100 Different Ways to play the same song. Piano students learn 100 fun left hand patterns to take any music and change it up 100 different ways. Also included in the book is the FUN FAKEBOOK which includes 100 piano pieces in facebook format where the melody (Right Hand - treble clef) and the given chords for each measure are shown. The students can then fake or make up a left hand pattern to go along with the melody.

(Piano). 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.

Ten progressively advanced sections, each with notations and keyboard diagrams, make up a new approach to learning how to play the piano quickly and pleasurably, with no scale exercises and a minimum of memorization

For keyboard players of all levels. Fake books are used by professional musicians at cocktail lounges, weddings, and many other performing situation. They are invaluable because they contain a thousand or more songs in one compact volume. But in order to use them one must know how to look at a kind of musical shorthand--a skeleton of each song which gives only melody, lyrics and chord symbols--and "fake" a full accompaniment. Now, anyone can! This book will teach you how to play any chord symbol you will find in pop, jazz or rock; how to create stylish arrangements on your own; and how to sound like a "pro" even when reading sheet music for the first time. Topics include bass lines, counter-melodies, intros and endings, rhythmic patterns, and embellishing a melody.--From publisher description

A collection of tunes representing a diversity of ideas, experiences, and geographic locations, this songbook provides a resource for use in clinical, educational, recreational, and religious settings. Designed to allow even a beginning guitarist to lead singing, the songs are written in standard notation with rhythm chord symbols and diagrams. Lyrics are given for all of the songs, with creative adaptations included with some melodies. Sample guitar accompaniment patterns are given in notation and tablature.

(Easy Fake Book). This super collection gathers 101 Beatles classics for beginners to play. The arrangements are in the key of C, and the engravings are all new and larger than most fake book notation. Songs include: Across the Universe * All You Need Is Love * And I Love Her * Back in the U.S.S.R. * The Ballad of John and Yoko * Blackbird * Can't Buy Me Love * Come Together * Eight Days a Week * Eleanor Rigby * A Hard Day's Night * Help! * Helter Skelter * Here Comes the Sun * Here, There and Everywhere * Hey Jude * I Saw Her Standing There * I Want to Hold Your Hand * In My Life * Let It Be * The Long and Winding Road * Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds * Magical Mystery Tour * Money (That's What I Want) * Penny Lane * Revolution * Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band * She Loves You * Something * Ticket to Ride * Twist and Shout * We Can Work It Out * When I'm Sixty-Four * While My Guitar Gently Weeps * With a Little Help from My Friends * Yellow Submarine * Yesterday * You've Got to Hide Your Love Away * and more!