Real Book Sheet Music
The Real Book refers to compilations of lead sheets for jazz standards. It usually refers to the first volume of a series of books transcribed and collated by Berklee College of Music students during the 1970s.The name is derived from "fake books", so called because they contained only rough outlines of music pieces rather than fully notated scores. Early fake books were often used by professional bands who performed mostly standards, often more geared to society and dance bands rather than jazz ensembles, and devoted much space to show tunes, novelty tunes, traditional jazz, etc. The first three Real Book volumes, in contrast, contained many bebop and other jazz standards that were likely to be encountered on jazz gigs at the time. For this reason, the books were quickly adopted among jazz players in the 1970s, particularly on the east coast.
Search for Free Sheet Music
You can make a search through the entire collection of sheets.
You can make a search through the entire collection of sheets.
Latest Artists
Marvin Hamlisch
× 2
Gustav Holst × 1
Luigi Denza × 1
John F. Wade × 1
Arlene Schwartzkopf × 1
Albert W Ketelbey × 1
Creedence Clearwater Revival × 1
Frank Halferty × 1
Diana Krall × 1
Ottorino Respighi × 1
Robert Schumann × 4
Hillsong United × 2
Beauty and the Beast × 1
Samual A. Ward × 1
Oliver! × 1
Francis Poulenc × 2
Christina Aguilera × 1
Chris Martin × 1
Adele × 4
Francisco Tarrega × 1
Claude Bolling × 2
Kohei Tanaka × 1
Ella Fitzgerald × 1
Sixpence None the Richer × 1
Roberto Menescal × 1
Thomas Elgar Sugar × 1
Charles Lipinski × 1
John Scofield × 1
Alan Bullard × 1
Rachmaninoff × 2
Ari Pulkkinen × 1
Toto × 1
Duffy × 1
Tom Beek × 1
Yann Tiersen × 4
Beach boys × 1
Stuart Townend × 1
fats waller × 2
Carl Reinecke × 1
Casablanca × 1
Antonin Dvorak × 1
ABBA × 3
Oscar Carmona × 1
Jo Privat × 1
Gloria Gaynor × 1
Arnold Wholer × 1
Rafael Suarez × 1
Jorge Nobre × 1
Isham Jones × 1
Tony Bennett × 1
Gustav Holst × 1
Luigi Denza × 1
John F. Wade × 1
Arlene Schwartzkopf × 1
Albert W Ketelbey × 1
Creedence Clearwater Revival × 1
Frank Halferty × 1
Diana Krall × 1
Ottorino Respighi × 1
Robert Schumann × 4
Hillsong United × 2
Beauty and the Beast × 1
Samual A. Ward × 1
Oliver! × 1
Francis Poulenc × 2
Christina Aguilera × 1
Chris Martin × 1
Adele × 4
Francisco Tarrega × 1
Claude Bolling × 2
Kohei Tanaka × 1
Ella Fitzgerald × 1
Sixpence None the Richer × 1
Roberto Menescal × 1
Thomas Elgar Sugar × 1
Charles Lipinski × 1
John Scofield × 1
Alan Bullard × 1
Rachmaninoff × 2
Ari Pulkkinen × 1
Toto × 1
Duffy × 1
Tom Beek × 1
Yann Tiersen × 4
Beach boys × 1
Stuart Townend × 1
fats waller × 2
Carl Reinecke × 1
Casablanca × 1
Antonin Dvorak × 1
ABBA × 3
Oscar Carmona × 1
Jo Privat × 1
Gloria Gaynor × 1
Arnold Wholer × 1
Rafael Suarez × 1
Jorge Nobre × 1
Isham Jones × 1
Tony Bennett × 1
