On Mar 29, 2006, at 5:28 AM, Mark D Lew wrote:
On Mar 29, 2006, at 1:47 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
If you can train yourself to read chord symbols, the Standards Real
Book (from Chuck Sher publishing) probably has the best selection of
tunes for what you're looking for:
Ah yes, that was the title that you guys all mentioned before. Now I
remember.
We were probably talking about a jazz fake book, which would have been
the New Real Book, Vol 1, also by Sher Music. It has three volumes, and
a Latin Real Book, a Vocal Real Book, and a Jazz Real Book as well. The
Standards Real Book as recommended by Darcy is the one you would
probably like the best given your repertoire, but it doesn't have
complete accompaniments.
Keep in mind that fake books by definition have chord symbols only,
not fully written-out accompaniments.
OK, in that case what I'm looking for is something sort of like a fake
book but different in that respect. (A fake fake book?) I guess I
could say that I'm looking for a really fat anthology that packs in a
whole lot of songs by using small print and no-frills layout.
I have a book called Broadway Deluxe by Hal Leonard, ISBN 0-88188-306-9
that seems to do what you ask, though the print is not so small and
sometimes the songs run 3 pages or more. It is bound in standard
paperback binding (what is the name of that?) so it doesn't sit as flat
as I would like it to on the piano. The repertoire runs to traditional
Bdway fare, up to about the 70's or so.
One of the books I really enjoyed reading through to improve my piano
chops was the Readers Digest Treasury of Best Loved Songs. The
arrangements (by Dan Fox) are much better than the average published
arrangements and are quite playable by one of limited technique (me)
while still sounding hip and full. Most of the tunes fit onto two pages
as well, and it is a metal comb binding inside a hard cover - ideal for
sitting on a piano. There isn't a LOT of broadway repertoire in it -
more popular and Tin Pan Alley - but it might be worth a look.
Christopher
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