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The Real Book - C Edition. (Sixth Edition). By Various. By Various. For C instrument. Hal Leonard Instrumental Fake Books. Jazz. Difficulty: easy-medium to medium. Fakebook (spiral bound). Melody, standard notation and chord names. 462 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.240221).
ISBN 0634060384. With melody, standard notation and chord names. Jazz. 8.5x11 inches.
The Real Books are the best-selling jazz books of all time. Since the 1970s, musicians have trusted these volumes to get them through every gig, night after night. The problem is that the books were illegally produced and distributed, without any regard to copyright law, or royalties paid to the composers who created these musical masterpieces. Hal Leonard is very proud to present the first legitimate and legal editions of these books ever produced. You won't even notice the difference, other than that all of the notorious errors have been fixed: the covers and typeface look the same, the song list is nearly identical, and the price for our edition is even cheaper than the original! Every conscientious musician will appreciate that these books are now produced accurately and ethically, benefitting the songwriters that we owe for some of the greatest tunes of all time! 400 songs, including Body and Soul, Easy Living, Take Five and hundreds 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.
bebop22
Location: from Malibu, CA
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
January 2, 2012
Required Reading
You can not be interested in playing jazz if you don't own The Real Book. Thousands of well-known jazz musisicians "grew-up" playing tunes from this book and finding their way through changes, and learning the essentials of jazz melody and harmony.
11 of 23 people found this review helpful.
trafford
Location: from york england
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
September 10, 2011
The real book 6th edition
This is a great book and easily read. I do not require the lyrics as I use it with the play along series,as jazz numbers. Highly recommended if you want the straight music script. with no frills and lyrics Highly recommended
13 of 28 people found this review helpful.
Kayger
Location: from Southern California
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
December 11, 2010
Know your fake books
There are 15 or 20 fakebooks (with melodies and chords) and I think that I have all of them and have been using them for years. These Hal Leonard new real books are the best if you like a good selection of stardards and a good collection of jazz tunes....
27 of 48 people found this review helpful.
Al Haney, professional contemporary and historical musician
Location: from West Texas
Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced
April 12, 2010
lots of good standards
Lots of great timeless song lead sheets in here. The large font size helps reading under less than perfect lighting conditions. There are double bar breaks between sections and some tunes even have partial bass lines. On the down side, I think I will eventually have to 3 hole ring...
25 of 54 people found this review helpful.
Location: from
Difficulty Level:
Beginner
April 3, 2010
stay with the real real books
the real real books may be harder to find, but it's very worth it. this new real book is missing a ton of songs (such as all blues which is on the 13th page of the old real book). Anything this book has is watered down . this book is...
24 of 60 people found this review helpful.