Partitions de Mel Bay pour 2 Ukuleles

From the author of Mel Bay's best selling Learn to Play Fingerstyle Solos for Ukulele and Favorite Fingerstyle Solos for Ukulele we are proud to present Fingerstyle Duets for Ukulele. This book and companion audio offer 21great songs arranged in 18 duets for fingerstyle Ukulele. The songs come from around the world: European waltzes classic Hawaiian songs folksongs Victorian parlor pieces and classical guitar and piano transcriptions.Nothing in this book will be out of reach of the advancing beginner or intermediate player. Even advanced players will find something to tickle their fancy. The book includes tips on technique and fingerpicking exercises.Many of the songs include lyrics adding to the flexibility of the arrangements. Included are four etudes - basic duets featuring scaled down melodic parts for the lead Ukulele and simple pattern picking for the accompaniment.More advanced duets feature modulations chord inversions up the neck and different rhythmic approaches for the right hand in both parts. The book concludes with an arrangement of Erik Satie's haunting solo Piano piece Gymnopedie#1. Includes access to online audio.

Famous Solos And Duets For The Ukulele contains a selection of pieces taken from the earliest known methods and collections published for the Ukulele between 1909 and 1920. This is Ukulele music as you havenever seen or heard it before!Famous Solos And Duets is newly engraved in both standard notation and tablature and contains extensive fingering and performance instructions. Edited arranged and performed by Ukulele virtuoso and historian John King this collection makes the original classic repertoire of this charming little instrument available to the public for the first time in nearly acentury. The Preface informative and thoroughly researched places the Ukulele and its music in historical context from its early days in Hawai'i to its widespread popularity on the Mainland.Showcasing pieceswhich are both challenging and beautiful Early Solos And Duets features the music of Queen Lili'uokalani King Kalakaua Ernest Ka'ai Henry Kailimai George Awai George Kia Nahaolelua N. B. Bailey and VadahOlcott Bickford. Also included in Early Solos and Duets are invaluable instructions for the different styles of strumming as played by the 'Father of the Ukulele ' Ernest Ka'ai. The online audio contains all 22 pieces expertlyperformed by John King.