SKU: HL.196707

ISBN 9781495074769. UPC: 888680644550. 9.5x22.0x4.0 inches.

This pack includes everything you need to play ukulele today! The high-quality uke is ready to pull out and play. It is finely constructed with quality tuners and level playing bridge making it an ideal instrument on which to learn. The pack also includes a comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's book in Spanish authored by uke master Lil' Rev. It includes many songs to play while you learn and includes access to online audio with 46 demo and play-along tracks. In addition, the book includes information on tuning, reading music, melody playing, strumming, scales, and a handy guide showing more than 1000 ukulele chords! The DVD features on-screen musical examples and demonstrations to really hammer home everything you're learning in the book. Whether you're teaching yourself or a classroom of students, this pack will get the job done!

SKU: HL.334629

ISBN 9781540086433. UPC: 840126909982. 9.0x12.0x0.358 inches.

The First 50 Songs by the Beatles You Should Play on Ukulele is a simply arranged, must-know collection of the Fab Four's greatest hits. Each arrangement includes melody, lyrics and chord diagrams for standard G-C-E-A uke tuning. Songs include: Across the Universe • Blackbird • Can't Buy Me Love • Day Tripper • Eleanor Rigby • The Fool on the Hill • Good Day Sunshine • Hey Jude • I Want to Hold Your Hand • Let It Be • Michelle • Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da • Penny Lane • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band • Twist and Shout • We Can Work It Out • Yesterday • and more.

About First 50

You've been taking lessons, you've got a few chords under your belt, and you're ready to buy a songbook. Now what? Hal Leonard has the answers in its First 50 series. The First 50 series steers new players in the right direction. These books contain easy to intermediate arrangements for must-know songs. Each arrangement is simple and streamlined, yet still captures the essence of the tune.

SKU: HL.581260

ISBN 9780876392256. UPC: 196288077046. 9.0x12.0x0.199 inches.

Learn the ukulele! Berklee Basic Ukulele is an easy-to-follow, funintroduction to the ukulele--the perfect guide for the beginning ukulele enthusiast! The book begins with the basics of reading music notation (traditional notation, ukulele tablature, and chord diagrams), which can serve as a review or a handy primer for those with noprior reading experience. You will then learn a variety techniques for playing melodies, strumming chords, and accompanying yourself singing, with many tunes in a diversity of styles as examples. You will learn various rhythms and strum patterns, starting from very basic strumming and then slowly incorporating more complex right hand techniques, and learn to strum along with your favorite (ororiginal) songs. Each chord, strum pattern, and concept is coupled with exercises and songs to give you ample opportunities to absorb the material, with demonstration and play-along audio tracks. Includes: â?¢ How to hold the ukulele, play with healthy hand/body position, and produce a good tone. â?¢ The notes of the ukulele fingerboard. â?¢ The basics of music theory, which you will then use to help learn songs and develop an overall intuitive sense for how to play the ukulele. â?¢ Essential chords and chord strumming patterns for different styles. â?¢ Melodies and chordal accompaniment parts to songs such as â??Aloha 'Oe,â? â??Amazing Grace,â? â??Bound for South Australia,â? â??Hi'ilawe,â? â??Hinei Ma Tov,â? â??Londondeery Air,â? â??Simple Gifts,â? â??When the Saints Go Marching In,â? â??Will the Circle Be Unbroken?,â? and others!

SKU: HL.1107786

ISBN 9781705177792. UPC: 196288103097. 9.0x12.0x0.382 inches.

Get ready for some play-along fun with your fellow pickers! Bluegrass Songs provides melody, lyrics and chord diagrams for five popular folk instruments in this new, easy to use format. Enjoy strumming and singing these bluegrass standards with any combo of friends who play ukulele, baritone ukulele, banjo, guitar, or mandolin. A great resource for stringed instrument players who are ready to experience the fun of making music together! This collection features a stellar lineup of 70 bluegrass standards everyone should know: Ballad of Jed Clampett • Blue Moon of Kentucky • I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow • The Long Black Veil • Nine Pound Hammer • Rocky Top • Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms • Turn Your Radio On • Wabash Cannonball • Wayfaring Stranger • Will the Circle Be Unbroken • The Wreck of the Old '97 • You Are My Sunshine • and more.