Editing Real Book (section)

=== Hal Leonard ===
In 2004, the music publisher [[Hal Leonard]] obtained the rights to most of the tunes contained in the original ''Real Book'' and published the first legal edition, calling it the ''Real Book Sixth Edition'' in tacit acknowledgment of the five previous illegal versions. The cover and binding are identical to the "old" ''Real Book,'' and the books employ a font similar to the handwritten style of the originals. One hundred and thirty-seven tunes were omitted from the 6th edition that were in the 5th, and 90 new tunes were added.<ref name="guide">{{cite web |title=The Real Book Listening Guide · Differences Between the 5th and 6th Editions |url=http://www.realbooklisten.com/realbook6-diffs.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509190718/http://www.realbooklisten.com/realbook6-diffs.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 May 2013 |access-date=2 December 2018 |date=9 May 2013}}</ref>

Hal Leonard released ''The Real Book, Volume II, Second Edition'' in answer to the ''Real Book, Volume II''. This was followed by ''The Real Book, Volume III, Second Edition'' (July 2006), ''The Real Book, Volume IV'' (December 2010), ''The Real Book, Volume V'' (June 2013), and ''The Real Book, Volume VI'' (June 2016). These books contain much of the same material as their counterparts, and in most cases charts from Hal Leonard books are compatible with the ''Real Book'' charts. In some cases, compatibility issues occur where corrections have been made to some of the mistakes in the 5th edition charts; in other cases, 6th edition charts reference changes on different recordings from those cited in the previous edition.