Ukulele Practice And Technique Bootcamp: Uke Like The Pros


Book Description

Do you struggle with your technique on your ukulele? Do you wish you had more speed, strength, dexterity, and confidence in your playing? The Uke Like The Pros Ukulele Practice and Technique Bootcamp book will not only help you develop killer technique, speed, dexterity and strength, but will give you some amazing warm-up exercises you can do every time you pick up your ukulele. This book will guide you step-by-step through 20 exercises that will build up your technique in both your right and left hands. Each lesson will progressively get more difficult, building upon the techniques you learned in the previous lesson. This Ukulele Practice and Technique Bootcamp has helped thousands of students, many of them just like you, gain better control and skills on their ukulele. Are you a beginner? No problem, this technique bootcamp will start for the beginning and help you gradually increase your skills and ability. Don't worry if you have been playing a while because with the play-along backing tracks you can practice each exercise at the appropriate tempo that fits your skill level. With this book you get free access to the all the backing tracks for each lesson. You will get the slow, medium, and fast tracks, as well as the extended long backing tracks, so you can work these exercises up and down the fretboard at your own speed. There is an accompanying video instructional course (sold separately) that compliments this book available at the Uke Like The Pros site. The warm-ups you learn in this book can be used over and over again as you continue to develop more speed and accuracy in your playing. You will also notice these techniques will help all aspects of your ukulele playing, such as your strumming, fingerpicking, soloing, and chord melodies. Plus, while you are learning and practicing these exercises, your eye-hand coordination will improve and you will develop a stronger ear. Since many of these patterns are repetitive and move to different strings and frets, your ear will tell you when you get off. Need help learning the ukulele fretboard? Since all the techniques you will learn in the Ukulele Practice and Technique Challenge Bootcamp will work up and down the neck, you will gain an improved knowledge and ability to play both horizontally and vertically up the ukulele neck. You will develop speed and technique in both your left and right hands. You will see massive improvement in your 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fingers, through exercises that work on chromatic notes, leaps, jumps, scales, sequences, hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, and spider exercises. This will be the greatest book you can find for your ukulele playing that will build your technique so you can become the ukulele player that you know you can be. Sound too good to be true? It's not. The Ukulele Practice and Technique Bootcamp is the most amazing book to build your strength and technique on the ukulele. Each lesson was been hand-crafted for you by ukulele master, Terry Carter. Terry is the founder of ukelikethepros.com and has taken the techniques that helped him become the #1 online ukulele instructor and put them into one comprehensive book. Terry spent over 20 years as a Los Angeles studio musician, producer, and writer, working with greats such as Weezer and Josh Groban. He has written and produced tracks for commercials (Discount Tire and Puma) and TV shows, including Scorpion (CBS), Pit Bulls & Parolees (Animal Planet), Trippin', Wildboyz, and The Real World (MTV), has self-published 10 books for Uke Like The Pros and Rock Like The Pros, filmed over 30 ukulele and guitar online courses, and has millions of views on his Uke Like The Pros and Rock Like The Pros social media channels. Terry received a Master of Music in Studio/Jazz Guitar Performance from University of Southern California, and a Bachelor of Music from San Diego State University, with an emphasis in Jazz Studies and Music Education. Let's dive into the Ukulele Practice and Technique Bootca




