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  • Blues standard
    Blues standard
    A blues standard is a blues song that is widely known, performed, and recorded by blues artists. The following list identifies blues standards and some of the blues artists that have recorded them...

  • Jazz standard
    Jazz standard
    Jazz standards are musical compositions which are an important part of the musical repertoire of jazz musicians, in that they are widely known, performed, and recorded by jazz musicians, and widely known by listeners. There is no definitive list of jazz standards, and the list of songs deemed to be...

  • Pop standard
  • Great American Songbook
    Great American Songbook
    The Great American Songbook is a hypothetical construct that seeks to represent the best American songs of the 20th century principally from Broadway theatre, musical theatre, and Hollywood musicals, from the 1920s to 1960, including dozens of songs of enduring popularity...


Further reading

  • Greatest Rock Standards, published by Hal Leonard ISBN 0793588391
  • Jazz Standards, published by Hal Leonard ISBN 0793588723
  • Blues Standards, published by Hal Leonard ISBN 063409260X
  • Latin Standards, published by Hal Leonard ISBN 063406939X
  • Folk Standards, 3 Guitars, arranged by Karl Bruckner. Published by Universal Edition ISBN 3702459537
  • Country Standards, published by Hal Leonard ISBN 0634069063
  • Pop Standards, published by Hal Leonard ISBN 1423421914