How to Play Ukulele: A Complete Guide for Beginners
How to Play Ukulele: A Complete Guide for Beginners
Learn to play the ukulele with this beginner’s guide that features information about basic techniques, tools, and music knowledge.What do George Clooney, Zooey Deschanel, Ryan Gosling and James Franco all have in common? Answer: they all play the ukulele and now, with this easy step-by-step guide, you can too! With just this book and your ukulele in hand, you’ll learn basic music skills, how to care for your instrument, and how to play some simple tunes. Whether you’re looking to impress your friends with spontaneous singalongs, or just want to strum solo, How to Play Ukulele is the perfect entryway to the wonderful world of ukulele.
- ASIN: 1507207492
- ISBN: 1507207492
- Brand: Adams Media
- Manufacturer: Adams Media
Fingerstyle Ukulele - A Method & Songbook For Fingerpicking Backup & Solos Book/Audio
Fingerstyle Ukulele - A Method & Songbook For Fingerpicking Backup & Solos Book/Audio
(Ukulele). If you want to take your ukulele playing to the next level, you need to start using your fingers! The sample songs and patterns found in this book with online audio access will get you started both playing solos and accompaniment fingerstyle. You will learn how to use your picking-hand fingers and thumb to play chord melody solos on the ukulele, mixing chords and single notes like a pianist or a guitarist. You will also learn fingerpicking accompaniment patterns for a variety of textures and rhythmic grooves. Because fingerstyle playing works for all genres, folk, jazz, blues and country songs are included in this collection! Songs include: After You've Gone * Aloha Oe * Amazing Grace * C.C. Rider * I Ride an Old Paint * The Red River Valley * St. Louis Blues * Take Me Out to the Ball Game * The Wabash Cannon Ball * Will the Circle Be Unbroken * and more.
- UPC: 884088640569
- ASIN: 1458423115
- ISBN: 1458423115
- Brand: Hal Leonard
- Manufacturer: Hal Leonard
Mel Bay Learn To Play Fingerstyle Solos for Ukulele
Mel Bay Learn To Play Fingerstyle Solos for Ukulele
While the ‘ukulele is enjoying a well-deserved renaissance on the mainland, in the land of it's birth, it has never gone out of style. Hawaiian's took to the "jumping flea" right from the start, creating music of stunning beauty and versatility. Now intermediate players can learn to play lovely finger style solo arrangements of classic Hawaiian songs, folk songs, standards–even a few pieces from the classical guitar repertoire. The book offers 27 arrangements from around the world written in standard notation and tablature playable on any ‘ukulele. Songs are grouped according to level of difficulty, starting with simple arrangements well within the grasp of dedicated beginners and intermediate players and leading through more challenging songs featuring unusual chord voicings, inversions up the neck, tricky fingerings and "all the fun stuff" the author could muster. To aid the student, the companion CD includes all of the songs taught. Includes chord charts, inversion studies, introductory material on finger-picking and making the transition from strumming to melodic playing.
- UPC: 796279098809
- ASIN: 0786673427
- ISBN: 0786673427
- Brand: Mel Bay Publications, Inc
- Manufacturer: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Ukulele Bluegrass Solos
Ukulele Bluegrass Solos
The ukulele has had a place in American acoustic music for decades; recently, however, interest in the instrument has surged. Historically overlooked by traditional bluegrass groups, the ukulele - an indispensable component of many newgrass bands - is becoming increasingly featured in bluegrass-at-large, often performing the roles traditionally associated with the mandolin. Ukulele Bluegrass Solos will teach you how to use the uke in any bluegrass setting. It demonstrates a variety of roles for the uke, presenting various concepts in the context of the repertoire associated with the genre.
- UPC: 796279111768
- ASIN: 0786682965
- ISBN: 0786682965
- Manufacturer: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.