Folk Pop Rock Ukulele Songbook


Book Description

(Ukulele Play-Along). The Ukulele Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily, with incredible backing tracks to help you sound like a bona fide pro! Just follow the written music, listen to the audio to hear how the ukulele should sound, and then play along with the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are included in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. Each Ukulele Play-Along volume features eight quintessential songs. Songs include: Annie's Song * At Seventeen * A Horse with No Name * I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song * Longer * Nights in White Satin * Suzanne * 26 Miles (Santa Catalina).




Classic Rock Ukulele Songbook


Book Description

(Ukulele). This awesome collection features 23 classic rock hits transcribed for ukulele, including: All Right Now * Baba O'Riley * Beast of Burden * Bohemian Rhapsody * Dream On * Fly like an Eagle * Fortunate Son * Hey Jude * Layla * Me and Bobby McGee * More Than a Feeling * Simple Man * Space Oddity * and many more.




Blues Guitar


Book Description

10 easy blues licks with tabs and audio.




Music in American Life [4 volumes]


Book Description

A fascinating exploration of the relationship between American culture and music as defined by musicians, scholars, and critics from around the world. Music has been the cornerstone of popular culture in the United States since the beginning of our nation's history. From early immigrants sharing the sounds of their native lands to contemporary artists performing benefit concerts for social causes, our country's musical expressions reflect where we, as a people, have been, as well as our hope for the future. This four-volume encyclopedia examines music's influence on contemporary American life, tracing historical connections over time. Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture demonstrates the symbiotic relationship between this art form and our society. Entries include singers, composers, lyricists, songs, musical genres, places, instruments, technologies, music in films, music in political realms, and music shows on television.




The Oxford Handbook of Philosophical and Qualitative Assessment in Music Education


Book Description

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophical and Qualitative Assessment in Music Education offers global, comprehensive, and critical perspectives on a wide range of conceptual and practical issues in music education assessment, evaluation, and feedback as these apply to various forms of music education within schools and communities. The central aims of this Handbook focus on broadening and deepening readers' understandings of and critical thinking about the problems, opportunities, spaces and places, concepts, and practical strategies that music educators and community music facilitators employ, develop, and deploy to improve various aspects of music teaching and learning around the world.




Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele


Book Description

This book teaches you how to play the D-tuned ukulele with an easy-to-follow approach that will have you playing instantly. Different strumming techniques help you play in any style including folk, blues, and country. Great songs like "This Land Is Your Land," "When the Saints Go Marching In," "St. Louis Blues," and many others are included with lyrics. A special section on playing by ear teaches how to figure out your own favorite songs, and a handy chart shows how to transpose any song to the key of your choice. Upon completion of this book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the ukulele in any key.




Windsor Locks Musicians


Book Description

This book is about the musicians of Windsor Locks, CT, from 1930 to 2010. There are chapters on old bands from the 1930s and 1940s, but the main focus is on Windsor Locks musicians from the 1950s to 2010. Almost all of the musicians from 1950 to 2010 went to Windsor Locks High School, and got their start in music there. There is also a chapter on the Drum Corps of Windsor Locks. All of the chapters on the musicians from 1950 to 2010 were written based on telephone conversations with the musicians and on correspondence with them. There is also a chapter on the WIndsor Locks Middle Sdhool and High School music programs. The musicians range from dance bands, to rock and roll bands, to actors in Broadway musicals, and church musicians. The books gives insights into both the range of musical careers to the changes that the musicians make to stay in the business. The chapters have an abundance of photographs.




Hal Leonard Blues Ukulele


Book Description

(Ukulele). The Hal Leonard Blues Ukulele Method is your complete guide to learning blues ukulele. This book teaches you the basics of blues rhythm and lead ukulele using authentic techniques and concepts. The accompanying audio features demo tracks for every example. Topics covered include: chord comping, boogie rhythms, pentatonic and blues scales, string bending, classic blues licks & riffs, double stops, intros & turnarounds, blues solos, fingerstyle blues, ukulele slide blues, blues ukulele history and more!




The Complete Book of Pop Music Wit & Wisdom


Book Description

People relate to popular music, and this book helps you use popular music to draw readers into the Gospel. The material in this book will provide insight that ties popular song lyrics to Scripture in such a way that non-believers will be drawn to the relevance and power of God's Word. The author, Tony Rufo, is a communications/ministry executive, marketing consultant, writer, and broadcaster who has over 20 years of experience working in the Christian and general markets. His published works include media and music articles, book reviews, radio and television commercials and scripts, and evangelistic essays. True Tunes Newsfeatured his article, "The Gospel According to John, Paul, George, and Ringo—Good Time Rock 'n Roll or Religion for the Undiscerning?" which was the inspiration for this book. He also authored the "Media Mix" column for the semimonthly Horizon Internationalmagazine, which included installments on popular music and the Beatles. Tony lives in the suburbs of Chicago with his family. Features: Alphabetically arranged topic guide Excerpts from 200 songs from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s to today Profiles of the artists and the culture during the time-period of the song's release A great resource for relevant cultural anecdotes!




The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll


Book Description

In his first book The 10 Rules of Rock and Roll Australian singer-songwriter Robert Forster takes readers on an idiosyncratic journey through the past and present of popular music from Bob Dylan to Cat Power from AC/DC to Nana Mouskouri from The Saints to Franz Ferdinand. With thirty-years experience as a recording artist/performer and an undimmed love of popular music Forster's observations about his fellow artists balance the enthusiasm of a fan with an insider's authority. He is that rare thing a musician who can write about music and he brings to this collection of critical essays the erudition wit and craft of his songwriting.