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American Pie By Don McLean - Digital Sheet Music

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Product Information 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

Top Review:

"A very good piece with excellent arrangment."

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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

Styles:

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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utterback

Piano: Intermediate

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11/6/2007 8:15:27 PM

AmerianPie

A very good piece with excellent arrangment.

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AlexAdams25

Voice: Beginner / Composer

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9/29/2012 10:58:50 AM

Great!!!

Perfect musical quality. It accuracy to the song is great (as it should be). I though it was a bit hard to play but then again Im a starting musician haha

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Butterfly

Piano: Intermediate

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11/6/2007 9:26:37 PM

American Pie Review

It definitely sounds like the song. It's nice to sing along with also.

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