Those looking for pin-accurate transcriptions maybe a bit disappointed. Whilst there is an obvious overall work of transcribing the original recording, it's not fully perfect.
I spotted a number of mistakes. Including:
1) First bar of 'Your Song'.
2) Forth bar of 'Mona Lisas And Had Hatters' (A-F chord descend).
Dedicated Elton John transcriber Glen at Elton's Cafe pointed out that 'Crocodile Rock' isn't as accurate as his.
Another big problem I have is on a number of songs, second verses (and sometimes beyond) are placed on the music transcribed for the first verse. I don't know if it was to save paper/costs, or just a naive idea?
I'd also be careful with the UK Elton John: The Piano Transcriptions book (sporting a few different songs as well), in which I've spotted similar issues. However, this (EJKB) does appear to have a more accurate (or possibly indeed 'accurate') transcription (note other instruments are usually covered too at select sections, which is nice) of 'Bennie And The Jets' compared to the UK book (which I believe, features no coverage of other instruments), which can be bizarrely different at times.Get more detail about The Elton John Keyboard Book.
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