ISBN 9781619118508.

Want to play beautiful Hawaiian melodies on your 'ukulele? Now you can! Learn to Play Slack Key Style 'Ukulele is a comprehensive instruction into the art of playing great solo 'ukulelea\|slack key style. Slack KeyaHo `aluais a melodic, finger-picked guitar style created by Hawaiian paniolo in the mid-19th century, known as aHawaiian soul musica. It is only natural that some 'ukulele players in Hawaii would re-tune their instruments and play slack key style. Nothing sounds so sweet. No matter if you are a dedicated beginner wanting to expand your playing or an advanced uke-a-banger looking for a new challenge, you will find music to delight your fingers and stimulate your ear. Learn to Play Slack Key Style 'Ukulele is both a course of study and a collection of great solo arrangements that start out easy and increase in difficulty. Includes access to online audio.aC/ Tablature and standard notationaC/ Notes on the tunings, reading music and reading TABaC/ Guided lessons help you develop your styleaC/ Graded arrangements from easy to advancedaC/ Over 30 great arrangementsaC/ Learn how to create your own slack key style arrangements of classic Hawaiian songsaC/ Playable on any aukulele with a low G stringaC/ Downloadable musical examples of all songs.

ISBN 9781610652940. While the ukulele is enjoying a well-deserved renaissance on the mainland, in the land of its birth, it has never gone out of style. Hawaiians 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 audio download available online 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. Includes access to online audio.