The term songbook is one that is used to designate sets of songs that are armed with a particular aesthetic or musical sense and logic. Songbooks put together several recitable songs or poems that are sung or recited by one or different artists. Although sometimes the variation of characteristics between the different elements that make up a songbook may prevail, usually they are assembled by finding some element in common between them, for example the style of music, the type of meaning that the verses imply, the artist who performed or sings them, etc.
Songbooks are very important elements in the world of music and although they can be used by professionals in this field, they can also be easily adaptable to the needs, styles and accessibility that an ordinary person, not dedicated to music, may have. In this sense, it is common to find different songbooks of popular and current musical bands that contain the lyrics or chords of different songs so that the person in question can enjoy those songs through their own singing or by playing the music that accompanies it.
A songbook can also be put together for certain events, for example a recital or a live performance. Thus, the songbook can be saved as a list of the themes or songs played at that event, both as a souvenir and also as a guide to be able to follow the show.
As mentioned, songbooks can be very varied in their structure and while some only include songs by a single artist or musical group, others can be a set of songs from a particular style of music but from different musicians (for example, a jazz songbook featuring many different jazz artists). The important thing is that the songbook maintains certain points in common between all the songs that make it up so that it can be interesting or useful for a specific type of musical taste.
