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title: "First 50 Songs You Should Play on Cello | Popular and Classical Melodies for Beginners | Includes Hallelujah, Let It Go, Stand by Me, What a Wonderful World, The Swan, Shake It Off, and More"
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# Cello-specific arrangements Includes both traditional notation & tablature 64 pages of curated sheet music First 50 Songs You Should Play on Cello | Popular and Classical Melodies for Beginners | Includes Hallelujah, Let It Go, Stand by Me, What a Wonderful World, The Swan, Shake It Off, and More

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## Summary

> 🎻 Unlock your cello journey with the ultimate beginner’s playlist!

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- **What is this?** First 50 Songs You Should Play on Cello | Popular and Classical Melodies for Beginners | Includes Hallelujah, Let It Go, Stand by Me, What a Wonderful World, The Swan, Shake It Off, and More
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## Key Features

- • **Trusted & Top-Ranked:** Ranked #21 in Cello Books with 4.6 stars from over 4,000 reviews—join thousands of satisfied players.
- • **Zoom-Ready Digital Format:** Optimized for Kindle and tablets with auto-centering zoom for effortless reading.
- • **Master the Classics & Hits:** 50 iconic songs from Hallelujah to Shake It Off, perfectly arranged for cello beginners.
- • **Beginner-Friendly with Depth:** Simplified bass lines ensure accessibility while still offering musical richness.
- • **Dual Notation for Easy Learning:** Traditional sheet music paired with intuitive tablature accelerates your practice sessions.

## Overview

First 50 Songs You Should Play on Cello is a 64-page beginner’s sheet music book featuring popular and classical melodies arranged specifically for cello. It includes both traditional notation and tablature to support diverse learning styles, with simplified bass parts to ease beginners into playing. Highly rated and ranked among the top cello books, it offers a curated mix of timeless classics and contemporary hits, optimized for both print and digital formats.

## Description

desertcart.com: First 50 Songs You Should Play on Cello | Popular and Classical Melodies for Beginners | Includes Hallelujah, Let It Go, Stand by Me, What a Wonderful World, The Swan, Shake It Off, and More: 9781540070104: Hal Leonard Corp.: Books

Review: Overall excelent, more info below. - Excelent book, 9/10 Song selection 10/10 ease of use 9/10 price 9.5/10 Completion of information This book has both traditional sheet music, and also tablature (a simplified way of expressing notes, simply giving a hole number and an arrow telling you to blow or draw.) This is helpful, because it is easy to understand which notes to play, but also allows for more detailed understanding of *how* to play the notes. In addition, there is a wide variety of songs, mostly ones which can be considered "Classic". There are big names and small ones, as well as old ones which few people likely remmember first-hand. There is a section at the back which gives more information about notation, which can really help the beginner with playing the songs as intended. If using a Kindle or a Kindle Fire tablet, as I am, you can zoom in to the sheet music, which as far as I can tell is auto-centered when you try to zoom into it. My favorite song so far is "What a Wonderful World", by Louis Armstrong (I believe). It is surprisingly easy to play, and in just a single session I was playing the beginning parts of it well enough to be complimented by those who heard me practicing through the walls (always practice music with the door closed when you are starting out, you never know what the other people in your house will think about your fledgeling new skill). Overall a great book, would highly reccommend to any beginner, and many intermediate players looking for more songs. One final note, however. This is not a book on "How to Play the Harmonica". If you know the most basic theory, or have access to the internet to look anything up about harmonicas, this (or something similar) is the most important thing to have. Practice is more important than books for the most part, and you need songs in order to practice. As I have stated, this is an excelent tool for practice.
Review: Great book for beginners, but some songs are simplified from original - Great music selection, and good quality printing and binding. One thing to note is that for some songs, the bass part has been simplified. I didn’t dock a star for that because it is a book targeted at beginners after all, but if you play along with the original, you may find yourself a little lost if you try to match it note for note. A good example of this the song “If You Want Me to Stay” by Sly and the Family Stone. That song really has no business being in beginners book, but it is fun to play a strip down version, if you know that that’s what you’re playing getting into it. Highly recommended.

## Features

- Pages: 64
- Instrumentation: Cello

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #73,070 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #21 in Cellos (Books) #58 in Musicals & Film Songbooks #72 in Opera & Classical Songbooks |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 4,080 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Overall excelent, more info below.
*by D***N on March 13, 2019*

Excelent book, 9/10 Song selection 10/10 ease of use 9/10 price 9.5/10 Completion of information This book has both traditional sheet music, and also tablature (a simplified way of expressing notes, simply giving a hole number and an arrow telling you to blow or draw.) This is helpful, because it is easy to understand which notes to play, but also allows for more detailed understanding of *how* to play the notes. In addition, there is a wide variety of songs, mostly ones which can be considered "Classic". There are big names and small ones, as well as old ones which few people likely remmember first-hand. There is a section at the back which gives more information about notation, which can really help the beginner with playing the songs as intended. If using a Kindle or a Kindle Fire tablet, as I am, you can zoom in to the sheet music, which as far as I can tell is auto-centered when you try to zoom into it. My favorite song so far is "What a Wonderful World", by Louis Armstrong (I believe). It is surprisingly easy to play, and in just a single session I was playing the beginning parts of it well enough to be complimented by those who heard me practicing through the walls (always practice music with the door closed when you are starting out, you never know what the other people in your house will think about your fledgeling new skill). Overall a great book, would highly reccommend to any beginner, and many intermediate players looking for more songs. One final note, however. This is not a book on "How to Play the Harmonica". If you know the most basic theory, or have access to the internet to look anything up about harmonicas, this (or something similar) is the most important thing to have. Practice is more important than books for the most part, and you need songs in order to practice. As I have stated, this is an excelent tool for practice.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book for beginners, but some songs are simplified from original
*by R***R on April 2, 2025*

Great music selection, and good quality printing and binding. One thing to note is that for some songs, the bass part has been simplified. I didn’t dock a star for that because it is a book targeted at beginners after all, but if you play along with the original, you may find yourself a little lost if you try to match it note for note. A good example of this the song “If You Want Me to Stay” by Sly and the Family Stone. That song really has no business being in beginners book, but it is fun to play a strip down version, if you know that that’s what you’re playing getting into it. Highly recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Just wow! Has EVERYTHING (just about . . .)!
*by B***0 on November 29, 2023*

A great selection of songs! And, most importantly (and missing from most books of these type) is that each song has standard musical notation, harmonica tabulation (number and signals for blow or draw) and the words for the songs. I'm 'old' (60) so I wish the font was a bit larger. But, once I get my new glasses, that will no longer be a problem. Finally, I am taking one star off, because I wish it came with a CD or DVD or even an online 'play along with the songs'. A lot of 'Hal Leonard' books do Other than that, it is a great resource!

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