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30s-40s Swing & Sweet

The Sheik's superb collection of 30s and 40s "Must-Play" Tunes ..  plus dozens more!

30s-40s Swing and Sweet Fake BookC and Bb Editions

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There are no adequate commercial fake or sheet music books for this period. Most of the non-big band standards are in fake books, but the verses are rarely included. None of these books have complete melody lines for the Big Band classics.

This book is a collection of 2- and 4- beat fox trot's, swing, big band and jazz tunes from the 30s and early 1940s.  Swing bands, e.g., Goodman, played a lot of 20s pop and jazz standards.  Most of these are in the Dixieland Fake Book .  Waltzes and Latin tunes are in Gig Book .  Most tunes are familiar, but there are some great forgotten tunes you might enjoy playing.

 

 

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The 1930s is considered the "Golden Age" of American song; many of today's "standards" were composed then, particularly during the earlier years. Note that many bands such as the Benny Goodman Trio, Quartet, and Orchestra, Teddy Wilson, Fats Waller, Lionel Hampton, the Bob Crosby Orchestra., etc., recorded many classic jazz tunes from the 1920s. These are in the Dixieland Fake Book, so we have included a combined index to both books. Ballroom, Latin and novelty dances are likely to be requested by the same folks who like the music in this book; those tunes are in Gigbook, which therefore is a companion to this one, so we included a combined index in Gigbook.

The Lyrics:  All the lyrics for each book are available by e-mail when you order.
 The large print, 4-to-the-line chord format of the book prevents putting lyrics directly under the staves.  Space permitting they are at the bottom of the page.  Otherwise, there are separate lyrics sheets which are formatted to match the measures in the tunes for correct phrasing.  NOTE:  Lyric pages are available by e-mail only.  NO paper copies are available

 

The Sheik's 30s-40s Swing & Sweet Fake Book:

  • Comb-bound 81/2 x 11 inch book
  • 254 tunes, many with two pages, including those on The Sheik's Must-Play list (which is included in the book) and many more to grow on.
  • Swing, jazz and Big Band hits, including many full lead lines from classic records such as In the Mood, A-tisket a-tasket, Indian love call, Choo Choo ch'boogie
  • Riff choruses; counter melodies and out choruses from classic stock arrangements
  • transcribed solos of Artie Shaw, Bunny Berigan and others
  • Ballads and 2-beat fox trot's that have become standards--Gershwin, Rodgers, Porter, Fred Astaire classics
  • Some less-known tunes that deserve to be revived and will make your repertoire more interesting

 

 

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