Learn to play the ukulele and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about the history of the ukulele, its components, how to hold and tune it, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation. You will then move right along to playing different notes, chords, scales, and songs, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your ever-growing knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and playing a variety of well-known songs. You will learn different strumming techniques to help you play in a variety of musical styles. The book also contains a section teaching you how to play by ear. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the ukulele in any key and know how to read music. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: * Transposition chart * Dictionary of tablature techniques * Ukulele fingerboard chart * Complete ukulele chord dictionary The accompanying DVD provides live performances that demonstrate how the music should sound, on-screen music and MP3 audio for every song and lessons hosted by performer and educator, Julia Jordan. This book teaches entirely in C tuning. The D tuning edition of Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele (item 14135) is available from your favorite music retailer and at Alfred.com. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred Music be your resource every step of the way. / Ukulélé

Learn to play the ukulele and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about the history of the ukulele, its components, how to hold and tune it, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation. You will then move right along to playing different notes, chords, scales, and songs, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your ever-growing knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and playing a variety of well-known songs. You will learn different strumming techniques to help you play in a variety of musical styles. The book also contains a section teaching you how to play by ear. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the ukulele in any key and know how to read music. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: * Transposition chart* Dictionary of tablature techniques* Ukulele fingerboard chart* Complete ukulele chord dictionaryThis book teaches entirely in C tuning. The D tuning edition of Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele (item 14135) is available from your favorite music retailer and at Alfred.com. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred be your resource every step of the way. / Ukulélé

Learn to play the ukulele and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about the history of the ukulele, its components, how to hold and tune it, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation. You will then move right along to playing different notes, chords, scales, and songs, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your ever-growing knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and playing a variety of well-known songs. You will learn different strumming techniques to help you play in a variety of musical styles. The book also contains a section teaching you how to play by ear. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the ukulele in any key and know how to read music. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: * Transposition chart * Dictionary of tablature techniques * Ukulele fingerboard chart * Complete ukulele chord dictionary The accompanying CD includes beautiful recordings of all the music in the book and can be played on your CD player or downloaded to your iPod® or other mp3 player. This book teaches entirely in C tuning. The D tuning edition of Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele (item 14135) is available from your favorite music retailer and at Alfred.com. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred Music be your resource every step of the way. / Ukulélé

Written specifically for left-handed Ukulele players this book contains photos and diagrams of chords for every key in C tuning.This helpful guide contains a section devoted to moveable chords as well as a summary ofwhere the chords lie on the fretboard. In Mel Bay's Left-Handed Ukulele Chords the chords are grouped by type including major minor seventh diminished augmented and more. This book can be used with eitherthe soprano (standard) or tenor Ukulele in G-C-E-A tuning.

Romance is in the air and here to prove it are 37 of the best and most enduring Love Songs For Ukulele ever. The Ukulele is the perfect instrument for playing love songs with its fun frame and smooth sound playing these songs will transport you to an island beach sunset somewhere tropical.  Included here are romantic treasures from musical theatre; whimsical novelty numbers; ballads of both true and false love; songs for sweethearts lovers and hopefuls; sad songs of longing and heartbreak; alongside barbershop favourites. The creative Ukulele arrangements come in standard notation tabs and chords making each song easy rewardingand fun to play.All of these Love Songs For Ukulele are arranged in standard C tuning for soprano concert and tenor Ukuleles with tunes readily adaptable to baritone Ukes tenor Guitars and Guitar-tuned Banjos. Featuring classic love songs like Shine On Harvest Moon I Know My Love In The Good Old Summertime Let Me Call You Sweetheart and many more. These are some of the all-time greats those love song standards that will never go out of fashion and when played on the Ukulele receive a fresh and invigorating treatment that will sound just brilliant. For a collection of Ukulele Love Songs that will inject plenty of romance and beauty into your Ukulele playing look no further than this collection of incomparably classic songs of love lust loss and everything in between.

The Little Instrument That Helped Create a Guitar Giant-The Martin Ukulele is a detailed look at the ukuleles built by the C. F. Martin Co. of Nazareth, PA, and at how the instruments' success forever changed the company that made them. Martin's ukulele-making led the small,respected builder of fine guitars and mandolins into an era of unprecedented growth in the 1920s and helped it become one of the most legendary manufacturers of high-quality guitars in the world.Drawing heavily from theextensive archives at the Martin factory, the book examines the company and its development, from production records, sales ledgers, and a vast collection of correspondence to hundreds of photos, including many of the rarestukuleles the company produced. Extensive additional imagery chronicles the history of the popularity of the ukulele itself.The book is both a narrative about Martin's ukulele manufacturing history and a reference workdetailing the numbers of each style of ukulele ever made by the company. It is an exploration from Martin's first attempt at production in 1907, to the peaks of ukulele popularity in the 1920s and '50s, to the disinterest thatcaused Martin to cease ukulele production in the 1990s, to the recent resurgence that has allowed the firm to again offer a wide assortment of new models.

