Fake Book Lead Sheet Part

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You can quickly prepare a Fake Book Lead Sheet part. A fake book lead sheet is "short-hand" notation for the lead melody instrument of a small band, or for a keyboard instrument, where just the melody notes and chord names are displayed. The actually performed, written-out notes may be different.

You can manually prepare a Fake Book Lead Sheet part in several steps, that include using: the Select Part command; the Split Melody and Accompaniment command; merging a lyrics staff with a melody staff; and the Transcribe Chord Names command. But it is a lot easier to do this with the Prepare Fake Book Lead Sheet command in the Part menu.

prcarrow To prepare a Fake Book Lead Sheet:

1.Choose the Prepare Fake Book Lead Sheet command in the Part menu.

This will take you to Step 1 of 5 of the Part Preparation Wizard. The part type will be pre-selected to Fake Book Lead Sheet Part.

2. Follow the instructions for the wizard Steps 2 through 5 in the Part Preparation Wizard.
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