These books are the mainstay of professional musicians, and once youve learned how to use a fake book, youll enjoy a new level of playing experience. Many of your real book favorites can be found here ready to be transposed into any key that you need. Since the 1970s, musicians have trusted these volumes to get them through every gig, night after night. Wheel in the sky for piano solo chords, lyrics, melody, intermediate piano chords, lyrics, melody sheet music. The neil young pdf songbook project version date 20061205 3 farmer john ragged glory 185 farmers song archives be damned 2000 186 feel your love american dream 187 field of opportunity comes a time 189 find another shoulder archives be damned 2000 190 flags of freedom living with war 191 flying on the ground is wrong buffalo springfield 193 fool for your love road rock 1 195. Where to find lead sheets and fake books online musespeak. A fake book is a collection of musical lead sheets intended to help a performer quickly learn new songs. Your first fake book by fakebook leadsheet notation. Fake books are collections of songs with a notated melody line, chord symbols, and complete lyrics see sample line below. This is the definitive collection of broadway music.
Most music retailers carry a selection of fake books. All are in large notation and in the key of c, with lyrics and simplified chords that remain true to each tune. Im writing this note because i love tunes and, in particular, i like reading them in fakebooks. Students of all ages can continue their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Dont read or perform a tune from a fake book without listening to it first. Heres the jeffrey chappell stepbystep method for approaching a fake book lead sheet. Many professionals use these recordings to warmup, keep in shape, practice new patterns or licks, or to learn new songs and improvise on the chord scale progressions. This develops your ability to play by ear and transpose songs that you are learning to play. Bud green sentimental journey sheet music leadsheet in. Pdf download the worlds greatest fakebook for piano vocal.
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Print and download lead sheets for sentimental journey composed by bud green includes complete lyrics in c major transposable. The worlds greatest fakebook for piano, vocal, guitar. A lead sheet has only the melody written with notes or only lyrics, and above it the chords are written as chord symbols, like cmaj7, eb dim. The real book volume i sixth edition bb edition hal. If you still need help, ask your teacher to demonstrate what the basic song sounds like in the fake book, then show you how little changes can go a long way to make the song sound more.
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