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FastChords(tm) was particularly designed to work from music found in so called music "Fake books". These contain songs showing only chord symbols and melody lines instead of full blown piano music scores, making them a lot easier to learn. Here is a typical segment of a song in "fake book style":

There are lots of music fake books available in music stores and on the web. To get an appreciation just go to Amazon or Google and type "fake book". As of this writing Amazon produces more than 1000 entries!.
A particular nice set for popular music is Hal-Leonard's "The Best Chord Changes" series.


Here are the songs found in "The Best Chord Changes for the Best Known Songs": If * Alfie * * * Solitude * All Of Me * I Get Along Without You Very Well (except Sometimes) * If I Should Lose You * A Cottage For Sale * The Good Life * 'deed I Do * Slightly Out Of Tune (desafinado) * Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans * Don't Explain * Early Autumn * Far Away Places * For All We Know * Once I Loved (amor Em Paz) (love In Peace) * Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You * The Girl From Ipanema (garota De Ipanema) * Caravan * The Glory Of Love * Heat Wave * I Apologize * I Don't Know Why (i Just Do) * I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good * April In Paris * I Thought About You * Once Upon A Dream * I'm Confessin' (that I Love You) * I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter * I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm * Aren't You Glad You're You * If Ever I Would Leave You * Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't (ma' Baby) * Isn't It Romantic? * It Don't Mean A Thing (if It Ain't Got That Swing) * It's A Blue World * It's A Most Unusual Day * L-o-v-e * Just One More Chance * Lazy Afternoon * Let's Fall In Love * Love Me Or Leave Me * Lover, Come Back To Me * Makin' Whoopee! * Change Partners * Michelle * Mood Indigo * Moonlight Becomes You * Moonlight Cocktail * Mountain Greenery * Mr. Lucky * My Baby Just Cares For Me * My Silent Love * The Nearness Of You * A Night In Tunisia * Be Careful, It's My Heart * People Will Say We're In Love * Poor Butterfly * I Remember You * Satin Doll * Saturday Night (is The Loneliest Night Of The Week) * Memories Of You * September Song * Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea * Side By Side * Small Fry * Sometimes I'm Happy * Song For My Father * Songbird (thank You For Your Lovely Song) * South Of The Border (down Mexico Way) * Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most * Stella By Starlight * Struttin' With Some Barbecue * The Surrey With The Fringe On Top * Swinging On A Star * Ten Cents A Dance * Blame It On My Youth * That Old Black Magic * They Say It's Wonderful * This Is All I Ask (beautiful Girls Walk A Little Slower) * This Masquerade * This Nearly Was Mine * Thou Swell * Too Close For Comfort * The Blue Room * Blue Skies * Unforgettable * The Very Thought Of You * Walkin' My Baby Back Home * Wave * When The World Was Young * Beautiful Love * Willow Weep For Me * Wives And Lovers (hey, Little Girl) * You Came A Long Way From St. Louis * You Don't Know What Love Is * You Took Advantage Of Me * Zip-a-dee-doo-dah

With FastChords and with music found in Fake books you'll start learning piano with songs you always wanted to play -- from day one. No music reading skill required. No endless piano lessons. No boring scales. Just have fun and enjoy your music.