The number one method for young ukulele players. Starting Ukulele has been created with young players in mind. All tunes have fantastic professionally recorded CD backing tracks. As you gradually becomefamiliar with different techniques you’ll progress from strumming simple chords to performing proper tunes. The book includes full-colour photographs and diagrams to make learning fast and fun. Written bySteven Sproat who is a ukulele player with considerable experience. He has broadcast on many radio stations including BBC Radio 2 and BBC Scotland. Steven has played at prestigious venues such as Ronnie Scott’s in London theCheltenham Festival and the New York Ukulele Festival and is also a teacher his most famous pupil being comedian Harry Hill!

Strumming chords to back up singing is fun but there's more to the Ukulele than that! If you've seen Jake Shimabukuro or some other contemporary Uke wizards playing amazing instrumentals you know the little 4-string jumpingflea is capable of anything. If you'd like to learn how to play solos (with other people or by yourself) this lesson will show you several approaches to doing just that. You'll learn two moveable blues boxes chord based licks 'Steve Cropper licks ' first position and moveable major scales...and how and when to use them. These soloing ideas work for songs of just about any genre: rock pop blues country R

Starting Ukulele: The Next Step is the Ukulele tuition book to take you beyond the basics and on to full enjoyment of your instrument. This book also comes complete with an audio CD featuring demonstrations andbacking tracks for each song covered so you can hear exactly how things should sound. Following on from Steven Sproat's best-selling Starting Ukulele this brand new tuition book builds on thebasics with introductions to several new techniques. Mastering new strumming patterns alternative chord shapes and fingerpicking will add colour and flair to your basic playing skills. The book is for people who are no longerbeginners and are looking to progress from the absolute basics onto new and more exciting ways of expressing yourself through the Uke. Sproat takes you through common chords to refresh yourmemory then launches into new strumming styles like the Flamenco strum and other patterns. His friendly manner and personable style will make you feel like you have your own personal tutor as you learn new techniques andconcepts that you won't have heard before.  All the while Steven Sproat guides you through some traditional Ukulele songs and some of his own compositions to demonstrate each techniquewithin a tuneful and melodic context. The accompanying CD comes in handy here with demonstrations of each song and backing tracks as well to help you practise and solidify your learning. So if you'vepicked up the basics of playing the Ukulele and you want some fresh ideas for inspiration or to try and experiment to reinvigorate your practising Starting Ukulele: The Next Step is the quintessentialUkulele tutor book for you. 

Collected in this songbook are 21 Easy Hits For Ukulele specially arranged in easy keys with easy chord shapes so that everyone can play this fantastic range of contemporary hits and classic pop tunes. The great thing about the Ukulele is its sheer versatility allowing you to put a fresh spin on an old favourite or play a contemporary pop song with a twist. From classic songs like Brown Eyed Girlby Van Morrison and ABBA's Fernando to Cat Stevens' Wild World and Shirley Bassey's Big Spender these evergreen pop tunes are sure to sound new and exciting when played on aUkulele. Every song in 21 Easy Hits For Ukulele features full lyrics Ukulele chord boxes and rhythm patterns for easy strumming. The arrangements are in easy keys that allow you to pickup these tunes as quickly as possible while still sounding great. A brief guide to tuning your Ukulele and how to read chord boxes can be found at the beginning of the book too. A fantastic selection ofcontemporary pop hits are also included such as Happy by Pharrell Williams Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran as well as the incredible Stay With Me by Sam Smith. Once you've mastered all21 songs you'll have a wide variety of great songs old and new under your belt. Whether you want to strum in the park or just play for your own pleasure 21 Easy Hits For Ukulele is full of great tunes that arewell-suited to the unique sound of the Uke.

The 2020 Ukulele syllabus extends Rockschool's offering to a full suite of grades. The syllabus has been designed in conjunction with their new Ukulele Method books giving students a comprehensive pathway from absolute beginner stages through to entry into the graded system and subsequently following a progressive pathway through to grade 8. The syllabus features six tracks for each grade that have been meticulously benchmarked to support students as they learn the instrument. At each grade two of the pieces offer the students an opportunity to perform without full band backing exploring the sound and resonance of their instrument. These include duet parts from Debut toGrade 3 which give further opportunities for teaching and group learning. The remaining tracks are â??session styleâ?? backing tracks performed with full backing band and including vocal accompaniment which is also shown in the notation as a melody line and lyric over the main ukulele part. The 2020 Ukulele syllabus extends Rockschool's offering to a full suite of grades. The syllabus has been designed in conjunction with their new Ukulele Method books giving students a comprehensive pathway from absolute beginner stages through to entry into the graded system and subsequently following a progressive pathway through to grade 8. The syllabus features six tracks for each grade that have been meticulously benchmarked to support students as they learn the instrument. At each grade two of the pieces offer the students an opportunity to perform without full band backing exploring the sound and resonance of their instrument. These include duet parts from Debut toGrade 3 which give further opportunities for teaching and group learning. The remaining tracks are â??session styleâ?? backing tracks performed with full backing band and including vocal accompaniment which is also shown in the notation as a melody line and lyric over the main ukulele part.

Die beste Methode für junge Ukulelespieler-Ukulele f?r Kinder ist speziell auf junge Musiker zugeschnitten. Mit dieser klar strukturierten und reich bebilderten Einf?hrung in das Ukulelespiel werden die St?cke aus dem Buch einstudiert und dann zur Musikbegleitung von der CD gespielt.Zu jedem St?ck gibt es eine tolle Begleitmusik aufgenommen von einer echten Live-Band.Schritt f?r Schritt werden die verschiedenen Techniken erl?utert: Akkorde Anschlag-techniken und Fingerpicking bis hin zum Spielen von kompletten Songs.Zahlreiche Bilder und anschauliche Diagramme erleichtern das Lernen so dass spielend schnell Fortschritte auszumachen sind.All das macht Ukulele f?r Kinder zum besten Einsteigerkurs f?r junge Ukulelespieler!

C'est ... manquait encore: Un recueil de chansons pour Ukulele - comme petit et pratique que le ukulélé lui-même, pour vous suivre partout.Pour l'ukulélé a enfin un petit ami et un compagnon constant!Les Chansons de la session de HIT sont de toute faCon le compagnon idéal, parce que vous avez une connexion anneau (feuilles simples et rupture des chansons) et toutes les chansons sont aussi une fois inscrit comme texte avec les symboles d'accord et une fois comme une ligne mélodique avec paroles et symboles d'accord. C'est aussi simple que cela!Donc à partir de maintenant appartient à chaque feu de camp et à chaque plage, dans chaque forêt et dans chaque cabane, sur un camp d'été et sur ??chaque siège arrière, un ukulélé avec la session Hit correspondant. N'est-ce pas merveilleux? / Ukulélé