Feeling I'm Falling: Lead Sheet

This collection captures Gershwin's melodic mastery and sophisticated harmony in lead sheet form, ideal for guitarists who need to understand how these timeless standards function harmonically and structurally. The Gershwin estate's approval ensures accuracy and completeness, and the sheer breadth of over 100 songs makes this a reference tool that justifies itself through repeated use across years of programming and study.

These songs breathe with the elegance and rhythmic vitality of 1920s and 1930s New York, blending European sophistication with American swagger. Gershwin's melodies dance over changes that feel both inevitable and surprising, rewarding careful listening and repeated exploration.

Jazz guitarists, standards players, and session musicians who need reliable, estate-approved lead sheets for performance and study. Guitarists preparing for jazz combos, jam sessions, or studio work will find this collection invaluable for building repertoire and understanding the harmonic language that shaped American songwriting.

• Treat the lead sheet as a blueprint for interpretation, not a ceiling. Gershwin's melodies accommodate reharmonization and solo approaches; use the changes as a foundation for exploring your own comping and voicing choices.
• Pay attention to phrase shape and lyrical contour even when playing instrumental arrangements. These melodies were written for singers, and honoring their arc keeps performances singing and connected rather than metronomic.
• Balance restraint with personality when accompanying or soloing over these changes. Gershwin's sophistication lives in harmonic detail; let the chords speak without overplaying.

Use individual songs from this collection as vehicles for small ensemble work, jazz combo performances, or guitar recital programming that connects classical training to jazz standards. The breadth of material makes it suitable for curating thematic concerts around American song, the Gershwin legacy, or the evolution of jazz composition.

• Reading and interpreting lead sheets with jazz chord symbols
• Understanding harmonic sophistication and functional harmony in popular song
• Navigating varied song forms and phrase structures
• Developing melodic interpretation skills from written melody lines
• Building working repertoire of standard changes and progressions