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 enlarge | Author: Hal Leonard Corporation
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
Buy New: $17.92
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Avg. Customer Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 14732
Media: Plastic Comb
Edition: 6th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 462
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.3
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.7 x 1.1
ISBN: 0634060384
Dewey Decimal Number: 782
UPC: 073999683059
EAN: 9780634060380
ASIN: 0634060384
Publication Date: September 1, 2004
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 Accurate and easy May 27, 2008
I am very pleased with The Real Book, 6th edition. It is clearly formatted, the chords are all proper, and the song selection is diverse. This is a great book for newbies to jazz and seasoned six string vets as well. I would not hesitate to recommend it to either.
The best way to get into jazz guitar April 2, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
i really like this book it is essential to all aspiring and accomplished jazz musicians
 HOLD ON....DON'T trash your volume 5 copy yet!!! February 28, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Please read.... I'm glad that Hal Leonard has seen fit to correct many keys and chord changes with this 6th edition. I'm also glad the typeset is consistent and clear. HOWEVER, the reason for such a low score is what HL professes in it's advertising. Here is the quote from Hal Leonard in regard to the consistency of the older editions verses this new "legal" one...
"You won't even notice the difference, other than that all of the notorious errors have been fixed: the covers and typeface look the same, the song list is nearly identical...."
How can the song list be "nearly identical" when in fact 121 songs from the previous edition are GONE? To further make the book confusing to consumers, and presumably in an effort to make the book "look" as full as the previous edition, 86 new, unrelated tunes have been added as padding to the table of contents list.
What makes this an issue of concern is that of the 121 tunes missing are well-known, critical tunes that WILL be called on at gigs. Apparently a few of the copyright owners didn't see fit to jump on board the HL band wagon. I would have been fine with this book if it hadn't been passed off as being the same as the previous edition, but with corrections and the old list in tact.
If you REALLY want the best of both worlds, you'll have to buy the new HL version, and then add the missing tunes from the old one to the HL one (it's plastic comb bound, so that task can easy be done at Kinko's for close to nothing). I suppose the only issue beyond this would be the conflicting of keys and song form for some tunes if others musicians at your gig still operate out of the old edition.
This has been a real mess trying to decode the Real Book bottom line. As much of a multi-million dollar corporation Hal Leonard is, they could have saved us the hassle by disclosing these VERY CRUCIAL discrepancies up front.
A Must for Any Jazz Player February 26, 2008
My jazz professor at school recommended this book and I found Amazon's price to be unbeatable. Since this book was published by Hal Leonard, it has become more widely available and affordable to all musicians. Any jazz musician should invest in this book. I am just beginning to study jazz piano and "The Real Book" has been an invaluable resource. The spiral binding is strong and the pages stay open without difficulty. All songs are one page so there is no need for page turns. The music is scripted in Jazz manuscript. There are plenty of songs to please a variety of tastes.
The only complaint I have heard from other musicians is that this book contains more Broadway tunes than older editions and omits some of the jazz classics that were found in older editions. However, I do not own a previous edition, and am finding this edition to be an excellent addition to my repertoire. This book is worth the investment for all levels of jazz musicians. There is not another book like this on the market.
 Jazz player's Bible January 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you play jazz, you will eventually have to have a real book. If you play a C instrument, this is probably the one you need. If you don't play jazz and haven't got a good musical foundation to build on, you won't be able to do much with this book without the help of a good instructor. If you just want some chords and notes for some tunes, there might be cheaper, better solutions (but I doubt it). Invariably, this will be missing one or two tunes that you really like, that you really thought were jazz standards, that you were sure would be in this book but are not, in which case, empty your tip jar and check out editions like The Real Book - Volume II: C Instruments 2nd Edition (Real Books (Hal Leonard)).
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