Errata
Errors found in the second, revised edition (Második, javított és bővített kiadás, Palo Alto, 2026) and their corrections — the result of a full proofreading pass in August 2026. All of them will be fixed in the next printing. Found another mistake? Write to us – we'll fix it in the next reprint, and here right away.
| Page | Error | Correction |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Tempo table: “termpót” | “tempót” |
| 62 | Song 4, score, verse 2: “Elindultam szőrt kötni!” | “szőrt gyűjtni,” (as on the chart side and in the variant box) |
| 80 | Song 12, chart: “Ki volt a szerelem festve” | “Ki van a szerelem festve.” |
| 80 | Song 12, chart: “Nekem tiszta feketére.” | “Kinek tiszta feketére.” |
| 96 | Song 20, score: “édes anya”, “édes anyám” as two words | “édesanya”, “édesanyám” |
| 103 | Song 22: chart prints G where the score has G7 (bar 5) | G7 |
| 114 | Song 28: score bar 8 has H7, the chart has H in all three verses | unified in the next printing |
| 118 | Song 29, score: “Másfé hete” | “Másfél hete,” |
| 118 | Song 29, score: “nem látam” | “nem láttam,” |
| 118 | Song 29, score: “hogymennyire” (missing space) | “hogy mennyire” |
| 121 | Song 30, chart: the V1 verse box covers the last word (“a”) of the first line | layout corrected in the next printing |
| 122 | Song 31, score: “levő”; “cigány lányért” as two words | “lévő”; “cigánylányért.” |
| 124 | Song 32, score: hyphens join words — reads “Feketetyúk mindmegette” | “Fekete tyúk mind megette a meggyet.” |
| 124 | Song 32: score has “eggyet”, chart has “egyet” | unified in the next printing |
| 132 | Song 34, score, line 3: “él jen a haza!” (no hyphen, lowercase) | “Él-jen a ha-za!” |
| 134 | Song 35: score “Gyönge lábamat szorítja a kengyel” vs chart “Gyenge lábamat szorítja vaskengyel” | unified wording in the next printing |
| 136 | Song 36, score: “ennél több sem lehet” | “ennél szebb sem lehet,” (as on the chart side) |
| 142 | Song 38, score: “Anyák, légy reménységben” | “Anyánk, légy reménységben,” |
| 154 | Song 41: score “egymásnak se szóljunk”, chart “egymáshoz se szóljunk” | unified in the next printing |
| 156 | Song 42, score, line 1: “a sz-lek” (broken syllable) | “a sze-lek,” |
| 158 | Song 43, score: “napszentüllet” | “napszentület” |
| 158 | Song 43, score: “elbujdosom inet” | “innet,” |
| 158 | Song 43, score: “töbet” | “többet.” |
| 163 | Song 44: score “minden gyermek vár!”, chart “minden gyerek vár,” | unified in the next printing |
| 170 | Song 47, score: “istálóba” | “istállóba.” |
| 174 | Song 49, score: “Földdön” | “Földön” |
| 186 | Song 54, score: “Most kezd újjúlni” | “Most kezd újulni,” |
| 192 | Song 56, score: “Bodog” | “Boldog” |
| 192 | Song 56, both text boxes: the establishing chord is called C major, but the song is in D | D major / D-dúr |
| 194 | Song 57, score: “anygyal” | “angyal.” |
| 196 | Song 58, score, verse 2: “ne lé-gyenter-hes” (syllables merged) | “ne lé-gyen ter-hes,” |
| 201 | Anthems intro, English text: “…they can play that note — in this case, a B.” Misleading: in the book's Hungarian notation the note is B♭ (English B = Hungarian H) | “a B♭ (written B in Hungarian notation)” |
| 202 | Song 60 (national anthem), score: “Megbűnhödte” | “Megbűnhődte” |
| 202 | Song 60, score: four lines start lowercase (“jó kedvvel”, “ha küzd”, “hozz rá”, “múltat”) | capitalized, as in the canonical text |
| 207 | Song 62, chart, verse 2, last line: first chord printed “e” | “a” (as in verses 1 and 3 and in the score) |
| 212 | Scale Chords: C-major row vii° and A-minor row ii° printed “b°” | “h°” (B natural diminished — “b°” would be B♭ dim in Hungarian notation) |
| 215 | Ukulele chart: the Am7 diagram (notes G-E-G-C) contains no A — as drawn it is a C major chord | simply play all strings open (0000) |
| 217 | Baritone guitar chart: four labels mix up B/H — Cm7 “…H Eb…”, G “G B D G B”, E “E B E…”, Bm “…B♭…” | Cm7: B (=B♭); G: G H D G H; E: E H E G♯ H; Bm: B F B D♭ |