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Author: Steve Epstein
Date: 2003-01-23 05:00
By good, I mean one that comes close to the ideal:
1) Four measures per line.
2) Tunes that take up 2 pages are on facing pages, so you don't have to flip.
3) No "arrangements", just melody with chord letters. No left / right hand - base / treble clef stuff for the piano, which makes everything take up extra pages. But lyrics are fine. Not looking for "Bb editions", either. I'd be sharing this with others.
4) As complete a collection as possible. Multi-volume sets are fine.
5) Spiral bound. Yes, I want it all:-)
If anyone knows of something that approaches this ideal, please post about it here. Thanks.
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Author: Stéphane
Date: 2003-01-23 11:15
Steve,
Sorry about that question that as nothing to do with your thread, but are you a sound engineer?
Stéphane.
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2003-01-23 14:15
Steve -
The Beatles songs are some of the most valuable music property in existence and are tightly controlled by the copyright owners. It's highly unlikely that you'll be able to find a legitimate (i.e., legal) fake book, and the illegal ones are typically thrown together without the features you're looking for.
If no legal one exists, you might want to look at a "chord organ" book. (A chord organ has only the right half a keyboard, and buttons that play chords. You play the melody with (usually) one finger of your right hand and push chord buttons with your left hand fingers.) This would have just the melody and the chords. Since chord organ players are typically musical dummies, the arrangements will probably be simplified, muscially and harmonically, but if you can use a fake book, that's probably all you need anyway.
Best regards.
Ken Shaw
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Author: John J. Moses
Date: 2003-01-23 14:22
Hi Steve:
For your needs, try:
Charles Colin Music
315 West 53rd Street
NYC 10019
212-581-1480
They have every "Fake" and "Real" book available.
Perhaps some of the BB sponsors have books also.
Good luck,
JJM
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Author: bob gardner
Date: 2003-01-23 14:23
check out the best of the Beatles (clarinet) it has 89 songs and may be a starter book for you.
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Author: Rick
Date: 2003-01-23 16:04
Hi:
Ok, "The Best of the Beetles", for Clarinet, Pub. Hal Leonard Publication ISBN 0-7935-2143-2 $9.95 (USD)
Book contains 94 Beetles Songs, 4-5 measures per line, songs on facing pages (only 1-2 songs are more than a page) but no chords and stapled binding not spiral and no lyrics and all treble clef.
My wife likes the Beetles and bought this for me for Christmas from Sheetmusicplus.com I think. Also available for Flute, Alto Sax, Trumpet and trombone.
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Author: bob gardner
Date: 2003-01-23 17:46
heck--i wanted to trade!!!!!!
there are some really nice tune in this book.i.e. Hey Jude, Michele, Yesterday and many others.
enjoyP
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Author: Steve Epstein
Date: 2003-01-24 04:16
Thanks for all your help. I'll begin to check these out. To Stephane, no, I'm not a sound engineer. I'm a podiatrist.
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Author: David Stringer
Date: 2003-01-24 13:58
Hi Steve,
About the spiral binding, etc.,
I photocopy music that I'm working on so that the pages face each other, and bind 'em myself with the plastic-spined/rectangular-hole GBC binding system. A copy place can do this for a couple of bucks, and the binding can be opened to add/remove songs. I keep my originals safe, and happily fling my practice book anywhere. Actually, I always have a backup copy as well.
I have purchased all of the music I copy, by the way.
David
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Author: Stéphane
Date: 2003-01-24 16:44
Ok Steve,
The reason I was asking is because there is a Steven Epstein listed as a producer (sorry not a sound engineer) on one of my CD from Sony Classical. This is actually a CD by Bobby McFerrin called Paper Music, very interesting crossover example. Sorry about the disgression.
Stéphane.
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