The Ultimate Christmas Fake Book: for Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Electronic Keyboard & All "C" Instruments (Fake Books)
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (596 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0793585414 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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EXCELLENT! First, there seems to be a discrepancy with the picture of the songbook's cover shown above.I have posted a customer image of the songbook's actual cover (which is beautiful in and of itself).Obviously, the incorrect image above is from an earlier 3rd edition. Notice the old cover says over 200 songs well, this updated edition now has 275 songs.Also, this book now has 231 pages as opposed to the 160 pages mentioned above under "Product Details".Edit 12/07/08: Ok I hadn't checked in a very long time, but obviously Amazon has removed the incorrect image that I just made mention of so you can ignore that part of this r. scm88keys said As good as it gets for a Christmas leadsheet. This book has a terrific selection of both old and new Christmas songs. It is very cleanly printed, easy to read, and the book is spellbound so that it sits open on any stand without a problem. As a musician who likes to improvise, having the melody and some basic chords is absolutely what I was looking for.I haven't played through every song, but I have only found one chord so far that is definitely wrong, an obvious typo.Clearly, there are arguments that could be made about the rhythmic and harmonic choices made in several songs, but with dozens of versions of each song in existence, the publishers obviously had t. "AWESOME CHRISTMAS BOOK" according to Jazzpiano. I play the piano in an upscale Department store four nights a week. As the season changed to Christmas I didn't feel my old Christmas books would be good another year. I purchased this book and was very, very happy. This book (the 5th Edition) has everything in it. There are old hymns, children's classics, old Christmas songs, new Christmas songs, Standard Christmas songs. It is a very, very good investment. The price (in my opinion) is very reasonable if not cheap. This book is a MUST HAVE if you play the piano at all and especially if you play in public and need to constantly be entertaining the public. You will n
The 5th edition of this bestseller features 275 traditional and contemporary Christmas hits! Includes the melody line, lyrics and chords for: Away in a Manger * Blue Christmas * The Christmas Shoes * The Christmas Song * Coventry Carol * Deck the Hall * Do You Hear What I Hear * Feliz Navidad * Frosty the Snow Man * Fum, Fum, Fum * Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer * Happy Holiday * A Holly Jolly Christmas * I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day * I'll Be Home for Christmas * Jingle-Bell Rock * Jingle Bells *
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. We are proud to publish titles of interest to all musicians as well as music lovers, from songbooks and instructional titles to artist biographies and instrument price guides to books about the music industry and all the performing arts. Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard Corporation has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time