The Beatles Fake Book: C Edition (Fake Books) [Plastic Comb]

The Beatles (Author)

Book Description

Series: Fake Books | Publication Date: July 1, 1987

For the first time ever! 200 of the Beatles' hits arranged in fake book format, featuring guitar chord frames and lyrics. All My Loving * All You Need Is Love * And I Love Her * Baby, You're a Rich Man * Back in the U.S.S.R. * The Ballad of John and Yoko * Blackbird * Can't Buy Me Love * Come Together * A Day in the Life * Day Tripper * Dear Prudence * Do You Want to Know a Secret * Drive My Car * Eight Days a Week * Eleanor Rigby * The Fool on the Hill * Get Back * Glass Onion * Good Day Sunshine * Got to Get You into My Life * A Hard Day's Night * Help! * Helter Skelter * Here Comes the Sun * Here, There and Everywhere * Hey Jude * I Want to Hold Your Hand * I Saw Her Standing There * In My Life * Lady Madonna * Let It Be * The Long and Winding Road * Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds * Michelle * Money (That's What I Want) * Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) * Paperback Writer * Penny Lane * Revolution * She Loves You * Something * Strawberry Fields Forever * Twist and Shout * While My Guitar Gently Weeps * With a Little Help from My Friends * Yellow Submarine * Yesterday * and many more!

Product Details

Sample Music Notation [29kb PDF]

• Plastic Comb: 176 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation (July 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881887579
• ISBN-13: 978-0881887570
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,121 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #31 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Pop Culture > Beatles

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37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars hey, it's a FAKE book, March 20, 2001

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"chunz" (Denville, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Beatles Fake Book: C Edition (Fake Books) (Plastic Comb)

This is far more accurate than any other fake book. And unlike most of them, every key matches the recording.

Of course you don't get all the details. If that's what you want, Wolf Marshall's guitar books are the best.

If you like turning pages in the middle of each verse and then turning back to 'del signo' you'll be reall happy with the complete scores.

But if you want the whole song on one page, this is the ticket. Someone put some hard work into this little sucker.

I use a fine point pen to copy the harmonies from the scores.

Sometimes I even write the bass line in using an alternate color.

Works for me.

I like getting thru entire songs without stopping to turn pages.

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars right on pitch, November 17, 2002

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Karen Sampson Hudson "Karen Sampson Hudson" (Reno, NV United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Beatles Fake Book: C Edition (Fake Books) (Plastic Comb)

I'm a piano teacher who is having fun introducing my teen students to the Beatles songs, both famous and obscure, from the simple early ones to the interesting later ones. This book is wonderful for two reasons: As other reviewers have noted, the chords given fit the recordings, and the songs are accessible to intermediate level pianists.

The Beatles songs are now part of the classic pop repertoire; even jazz singers at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City include them. This book will be a valuable addition to your piano/guitar library.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A relief.., August 18, 2005

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Bill Furry (NY USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Beatles Fake Book: C Edition (Fake Books) (Plastic Comb)

I have a copy of "The Beatles Complete" which is a Japanese publication that is thicker than a telephone book, hard bound, and weighs a ton. It has useless detail like drum staves so that each song takes four pages to get through. I got pretty good at turning the pages, but it won't sit on a piano, and it's pretty hard to learn a song when it is not on a single page. Furthermore the publisher has managed to engage charlatan transcribers who have gotten half the words wrong. They seem to think checking the published lyrics would be unethical, or perhaps they think their non-native and illogical made up words more creative? Beats me. She rubs you, yeah yeah yeah! The book is good as a cutting board or excelent as a weight while the glue sets after a guitar repair. Now the review of the Fake Book:

The songs are all on a single or facing page. Sweet. It sits on a piano stand. Far out. The lyrics are correct.

I tried a test, sitting the book on my bed and playing through random songs on guitar. Some of the chord diagrams are not ideal, but playing by the chord names, with only an occasional cheat off the diagrams is a very flexible method. Perhaps a chord is mislabled here and there, a major for a minor, and there seems to be a Bm missing as the second chord in 'across the universe'.

This can be overlooked. The binding is a bit weak. The plastic ring is good because it lays flat, but it can detach itself and the cover paper is too light. But if you consider this something to use, a bit of wear and tear shouldn't be too troubling. I'll get a new one if this gives up the ghost.