"Real" Keys/Piano Scores?

[Commando Jack]

I've been increasingly playing keys in one of my bands and it has kind of evolved into a full time position.

Problem is, I have been getting away with learning some parts by ear or by looking at youtube "how to play" videos etc. Everytime I look around for actual sheet music I tend to run up against a brick wall, either finding lead sheets (melody with chord notation) or piano play-alongs where they arrange the melody on the right hand and some kind of approximation of the rest on the left hand.

Basically, I'd much rather have transcriptions of the actual music that the pianist or keys player actually plays, or would even be happy with a score also showing other instruments. I know you can mine into MIDI files and build your own notation, but I'd much rather just buy the sheet music if it's available.

So, does anyone on basschat know where to get this kind of transription? The traditional places like 8notes don't really seem to have what I'm looking for.

[Inga]

The library!!

 

People often forget it's the greatest source of local knowledge, you should find scores from legendary piano players such as rodney crockett, jimmy paige and paul mccartney.

[Hellzero]

Did you try Stretta Music, they have a solid catalogue?

[tauzero]

OP hasn't been here for 9 years.

[Uncle Rodney]

9 years... anyway. Yeh to make it worse, I wanted some scores for Queen songs, so I went to Hal Leonard (well known music publisher) when the song book arrived I was very disappointed to see they had rearranged the music to the point of it being almost worthless! Crazy Little Thing is as we all know in D and Hal Leonard score has it in C (not just a transpose as the chords were modified also). Other scores have being re-arranged as well. I wanted Severn Seas Of Rhye, only to see it had been "adjusted" - so it was back to the usual way of picking it out.

I know the reason why, for a specific instrument, I got the one for piano and it was rearranged for home playing not as per the record. So now I have to see the score to be sure it's the correct arrangement before I buy (online).

 

The "Band scores" seem to the best when available. Those where there's a score for every instrument. There are a few places online that sell scores, with a preview but I can never be sure if they are genuine (authourised) sellers or just a scam.

 

I've just had a quick look at Stretta Music - then a Queen book, that looks more like it! Seems I need Faber not Hal Leonard

Edited 4 hours ago by Uncle Rodney