Edition: Paperback Book, Piano/Keyboard

Description: 88 Pages

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.

Ain't We Got Fun?
All God's Children 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 (That Toddlin' Town)
Come Back To Sorrento
Danny Boy
Down By The Old Mill Stream
Frankie And Johnny (You'll Miss Me In The Days To Come)
Give My Regards To Broadway
Hearts And Flowers
Home On The Range
(There'll Be) 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 (America)
Oh! Susanna
Old Folks At Home (Swanee River)
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 (The Cowboy's Lament)
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 Saints Go Marching In
Yankee Doodle
Yankee Doodle Boy
The Yellow Rose Of Texas
You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want To Do It)