How to Play from a Fake Book

Description

Ever wondered how to create better accompaniments for the melodies in your favorite fake books? This “teach yourself” book introduces you to chord building, various rhythmic styles, and much more, so that you play the songs you like just the way you want them. Keyboard players with a basic understanding of notation and sight-reading will be on their way to more fun with fake books. The relaxed tone of the text and selection of fun songs keep How to Play from a Fake Book entertaining throughout – perfect for amateur musicians, or as a supplement for keyboard teachers and their students.

Contents:
• Ain't We Got Fun?
• All God's Childfren Got Shoes
• America, The Beautiful
• Any Time
• April Showers
• Aura Lee
• Battle Hymn of the Republic
• Beale Street Blues
• The Bear Went Over the Mountain
• Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
• Camptown Races
• Carolina in the Morning
• Chicago
• Come Back to Sorrento
• Danny Boy
• Down By the Old Mill Stream
• Frankie and Johnny
• Give Me Regards to Broadway
• Hearts and Flowers
• Home on the Range
• A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
• How Can I Keep from Singing
• I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
• I've Been Working on the Railroad
• Jingle Bells
• Kum Ba Yah
• Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland
• Merrily We Roll Along
• Michael Row the Boat Ashore
• Minstrel Boy
• My Country, 'Tis of Thee
• Oh! Susanna
• Old Folks at Home
• Old Joe Clark
• The Red River Valley
• Royal Garden Blues
• Saint James Infirmary
• Scarborough Fair
• She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain
• Shenandoah
• Simple Gifts
• Streets of Laredo
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
• Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do
• Take Me Out to the Ball Game
• They Didn't Believe Me
• 'Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
• When The Saint's Go Marching In
• Yankee Doodle
• Yankee Doodle Boy
• The Yellow Rose of Texas
• You Made Me Love You