Sara Bareilles - The Blessed Unrest

Singing "I Choose you" at a wedding in August. Perfect for what I need it for.

love her music

Awsome - Thank You :-D

great to play

Very disappointed in this publication. This isn’t what Sara Bareilles really plays. In this book, the voice part is worked into the piano arrangement as opposed to existing on its own and being sung against Sara’s interesting piano arrangements. One of my favorite parts of playing her music is how the piano part contrasts with the melody, yet fits together so well. King of Anything is a great example – what makes the song so cool is that the piano part is so different from the vocals. Many songs on her new album would be similar, however the arrangements in this songbook ruin all of that by dumbing everything down and condensing it all into the piano part. I have the other songbooks – Kaleidoscope Heart, Once Upon Another Time, and Little Voice – all by Cherry Lane Publishing with the “artist approved” stamp on the cover (which is not on this book) and LOVE them. So sad this book is different. Also, many of the songs are in a different key than they are recorded. What’s the point? If someone is buying her sheet music, they’re probably a skilled enough pianist to play the music, even if it’s in a key like D flat. *I did some research and was able to find 7 of the songs with authentic arrangements by Cherry Lane Publishing on Musicnotes.com. Only problem is each song costs 5.25. I’m seriously considering returning this book, waiting it out to see if a better book comes out, or just biting the bullet and buying each song online separately.

I was so excited to get this sheet music and, for the most part, it's really good. However, there are some mistakes in the lyrics. At first I thought it was me, but I have the album, so I checked there and some of the lyrics in this book of sheet music are wrong. Which bothers me more than I thought it would haha! Good product overall, but really hate the wrong lyrics.

as expected.

I am a professional musician and a big fan of Sara's music. I have purchased the piano/vocal/guitar books for all of her previous albums, but this one is a disappointment. I did not notice until the book arrived that it is NOT an "artist approved" publication. This means that all of the notation was put together by someone who listened to the album and wrote out their own version of what they heard. In several songs the accompaniment doesn't even come close to the parts played and recorded by Sara. Yes - the chords are accurate and the vocal lines are mostly correct -- but if you're looking for the AUTHENTIC parts, do NOT buy this book. I've seen sheet music on sheetmusic.com that is more accurate.

I've got Sara Bareilles' two first piano books (Little Voice, Kaleidoscope Heart) which are 'artist approved' and very good transcriptions. BUY THEM INSTEAD. This book is the standard rubbish churned out by Hal Leonard: The right hand stupidly doubles the vocal line, ignoring Sara's actual piano parts. The left hand tries to include the drum beats, ignoring Sara's actual piano parts.Four of the songs are written out in the wrong keys. Most of the refrains and riffs which make the songs interesting are missing. The structure of several of the songs is wrong - simply writing repeats instead of new sections. Dynamic marks, pedal and articulation are absent throughout.I don't know WHO creates the arrangements for Hal Leonard books but they are truly, truly dreadful.If you can't play piano this book is adequate. If you can play piano look elsewhere.