The Real Broadway Book: C Instruments

This Broadway fake book is ideal for students, adult learners, theatre performers, and music teachers seeking a comprehensive resource for practice, lessons, and performance preparation. It supports home study, audition work, and rehearsal planning with clear, easy-to-read notation.

Inside are one hundred forty-nine timeless songs from celebrated musicals, written in classic Real Book style with accurate melodies, chords, and hand-written notation for C instruments. The layouts are designed for fast sight-reading, making it simple for players to explore familiar standards, build chord knowledge, and expand their repertoire across eras of musical theatre history.

The collection encourages musical growth through rich harmonic writing and memorable melodies. It helps players strengthen rhythm reading, interpret expressive phrasing, and develop confidence performing well-known show tunes. Its structure makes it a valuable music teacher resource and a thoughtful gift for musicians who want a reliable Broadway reference that inspires consistent practice.

Full Song List

As Long As He Needs Me * Bewitched * Blue Skies * Caravan * Day by Day * Evry Time We Say Goodbye * Falling in Love with Love * Give My Regards to Broadway * Hello, Dolly! * I Could Have Danced All Night * Ive Never Been in Love Before * If I Were a Bell * Its De-Lovely * The Joint Is Jumpin * The Lady Is a Tramp * Makin Whoopee! * My Favorite Things * Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin * Once Upon a Time * People * Put on a Happy Face * Sit Down Youre Rockin the Boat * Till There Was You * Try to Remember * Unexpected Song * What I Did for Love * Young and Foolish * and more.

Bring music to life. This collection is perfect for lessons, auditions, rehearsals, performances, and meaningful musical giftsoffering players a lasting connection to the most beloved songs of Broadway.

Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard LLC has become the worlds largest source of music performance and instructional materials, with a catalog of over a million products in both physical and digital form. They represent many of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time and publish and distribute works from all genres of music for all styles of musicians and ensembles.