Matilda the Musical Paperback – May 1, 2014

So much fun to follow along with the lyrics.

I waited to buy this because my daughter made the final cut for the role of Matilda last summer and was hoping maybe we would have the complete score! Sadly, they delayed the re-cast, & she would be too tall by that time, so they didn't cast her. I decided to buy the book for her as a memento. We have copies of some of the songs from the original score (from her callbacks), & the music in this songbook is pretty much identical. We love Tim Minchin's score, & this songbook is true to it!

Since my piano skills are rudimentary at best, I can't speak firsthand, but my dear friend who plays the piano took a glance and said, "Psh, this doesn't look hard." Then we tried to sing/play our way through the book - turns out Tim Minchin is a beast. (I already knew that, but my friend gained a newfound respect.) Great music, and hilarious songs - though if you're thinking of buying the sheet music, I assume you already know that.

My daughters favorite music book. She is learning to sing from it. We recently got a piano and she can't wait to learn how to play the piano to play these songs.

This musical should have at least won best book of a musical, best music and best orchestrations at its Tony awards!! It was totally robbed.Tim Minchin is an absolute genius and this book of arrangements stays true to his vision.The song 'Quiet' is particularly true to the original recording and it's beautiful to play.

Daughter's singing some songs from this musical. We bought Matilda the Musical - Piano/Vocal Selections (Pvg) so she could better understand the pitch changes. Was this easy enough to play? Yes! It captures the main melody lines and worked really well for what we wanted.

Tim Minchin doesn't skimp on the sheet music for "Matilda" - the songs are all there in their entirety from the original soundtrack; in the same key and with no changes in difficulty (and some of the chords are NOT easy to play). Well worth the price for both experienced pianists or beginners up for a challenge.

The songs have the melody of the vocal part in the piano part, which always annoys me, but other than that, all the songs seem complete, and it's great. Naughty is easy to play along with, so that's my favorite one right now, but I haven't played through all the songs yet, so we'll see.