Just Standards Real Book, C [Plastic Comb]

Warner Bros. Publications (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2001

Contains 250 classic songs, from show tunes to jazz standards. The book is extensively cross referenced with appendices including a complete composer index, discography, a scetion on how to play from a fakebook and more!

Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 412 pages
• Publisher: Alfred Publishing Company (February 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0757901611
• ISBN-13: 978-0757901614
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #680,730 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great alternate chords, October 26, 2003

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Ernie Dossin (Chazy, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just Standards Real Book, C (Plastic Comb)

This is an excellent fake that was well thought out. First the song selection is an excellent cross section of Standards.While it contains the "standard" standards such as Moonlight in Vermont, it also has pieces that are often over looked, like "A Sunday kind of love" and "I had the craziest dream". But even if you have these peieces in other compilations, the alternate chording is exciting. I made many new discoveries of great chords.

Each song takes up a whole page large easy to read notes, but one never has to turn a page to finish a song. If it takes two pages they are always face to face. A song like "Evergreen" always seems to require a page turn but is avoided in this book. The sections of the piece are divided by letters. the verse is noted, than the chorus is A the mid section is B and a repeat of the chorus is C. There are some songs with a Section D and E denoting major shift in the melody. This is a big help when singing and playing and in identifying repeats.

I would really like to see VOL.II of the standard series.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the best fakebook I have seen in 20 years!, April 2, 2004

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David Morehead (Romeoville, IL.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Just Standards Real Book, C (Plastic Comb)

In my 20 years of experience, music fake books have always been plagued with wrong chord changes, incorrectly notated melodies, and very few of them have tunes you would actually need on a gig in the real world. They generally have lots of filler tunes you will never use.

This fake book is unbelievably well thought out. It looks great, you get verses to most tunes, you get lyrics to most tunes, and the chords area absolutely right meaning you can whip this out on a gig without any reservations. As soon I a thumbed though it at the local book store I knew I had to have it. I hope this sets the standards for all future fake books.

Well done Warner Bros!!! Finally a fake book that I can actually use on a gig with confidence because it is correct and it is extremely easy to read. I can't wait for many more volumes like this!!!

Dave morehead
Arranger/Composer/Trumpet(...)

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book - Watch out for repeated songs in sister book, October 25, 2004

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Patrick Hanly (Greenport, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just Standards Real Book, C (Plastic Comb)

I agree with the other reviews. This is a terrific book. Great songs with the best type I have seen - very readable.

One note of caution: If you are considering the Just Jazz book with this one be aware that some tunes are repeated in both books so look before you purchase both to see if the tunes you want are repeated.