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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Bluegrass Fakebook by Bert Casey - This handy songbook contains bluegrass lyrics, bluegrass gospel lyrics, chord progressions, and melody lines to 150 of the all-time favorite Bluegrass songs, including 50 gospel tunes, as well as many "new" bluegrass songs. Printed in large, easy-to-read type with one song per page, this book is excellent for use on stage or in jam sessions, because everyone can read along. Also includes chord charts for the guitar, banjo, and mandolin to help you learn your favorite bluegrass chords and a listing of currently available recordings of each song. Now all those obscure verses you can never remember are right at your fingertips. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Bert Casey | | Paperback: | 154 pages | | Publisher: | Watch & Learn, Inc. | | Publication Date: | January 01, 1999 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 1893907376 | | Product Length: | 10.6 inches | | Product Width: | 8.3 inches | | Product Height: | 0.5 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.8 pounds | | Package Length: | 10.6 inches | | Package Width: | 8.3 inches | | Package Height: | 0.4 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.8 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 10 reviews |
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10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
The book May 17, 2005
By Dmitri Nevedrov
"Dmitri Nevedrov"
The book is essentially a collection of 150 songs played by bluegrass bands. All songs have chord, melody notation and lyrics. There are also chord charts for guitar, mandolin and banjo. Most of the songs are arranged in a key of G, you can use capo to play in different key. Very recommended for bands and playing at bluegrass jam sessions.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Nice Fakebook Apr 10, 2010
By popmusicfan
Bert Casey's fakebook contains 150 songs frequently performed by bluegrass and newgrass groups. As the subtitle says, 50 fairly well-known gospel songs are part of the mix. While most of the songs are in the key of G major, that key really does work well for most of the tunes, especially for lap-style resonator guitar players, Spanish-style guitar players, and banjo players. Some of the tunes, though, are more often played in other keys (A major, for the most part) by fiddlers. The transposition shouldn't be too difficult, especially if the guitarist uses a capo; however, it would have been nice to have some of these tunes printed both in a guitar-oriented key and in a fiddle-oriented key. One particularly nice touch, but one that takes up quite a bit of real estate on the pages, is that the lyrics are printed in a fairly large type, making reading them at a distance (such as from a music stand) easy. Keep in mind that the vast majority of these pieces are true American folk music, which means that there are alternative melodies and some variations that players might know that don't quite match the melodic transcriptions. That, however, is par for the course in the world of fakebooks, be they bluegrass, jazz, or pop. One quibble, and the reason that this book didn't receive a 5-star rating, is that the standard paperback binding is not nearly as practical in a performance or jam session setting as a spiral-bound or plastic loop-bound volume would have been--it's just too hard to keep the book open on a music stand. Overall, though, a good collection of standards that helps remind players who know the songs of the tunes, chords, and lyrics, and gives those players who are less familiar with the songs a solid jumping-off point to learn the pieces.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Bluegrass Fakebook ROCKS Nov 01, 2010
By Warren
Bought his Fakebook and it was hard to put down. Really good transcriptions of songs. Most of the songs are well known too! Highly recommend getting this book if you want to learn some basic Bluegrass songs.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Bluegrass Fakebook May 28, 2008
By Bellydancuh
This is a great book, full of classics that are written easily to play and understand incluing the lyrics!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Excellent Bluegrass book Dec 15, 2007
By D. Curry
This books is excellent for taking along to Bluegrass jams or just for learning songs. Our band takes it along in case we get requests for songs we do not know. We can usually fake our way through it good enuff.
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