Are the Lead Sheets Really Free?
Yes. Download the file and print them. You may do this all completely legally as these songs are in the public domain and the typesetting is released by me under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International.
If you would like to purchase a printed copy, follow this link to do so.
If you would like to purchase a printed copy, follow this link to do so.
What can I do with the lead sheets?
Print them, perform them, record them. Pretty much anything but sell them.
What is Public Domain?
Works of art and literature, and other intellectual property that belong to the world and are unrestricted by copyright laws. Here is a great article about that
What program did you use to make this?
MuseScore. It's an incredibly awesome piece of Open Source Software for creating music notation. Go download it now. Right Now!
If these songs are public domain, what's with the Creative Commons License?
The songs are public domain, my typesetting version of them is not. I'm giving it away for free, but I do not want others to sell my typesetting work.
How did you get the chords?
I guessed, used my best judgement, referenced the jazz Christmas list for the iReal Pro application, and just experimented. If you have a better progression for a song, send it to me and I'll include it.