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

For the first time here is the definitive introduction to playing Ukulele - plus a progressive guide to mastering more advanced techniques! This is the German language edition. Written by an established educator David Harrison The Complete Ukulele Player presents concise advice clear diagrams and photos and helpful tutorial tips to take you from beginner to playing scales harmony and Ukulele tab! The Complete Ukulele Player starts by using easy 3 chord songs ('Blowin' In The Wind' 'Love Me Do') gradually leading on to songs with diminished chords ('Crazy') transposition('Jambalaya') and demonstrating various strumming techniques ('Norwegian Wood'). Van Morrison's 'Brown Eyed Girl' is used as an introduction to reading tab and every song illustrates specific tips and techniques and comes with fascinating background information. Whatever your musical experience this book will soon have you feeling at home with the Ukulele. The included Download Card gives you instand access to over a hundred studio-quality audio tracks to help you learn even faster!

30 Favorites to Strum & Sing for Standard G-C-E-A tuning-Melody lyrics and chord diagrams for standard G-C-E-A tuning on 30 traditional Irish songs including: 'Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms' 'Carrickfergus' 'Danny Boy' 'Finnegan's Wake' 'The Galway Piper' 'The Irish Washerwoman' 'Molly Malone (Cockles & Mussels)' 'My Wild Irish Rose' 'Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)' 'The Wearing of the Green' 'When Irish Eyes Are Smiling' and more.

Jumpin' Jim's Ukulele Masters-16 easy chord solos (both melody and harmony captured in the chord changes) arranged for GCEA-tuned ukuleles by jazz master Lyle Ritz. His arrangements will delight advanced beginners and intermediate players alike. The CD features all the songs performed by Lyle on both ukulele and bass. Includes: Beautiful Dreamer · Edelweiss · Let Me Call You Sweetheart · Ramblin' Rose · Surfer Girl · and more!

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.

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.

Das Buch des renommierten Autoren David Harrison gilt als eine der detailreichsten und umfassendsten Einführungen in das Ukulele-Spiel. Seine Schülerinnenund Schüler werden von absoluten Anfängern zu echten Profis, die Skalen, Harmonien und Stimmungen aus dem Handgelenk schütteln können. / Ukulélé