Beginning Baritone Ukulele Bootcamp


Book Description

The Beginning Baritone Bootcamp book by Terry Carter is perfect of the beginning ukulele or guitar player who is ready to master the songs and essential fundamentals necessary to become the best baritone ukulele player that you can be.Do you know how the baritone ukulele is different from the soprano, concert, and tenor ukuleles? Have you struggled finding instructional material for the baritone ukulele? If you have asked yourself these questions, then the Beginning Baritone Ukulele Bootcamp book by Terry Carter is going to be perfect for you. Terry Carter and Uke Like The Pros has some great online ukulele courses out there but what will the Beginning Baritone Ukulele Bootcamp book do for me?The Beginning Baritone Ukulele Bootcamp book will provide you with a step-by-step baritone ukulele tutorial instruction that will give you the necessary tools to learn to play your favorite songs.Give you a full understanding of the tuning and the chords used on the baritone ukulele so that you can not only follow youtube videos but also properly play with other ukulele players using soprano, concert, or tenor ukuleles. Baritone ukuleles are tuned D - G - B - E (low to high), while soprano, concert, and tenor ukuleles are tuned G - C - E - A (low to high).Since the baritone ukulele is different not only in size, sound, and strings as the soprano, concert, and tenor ukuleles you'll get a solid foundation to master this awesome instruments.With over 30 years as an educator, master instructor Terry Carter will bring his proven teaching method that has helped thousands of people learn the ukulele, many just like you.Discover the chords necessary to play the songs you always wanted to play.Develop amazing right hand technique. The strumming hand is the most important hand when playing the ukulele. I will show you techniques that will help you develop speed, strength, and dexterity.Develop a strong sense of rhythm and time with the downloadable backing tracks. You'll get a logical and methodical system for learning the baritone ukulele.Grow confidence in your playing and you are learning the right things.The Beginning Baritone Ukulele book is broken up into 4 categories.PART ONE: The Essentials - Everything you need to know to properly play the baritone, understand music (even if your a beginner), and build your confidence as a musician.PART TWO: Songs - Songs are one of the most important things to start because they teach you how to play and memorize chords, how to strum, how to smoothing transition from chord to chord, and have fun as you are learning parts from your favorite songs.PART THREE: Next Level Songs - It's great to learn the easy songs, but at some point you have to break out of your comfort zone and start challenging yourself. This section is perfect at push your playing to new levels as you and others hear a difference in the way you sound on the baritone ukulele.PART FOUR: Scales - Scales are essential to know because they build your technique and speed as you get comfortable going up and down the strings and the baritone neck. Once you get your scales down you can start creating your own melodies that will for sure turn the heads of those listening. Weather your a beginner baritone ukulele or guitar player the Beginning Baritone Ukulele Bootcamp book will help you become the best baritone ukulele player that you can be.




Pros and (Comic) Cons


Book Description

Following the bestselling The Secret Loves of Geeks comes this brand-new anthology featuring comics and prose stories by cartoonists and professional geeks about the world of comic book conventions from the guests who've attended them across the world. Featuring stories that are funny, sad, sweet, embarrassing, and heartfelt; of a geek culture life that shapes us, encourages us, and exhausts us every summer. Featuring work by Brian Michael Bendis (The Man of Steel), Jim Zub (Wayward), Kieron Gillen (The Wicked and the Divine), Sina Grace (Iceman), and many more.




Master the Ukulele 1


Book Description

The Uke The Pros Master The Ukulele 1 by Terry Carter is a comprehensive ukulele method book that is perfect for the beginner to intermediate player. You will learn the foundations of strumming, chords, and songs in the style of artists such as IZ, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Vance Joy and many more; get a full introduction to Blues rhythm where you will learn shuffle blues, straight blues, blues-rock, slow blues, and jazz blues; challenge yourself with scales and advanced strum patterns such as the triplet strum and the rasgueado. As a ukulele player does this sound familiar? I don't know where to start? Switching chords is hard? I've tried learning on my own but I'm stuck? Uke Like The Pros has the solution for you. Master The Ukulele 1 will show you exactly where to start with step-by-step lessons that will show you the chords necessary to play your favorite songs, help you switch chords faster, help you develop amazing right hand technique by building strength, speed, and dexterity and master the different strum patterns used in your favorite pop, rock, jazz, blues, reggae, 'island', country, and fingerstyle. Master The Ukulele 1 will make you a better and more confident ukulele player whether you want to play your favorite songs, write your own songs, play with friends, jam at the beach, or just have a good time in the comfort of your home.




100 Most Beautiful Songs Ever for Fingerstyle Ukulele


Book Description

(Ukulele). 100 favorites for solo ukulele arranged in standard notation and tablature including: Annie's Song (John Denver) * Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis Presley) * Don't Know Why (Norah Jones) * Faithfully (Journey) * Hallelujah (Jeff Buckley) * I Will Always Love You (Dolly Parton) * Killing Me Softly With His Song (Roberta Flack) * Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson) * Over the Rainbow (Judy Garland) * Stardust (Nat King Cole) * Tears in Heaven (Eric Clapton) * Woman (John Lennon) * You Raise Me Up (Josh Groban) * and more.




Music Theory for Ukulele


Book Description

Learn all you'll ever really need to know as a ukulele player in this step-by-step, easy-to-understand, entry level introduction to music theory (includes free online video demos). No music reading necessary, just confusion-free language with diagrams and hands on examples to put theory into practice. This step-by-step guide is for you if: - You've just picked up a ukulele and have learned to play a few chords -You’ve been playing for a while and now want to develop your playing through a greater understanding of the art of making music -You find yourself confused by the words and language other musicians use at jams, ukulele club, campfire song sessions etc -You've learned to play from chord sheets, song sheets, books or online videos and now want to understand more about what makes music work - You want to learn the basic nuts and bolts of music so that you can learn and remember songs more easily, work out other peoples songs and maybe even write some of your own (!) - You're looking for a step-by-step method for learning 95% of the music theory you'll ever need to know, without the confusion and explained in simple terms which everyone can understand This book will help you: - Break free from song sheet slavery - Nail the theory behind keys, chord families and useful chord progressions - Learn to understand the music you play and listen to - Use your own knowledge and ability to learn songs more easily - Build your knowledge step-b-step, chapter-by-chapter - Test your knowledge with quizzes each step of the way I’ll see you inside!




