Fake Book of the World's Favorite Songs: C Edition

by Hal Leonard Corporation

(Fake Book). The Fake Book of the World's Favorite Songs 4th Edition is a must-own collection of more than 735 songs arranged with melody line, lyrics and guitar chord frames. It features a wide... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881888796
• ISBN13: 9780881888799
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 3.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.4" x 12.2"

Customer Reviews

One of my favorite fake books!

Although I was reared in the age of Rock and Roll I find the songs in this book to be jewels that transcend time. Many of the songs were published long ago and can't be found in other fake books. I love the fact that the book also has many Spirituals and easy play versions of classical pieces too. I play from this book before bedtime to wind down. IMHO it is a must own fake book.

Excellent

I received my products in a timely fashion and in excellent condition...I would certainly recommend this seller to others...Thank you and may God bless and prosper you.

Fake book has great variety but chooses the more difficult chords when they could be simpler

This fake book is definitely a large compilation of a variety of songs but its short-coming (at least for amature guitar players) is it chooses to use chords that are more difficult than they need to be. For example: The Farmer in the Dell uses the Eflat and Bflat chords (both 4 finger chords or bar chords) when the song works just as well with G and D7 chords. However, the book does provide the fingering grids for Eflat and Bflat. Other than that, I found it to be rather comprehensive and useful. It's a keeper!

To Russian Music Students with Love

This book has such an excellent selection of songs, and is so easy to read that we gave it as a thank-you gift to a music school in Russia. The students had not seen a fake book before this one. It made a big hit.

Good source of melodic lines

I'm learning to play trumpet and this is an excellent book to help me learn to sight-read. It's fun to play familiar melodies and I can tell immediately when I'm messing up. Over 700 tunes for 16 bucks- you cant go wrong. Two thumbs up.