T H E T A N G O F A K E B O O K V O L 1
The Tango Fake Book™© is a book of sheet music containing one hundred and eleven (111) pieces: tangos, milongas, vals, tango nuevo, and tango cancion. Each has lead melody line, often popular counter-melodies and variations, and chord symbols above the staff. Composer and date of composition (if available) too; all are in the most common original keys.
The Tango Fake Book is available in both 2/4 and 4/4 versions.
A very broad spectrum of composers and styles are represented. The pieces include selections from among the very first tangos, from before 1900; Guardia vieja tunes; Golden Age tangos; and modern and recent compositions.
See below for a complete list of tunes.
This book of sheet music is meant for a la parrilla playing (improvised arrangements); the charts are intentionally clear and simple. All are intended to be quickly readable in a live situation.
And every effort has been made to make these partituras as accurate as possible, so they are also good for study, and for a basis for an original arrangement.
The sheets are A4 size, and are in alphabetical order (excluding articles 'el' and 'la').
Also available: complete transcriptions of orquesta and quinteto tango music. Please write for a list. See also the Transcriptions page.
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SAMPLES:
Click on a song title below for a sample tango from The Tango Fake Book™©, in downloadable and printable form.
These samples change periodically.
| El último café (2/4 sample) | (tango cancion) | |
| Pablo (4/4 sample) | (tango) | |
| El lloron | (milonga) |