The Muppet Christmas Carol (Piano Vocal Guitar)

Amazon doesn't help its retailer much with this one. Previous reviews seem to discuss the movie. This product is a music book, not a movie.I was hesitant to order because the description is non-existent. So here is what you need to know:It has all the songs from the movie, 11 in total. It is written for piano, vocal and guitar. There are some nice colour images from the movie on the first few pages to get you in the Christmas mood. The first song is therefore on page 9. Strangely there are two colouring-in pages for children - weird because it is a high level music book - bizarre! Don't let children near this lovely music book with their scribbles. Humbug!The piano and vocal parts are written together but on separate staves, with relatively extensive guitar chords throughout. The piano part is written as accompaniment but in many cases follows the vocal part anyway, and it is easy to jump if you need to help the singer along a bit. I've played through the whole book on piano and found the editing easy to follow and didn't find any annoying mistakes. I had to add in a few notes to bulk it out a bit, but as written I guess it could be tackled by anyone at about grade 6 level. Easy to play after watching the movie, but the rhythmic patterns are of course written in a simplified form to make it easy to follow and read.It's a stage type musical show so most of the pieces have a number of key changes within them. So if you are a guitar player then you better start working on the the Ab7sus fingering and getting rid of the capo. If you are a piano player then it's great for getting used to working with 5 flats one minute and 5 sharps the next in some places. Perfect for the toolbox of any primary school teacher as an fun alternative to tell the real meaning of Christmas. However you might need to transpose a few things a little to suit the vocal range of your singers. Also a good Christmas present for a competent young player looking for a challenge, and fun well written book for adults too. I intend to bring my copy out every December to make it feel like Christmas. The songs are cheesy but that's what makes them so good.I ordered from 'The Book Community' via Amazon Marketplace and they provided an excellent service. Book was perfect, well packaged and delivered very promptly.

Great book for personal use but please note that it is impossible to work out how to seek copyright permission to perform publicly as not covered by PRS licences. Lovely book though, photos are gorgeous.

Nice vocal/piano arrangements with chord symbols.

Perfect. not sure why theres entire pages for colouring in but a great score nonetheless

We always watch the Muppet Christmas Carol at least once over Christmas, trying to sing along and forgetting most of the words. Bought this as a birthday present for my brother-in-law who plays the piano, his birthday was at the end of January and he has already started practising for next Christmas. Looking forward to a good sing-song on Christmas day :)

This is a brilliant adaptation of Dickens 'A Christmas Carol'. It is great to watch for the whole family, not just kids. In my family a tradition has started ever since we watched this for the first time and we watch it every single year now.It is so nicely done, funny and the music is pleasant as well.I just love this movie and would definitely recommend it. Maybe not for children that are too young and / or easily scared. Not that it is really scary, but I guess for a very young child it might be a bit intimidating at times.

Kermit as Bob Crachit - well, why not? With Michael Caine as Scrooge, the Muppets do a good job of telling the story of Ebenezer Scrooge. He's a mean miser, but one Christmas Eve, three spirits show him Christmas past, present and future, and give him a chance to change his ways.