ISBN 9781610659918. Gaspar Sanz (1640 - 1710) is the most famous baroque-period guitarist. His works are tuneful and memorable, with fiery cross-rhythms and cascading scale passages. He published three books of guitar music.The baroque guitar could be viewed as a close relative of the ukulele. Indeed, the two instruments have much in common. The smaller four-course guitar actually had the same tuning as the ukulele, for example, although it was largely double-strung.Sanz enjoyed playing scales in the campanella style, with the notes of a scale set out on different strings, sonically overlapping slightly in the style of little bells. This is a technique the ukulele excels at, and is used to good effect in these arrangements.Sanz music for baroque guitar transfers exceptionally well to the uke, as these arrangements demonstrate. It is hoped that this repertoire will bring a refreshing addition to the repertoire of the ukulele, just as the little instrument can bring a freshness to these old but lively pieces. Online audio available for download.

Although the Ukulele is not commonly used in traditional Jewish
music, it lends itself perfectly to the pieces you will find in my
ebook, ?The Jewish Ukulele?. I have arranged a number of Jewish
standards, some Klezmer and also an original piece, all for solo
Ukulele. If you have never tried music of this style, this book is the
ideal starting point. The book assumes you already have a grasp
of some basic chord shapes and encourages you to play chords
and melody together, all the way up the neck.
1. Akdomes
2. Ale Brider
3. Chanesse Valtz
4. Ez Pachach
5. Freylech Tantz ? Dance of Delight
6. Galitzianer Sher
7. Hatikvah
8. Hava Nagila
9. Ofyn Pripetshik
10. Purim