Learn to play the ukulele and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. 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

The Complete Ukulele Player Songbook 2 contains another sixteen classic and contemporary songs that have been expertly arranged for Ukulele and Voice. The perfect companion to the unique Complete UkulelePlayer tuition method and the first volume of accompanying songbooks these great songs are specially selected to get you strumming singing and enjoying playing the Uke. This brilliant collection oftunes takes inspiration from how fantastically the Ukulele sounds when reinvigorating classic songs. Eight popular tunes have been married with either more classic traditional songs making one songbook that's packed with tunesthat are simply great fun to play. With popular songs old and new like the classics Dancing Queen and The Beatles' In My Life as well as the contemporary pop hits Budapest by GeorgeEzra and Seasons (Waiting On You) by Future Islands The Complete Ukulele Player Songbook 2 brings so many top hits of the pop and rock world to your Ukulele. Not only this but a further selectionof traditional tunes are included like Auld Lang Syne Greensleeves and The House Of The Rising Sun letting you learn those old favourites that everyone is sure toknow. All songs in the Complete Ukulele Player Songbook 2 are arranged for Ukulele and Voice letting you strum and sing on your own or with a big group. Full lyrics are included aswell as Ukulele chord boxes and suggested strumming patterns ensuring you nail every word and chord of these songs that are great fun to play as well as helping you progress on the instrument. The songbook is accessible andenjoyable fitting such a fun and popular instrument as the Uke. The surge in popularity of these accessible instruments in recent years means old favourites like the songs in this book have fresh lives breathed into them and

Disney Hits For Ukulele contains 23 songs from popular Disney films arranged for solo Ukulele. This songbook features the favourites: The Bare Necessities Cruella De Vil Do You Want to Build a Snowman? He's a Tramp I See the Light Kiss the Girl Lava Let It Go Once upon a Dream So This Is Love (The Cinderella Waltz) Under the Sea When She Loved Me A Whole New World and more.

15 of today's hottest hits are arranged here for one of the hottest instruments on the market - the uke! Includes: Blurred Lines - Counting Stars - Cruise - Cups (When I'm Gone) - Get Lucky - Just Give Me a Reason - Let Her Go - Radioactive - Roar - Royals - Safe and Sound - Say Something - Wake Me Up! - When I Was Your Man - Wrecking Ball. Includes melody arrangements with chords. / Ukulélé

En savoir plus sur l'organisation des solos corde mélodie à l'aide du manche entier ukulélé, et avoir du plaisir à jouer des solos de chansons bien connues comme 'When the Saints Go Marching In' et 'The Star-Spangled Banner'. Des techniques comme gratte triplets, salves, gratte cassés, et les coups de fans sont introduits. Explorez styles musicaux tels que la vieille école, ragtime, hawaïenne, fingerstyle, et le rock --- et apprendre les rythmes du monde entier. Amusez-vous à bascule, obtenir génial, et improviser sur des progressions de jazz. Tout joueur d'ukulélé, peu importe comment avancés, permettra d'améliorer leur jeu avec ce livre et DVD avec la star ukulélé Daniel Ho. / Ukulélé

Le ukulélé n'a jamais été aussi populaire, et Fred Sokolow détendue, style d'enseignement convivial, il est facile à apprendre.Dans cette leçon, vous allez apprendre avancée accords plus mobiles et de premier rang, accords diminués et bien d'autres formes d'accords de jazz. Il ya plus d'accords / mélodie solos qui vous donneront lecture de haut en bas du cou, Blues Licks plus, et un solo de fingerpicking bluegrassy. Tunes comprennent Crazy, Matchbox, Rosetta, Fly Me To the Moon, Mister Sandman, en tout temps, Wreck of Old 97 et quand vous Wish Upon a Star.Fred ralentit tous les morceaux vers le bas et les décompose de sorte qu'ils sont faciles à apprendre. Vous pourrez aussi profiter de ses 'lore' uke, des histoires sur les chansons les et les joueurs. Toutes les chansons sont écrites dans l'onglet et la musique, avec grilles d'accords ainsi. Que vous soyez un débutant ou un joueur voulant plus uke répertoire et la technique, il ya beaucoup là pour vous. C'est une excellente façon d'élargir vos horizons sur ce merveilleux instrument. / Ukulélé

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 toplaying 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 theUkulele 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 tohold 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'vegot 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 bookbegins 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 withJambalaya 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 teachingtheoretical 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 chordvoicings 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

