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American Pie by Don McLean - Digital Sheet Music Recorded by Don McLean on United Artists Records

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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 Guitar Piano, range: A1-D6

Scorings:

Piano/Vocal/Guitar

Original Published Key:

G Major

Product Type:

 Musicnotes

Musicnotes

Product #:

MN0039791

Price:
$5.99
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Number of Pages:

7

Average Rating:

Rated 4.5/5 based on 21 customer ratings

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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

Number of Pages:

7

Form:

Song

Instruments:

 Voice Guitar Piano, range: A1-D6

Scoring:

Piano/Vocal/Guitar

Original Published Key:

G Major

Product Type:

 Musicnotes

Musicnotes

Product #:

MN0039791

Tempo:

In a moderate tempo

Metronome:

q = 125

Genres:

Folk-Rock

Pop Rock

Singer-Songwriter

Classic Rock

Rock & Roll
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Composer:

Don McLean

Lyricist:

Don McLean

Date:

1971

Publisher:

Universal Music Publishing Group

Product Type:

 Musicnotes

Musicnotes

Product #:

MN0039791

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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AntonioOSanchez

Harmonica: Advanced

Rating:

6/26/2015 6:09:22 PM

American Pie

What I like about musicnotes is that I can change the key to compensate for my vocal or instrument preferences.

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Falconsings

Voice: Advanced / Composer

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12/22/2020 12:32:12 PM

American Pie arrangement

I, being primarily a solo keyboardist/vocalist, find this arrangement is excellent! The clarity of the passages, from the intro to the end, make it easy to "cover all the bases" and give a performance that is expressive, vibrant, and accurate.

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Paul_M_Young

Flute: Intermediate / Teacher

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9/20/2015 1:34:33 PM

Works as a piano solo

I like the arrangement. If you want to do this as a solo it works quite well.

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