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Jazz Sheet Music

Looking to find the sheet music for a particular song? Check this great resource for freely downloadable lead sheets of some great music.

Learning Songs Off CD

Are you a guitarist who has struggled when trying to figure out guitar parts off of records or cds? Read this tutorial, designed to teach you how to learn your favorite songs on your own.

Printable Blank Staff Paper

Buying staff paper is ridiculously expensive. This week's feature will save you money by offering free staff paper, blank tab paper, and empty chord diagrams to print.

Vanilla Book

Ralph Patt has put together an incredible resource, which lists basic chord changes for hundreds of jazz standards. An invaluable website for jazz musicians looking for bare bones chord charts.

Cutie

Lead sheet of the Sonny Rollins tune, in .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format. A Bb part is also available. You can also listen to the Real Audio clip.

Dancing in the Dark

A very simple lead sheet of the Deitz/Schwartz tune, from OLGA. All that's included are the lyrics and chords (no melody).

Don't Get Around Much Anymore

A very simple lead sheet of the Duke Ellington tune, from OLGA. All that's included are the lyrics and chords (no melody).

Everybody's Song But My Own

Lead sheet of the Kenny Wheeler tune, in .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format. A Bb part is also available.

Heart and Soul

A simple lead sheet for the very simple tune. The lead sheet itself is in .gif format.

Hermitage

Lead sheet of the Pat Metheny tune, in .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format. A Bb part is also available. You can also listen to the Real Audio clip.

Keep Me In Mind

Lead sheet of the John Scofield tune, in .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format. A Bb part is also available. You can also listen to the Real Audio clip.

Midnight Voyage

Lead sheet of the Michael Brecker tune, in .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format. A Bb part is also available. You can also listen to the Real Audio clip.

Miles Ahead

Lead sheet of the Miles Davis/Gil Evans tune, in .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format. A Bb part is also available. You can also listen to the Real Audio clip.

New Vista

Lead sheet of the David Leibman tune, in .jpg format. The entire transcription is 4 pages long.

Satin Doll

Very simplified chart of the Ellington/Strayhorn tune, with only lyrics and chords (no melody) from OLGA.

Summertime

Very simplified chart of the Gershwin tune, with only lyrics and chords (no melody) from OLGA. The chords listed could be debated somewhat.

Zingaro

Lead sheet of the Antonio Carlos Jobim tune, in .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format. A Bb part is also available.

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