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Ragtime & Early Jazz - 1900-1935 - C Edition by Various. For voice and C instrument. Hal Leonard Fake Books. Ragtime and Standards. Difficulty: medium. Fakebook. Vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, introductory text and instructional text. 236 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.240074).
ISBN 0793558069. With vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, introductory text and instructional text. Ragtime and Standards. 9x12 inches.
This great fake book features 200 songs, including: Ain't Misbehavin' * All of Me * Autumn in New York * Basin Street Blues * Blue Skies * Body and Soul * Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man * Cocktails for Two * Everybody Loves My Baby * Falling in Love with Love * Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You * Have You Met Miss Jones? * How Deep Is the Ocean * It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) * Just a Gigolo * Mood Indigo * Moonglow * My Blue Heaven * My Romance * Ol' Man River * Puttin' On the Ritz * Remember * Solitude * St. Louis Blues * When I Take My Sugar to Tea * When My Baby Smiles at Me * Why Was I Born? * You Made Me Love You * You Took Advantage of Me * You're My Everything * more!
About Hal Leonard Fake Books
A "fake book" contains songs written in a concise format that includes only the melody and chords, letting you interpret the song's performance as you feel is appropriate. This is great for quickly learning songs by yourself or with an ensemble.
Each song in a fake book only has a single melody actually written out in notes, which is usually the vocal or lead melody. This melody will have the lyrics written beneath the notes, with each word aligned to its corresponding note. Above the notes of the melody will appear the names of the appropriate chords to play - for example, a "C minor" chord would be written as "Cmin" or Cm", rather than writing out all of the notes in those chords as they appeared in the original version of the song.
This format is very compact, which is why you will often see fakebooks containing 500 or more songs.
Anonymous
Location: from Japan
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
Pete Wolbrette
Location: from New Orleans, LA
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate
January 2, 2008
Warning to Trad Jazz Musicians
Be very careful in puchasing this collection. In spite of it's title, though the melodic lines are traditional, it employs chords which reflect modern interpretations of these tunes. If you are a traditional jazz player, this can be very confusing, and renders the collection useless.
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