Combining picking patterns chord strumming & melody lines for interesting and fun arrangements fingerstyle ukulele has become popular with indie artists and emerging solo uke players around the world. This new book will help anyone move beyond three chords and a strum! Kev covers techniques and patterns tablature music reading and much more with arrangements written specifically for fingerstyle uke in styles ranging from Celtic to classical! Perfect for uke newbies guitarists ready to take on a new instrument and singer-songwriters looking to expand their horizons. For Soprano Concert or Tenor Ukuleles in Standard C Tuning (High G)

With Online Audio-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 andversatility. 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 27arrangements 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 dedicatedbeginners 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 thecompanion 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.

Here's hot fun in the summertime any time! Jumpin' Jim's Ukulele Beach Party is a collection of 26 of your favourite sand 'n' surf tunes arranged for ukulele.Songs include: Heatwave · Surfin' U.S.A. · California Girls · Rock-A-Hula Baby · Where the Boys Are · and more. This songbook also features an appreciation by surf guitar legend Dick Dale as well as other fun bits of uke trivia and a chord chart.

Deemed 'the Hendrix of the ukulele ' Hawaii native Jake Shimabukuro is a uke virtuoso whose music has revolutionized the world's perception of this tiny instrument. Showcasing his complex finger work his songs combine elements of jazz rock classical and traditional music. This sought-after songbook features note-for-note transcriptions with ukulele tablature of Jake'smasterful playing on all the CD tracks: Bohemian Rhapsody • Boy Meets Girl • Bring Your Adz • Hallelujah • Pianoforte 2010 • Variation on a Dance 2010 • and more. Also includes two bonus songs that are not on the CD: While My Guitar Gently Weeps a Shimabukuro sensation on YouTube and his hit song Hula Girl.

Folk Songs for Solo Ukulele includes 29 classic folk songs arranged for chord-solo-style ukulele. In this style the melody is voiced on the highest string while the harmony is voiced on the lower strings creating a beautifulsolo sound. Guitar chords are included if accompaniment is desired. The tunes represent the rich palette of American and English folk music. Includes access to online audio.

Le premier livre et DVD dans la méthode complète ukulélé!Parfait pour les débutants ukulelists ainsi que les joueurs qui veulent améliorer leurs connaissances , en commenCant Ukulele enseigne tout ce que vous devez savoir pour commencer sur l'instrument , y compris les accords , tapoter, la cueillette , la théorie de base de la musique , et la lecture tablature ( TAB ) et musique standard notation . Guitaristes qui veulent élargir leurs horizons musicaux seront également trouver que cela soit une parfaite introduction à jouer du ukulélé . Le livre comporte beaucoup de chansons amusantes dans une variété de styles , y compris rock, blues, hawaïennes , airs de violon , et fingerstyle . Sur le DVD , amical, facile à comprendre des explications et des démonstrations de Daniel Ho font apprendre à jouer du ukulélé amusant et facile . Doté conseils pratiques et d'autres questions importantes pour le ukulelist commenCant au début ukulélé est la méthode la plus complète disponible pour les étudiants débutants ukulélé .Caractéristiques:* Exemples de TAB facile à lire et notation musicale standard* Chansons et solos à la pratique* Gratte ukulélé spéciales et d'autres techniques de droite , comme fingerstyle et la cueillette* Techniques de gauche, y compris les hammer-ons , pull-offs , et des diapositives* Des sujets tels que la théorie de la musique , l'improvisation , et la faCon de pratiquer* LeCons sur les styles ukulélé, y compris folklorique , hawaïenne , rock, blues, et plus ! / Ukulélé

With Online Audio-This book includes 29 classic gospel songs arranged for chord solo style Ukulele. In this style the melody is voiced on the highest string while the chord or harmony note is voiced in the lower strings.The result is anattractive presentation that needs no additional instrumentation. Guitar chords are included if accompaniment is desired. The tunes represent the rich palette of hymns songs and spirituals in the Christian tradition. The book isrecommended for all levels. Includes access to online audio.

Sixteen classic Led Zeppelin songs with all the guitar parts arranged for ukulele.

The first publication dedicated to songs written and composed by Ian over the last 40 years starting with his 1965 smash hit 'You Turn Me On'. The book includes his many styles ranging from Nashville country numbers ('Hands')and British comedy songs ('Wurzel Fudge' written for Benny Hill) to personal ballads 'Old Friends' and his latest batch of songs--from waltz to rumba -- reflecting his life as an expatriate Englishman living in SouthernCalifornia. Ian plays piano accordion and ukulele as well as singing. The book provides top line melodies plus chord symbols for keyboard guitar and ukulele. The accompanying CD is a treasure trove of commercial recordingsof all the songs including releases on Capitol Records and Warner Bros. Records. Other vocals are by Debbie Dawn Corky Mayberry and Regina Whitcomb. There's also a full description of how these songs came to be written as wellas an essay about Ian's famous uncle who wrote such evergreens as 'Lady of Spain' and 'Let's All Sing Like The Birdies Sing'. This book takes the player inside the eclectic musical world of this Renaissance Man who has risen fromTeen Idol to Grammy Award winner respected musicologist and author.

18 blues guitar classics by Robert Johnson specially arranged for the ukulele with riffs and backup rhythms in standard notation and tab.

Blues Rags and Jazzy Tunes-We're in the midst of a ukulele renaissance and this wonderful little instrument's role has been expanding to include a wide variety of musical genres. In the hands of the amazing Del Rey it becomes a veritable blues and ragtime music machine! This informative and entertaining DVD will teach you a myriad of fingerpicking and chording techniques. Del takes a guitar player's approach to the instrument using her three fingers to get a syncopated melody and harmony lines against a steady thumb beat. She teaches you how to play cool riffs turnarounds blues songs and up-beat dance tunes. Tuning her uke to open C (G-C-E-A) she starts off with bluesscales and right hand exercises to coordinate your picking and fretting hands. Then it's right into five fabulous pieces in a variety of keys: Goin' Up the Country; Run and Tell Your Daddy Lord; Keep it Clean; Dance Hall Shuffle and Brown's Blues.

This second edition has been updated to include selections through 1989 for a total of 20 Swift's hits. Includes: Back to December Bad Blood Blank Space I Knew You Were Trouble Love Story Mean Mine Shake It Off Style Teardrops on My Guitar Today Was a Fairytale Wildest Dreams You Belong with Me and more.

Artiste/Auteur : KAMAKAWIWO'OLE ISRAEL Instrumentation : Ukulele Support : Livre Style : Folk Israel Kamakawiwo`ole dit Bruddah Iz ou IZ, fût le musicien et chanteur hawaiien le plus connu dans les années 1990. Plusieurs fois promu par l'Académie hawaïenne de Musique, c'est Somewhere Over the Rainbow qui lui donnera une renommée internationale. Partitions pour piano, chant, guitare et ukulele. Titres : What A Wonderful World;Somewhere Over The Rainbow; 'Ama 'Ama; Henehene Kou 'Aka; Twinkle Twinkle Little Star; E Ku'U Morning Dew; White Sandy Beach; Kaleohano; Ka Huila Wai; 'Opae E; Ke Alo O Iesu; 'Ulili E; A Hawaiian Like Me; Bonus : Over The Rainbow