101 Ukulele Tips: Ukulele: Instrumental Tutor

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!

Level 1 Book/CD/DVD Pack-Learn at your own pace and open the door to the world of ukulele music with this beginner's book/CD/DVD instruction pack! Play Today! is the ULTIMATE self-teaching method designed to offer quality instruction and terrific songs. All you have to do is follow along with the tips lessons and music provided as you listen to the CD or watch the DVD. The CD includes 61 professional quality full-demo tracks. The DVD features on-screen ukulele notation so you can play all the music examples. This complete guide to the basics covers: songs chords and melodies · picking and strumming · playing tips and techniques · music notation · and more.

Includes Ukulele-This beginning kit contains everything you need to get started playing everyone's favorite fun folk instrument ? the ukulele!? A high-quality four-string 12-fret ukulele made of linden with a birch fingerboard? Play Ukulele Today! method book/CD ? Play Ukulele Today! DVD The Play Ukulele Today! Level One method book includes over 75 songs and examples common chords and expressions picking andstrumming techniques and playing tips in standard notation and tablature. The CD includes 99 demonstration tracks to help you along the way. The DVD makes sure you're getting it all just right. Pick this pack up and you'll beplaying the uke in no time!

The Ukulele - more popular than ever! This instructional book makes learning the Uke very easy and fun with plenty of informative tips. It covers all important subjects for the beginning Uke player from rhythm accompaniment strumming patterns and techniques to fingerpicking techniques or melody playing. There are easy to understand instructions to play with standard notation or tab. Ukulele Total also covers the basics of music theory chord exercises and many chord progressions. The accompanying CD features many exercises and 11 popular tunes to listen or play along to. This book makes the Uke a handy musical companion for all occasions.

The complete Absolute Beginners method - all in one book!Absolute Beginners has been designed to tell you everything you need to know from the very first time you play your ukulele. Step-by-step pictures takeyou from first day exercises to playing along with a backing track.In this book you get:a look-and-learn course that uses clear pictures instead of long explanations; practical advice and tipscovering everything you need to know to get you playing fast;CD audio tracks show you how things should sound plus full-length accompaniment tracks to play along with.Simply everything you need is included inthis 'owner's manual' approach to your ukulele that makes learning easier than ever before.Written by Steven Sproat who is a Ukulele player with considerable experience. He has broadcast on many radio stationsincluding BBC Radio 2 and BBC Scotland. Steven has played at prestigious venues such as Ronnie Scott's in London the Cheltenham Festival and the New York Ukulele Festival and is also a teacher his most famous pupil beingcomedian Harry Hill!For Ukeleles in standard GCEA tuning.

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 to playing 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 the Ukulele, 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 to hold 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've got 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 book begins 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 with Jambalaya 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 teaching theoretical 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 chord voicings 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 you'll have mastered notes, scales, basic fingerpicking, palm muting, different strumming patterns and more advanced chords.A final truly unique addition to The Complete Ukulele Player is the accompanying download card, giving you access to over a hundred studio-quality demonstration and backing tracks, helping you learn by listening and ear-training. The three hours of audio comprises basically everything that you would need to hear from the book itself, in easy to use tracks that you can download to your computer.So if you're new to the Ukulele and you are looking for a place to start, look no further than The Complete Ukulele Player. Featuring all the essential theoretical knowledge you will need, along with famous and popular tunes to play, this is the ideal beginning tuition book that will put the inimitable Ukulele at your fingertips. If you are looking for even more tunes to play with your newly-learned skills, check out The Complete Ukulele Player Songbook 1 and Songbook 2. These songbooks each contain 16 favourite tunes in the same format as this tuition book, making them the perfect companion for budding Uke players. / Ukulélé

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.

Learn at your own pace and open the door to the world of harmonica music! Play Today! is the ultimate self-teaching method and this DVD is designed to offer quality instruction terrific songs and on-screen harmonica tablature so you can play all the music examples.Simply follow along with the music on the screen as you watch and listen to the teacher. This complete guide to the basics covers: songs chords and melodies; cross harp bending and fun tricks; playing tips and techniques; harmonica tablature.For use with a standard 10-hole diatonic harmonica in the key of C major.On the teacher:Lil' Rev is an award-winningmulti-instrumentalist songwriter and music-historian who teaches and tours around the continental U.S.Known as a 'protector of old songs poetry and stories ' Rev has been called a 'Wisconsin treasure ' (-Ann Schmid-UWM Folk Center). His many awards and frequent travels have garnered him a loyal and growing fan base amongst lovers of all things Ukulele Folk Old Time Harmonica Jewish Music & Culture American Labor History and Respect for our Elders!Lil Rev calls his style of performance... edu-tain-ment!It is a combination of songs history stories poems quotes and jokes all wrapped up in a cloak of exuberance and gratitude for those moments when we can all come together and rise up singing...and celebrate life!