Classic Rock Fake Book: Over 250 Great Songs of the Rock Era, Arranged for Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Electronic Keyboard an all 'C' Instruments Plastic Comb – February 1, 1999

Fake Books have just the melody/lyric line (staff); piano players will only have their right hand busy; the left "fakes" it. And there's no tabs and songs are in their actual keys, so you need to read music. But if you do and either are good at theory or play a non-chording instrument, they're fantastic.This book has a very impressive selection of songs, but "Classic Rock" doesn't describe it. More like "SuperHits of the 70s and 80s". There's some rock, some pop, some glam, a pretty wide variety of stuff people will likely request or that you might enjoy playing, but it's not all "rock" and certainly not "classic rock" - it's got songs from Heart, Bon Jovi and Jefferson Starship, fer cryin' out loud! Very playable stuff.I enjoy this book a lot. I also enjoy the Disney Fake Book and the Ultimate Fake Book; there's not much overlap between them. The breadth of styles (again, it's not all classic rock) is a nice touch, and most of the songs were really big hits at one time. There are some omissions and excesses. No Dire Straits, but 22 Beatles songs. Six Elton John, but no Candle/Funeral for a Friend? No Led Zeppelin but FOUR Lennon/Ono (and one Lennon solo) songs? But on average it's a great collection.

This is a very fun book for those of us trying to learn to play piano by ear. However, there were a few potential drawbacks:Lots of songs by the same artists. I'm guessing this was done to make liscensing easierThe notes and chord listings are quite small. As a young person with good eyesight it didn't bother me. But older people might have a more difficult time with it.Some of the songs are missing intros, or the chords are simiplified (for example, lists G chord instead of G7)These items aside, it is a good place to start learning new songs quickly.

I like it. Fake is the way to go for beginners like me. Good selection of songs. When learning how to play it is important to be familiar with the songs so that you know if you are playing correctly. I do recognize a lot of the songs in this book. The book for which I recognize the most songs is a Beatles song book. If you are familiar with the Beatles, you should also get one of their books. But make sure it has the chords written in letters so you can fake it with your left hand. If the right hand has too many keys, just play the highest note. If you want a good course, I liked piano for all which is an internet based course.

I like the selection of songs provided and find there is a song in many styles of music. Takes me back to my younger days. However I should have known, just because a book is written "for all C instruments" doesn't mean the songs are in the key of C. There is a good mix from the key of Am all the way to Fmin (4 b's) and Em (4#'s). I am only an advanced beginner guitar player so I'm finding these to be challenging. I'm sure with practice, practice, practice I'll learn them. And with practice I might even make it to Carnegie Hall. If that doesn't work I'll take a taxi.

I'm a professional musician. I play a wide range of types of music, including alot of standards from the 40s and 50s. However, I was wanting to get more 'hits' from the 70s. After searching extensively online and in stores, I settled on this book and, so far, am happy that I did. I like that no song is more than two pages long. Most are only a page length. As a musician, this means I don't have to turn pages, especially when sight-reading a tune. The tablulature is clear and fairly easily readable though I'd prefer that most tunes would spread across two pages so that the print could be larger (especially as I grow older and now need reading glasses). I'm 50 years old and most of these tunes are very familiar to me. The arrangements are quite good (often including little riffs or fills that help define the tune). My copy has a plastic comb which makes it open and stay open easily. I recommend this book.

This book has virtually all the songs I was looking for. I did read the earlier review that warned that the songs were in their original keys, not C. But having been classically trained (albeit eons ago), I figured I could handle it. I also bought some staff paper figuring I'd transpose any in keys I didn't want to struggle through. Well, unless you're really at ease and skilled playing in any key, I'd recommend going with a book in the key of C. I still give it 4 stars, however, because it's a great book in terms of content, and I bought it with my eyes open. No one to blame but myself!

I'm a lifelong beginner guitar player (self-taught, been playing for 25 years or so)... I've owned a Christmas song fake book for many years, but I only break that out one month a year. I bought another couple of fake books in hopes that I would use them year round. So far so good. There are no finger diagrams in this fake book, as in my other fake book, but I have a printout of all the chords on the wall nearby so I can easily glace over at a chord if I don't remember how to finger it.Great set of songs. It's bit challenging for me. But I have I have learned a few more chords using this book since I bought i a month or so ago.

As a group, I like the Hal Leonard fakes. Tasteful chord changes, melody score, and lyrics. I would also say they exhibit good song selection, although there are always songs that never seem to make it into any of these collections, and others that seem to be in multiple books. I wish it were possible to buy some set of books and just get ALL the songs, so we could own a legal set, nicely bound, etc.Another small but good point about this particular book is that the plastic comb is a little larger relative to the number of pages, so it should hold up over time, and not bend the pages when opening to a particular page.

Good large print with complete lyrics. American biased and ends in the late 20th century. No bad thing really!

Good book, chock full of sheet music for many well known rock songs. The layout is fine but if you check out other fake books you'll realise this one doe not have the best print of the genre. Compared to the Daily Ukulele Year Book this book is good but not excellent. However, it is better than most guitar specific books.

The print is too small and cannot be enlarged like a regular kindle book which makes this book impossible read while playing the piano.

304 Songs, Text, Melodie und Akkordangaben in Ringbuchheftung.Die Liste der Titel gibt es auf der Verlagshomepage. Die hier nicht verlinkt werden darf.Nicht alles ist mir persönlich bekannt gewesen.

Easy to follow, thank you