Gospel's Greatest Fake Book by Various Guitar - Sheet Music

SKU: HL.240136

ISBN 9780634004247. UPC: 073999437188. 9x12 inches. Published by Word Music and Hal Leonard Corporation.

Gospel's Greatest Fake Book comes with a vast collection of Gospel songs and a whole lot of history. Dating back to the 1940s, jazz musicians used “fake books” for their nightly gigs. These books contained basic melodies or chords–the cliff notes of full compositions–enough for musicians to “fake” their way through a song. Gospel's Greatest Fake Book continues that tradition and contains only those essential elements: melody, lyrics, and chords for each song. This book is written for piano, vocal, guitar, electronic keyboard, and all C instruments. It is bound with a plastic comb so it can lay flat on your music stand. Whether you're a church musician, gathering with loved ones, or playing for joy, this is just the Gospel resource you need! Featuring 450 songs, enjoy popular Gospel titles such as: Amazing Grace • America, the Beautiful • At the Cross • Battle Hymn of the Republic • Because He Lives • Behold the Lamb • Blessed Assurance • Church in the Wildwood • Climb Ev'ry Mountain • The Day He Wore My Crown • Give Me That Old Time Religion • He Looked Beyond My Fault and Saw My Need • He Touched Me • Heavenly Sunlight • His Eye Is on the Sparrow • Holy Ground • Holy Is His Name • How Great Thou Art • I Bowed on My Knees and Cried Holy • I Saw the Light • I'd Rather Have Jesus • In the Garden • Joshua (Fit the Battle of Jericho) • Just a Little Talk with Jesus • Lord, I'm Coming Home • Midnight Cry • Morning Has Broken • My Tribute • Near the Cross • The Old Rugged Cross • Precious Memories • Rock of Ages • Shall We Gather at the River? • There Is Power in the Blood • We Shall Wear a Crown • What a Friend We Have in Jesus • and hundreds more!

About Hal Leonard Fake Books

A "fake book" contains songs written in a concise format that includes only the melody and chords, letting you interpret the song's performance as you feel is appropriate. This is great for quickly learning songs by yourself or with an ensemble.

Each song in a fake book only has a single melody actually written out in notes, which is usually the vocal or lead melody. This melody will have the lyrics written beneath the notes, with each word aligned to its corresponding note. Above the notes of the melody will appear the names of the appropriate chords to play - for example, a "C minor" chord would be written as "Cmin" or Cm", rather than writing out all of the notes in those chords as they appeared in the original version of the song.

This format is very compact, which is why you will often see fakebooks containing 500 or more songs.