Written by established educator David Harrison, The Complete Ukulele Player is the most in-depth and comprehensive introduction to playing this fantastic instrument. Taking you from being an absolute beginner to playing scales, harmony and your first tunes, this is the essential volume for anyone interested in learning the Ukulele.If you have no prior experience with musical instruments, or you do, but not on the Ukulele, then The Complete Ukulele Player is the ideal book for you. With comprehensive advice, clear diagrams, numerous photographs and invaluable tips, this book will take you from not even knowing how to hold the Ukulele to feeling right at home. The Complete Ukulele Player begins your journey with an introduction, a short history of the instrument and how to choose one. When you've got your first Ukulele, you'll find out the anatomy of the instrument, which accessories you might need, how to hold it and how to tune it. After you've mastered the practicalities, it'll be time to make music! This tuition book begins by using easy 3-chord songs like Dylan's Blowin' In The Wind, Love Me Do by The Beatles, before moving on to songs with diminished chords like Patsy Cline's Crazy, transposition with Jambalaya and more advanced strumming techniques with Norwegian Wood. The benefit of using popular songs in this way is to enhance musicality at the same time as teaching theoretical concepts. It's easy to pick up a Ukulele and strum a few chords, but with The Complete Ukulele Player chords and harmony are explored in much more depth and detail than in other books. Different chord voicings and techniques are explained and made clear in relation to songs, making learning easier and more enjoyable. Van Morrison's Brown-Eyed Girl is used as an introduction to tablature, and by the end of the book you'll have mastered notes, scales, basic fingerpicking, palm muting, different strumming patterns and more advanced chords.A final truly unique addition to The Complete Ukulele Player is the accompanying download card, giving you access to over a hundred studio-quality demonstration and backing tracks, helping you learn by listening and ear-training. The three hours of audio comprises basically everything that you would need to hear from the book itself, in easy to use tracks that you can download to your computer.So if you're new to the Ukulele and you are looking for a place to start, look no further than The Complete Ukulele Player. Featuring all the essential theoretical knowledge you will need, along with famous and popular tunes to play, this is the ideal beginning tuition book that will put the inimitable Ukulele at your fingertips. If you are looking for even more tunes to play with your newly-learned skills, check out The Complete Ukulele Player Songbook 1 and Songbook 2. These songbooks each contain 16 favourite tunes in the same format as this tuition book, making them the perfect companion for budding Uke players. / Ukulélé

Learn to play the ukulele and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about the history of the ukulele, its components, how to hold and tune it, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation. You will then move right along to playing different notes, chords, scales, and songs, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your ever-growing knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and playing a variety of well-known songs. You will learn different strumming techniques to help you play in a variety of musical styles. The book also contains a section teaching you how to play by ear. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the ukulele in any key and know how to read music. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: * Transposition chart * Dictionary of tablature techniques * Ukulele fingerboard chart * Complete ukulele chord dictionary The accompanying DVD provides live performances that demonstrate how the music should sound, on-screen music and MP3 audio for every song and lessons hosted by performer and educator, Julia Jordan. This book teaches entirely in C tuning. The D tuning edition of Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele (item 14135) is available from your favorite music retailer and at Alfred.com. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred Music be your resource every step of the way. / Ukulélé

Que vous soyez cinq ou quatre-vingt cinq, facile-à-play de Mike Jackson, une méthode simple pour Ukulele vraiment fonctionne et vous jouer ces vingt-cinq chansons instantanément. Le CD de jeu-a-long vous aide à régler votre ukulélé, vous permettant d'apprendre comment les chansons doivent sonner comme vous donnant l'occasion de jouer avec un groupe complet. Une fois de plus l'ukulele rend le monde par la tempête ! Mike Jackson est un musicien autodidacte qui joue de 16 différents instruments - y compris ukulélé. Il est surtout connu en Australie pour sa version hit de bananes en pyjama. Mike a vendu plus de 250 000 albums, publié de nombreuses ressources de chants et de danses et a chanté abondamment à travers l'Australie et international. Inspirational concerts et des ateliers de Mike attestent de sa conviction que d'apprendre à jouer de la musique est un objectif réalisable pour tout le monde et qu'il n'est jamais, jamais, trop tard pour commencer ! / Ukulélé / 36 pages / Partition + Cd

A complete beginner's guide to the Ukulele, devised to get just about anyone playing this fun instrument straight away, and complete with a CD of supporting examples.Written by acclaimed master Lil' Rev, this easy-to-follow tutorial is packed with fun songs in a host of different styles for you to learn and play. The lessons include:Types of UkuleleTuningMusic readingMelody playingChordsStrummingScalesTremoloMusic notation and tablatureUkulele history... and much more.This book is designed especially for left-handed Ukulele players. / Ukulélé