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How To Play From A Fake Book. For piano. Fake Book; Piano Method. Learn To Play and General Theory. Instructional book. Standard notation, chord names, instructional text and glossary of terms. 166 pages. Published by Ekay/Shacor (AP.50-PF0480).

ISBN 0943748194. With standard notation, chord names, instructional text and glossary of terms. Learn To Play and General Theory. 9x12 inches.

For musicians of all level , this book teaches how to use bass lines, countermelodies, introductions and endings, rhythmic patterns, embellish a melody and how to accompany. All the techniques needed to 'fake' a great-sounding accompaniment from just melody, lyrics and chord symbols.

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      4 star rating

      Location: from Redondo Beach, CA

      Difficulty Level:
      Intermediate/advanced

      December 10, 2011

      Advanced Chords

      This book provides an excellent treatment of all the advanced chords used in fake book playing. It might be intimidating for a lower level player. But for the serious player who wants to play complicated harmonies this is the book to get. It also has a large section of fake...

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      5 star rating

      Difficulty Level:
      Beginner

      November 26, 2011

      How to play from a fake book

      Learning to create arrangements by knowing chord symbols.You make each song yours by playing them your way

      22 of 44 people found this review helpful.

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      5 star rating

      Location: from Spain

      October 17, 2007

      The Know How Playing with Fake Book

      I am Pianist dedicated to playing serious music customary called classical music. I have a collection of fake books because, I wanted to enter the world of Jazz, but I found it diificult because I never had the experience of resding chords even though I have a knowledge of Theory,...

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      4 star rating

      Location: from Malta (Europe)

      Difficulty Level:
      Intermediate/advanced

      October 5, 2007

      Very detailed and useful publication

      The book provides meticulous teaching to a high degree which beginners would find rather complicated in places, but nevertheless it offers useful tips and shortcuts to improving one's standards. I would recommend the book to anyone who is seriously interested in playing fake.

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