a bare bones skeleton version of the original music
a sort of shorthand, usually showing just the melody with chord symbols displayed above it
A written representation of the theme and the accompanying chords for a composition. This is all that is required in order to play a head arrangement.
A type of sheet music that contains only the lyrics, the melody line, and chords. No piano accompaniment is written out.
A chart containing the melody and lyrics of a song, with the harmony indicated in chord symbols.
A lead sheet (also known as fake music) is a type of condensed musical notation which can be easier to sightread than conventional sheet music. A simplified form of sheet music, it consists of the tempo, key signature, melody and lyrics to a song, and also the chords to the song as they appear. It is used predominantly but not exclusively by jazz musicians.
