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The Real Bluegrass Book C Instruments by Various Piano - Sheet Music

By Various

The Essential Bluegrass Fake Book for C Instruments * The Real Bluegrass Book is a must-have for bluegrass musicians, featuring over 300 classic songs in the trusted Real Book format. Designed for C instruments, this collection provides melody lines, chord symbols, and lyrics where applicable, making it an invaluable resource for players of all skill levels. Whether you are a guitarist, fiddler, mandolin player, or pianist, this book ensures you have access to the best bluegrass repertoire. * * Authentic Charts for Jamming and Performance * Compiled with musicians in mind, this collection captures the heart of bluegrass music with accurate transcriptions of timeless classics. Play along with favorites like Rocky Top, Foggy Mountain Top, and Wabash Cannonball, or explore traditional ballads and instrumentals that have shaped the genre. Whether you are performing, jamming, or improving your skills, this book is an essential tool for any bluegrass musician. * * A Perfect Resource for Musicians and Music Teachers * Ideal for musicians, educators, and bluegrass enthusiasts, this collection supports both learning and live performance. It is a valuable tool for teaching improvisation, understanding bluegrass chord progressions, and expanding your repertoire. Whether for personal use or as a thoughtful gift for bluegrass lovers, this songbook is a must-have addition to any musician’s library. * * Songs Included * Alabama Jubilee* Ballad of Jed Clampett* Bill Cheatham* Blue Ridge Mountain Blues* Bury Me Beneath the Willow* Dixie Hoedown* Down to the River to Pray* Foggy Mountain Top* Highway 40 Blues* How Mountain Girls Can Love* I'm Goin' Back to Old Kentucky* John Henry* Keep on the Sunny Side* The Long Black Veil* My Rose of Old Kentucky* Old Train* Pretty Polly* Rocky Top* Sally Goodin* Shady Grove* Wabash Cannonball* Wayfaring Stranger* Wildwood Flower* The Wreck of the Old '97* and many more.

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Summary
Instrument:
Bluegrass Fiddle Piano C Instrument
Genres:
Bluegrass Jazz
Composers:
Various
Publishers:
Hal Leonard
UPC:
073999348736
ISBN:
9780634049217
Format:
Fake Book Collection / Songbook
Item types:
Physical
Musical forms:
Waltz
Artist:
Various
Usages:
School and Community
Number of Pages:
432
Size:
8.5x11.0x0.999 inches
Shipping Weight:
3.15 pounds
Detailed Description
C Edition C Instruments

SKU: HL.310910

C Instruments. Composed by Various. Fake Book. Bluegrass, Jazz. Softcover. 432 pages. Hal Leonard #310910. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.310910).

ISBN 9780634049217. UPC: 073999348736. 8.5x11.0x0.999 inches.

The Essential Bluegrass Fake Book for C Instruments * The Real Bluegrass Book is a must-have for bluegrass musicians, featuring over 300 classic songs in the trusted Real Book format. Designed for C instruments, this collection provides melody lines, chord symbols, and lyrics where applicable, making it an invaluable resource for players of all skill levels. Whether you are a guitarist, fiddler, mandolin player, or pianist, this book ensures you have access to the best bluegrass repertoire. * * Authentic Charts for Jamming and Performance * Compiled with musicians in mind, this collection captures the heart of bluegrass music with accurate transcriptions of timeless classics. Play along with favorites like Rocky Top, Foggy Mountain Top, and Wabash Cannonball, or explore traditional ballads and instrumentals that have shaped the genre. Whether you are performing, jamming, or improving your skills, this book is an essential tool for any bluegrass musician. * * A Perfect Resource for Musicians and Music Teachers * Ideal for musicians, educators, and bluegrass enthusiasts, this collection supports both learning and live performance. It is a valuable tool for teaching improvisation, understanding bluegrass chord progressions, and expanding your repertoire. Whether for personal use or as a thoughtful gift for bluegrass lovers, this songbook is a must-have addition to any musician’s library. * * Songs Included * Alabama Jubilee* Ballad of Jed Clampett* Bill Cheatham* Blue Ridge Mountain Blues* Bury Me Beneath the Willow* Dixie Hoedown* Down to the River to Pray* Foggy Mountain Top* Highway 40 Blues* How Mountain Girls Can Love* I'm Goin' Back to Old Kentucky* John Henry* Keep on the Sunny Side* The Long Black Veil* My Rose of Old Kentucky* Old Train* Pretty Polly* Rocky Top* Sally Goodin* Shady Grove* Wabash Cannonball* Wayfaring Stranger* Wildwood Flower* The Wreck of the Old '97* and many more.