Rock House Method-Designed by John McCarthy this complete ukulele course has all the essential techniques needed to play all genres of music. Start with how to hold the ukulele for comfortable playing and fast effective learning. Next learn picking and strummingtechniques chords rhythm timing and how they are used to play popular songs. Learn melodies scales and the basics of the blues. You will also learn lead techniques such as hammer-ons pull-offs and bends and how to put them together to playlead riffs! As an added bonus included is an extensive chord and scale section to further your knowledge of the ukulele. Download audio backing tracks and demonstrations that correspond with each lesson in the book. Hear each lesson played slowlyand at regular speed. Play songs and melodies over full band backing tracks to get the sensation of playing in a band! Register using the member number inside the last page of this book.

The Complete Idiot Guide pour jouer le ukulélé donnera au lecteur tout ce qu'ils doivent savoir pour commencer à jouer de cet instrument amusant. On y trouve des conseils sur l'achat de votre ukulélé première et toutes les instructions nécessaires musicale avec de nombreux exemples et des morceaux de musique d'amusement. Le livre est accompagné d'un CD audio de plus de 100 écoutent-et-apprendre exemples. / Ukulélé

10-Minute Teacher-Learn how to play Fairytale Of New York on the ukulele!This 10-minute video guides you through this classic song with all the chords shown on screen.The DVD includes ???soundalike??? performance of thecomplete song. Plus a sheet music booklet containing a ukulele chord guide chord shapes for the song and complete lyrics.Here???s absolutely everything you need to play Fairytale Of New York in just 10 minutes in oneexciting package!

This DVD serves as accompaniment to Alfred\'s Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele and 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. When used alongside the book, 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 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

The Big Book Of Ukulele Songs contains over 80 unforgettable hits for the Ukulele. If you're a Ukulele player looking for a BIG songbook with fifty years of songs arranged specially for your instrument— look no further. From classics made famous by The Rolling Stones David Bowie and Aretha Franklin to recent hits by Ed Sheeran Pharrell Williams and Jake Bugg this is a songbook with something for everybody.The Big Book Of Ukulele Songs includes the favourites Africa Come On Eileen Happy Jolene Let Her Go Royals Crazy Little Thing Called Love Big Yellow Taxi and more. This book comescomplete with chord boxes full lyrics and a handy playing guide.

This Easy songbook edition of the bestselling Uke'n Play Ukulele series will get beginners of any age strumming easy chords and playing popular songs in no time. Written by professional playerand educator Mike Jackson the book features his instant play method together with downloadable play-along audio. Don't forget to scroll down to watch Mike in action as he teaches our enthusiastic student. The bookbegins with how to tune up before detailing Jackson's innovative instant play method that helps you easily remember where to put your fingers for different chords. Once you've mastered this Uke'n Play EasyUkulele teaches you the 6 chords you will need to play all the 25 songs included in this book. The songs get progressively more challenging and each feature chord diagrams lyrics and chord symbols helpingyou to learn to play the Ukulele by practising strumming the chords while also playing 25 famous tunes. Songs include I Walk The Line Banks Of The Ohio Achy Breaky Heart and many more. The accompanying audiodownloads will let you tune up hear the songs how they should sound then let you play along with a full backing band. Some songs feature Mike's handy hints so learning the Uke goes as smoothly as possible. Ifyou've struggled to learn to play the Ukulele because you can't remember the chords or you want to learn some great songs with a minimum of chords such as Goodnight Irene and Streets Of Laredo Uke'n Play Easy Ukulele is a beginner's instant play method that truly does work. Mike Jackson is a professional Ukulele player and multi-instrumentalist who has sold over 250 000 albumsand performed extensively across Australia and the rest of the world.  

A Beginner's Guide Featuring Step-By-Step Lessons with Audio Video and Popular Songs!-The First 15 Lessons series provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner complete with audio tracks video lessons and real songs! Designed for self-teaching or for use with an instructor you'll build a solid foundation as you work through each lesson learning the basics of the instrument and music reading while practicing the many exercises concepts and song excerpts within. Must-know instruction so you can start playing right away with a free online tuner and metronome! This uke book features video and print lessons on: ukulele fundamentals - music reading - tuning - strumming - arpeggions - open and movable chords - fingerpicking - scales - syncopation - shufflefeel - and more. Strum and pluck along with popular songs including: Band on the Run · Evil Ways · Free Fallin' · Happy Together · Let It Be · Ode to Joy · The Sound of Silence · Summertime · You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet · and more.