Media Type : Book Level : Advanced Musical Genre : Hawaiian Number of pages : 68 Learn the inner secrets of trick and novelty ukulele playing as well as the basics of advanced jazz-type chord substitution. Add color to your solos with this goldmine of little-known techniques. If you can already pick and strum the basic melody of a song, you can use the ideas in this manual to learn how to express your creativity. How-to instructions include: wah-wah, chime and bongo effects, vamp runs, multiple tremolos, the rhumbas strum, pencil percussion, the bend, two-on-one-uke, speed picking, ukulele electronics, and more. A useful bonus is a 13-page section on basic and advanced chords featuring five to seven different ways to play the same chord up the fretboard.

Play and Sing Songs in the Music Class with Step-by-Step Projectable Lesson Slides-Get on board! Using ukuleles in an elementary general music class can open new experiences for your students. These fun accessible instruments encourage singing while promoting confidence and musical independence. Ukuleles also provide an additional way for you to observe student progress and assess musical understanding. Ukuleles On Board! is a collection of sequential lessons that illustrate how teachers can use Ukuleles along with other common classroom resources to create engaging robust musical activities for students. Examples are provided for using Ukuleles together with Orff instruments Recorders a variety of Percussion and even Jug Bandinstruments. Each unit includes digital access to step-by-step projectable lesson slides so you can project all the visual cues your students will need. In addition to being easy to learn and fun the folk songs used throughout the book provide students with cultural and historical connections. The activities and concepts found in Ukuleles On Board! are based on the National Standards for Music Education. The material has been field-tested in grades 2-4 but is also appropriate for fifth grade students new to the Ukulele. This is a valuable guide to using Ukuleles to support and enhance the music curriculum in your school. Songs include: 'Are You Sleeping? (Frere Jacques!)' 'Michael Finnegan' 'Buffalo Gals' 'Joe Turner Blues' 'Shalom Chaverim' 'I Love the Mountains' 'Little 'Liza Jane' 'Hambone' 'One Bottle of Pop' 'Pay Me My Money Down' 'Let Us Chase the Squirrel' 'Go Tell Aunt Rhody' 'Old Joe Clark?. Suggested for grades 2-5.