piano score"

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Lyrics Begin:

A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile And I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while.

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By:

Don McLean

Arranger:

Dan Coates

Number of Pages:

4

Form:

Song

Instruments:

Voice Piano

Scoring:

Piano/Vocal/Chords

Original Published Key:

F Major

Product Type:

Musicnotes

Musicnotes

Product #:

MN0038877

Tempo:

Slowly and freely

Metronome:

q = 120

Notation:

Easy Piano

Genres:

Folk-Rock

Pop Rock

Singer-Songwriter

Classic Rock

Rock & Roll

Song Details gives you detailed information about this song, American Pie

Composer:

Don McLean

Lyricist:

Don McLean

Date:

1971

Publisher:

Universal Music Publishing Group

Product Type:

Musicnotes

Musicnotes

Product #:

MN0038877

Lyrics Begin:

A long, long time ago I can still remember how that music used to make me smile And I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for a while.

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grangerja

Piano: Intermediate

Rating:

4/13/2016 11:00:30 AM

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good easy piano score

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harpist0910

Harp at Intermediate level: Beginner / Teacher

Rating:

6/30/2024 6:21:48 PM

Where is the rest of the song??

This arrangement cuts out so much! I know its a long song, but almost every verse is a little bit different. Its very playable but Im kind of bummed on this one.

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