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I am disappointed at the huge number of very obscure, seldom heard songs in this book. Read unlimited books and audiobooks, and sheet music on the web. Christmas, it is quite nice to have in ones possession a fake book of christmas songs with jazz changes. So what is the difference between the real book and the fake. The fake book index locate tunes by title search in over 70 jazz fake books. Nrb1 new real book 437 239 petaluma sher nrb2 new real book. It is important to learn contemporary music because it is educational music theory, freer expression of music, compositional skills, transforms you into a true.
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The ultimate jazz fake book eflat edition horn alto sax bari sax etc. This mustown collection includes 635 songs spanning all jazz styles from more than 9 decades from traditional to swing to modern jazz, carefully chosen chords with common. In my early days of playing, this fact was extremely frustrating because i desperately needed to. This mustown collection includes 635 songs spanning all jazz styles from more than 9 decades from traditional to swing to modern jazz, carefully chosen chords with common practice chord substitutions, lyrics to accomodate vocalists, easytoread music, and composer and performer indexes. Many of these books are covered in the previous fake books section, although some of them, like richard wolfes legit professional fake book, are out of print now and may only be available via ebay. The fake part of it meant that you didnt have a completely written out arrangement of the song, you had to create your own chord voicings, etc. Feb 17, 2014 the easy jazz standards fake book paperback 17 feb. The easy jazz standards fake book by various softcover.
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