Song List

  • I Saw The Light

  • Can't Stop Now

  • I Am A Pilgrim

  • The Wreck Of The Old '97

  • I've Got That Old Feeling

  • Dixie Hoedown

  • Wayfaring Stranger

  • Foggy Mountain Breakdown

  • Alabama Jubilee

  • Wildwood Flower

  • I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby

  • Mr. Engineer

  • All The Good Times

  • Sitting On Top Of The World

  • Roanoke

  • I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling

  • My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains

  • White Dove

  • East Virginia Blues

  • Keep On The Sunny Side

  • Bluegrass Stomp

  • Last Train Done Gone Down

  • Steel Rails

  • God Loves His Children

  • I'm Goin' Back To Old Kentucky

  • It's Mighty Dark To Travel

  • Old Crossroad Is Waitin'

  • True Life Blues

  • Take Me In The Lifeboat

  • Daniel Prayed

  • My Cabin In Caroline

  • Blue Yodel No. 4 (California Blues)

  • When You Are Lonely

  • My Rose Of Old Kentucky

  • Head Over Heels In Love With You (I'm Head Over Heels In Love)

  • Your Love Is Like A Flower

  • Little Cabin Home On The Hill

  • No Mother Or Dad

  • Toy Heart

  • A Vision Of Mother

  • Bury Me Beneath The Willow

  • I'll Go Stepping Too

  • Steam Powered Aeroplane

  • On & On

  • Doin' My Time

  • Why You Been Gone So Long

  • You Don't Know My Mind

  • If I Lose

  • Think Of What You've Done

  • Dark Hollow

  • I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow

  • I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)

  • Down To The River To Pray

  • Aragon Mill

  • Arkansas Traveler

  • Ashes Of Love

  • When You Come Back Down

  • Reasons Why

  • The Fox

  • Smoothie Song

  • Just Like You

  • Ballad Of Jed Clampett

  • You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive

  • High On A Mountain Top

  • Banks Of The Ohio

  • I Know You're Married But I Love You Still

  • Darlin' Corey

  • John Henry

  • Mule Skinner Blues

  • Salty Dog Blues

  • Wabash Cannonball

  • Working On A Building

  • Great High Mountain

  • Blue Ridge Cabin Home

  • Everytime You Say Goodbye

  • Angel Band

  • Are You Tired Of Me, My Darling?

  • Before I Met You

  • I'll Fly Away

  • Big Mon

  • Some Day

  • Black Mountain Rag

  • Blackjack County Chains

  • What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul

  • Blue Moon Of Kentucky

  • Shady Grove

  • Blue Ridge Mountain Blues

  • Once More

  • Walkin' In Jerusalem

  • Pretty Polly

  • Midnight Moonlight

  • I Wish You Knew

  • If That's The Way You Feel

  • Don't Get Above Your Raising

  • I'll Never Shed Another Tear

  • We'll Meet Again Sweetheart

  • Let Me Love You One More Time

  • Bringing Mary Home

  • Get In Line Brother

  • Little White Church

  • Mansions For Me

  • White House Blues

  • In Tall Buildings

  • Blue Railroad Train

  • Can't You Hear Me Callin'

