I can only comment on jazz. Many of us learned tunes in the sixties, only to discover fakebooks. These were illegal and often quite wrong.

Now publishers like Hal Leonard or Sher Music obtain the permissions and pay the royalties, and get permission from composers so the chart is right. You can buy these. Unfortunately junk remains available on the Internet, because too many want stuff for free.


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