Ukulele Master Lyle Ritz Shares a Lifetime of Performance Techniques-Ukulele jazz master Lyle Ritz shares many of his playing techniques in this educational and entertaining 75 minute DVD.In the instructional portion Lyle plays through seven different arrangements drawn from his Ukulele Masters: Lyle Lite songbook/CD pointing out techniques and tricks that he has developed over a lifetime of performing.Songs taught include:AvalonBeautiful DreamerLet Me Call You SweetheartMy Melancholy BabyRitz original ?B-Flat Blues in C.?He plays each slowly then up to speed and lyrics melody lines and ukulele chord grids are included as printable PDF files on the disc.

With Online Audio and Video-This book presents tuning proper positioning basic chords (C tuning) and folk songs for strumming and singing. Very easy to comprehend even for the absolute beginner. Includes access to online audio and video.The audiois recorded in stereo play-along format and contains all of the songs from the book. The video features Joe Carr teaching simple chords strums and songs. An ideal beginner's course for ukulele in C tuning.

Par BAY MEL. Un livre de corde handy photo/diagramme qui montre, en C, tuning, les accords dans chaque clé. Une section spéciale sur les accords de mobiliers est également incluse. Les accords sont regroupés par type, y compris majeur, mineur, septième, diminuée, augmentée et plus encore. Un résumé des où les accords se trouvent sur l'idéogramme est également inclus. Ce livre peut être utilisé avec la soprano (standard) ou l'ukulele ténor dans le réglage de la G-C-E-A. / Niveau : Tous Niveaux / All Styles - Chord Book / Etude / Ukulélé Soprano

One-of-a-kind collection of accessible must-know favorites-This collection contains 50 popular songs from a variety of genres in accessible arrangements that are perfect for the beginning Ukulele player who's learned enough to feel ready to step into songbooks. Whether you're looking for pop hits traditional folksongs or pieces from musical theatre this book contains something for everybody. Every song includes the melody lyrics and chord diagrams for Ukulele in standard G-C-E-A tuning. First 50 Songs You Should Play On Ukulele includes: Both Sides Now Edelweiss The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) Hallelujah I Walk the Line I'd like to Teach the World toSing I'm Yours Imagine Mack the Knife Over the Rainbow Peaceful Easy Feeling Puff the Magic Dragon The Rainbow Connection Riptide Singin' in the Rain This Land Is Your Land We Are the World You Are My Sunshine and many more.

The Ukulele Decade Series-The Ukulele Decade Series: The 1970s features Ukulele arrangements for 80 songs that defined the decade including The Air That I Breathe American Pie How Deep Is Your Love I Shot the Sheriff Maggie May Maybe I'm Amazed Y.M.C.A. You've Got a Friend and more.

If you're new to ukulele, you're probably eager to learn to play some songs. This one-of-a-kind collection provides a combo of standard notation, tab, and chord symbols for popular songs to be played on solo ukulele in standard G-C-E-A tuning for fingerstyle, chord melody performance. Songs include: Africa · Blackbird · Blowin' in the Wind · Body and Soul · City of Stars · Crazy · Fire and Rain · Georgia on My Mind · I'm Yours · Imagine · A Million Dreams · People Get Ready · Stand by Me · Yesterday · Your Song · and more.

Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack-The romantic musical comedy-drama film La La Land is the winner of six Oscars seven Golden Globes and six BAFTAs.With music written by Justin Hurwitz Benj Pasek and Justin Paul this selection of songs from the original movie is arranged for ukulele with melody line lyrics and ukulele chords (for standard G-C-E-A tuning). Features the Oscar-winning song â??City of Starsâ??.

Scales for Soprano Ukulele provides fingering diagrams construction formulas in whole and half steps (in standard notation) and application (usage) for the most common scales used in improvisation and composition. This easy toread and understand book is packed full of scalar information. Scales are shown with roots on the 4th 3rd and 2nd strings. Scales and modes shown include Major Minor Harmonic Minor Pentatonic Dorian Phrygian and Mixolydian.Each scale is shown in fretboard diagrams. Can be used with soprano and tenor ukuleles in C tuning D tuning and Low G tuning. A must have for ukulele players.

20 Favorites to Strum & Sing-This romantic collection contains twenty songs perfect for wedding ceremonies. All are arranged for the Ukulele with standard G-C-E-A tuning featuring the melody line lyrics and chord frames for each song.Wedding Songs For Ukulele includes the favourites: All of Me Better Together Can't Help Falling in Love Grow Old with Me The Hawaiian Wedding Song (Ke Kali Nei Au) I'm Yours Just the Way You Are Marry Me Thinking Out Loud A Thousand Years Wedding Song (There Is Love) You Are the Sunshine of My Life and more.