  • Rocky Top

  • Columbus Stockade Blues

  • Cowboy Jack

  • Don't Give Your Heart To A Rambler

  • Dooley

  • One More Dollar

  • Down Yonder

  • Soldier's Joy

  • So Long, So Wrong

  • Are You Waiting Just For Me

  • The Brown Mountain Light

  • Hit Parade Of Love

  • Hold Whatcha Got

  • Sittin' Alone In The Moonlight

  • Brother Wind

  • Dark As The Night, Blue As The Day

  • Devil In Disguise

  • Erase The Miles

  • Hey Lonesome

  • My Walking Shoes

  • Smokey Mountain Memories

  • Sweet Little Miss Blue Eyes

  • Tall Pines

  • Tear My Stillhouse Down

  • Two Highways

  • One Way Track

  • Blue Night

  • Don't This Road Look Rough And Rocky

  • Girl In The Blue Velvet Band

  • I Ain't Goin' To Work Tomorrow

  • I Cried Again

  • I'm Coming Back But I Don't Know When

  • If I Should Wander Back Tonight

  • In The Pines

  • Little Glass Of Wine

  • Shackles And Chains

  • Somehow Tonight

  • Someone Took My Place With You

  • The Fields Have Turned Brown

  • The Lonesome River

  • Why Did You Wander?

  • Why Don't You Tell Me So

  • You Won't Be Satisfied That Way

  • Roses In The Snow

  • Mis'ry River

  • E.M.D.

