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.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: ? How to hold the ukulele, play with healthy hand/body position, and produce a good tone. ? The notes of the ukulele fingerboard. ? 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. ? Essential chords and chord strumming patterns for different styles. ? Melodies and chordal accompaniment parts to songs such as ??Aloha 'Oe,? ??Amazing Grace,? ??Bound for South Australia,? ??Hi'ilawe,? ??Hinei Ma Tov,? ??Londondeery Air,? ??Simple Gifts,? ??When the Saints Go Marching In,? ??Will the Circle Be Unbroken?,? and others!
