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Hal Leonard The Real Book Volume 3 (C Edition) - Mini Size
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Hal Leonard The Easy Christmas Carols Fake Book - Melody,...
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Hal Leonard The Real Book, Sixth Edition - C Instruments
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Hal Leonard The Real Book - Volume IV (B-Flat Edition)
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Hal Leonard Miles Davis Omnibook For E-Flat Instruments
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Hal Leonard Charlie Parker Omnibook - Volume 2 For E-flat...
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Hal Leonard The Real R&B Book (B-Flat Instruments) Fake...
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Hal Leonard The Pat Metheny Real Book (Artist Edition...
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Hal Leonard Christmas Songs Play-Along Real Book...
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Hal Leonard The Beatles Easy Fake Book - 2nd Edition Easy...
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Hal Leonard The Real Book - Volume V (C Edition) Fake Book...
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Hal Leonard The Real Book Volume 2 - C Edition Bass Clef...
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Hal Leonard The Praise & Worship Fake Book (B Flat Edition)...
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Hal Leonard The Easy Love Songs Fake Book Easy Fake Book...
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Hal Leonard The Disney Fake Book - 4th Edition Fake Book...
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Hal Leonard The Ultimate Christmas Fake Book - 6th Edition...
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Hal Leonard The Nashville Number System Fake Book Fake Book...
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Hal Leonard The Praise & Worship Fake Book - 2nd Edition (C...
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Hal Leonard The Real Book Play-Along Volume 1 (Sixth...
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Hal Leonard Jazz Funk Play-Along - Real Book Multi-Tracks...
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Hal Leonard The Real Book Volume 6 - C Edition
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Hal Leonard Oscar Peterson Omnibook For Piano
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Hal Leonard Classical Fake Book - 2nd Edition
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Hal Leonard The Real Book Volume 1 - C Edition
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Hal Leonard The Real Book Volume 1 (E-Flat Edition) - Mini...
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Hal Leonard The Real Christmas Fake Book B Flat Edition
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Hal Leonard The Real Book Volume II - Second Edition (C...
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Hal Leonard Charlie Parker Omnibook for B Flat Instruments
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Hal Leonard Charlie Parker Omnibook for E Flat Instruments
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Hal Leonard The Real Book, Volume I Sixth Edition (Bb...
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Hal Leonard The Real Book - Volume 4 (Bass Clef Edition)
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Hal Leonard The Real Country Book - C Edition
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Hal Leonard The Real Book Volume 2 (C Edition) - Mini Size
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Hal Leonard The Real Book Volume III (E-Flat) Edition
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Hal Leonard The Real Book Volume 2 - C Edition
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A musician's collection of sheet music is nearly as important as the instrument itself. We can't memorize every song that was ever written, so it's definitely worth having Hal Leonard's real and fake books on hand to look up the melodies you don't know by heart. As always with Hal Leonard, you'll find that the selection of books to choose from is very broad, offering something to suit every musician's tastes and style. Some of the most fundamental items in a musician's library are fake books. These got their name from their simple approach: you get the sheet music and only the sheet music. With no extensive directions or fluff, the books give you total freedom to take the music and run with it - or "fake it" - hence the name. One of the most iconic fake books ever produced is ironically called the Real Book, and it's been a jazz standby ever since the 1970s. Today, Hal Leonard offers that along with dozens of other fake books so you can build an impressive library.

If you're looking for something a bit more rounded than a fake book, check out some of Hal Leonard's real books. A great example is the Hal Leonard Real Jazz Book, which includes lead sheets and lyrics as well as the basic music. Plenty of styles are represented in this book, packed with more than 500 songs from artists like Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, John Coltrane, Al DiMeola, Ella Fitzgerald and more.

For a more focused collection, you can also find books devoted to specific artists or bands, such as the Beatles Fake Book, which contains over 200 of the Fab Four's iconic songs. Other compilations are fine-tuned for particular instruments, like the Hal Leonard Rock Guitar Fake Book for guitar or the Three Chord Songs Fake Book for piano.

Real or fake, genre or instrument, no matter what you're looking for in a songbook, Hal Leonard has something that's right for you. Take a look through the extensive range of real and fake books in this section and you'll definitely discover lots of worthwhile additions to your music collection.