  • Fanny Hill

  • Montana Cowboy

  • I've Endured

  • Dancin' With The Angels

  • Howlin' At The Moon

  • Panama Red

  • There Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone

  • Another Night

  • Cabin On A Mountain

  • Cold And Windy Night

  • Don't Go Out Tonight

  • Gonna Paint The Town

  • Highway Of Regret

  • I Long To See The Old Folks

  • I've Lived A Lot In My Time

  • Little Whitewashed Chimney

  • Lonesome Wind Blues

  • Love Me Darling Just Tonight

  • No Longer A Sweetheart Of Mine

  • Ridin' That Midnight Train

  • This Weary Heart You Stole Away

  • Unwanted Love

  • Wall Around Your Heart

  • Legend Of The Rebel Soldier

  • Loggin' Man

  • Rain Please Go Away

  • This Morning At Nine

  • If You're Ever Gonna Love Me

  • Old Devil's Dream

  • Mother's Only Sleeping

  • I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home

  • I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome

  • The Cold Hard Facts

  • Carry Me Across The Mountain

  • Blackbirds and Crows

  • In The Gravel Yard

  • When The Storm Is Over

  • Beautiful Life

  • Memory Of You

  • I've Waited As Long As I Can

  • Just Wonderin' Why

  • What Am I Doing Hangin' Around

  • Baby Blue Eyes

  • White Freight Liner Blues

  • White Water

  • Are You Missing Me

  • Beneath Still Waters

  • Blue Train

  • California Cotton Fields

  • Cash On The Barrelhead

  • Childish Love

  • Cora Is Gone

  • Down Where The River Bends

  • Raised By The Railroad Line

  • Ruby Are You Mad

  • She's No Angel

  • Teardrops In My Eyes

  • With A Vamp In The Middle

  • Last Train From Poor Valley

  • Memories Of Mother And Dad

  • Big Spike Hammer

  • Listening To The Rain

  • Lonesome Feeling

  • One Tear

  • Up This Hill And Down

  • Still Climbing Mountains

  • Still Feeling Blue

  • Sophronie

  • Ginseng Sullivan

  • Green Light On The Southern

  • Blue Diamond Mines

  • Long Gone

  • It's A Long, Long Road

  • New Camptown Races

  • Freeborn Man

  • Lonesome Pine

  • Who'll Watch the Homeplace

  • Nellie Kane

  • Mama's Hand

  • Too Late To Cry

  • Weathered Grey Stone

  • Who's That Knockin' At My Door

  • Won't You Come And Sing For Me

  • You'll Get No More Of Me

  • Dream Of A Miner's Child

  • Knoxville Girl

  • Little Bessie

  • Red Rocking Chair

  • The Waves On The Sea

  • Some Old Day

  • On The Sea Of Life

  • Tomorrow I'll Be Gone

  • Foggy Mountain Top

  • Fox On The Run

  • Gotta Travel On

  • Highway 40 Blues

  • How Mountain Girls Can Love

  • I Wouldn't Change You If I Could

  • I'll Stay Around

  • I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap

  • Jimmie Brown The Newsboy

  • Kentucky Waltz

  • Little Birdie

  • Little Maggie

  • Live And Let Live

  • The Long Black Veil

  • Long Journey Home

  • Mountain Dew

  • My Little Girl In Tennessee

  • Nine Pound Hammer

  • Old Home Place

  • The Prisoner's Song

  • Red Wing

  • Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms

  • Roving Gambler

  • Stone Walls And Steel Bars

  • Uncle Pen

  • Way Down Town

  • Wheel Hoss

  • Will The Circle Be Unbroken

  • Will You Be Loving Another Man

  • Tennessee Stud

  • Rain And Snow

  • New River Train

  • Duncan And Brady

  • Down In The Willow Garden

  • Whiskey Before Breakfast

  • Bill Cheatham

  • Little Sadie

  • Gold Rush

  • Sally Goodin

  • Poor Ellen Smith

  • More Pretty Girls Than One

  • Back Up And Push

  • I Know You, Rider

  • Raw Hide

  • Cheek To Cheek with The Blues

  • Down the road

  • Footprints in the Snow

  • Gold Watch and Chain

  • A Good Woman's Love

  • Highway of Sorrow

  • Love Please Come Home

  • Molly and Tenbrooks

  • Ocean of Diamonds

  • Rank Strangers to Me

  • Talk of the Town

  • Used To Be

  • Walk Softly On This Heart Of Mine

  • Walls of Time

  • Who Will Sing for Me?

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    Ratings + Reviews

    4.2 Rating

    5 reviews

    Anonymous

    Dec 17, 2025

    Gig-Ready Bluegrass Essential

    A must-have for any working musician. This 'Real Bluegrass Book' lives up to its name, packed with over 300 classics perfect for gigs. The presence of accurate chord symbols and clear melody lines for C instruments makes it instantly usable. Its 'Real Book format' ensures standard arrangements, making it easy to jump into any request or jam session. Highly recommended for its breadth and utility.

    Anonymous

    Dec 15, 2025

    Solid Resource for Bluegrass Vocals

    For accompanying singers, 'The Real Bluegrass Book' offers a great foundation. The 'Fake Book' format provides essential melody lines and chord symbols, allowing me to craft suitable piano accompaniment textures to support vocalists, rather than doubling the melody rigidly. With lyrics included for many songs, it’s excellent for coaching bluegrass repertoire and understanding the genre's harmonic structure. A valuable addition for any collaborative pianist.

    Anonymous

    Dec 14, 2025

    Hours of Bluegrass Fun!

    As an adult learner, I absolutely love this book! It’s fantastic to have so many classic bluegrass tunes by 'Various' artists in one place, like 'Rocky Top' and 'Wabash Cannonball.' The 'Fake Book' format with melody and chords is super accessible, making it easy to pick up and start sounding like the records. Great for relaxing and just enjoying the music without overly complex arrangements.

    Sigi S.

    Jun 10, 2018

    nicely collected

    this book is surely helpful for people in search of bluegrass material. when i ordered the collection i expected informations about the special tricks of the players ,but this book is only good as a repertoire source.

    F. K.

    Aug 21, 2012

    The Real Bluegrass Book

    AWESOME!!! This is the book that I have been seeking for a long time. Lead sheet music for almost all of my favorite bluegrass tunes. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants a complete collection of bluegrass tunes in this format. I only wish that I had found your website a long time ago. You really know what type and format of music that musicians want.

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