The Great American Songbook - The Composers: Music and Lyrics for Over 100 Standards from the Golden Age of American Song Paperback – Illustrated, 1 Jan. 2007

I just bought this book and it is absolutely magnificent. Piano, Vocals and Guitar Chords (also vital for us piano players wanting to analyse the chord structure and progressions).But I felt compelled to write a review because "budding piano player" stated in his review that this book is impossible to keep open at the piano - and that nearly deterred me from buying it. However, this is not what I have found. Whether "budding piano player" is plain wrong, or the publisher has addressed the issue, this book, though very thick, is exquisitely bound and opens completely flat - and stays open - without any issue. This is a very pleasant surprise as I was expecting difficulty here. In summary, this book opens easily, had a loosely threaded binding and stays open. There is no issue at all, whether on the first or last piece, or in the middle of the book (I'm just an ordinary amateur pianist and have no vested interest in saying this!!)

This is a fab music sheets, songs and composers book. It is a hefty volume, so I use clothes pegs to keep the pages flat. I have happily played through half of the hundred songs now and thoroughly enjoyed myself and my trip down memory lane. This is a product that is well worth the money.

Great variety of well known songs. Usually, you buy this kind of book and only find you use two or three songs. This one has LOADS of classics. Would guess you need to be about Grade 4 plus to read it but you can use the general chords without reading it all perfectly. Good arrangements.

Contains 100 excellent songs... A few obvious mistakes in the printed chords can be found, eg. "C" instead of "Cm" and similar typos, which the music editors at Hal Leonard really should have paid more attention to, but overall the presentation is good, usually including the full written intro, and nice clear spacious layout of the staves. All songs use an identical music font throughout the book, which looks consistent and neat, rather than a facsimile of the original source published music engraving for each song as with some older (perhaps more authentic, less edited) books. Also in the same series as this title are The Great American Songbook: The Singers: Music and Lyrics for 100 Standards from the Golden Age of American Song and The Composers: Music and Lyrics for 94 Standards from the Golden Age of American Song: 2 (Great American Songbook)C________A Fine RomanceF________Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The PositiveEb_______Ain't Misbehavin'G-Ab_____All The Things You AreEb_______All The WayC________April In ParisF________Autumn In New YorkCm-Ab____Beyond The Blue HorizonDm_______Big SpenderG________Blue SkiesEbm-Eb-Db-D-C-Db__Body And SoulG________Button Up Your OvercoatF________Buttons And BowsEb_______Can't Help Lovin' Dat ManF________Change PartnersC________Cheek To CheekC________Come Fly With MeAm_______Come Rain Or Come ShineG________Do Nothin' Till You Hear From MeC________Don't Blame MeC________Don't Get Around Much AnymoreG________Dream A Little Dream Of MeEb_______Easy LivingC________Everything's Coming Up RosesEb_______For You, For Me, For EvermoreF________Georgia On My MindG________Here's That Rainy DayF________Honeysuckle RoseF________How Are Things In Glocca MorraEb_______I Can Dream, Can't I?C________I Can't Get StartedG________I Can't Give You Anything But LoveBb_______I Could Have Danced All NightBb_______I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)F________I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In A Five And Ten Cent Store)G________I Love My BabyEb_______I'll Be Seeing YouC________I'll Get ByC________I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A LetterF________I'm Old FashionedF________I've Got The World On A StringEb_______I've Got You Under My SkinBb_______If Ever I Would Leave YouF________If I Were A BellF________In The Still Of The NightEb_______Isn't It Romantic?C________It All Depends On YouAb-G_____It Could Happen To YouG________It Might As Well Be SpringG________It's Only A Paper MoonEb_______June In JanuaryBb_______Just in TimeC________Let's Fall In LoveF________Little Girl BlueD-G______Love LettersCm_______Love Me Or Leave MeDb_______Lush LifeG________Makin' Whoopee!Bb-Eb____Mona LisaAb_______Mood IndigoC________Moon RiverG________My Baby Just Cares For MeEb_______My Blue HeavenBb_______My Foolish HeartCm_______My Funny ValentineEb_______My IdealG________On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)Bb_______On A Slow Boat To ChinaBb_______On The Street Where You LiveC________On The Sunny Side Of The StreetG________Out Of NowhereG-C______People Will Say We're In LoveF________Polka Dots And MoonbeamsC________Que Sera, SeraC________Satin DollEb_______SkylarkEm-G_____Somebody Loves MeC________StardustF-G______Stella By StarlightG________Stormy WeatherFm-F_____SwaneeAb_______Take The A TrainD-F______TangerineEb_______Teach Me TonightF________Thanks For The MemoryEb_______That Old Black MagicEb_______That Old FeelingAb-A_____The Best Is Yet To ComeC________The Best Things In Life Are FreeF________The Nearness Of YouG________The Surrey With The Fringe On TopEb_______There Will Never Be Another YouC________Time After TimeC________Too Late NowEb_______Two Sleepy PeopleEb_______When I Fall In LoveC________When You Wish Upon A StarF________WitchcraftEb_______Yes Sir, That's My BabyC________You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

Having previously purchased a popular song book which had hardly any songs I recognised this book was the opposite. Great classifications. Does not fold open that easily and I might well strip it and put it in a binder.

Just what I was looking for.

This was a gift for a friend who loves it.

Those wonderful composers created some brilliant music. I have had mant hours trying to recreate their music but, struggling with the complex chords. Nevertheless, I will recommend this book for the person whom appreciates MUSIC in it's finest guise.

I like the selection of songs in this book.

Nous avons reçu le produit et il a répondu à nos attentes. Merci.

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