Beginning Ukulele Fingerstyle Songbook


Book Description

Welcome to the Beginning Ukulele Fingerstyle Songbook for ukulele. This is a perfect songbook for the beginning ukulele player interested in exploring the world of finger style ukulele. I'm excited that you are here, and I cannot wait to for you to get started with playing fingerstyle ukulele. A complete video companion course with step-by-step videos and backing tracks is available by Uke Like The Pros (purchased separately). The goal of the Beginning Ukulele Fingerstyle Songbook is to introduce fingerstyle ukulele playing, and to teach you the finger picking techniques and styles needed for you to move on and play more advanced finger style pieces. I'm not going to go through various pop songs and show you how to play them, but rather give you the tools and techniques needed to learn on your own to fingerpick any song you want. The Beginning Ukulele Fingerstyle Songbook works well for the beginning fingerstyle ukulele player or the player who is ready to break out of just strumming songs and is ready to challenge themselves and boost their skill level. This book will also serve as a great warmup for my follow-up book, Ukulele Fingerstyle Mastery, which is also available here on Amazon in both print and Kindle versions. The Beginning Ukulele Fingerstyle Songbook is a curriculum based, step-by-step book, where each lesson builds your skills one technique at a time. My personal goal is to give you the skills you need to then tackle the pieces in my Ukulele Fingerstyle Mastery book. Because the ukulele is such a great worldwide community-based instrument, I want you to track your progress on the Uke Like The Pros Forum. Here is what to expect: You will become proficient in 7 of the most commonly used fingerstyle patterns used in ukulele playing. With each fingerstyle pattern, I will introduce 2 separate lessons. The first lesson will be a warm-up exercise where I introduce the finger style pattern and then have you practice it over a very simple 2-chord progression. This way you can focus on learning and memorizing the finger style pattern and not have to worry about switching chords, YET. The second lesson of each finger style pattern will be an original song I wrote just for you, not only to continue to master the finger style pattern, but to have you apply that pattern to different chords so you actually play a song that sounds cool and will make people turn their heads when you are playing it. I will also intermesh the book with different tips and concepts related to finger style ukulele, such as the rest stroke vs. the free stroke. I wrote the Beginning Ukulele Fingerstyle book on High "G" ukulele, but you can use any soprano, concert, or tenor ukulele with either high "G" or low "G". This is what I need from you. Make the decision right now that you will stay committed every day until you get through every piece in this book. That means you will set aside some time, even if it's just 15 minutes a day, to practice these exercises and songs. You will only improve and get better with the daily discipline. I realize life it busy with work, families, emergencies, and other unexpected things, but decide right now that no matter what, even if you must get up early or go to bed last, that you will practice. I promise the rewards without outweigh any pain or difficulties you might have to practicing and growing. I'm really excited for you to become a great ukulele finger picker with the Beginning Ukulele Fingerstyle Songbook. Check out Uke Like The Pros for all your ukulele needs. Ready? Let's Go!




The Ukulele 4 Chord Songbook


Book Description

(Ukulele). With just 4 chords, you can play 50 hot songs on your ukulele! Songs include: Brown Eyed Girl * Do Wah Diddy Diddy * Forever & Always * Hey Ya! * Ho Hey * I Love a Rainy Night * If I Had $1,000,000 * Jessie's Girl * Let It Be * One Love * Please Mr. Postman * Stand by Me * Toes * With or Without You * and many more.




The Beatles for Ukulele (Songbook)


Book Description

(Ukulele). Ukulele players can strum, sing and pick along with 20 Beatles classics! Includes: All You Need Is Love * Eight Days a Week * Good Day Sunshine * Here, There and Everywhere * Let It Be * Love Me Do * Penny Lane * Yesterday * and more.




Ukulele Beginning Music Reading


Book Description

Music reading is the most important thing you can do as a musician. Not being able to read music is the single biggest factor that will hold your playing back. Once you learn how to read music, not only will you be able to read melodic lines, you will also be able to play chords and strum better than you ever have before. Free yourself from having to read TAB. No prior knowledge or ability of music reading is necessary to succeed in this course. I will start at the very beginning and show you everything you need to know to become a music reading master.