One of the most important tools for your piano playing bag of tricks is a good supply of lefthand accompaniment patterns. Real and fake books are essential reference material for anyone who is serious about performing. Bimbombey bird dog a bird in the gilded cage birdland blues the birth of the blues blame it on the bossa nova. Fake books for guitar may also have guitar tablature. No frills, no slants in one direction or another, this book gives you a solid foundation in the blues. An important aspect of learning to play jazz piano are the voicings. Spielen im jazzduo pianosax fast alles aus dem buch. Every major blues artist is wellrepresented, including howlin wolf, robert johnson, b. They are an ideal way for any beginner learning to play keyboard and guitar. Free sheet music piano blues by the most likes by the most well noted by the most commented by new releases by the most downloaded by the most listened by the most listened human original instrumentation first by works titles by composers by oldest additions with video first level. At best, someone who knows quite a lot about playing blues piano could use this as a kind of fake book to provide a starting point for building a interesting arrangement, but there probably are a lot of better choices for that.
Ranging from robert johnson to clapton and beyond, this will give you an avenue of variety from which to build your musical knowledge of the blues. Although it is seen both ways fakebook and fake book, i dislike the latter terminology because it confuses the subject with a fake book. The real blues book c instruments hal leonard online. For piano, voice, guitar and all c instruments, this fake book includes melody, lyrics and chords. View lead sheet fake book sheet music sheet music direct. Shop the worlds widest selection of blues fake book, sheet music, music books, scores and more. The most comprehensive singlevolume blues publication ever, wi. Too bad this valuable source of blues songs is marred by this sloppy crediting of the versions presented.
I couldnt be more pleased with this purchase of the blues fake book. The real books are the bestselling jazz books of all time. In the 70s however, students attending the berklee college of music created unlicensed fake books that featured melody lines. This book tends to feature more compositions by jazz composers as opposed to just standard. How to play the blues on the piano or keyboard dummies. This book begins with easy concepts, introducing piano chords in a slightly different way than the first two books, and then it moves on to more advanced concepts. My other two books require you to do more thinking than this book does. King, billie holiday, leadbelly, alberta hunter, willie dixon, muddy waters, stevie ray vaughan, eric clapton, jimmy witherspoon, bessie smith, sonny boy williamson. Piano songbooks and sheet music guitar, bass and folk instruments educational piano vocal choral and classroom church music band, jazz and orchestra solo instrumental drums and percussion classical trade and reference books software and music technology instruments and accessories featured series playalong series.
Try one of the apps below to open or edit this item. Fake books give you just what you need to fake your own version of a song. King, billie holiday, leadbelly, alberta hunter, willie dixon, muddy waters, stevie ray vaughan, eric clapton, jimmy witherspoon, bessie smith, sonny boy williamson, and. Great lefthand accompaniment patterns for the piano or. I tried in this book to refrain from showing the chords in an. It has tunes like giant steps, all blues, black coffee, etc. With vocal melody, lyrics, chord names and leadsheet notation. See lead sheet fake book sheet music arrangements available from sheet music direct. The blues fakebook sorry, this item is currently out of print lead time before shipment.
How to play from a fake book without gettin the blues. Any time youre faced with playing straight chords or even playing melodies from a fake book which pretty much just gives the chord names, youre left to your own resources to supply an interestingsounding. The most comprehensive singlevolume blues publication ever, with songs spanning the entire history of the genre. If you like this jazz piano tutorial, please subscribe. When one finds oneself in the situation of playing a jazz gig near christmas, it is quite nice to have in ones possession a fake book of christmas songs with jazz changes.
King, billie holiday, leadbelly, alberta hunter, willie dixon, muddy. When you have the chord progression memorized, try playing the chords with the left hand while your right hand plays a simple melody, riff, or blues scale. Piano songbooks and sheet music guitar, bass and folk instruments educational piano vocal choral and classroom church music band, jazz and orchestra solo instrumental drums and percussion classical trade and reference books software and music technology instruments and. All lead sheets or fake books have two primary components. How to play from a fake book without gettin the blues its all annotated with notes underneath the staff, in my trademark make it easy style. But what is a fake book, and where did they come from.
Also, the fake book has a comb binding so it lays flat on a table, or on a piano music stand, or on the floor if thats what you prefer. The blues fake book needs to be an essential part of any musicians library. View lead sheet fake book sheet music sheet music direct play more, pay less with pass. Pianokeyboard, c instruments sheet music book by various. This book takes many of the ideas i put forward in how to speed read piano chord symbols and its sequel and expands on them, offering the aspiring pianist more in depth study on these famous and beautiful patterns. Rhythm and blues piano book one wesley schaum 1965 vintage sheet music song book. They are also known as chordmusic, fake music or leadsheets.
Preface fake books and real books and charts oh my. In the example above, i only have eyes for you, you can see that you are only given the chords, written above each line, and the melody. Learn how to play through a blues musical fake book in the key of a major in this free music video for jazz musicians on reading a fake book in a major. While the rhythm edition of the blues guitar fake book is designed primarily to help players improve their rhythm guitar and accompaniment skills, youll find each playalong with coreys comping parts to also be the perfect track to work on your solos and improvisation. Bandoneon, double bass, piano fake book sher music company tunes for beginning improvisers fakebook for bass clef instruments. Ideal for the experienced or beginner keyboard player. Once upon a time, before the rise of the electric guitar, back in the dim dark past of the early 1900s, americans out for a night on the town were serenaded by live groups. Fur cinstrumente violinschlussel, sixth edition, songs, a fine romance, april joy, big nick, black nile, afternoon in paris, a string of pearls, a child is born, 502 blues, apple. Fake music sheets are music sheets which contain the treble cleff with the chords displayed above them. For those who arent familiar with them, fake books originally contained the basic chords and lyrics of a musical composition. If you are just starting with blues piano, you arent going to learn how to get the blues sound from this book. Aint gonna worry my life anymore aint it crazy aint no sunshine.
A fake book is a collection of lead sheets used by jazz musicians. I tried in this book to refrain from showing the chords in an encyclopedic way. This jazz piano tutorial is about how to use a lead sheet. They are socalled because they allow a jazz musician to fake it. The blues fake book by various fakebook leadsheet notation. This classic rock fake book is an invaluable collection of over 250 of the best rock songs of all time, with nearly 70 songs added for this spectacular 2nd edition.
This book is also geared towards those who learn by repetition rather than theory. Walkthatbass for more information check out my website. The fake book index locate tunes by title search in over 70 jazz fake books. This book is my sixth piano book related to playing from fake books and improvising at the piano.
Learn basic steps on how to turn a song in a book from notes on a page that are intimidating to a beautiful melody that you want to share with your. Buying one song at a time, with a full piano score, was expensive and. A fake book is a collection of musical lead sheets intended to help a performer quickly learn new songs. Steps to the real book a basic jazz piano text by james levy.
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