what piano music books to use for playing in a restaurant/cafe?

Question

Hello,

I want to play piano in a restaurant of cafe.

I guess the atmosphere could change depending on where I play.

Are there any good books for this type of playing, like "Quiet Classics by keith snell" or "the cocktail bar piano solos"? or any pam wedgewood?

Answer 1

well, im not sure if this helps, but i would play maple leaf rag, some Beethoven( fur elise) maybe river runs through you by yiruma, clair de lune, moonlight senata, hard pieces, but they are fun to play, and woud be good for background or for quiet moments in a nice restaurant. Goodluck, sounds like fun. Maybe ill do something like that in a few years.

Answer 2

Pretty much all the Piano Bar and Restaurant players I know (and I know quite a few) use the Real Books for Jazz. I can't think of a player from name musicians to the unknowns who don't own a copy. There's even a massive DVD copy of it floating around that some studious person made by scanning every single page of every jazz Real book (it's an illegal copy but man, is it helpful). I have a copy of the DVD but it can't be emailed...it's really a huge file.



For other styles there plenty of fake and real books in every style and it's a good idea to have a few different styles on hand because you never know when you're going to get an odd request. These books are the best way to be prepared.



The players I know carry around at least three books and/or 3 ring binders that they've made up themselves of copied pages from these books. They often play two gigs in a night and go from a jazz setting to a singalong type setting where standards and pop tunes are more appropriate.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

check out --The Standards Real book-pub by Chuck Sher

and The real Book series pub by Hal Leonard

these 2 books/series have Everything you need to play

Answer 5

i get these books that say like PIANO on it with like a flying piano on the cover..get the lesson books, and they come in different levels so.