Editing Sheet music (section)

===Popular music===
A ''[[lead sheet]]'' specifies only the melody, lyrics and harmony, using one staff with [[chord symbol]]s placed above and lyrics below. It is commonly used in [[popular music]] and in [[jazz]] to capture the essential elements of song without specifying the details of how the song should be arranged or performed.

A ''[[chord chart]]'' (or simply, ''chart'') contains little or no melodic information at all but provides fundamental harmonic information. Some chord charts also indicate the rhythm that should be played, particularly if there is a [[syncopation|syncopated]] series of "hits" that the arranger wants all of the rhythm section to perform. Otherwise, chord charts either leave the rhythm blank or indicate slashes for each beat.

This is the most common kind of written music used by professional [[session musician]]s playing [[jazz]] or other forms of [[Genres (popular music)|popular music]] and is intended for the [[rhythm section]] (usually containing piano, guitar, bass and drums) to improvise their [[accompaniment]] and for any [[jazz improvisation|improvising]] soloists (e.g., [[saxophone]] players or [[trumpet]] players) to use as a reference point for their extemporized lines.

A [[fake book]] is a collection of [[jazz]] songs and tunes with just the basic elements of the music provided. There are two types of fake books: (1) collections of lead sheets, which include the melody, chords, and lyrics (if present), and (2) collections of songs and tunes with only the chords. Fake books that contain only the chords are used by [[rhythm section]] performers (notably chord-playing musicians such as [[electric guitar]]ists and [[piano]] players and the bassist) to help guide their improvisation of [[accompaniment]] parts for the song. Fake books with only the chords can also be used by "lead instruments" (e.g., [[saxophone]] or [[trumpet]]) as a guide to their improvised solo performances. Since the melody is not included in chord-only fake books, lead instrument players are expected to know the melody.

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A ''[[tablature]]'' (or ''tab'') is a special type of musical score – most typically for a solo instrument – which shows ''where'' to play the pitches on the given instrument rather than ''which'' pitches to produce, with rhythm indicated as well. Tablature is widely used in the 2000s for guitar and electric bass songs and pieces in popular music genres such as [[rock music]] and [[heavy metal music]]. This type of notation was first used in the late [[Middle Ages]], and it has been used for keyboard (e.g., [[pipe organ]]) and for fretted string instruments (lute, guitar).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hawkins |first1=John |title=A General History of the Science and Practice of Music |date=1776 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |page=237 |edition=First |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=03oelz4TsF8C |access-date=3 May 2020 }}</ref>