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This really is the worldâ?TMs largest fake book. Over 1200 songs in all styles; jazz, classical, gospel, international styles, big band, novelty, sing-along, and Christmas songs. A complete index by title and composer together with categorisation by style and rhythm type is also included. Titles include: â??You Needed Meâ?TM, â??Edelweissâ?TM, â??I Left my Heart in San Franciscoâ?TM, â??The Sound of Musicâ?TM, â??Ifâ?TM, â??Peopleâ?TM, â??Tillâ?TM, â??In the Moodâ?TM, â??Those Were the Daysâ?TM, â??Feelingsâ?TM, â??If Ever I Would Leave Youâ?TM, â??You Donâ?TMt Know Meâ?TM, â??Canâ?TMt Help Falling in Loveâ?TM, â??September Songâ?TM, â??How Deep is Youâ?TMre Loveâ?TM, â??For All We Knowâ?TM, â??On a Clear Dayâ?TM, â??Oklahomaâ?TM and hundreds and hundreds more. An incredible bargain. 3rd edition.
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Plastic Comb
I learned the hard way that this was formerly known as "The Book," and, except for the cover, the "Ultimate Fake Book" I bought is exactly the same as my copy of "The Book." Not to worry - it will make a great present for somebody.
All of the Hal Leonard "Ultimate" fake books are excellent, but this one and "The Best Fake Book Ever" are particularly generous, with lyrics, chords, and melody for some 1200 songs each. The variety is phenomenal - from Broadway to Folk to Big Band to current hits. My friends and I like to gather around a fake book and sing the night away. I can't think of a better way to spend an evening.
One complaint other than the mixup with the other book - the paperback cover and plastic looseleaf binding are a bit flimsy for a book this big.
-Joe Offer-
All of the Hal Leonard "Ultimate" fake books are excellent, but this one and "The Best Fake Book Ever" are particularly generous, with lyrics, chords, and melody for some 1200 songs each. The variety is phenomenal - from Broadway to Folk to Big Band to current hits. My friends and I like to gather around a fake book and sing the night away. I can't think of a better way to spend an evening.
One complaint other than the mixup with the other book - the paperback cover and plastic looseleaf binding are a bit flimsy for a book this big.
-Joe Offer-
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By Expatriado
Format:Plastic Comb
It's a large collection of tunes, but two points limit the book's usefulness for me (amateur guitarist and pianist playing occasionally in jazz and rock/pop bands).
1) It covers all genres, from early jazz to country, so it cannot be comprehensive in any genre. Even for a jazz beginner the 100 or so jazz tunes will quickly be insufficient, and a much better collection like the same publisher's Real Book will be needed. For 80/90-ies pop the selection is minimal. The best coverage is probably in broadway and movie/tv hits, which make up about half of the songs in the book.
2) 1200 songs in 800 pages means that they have been highly compressed. Every other page contains 2 songs: small fontsize, 12 staffs per page, highly simplified chords and melody. Impossible to read on stage, so you end up having to cut and paste with photocopiers or scanners to create something readable.
1) It covers all genres, from early jazz to country, so it cannot be comprehensive in any genre. Even for a jazz beginner the 100 or so jazz tunes will quickly be insufficient, and a much better collection like the same publisher's Real Book will be needed. For 80/90-ies pop the selection is minimal. The best coverage is probably in broadway and movie/tv hits, which make up about half of the songs in the book.
2) 1200 songs in 800 pages means that they have been highly compressed. Every other page contains 2 songs: small fontsize, 12 staffs per page, highly simplified chords and melody. Impossible to read on stage, so you end up having to cut and paste with photocopiers or scanners to create something readable.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Plastic Comb
Twelve hundred songs is not so many songs that you can expect of find all your favorites, but this is a very useful book to have around for gigging, for sight-singing, for studying the history of popular music, and--most important--for fun.
Also recommended: PENTATONIC SCALES FOR THE JAZZ-ROCK KEYBOARDIST by Jeff Burns.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
my 'C' edition was in every key
My copy was not as required. I ordered 'C' instruments. The cover says it is for 'C' instruments. The spine says Eflat instruments and the songs are in almost every key. Read more
Published 6 days ago by Tommmy Elkins
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great selection-
Many large music books tend to bulk out with obscure titles -this book has a much more popular and well known selections
Published 2 months ago by Raymond Hedley
3.0 out of 5 stars
Useful book - Awful Binding
The Binding on this book is awful, within 1 day most of the back pages had come out and had to feed them back in, very frustrating. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Nickdas
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very usefull and nice
Extremely fat, usefull quality book. Easy to play. Nice in every situation. Enormous amount of music to play! A must have for everyone who plays piano and all other c-instruments.
Published 10 months ago by Lars van der Made
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must have for sing-a-longs!
i've got both of these hal leonard books with the 1200 songs and i can't recommend them enough. i bought this one when it first came out before it was updated and it has followed... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Miss Annie Marriott
3.0 out of 5 stars
The Ultimate Fake Book
Quite a book, which in some respects, is too big to handle comfortably - it would have been better as 2 or 3 volumes. Read more
Published on 7 Feb 2011 by AJN
4.0 out of 5 stars
what you 'C' is not what you get
Despite being 'C' edition many tunes are in awkward keys for guitar. Too many old tunes and not enough contemporary material. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2006 by r love
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good resource book, but not a primary source for songs.
With 1200 songs you would imagine this has got to have it all. That's what I thought. Because it tries to be all songs for all people, it winds up having (for me) very few songs... Read more
Published on 6 May 1998
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