Ukulele Aerobics


Book Description

(Ukulele). A 40-week, one-lick-per-day workout program for developing, improving, and maintaining ukulele technique. This title provides practice material for every day of the week and includes audio tracks of all the workouts in the book. Follow this program and you'll see increased speed, improved dexterity, better accuracy, heightened coordination and more in your playing. Musical styles include pop, rock, folk, old-time, blues, jazz, reggae and more! Techniques covered include: strumming, fingerstyle, legato and staccato, hammer-ons and pull-offs, slides, bening, damping, vibrato, tremolo and more.




The Guitar in Tudor England


Book Description

This book reveals the most popular instrument in the world as it was in the age of Elizabeth I and Shakespeare.




The Big Baritone Ukulele Book


Book Description

(Ukulele). Arranged for the 4-string baritone uke (D-G-B-E tuning, low to high), this comprehensive collection includes the melody, lyrics and chord frames to 125 songs, including: American Pie * Big Yellow Taxi * Crazy Little Thing Called Love * Drift Away * Everybody Hurts * Go Your Own Way * Ho Hey * I'm Yours * Kokomo * The Lazy Song * Margaritaville * No Woman No Cry * Riptide * Sweet Home Alabama * Tears in Heaven * Viva La Vida * Yesterday * and more.




Cowboy Songs for Ukulele


Book Description

(Ukulele). "Saddle up" with 50 cowboy songs arranged for ukulele: Abilene * Back in the Saddle Again * The Colorado Trail * Don't Take Your Guns to Town * Empty Saddles * Happy Trails * Home on the Range * I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart * Jesse James * Little Joe, the Wrangler * Mexicali Rose * Pecos Bill * The Red River Valley * Streets of Laredo (The Cowboy's Lament) * Twilight on the Trail * Wagon Wheels * The Yellow Rose of Texas * and more.




The Daily Ukulele: To Go!


Book Description

(Fake Book). Compiled and arranged by Liz and Jim Beloff, The Daily Ukulele: To Go features 365 well-known songs with easy ukulele arrangements in one songbook. All arrangements feature melody, lyrics and ukulele chord grids in uke-friendly keys. Includes hits by the Beatles, Beach Boys and Bob Dylan, folk songs, kids' songs, pop songs, Christmas carols, and Broadway and Hollywood tunes. The Daily Ukulele: To Go offers ukulele fun all year long!




The Beatles - Ukulele Chord Songbook


Book Description

(Ukulele Chord Songbook). This series features convenient books with complete lyrics and chord symbols above the lyrics for dozens of great songs. Each song also includes chord grids at the top of every page and the first notes of the melody for easy reference. These books are perfect for people who don't read music but want to strum chords and sing, and are equally ideal for more advanced, music-reading ukulele players who don't feel like wading through note-for-note notation. This collection features 100 favorites from the Fab Four: Across the Universe * Back in the U.S.S.R. * Carry That Weight * Dear Prudence * Eight Days a Week * Good Day Sunshine * Here Comes the Sun * If I Fell * Love Me Do * Michelle * Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da * Revolution * Something * Ticket to Ride * We Can Work It Out * and many more.




Campfire Songs for Ukulele


Book Description

(Ukulele). 30 favorites to sing as you roast marshmallows and strum your uke around the campfire. Includes: Blowin' in the Wind * Drift Away * Edelweiss * God Bless the U.S.A. * Hallelujah * The House of the Rising Sun * I Walk the Line * Lean on Me * Let It Be * The Lion Sleeps Tonight * On Top of Spaghetti * Puff the Magic Dragon * Take Me Home, Country Roads * Wagon Wheel * You Are My Sunshine * and many more.




Jumpin' Jim's Ukulele Masters: James Hill


Book Description

(Ukulele). This collection features 15 classic songs arranged by ukulele master, James Hill. In these remarkable arrangements, two distinct ukulele parts chord accompaniment and melody can be played in counterpoint at the same time by one player. The arrangements cater to both advanced beginner and experienced players and there is a warm-up section that introduces the player to the "Duets for One" concept. The book includes access to audio tracks online of all the arrangements performed by James Hill, for download or streaming, using the unique code inside the book. Songs are arranged for GCEA-tuned ukes and include: Georgia On My Mind * Summertime * Don't Get Around Much Anymore * The Glory of Love * Here Comes the Rain Again * L-O-V-E * Cheek to Cheek * Viva La Vida * and 7 more.




Ukulele Exercises For Dummies


Book Description

Take your ukulele playing to the next level - fast! - with hundreds of fun exercises, drills and practice tunes You have a ukulele, you know just enough to be dangerous, and now you're ready to do something with it. You're in luck: Ukulele Exercises For Dummies helps you become a better player. This practice-based book focuses on the skills that entry-level players often find challenging and provides tips, tricks and plenty of cool exercises that will have you creating music in no time that include: • Creating rock-steady strumming patterns and rhythms • Becoming a better fingerpicker with patterns, arpeggio exercises, and solo fingerpicking pieces • Expanding your fretboard knowledge and crafting your own rock, blues and jazz riffs and solos • Playing actual songs on the ukulele - everything from the classic ukulele tunes to the 12 bar blues! • Downloadable audio files of the exercises found in the book, providing you with a self-contained practice package No matter if you're a beginning ukulele player or you're wanting to stretch and improve your chops, Ukulele Exercises For Dummies puts you on your way to becoming a ukulele extraordinaire!




Worship Songs for Ukulele (Songbook)


Book Description

(Ukulele). 25 church favorites arranged for uke, including: Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) * Blessed Be Your Name * Come, Now Is the Time to Worship * Everyday * God of Wonders * Here I Am to Worship * How Great Is Our God * Lord, I Lift Your Name on High * Mighty to Save * Open the Eyes of My Heart * Sing to the King * We Fall Down * You Are My King (Amazing Love) * You're Worthy of My Praise * and more.