All About Ukulele

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

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.

The First Aid Kit For Ukulele is packed full of the most essential, crucial and important accessories that any Ukulele player might need. Containing a tuner, a set of strings, a strap, a plectrum and the Ukulele Chord Playbook in a stylish silver tin, this is an absolutely perfect kit for aspiring and seasoned Ukulele players alike.In a conveniently portable package that is just ideal for travelling or keeping at home, these accessories will give you a solid foundation for either learning the Ukulele, or having some spare necessities if you've been playing for a while. The Pure Tone tuner will keep you sounding fantastic while the Pure Tone Uke strings will give your instrument that fresh and bright sound that makes it so fun and enjoyable. If you find your instrument goes out of tune in transit, or you accidentally break a string, the First Aid Kit For Ukulele will always be there to save your performance or practice.If you are stuck without a strap, or you lose sight of a particular chord, the stylish Ukulele strap will keep everything secure while the Ukulele Chord Playbook is an invaluable reference for learning, as well as brushing up on those crucial chords. Finally, the plectrum will ensure that you always have something to pick with, so you won't have to go rummaging around down the back of the sofa looking for that pick. Housed in a metal tin that will withstand even the toughest of touring schedules, the First Aid Kit For Ukulele is full of those accessories that you might often forget about, but will always need at the most crucial moments. The great thing about this collection is you can leave it in your car, in your room, or with your other equipment, so you'll never be in need of those necessary accessories when you're making fantastic Ukulele music. / Ukulélé

A Handy Beginner's Guide!-Make your practice perfect with the Playbook: Learn To Play Ukulele - the ideal partner for the Ukulele player. Despite its small size the Playbook: Learn To Play Ukulele manages to fitin a wealth of useful information into 80 pages. It's well-structured with each page including a bite-size nugget of material so that you can easily flip to the relevant part and never miss a beat. Because it's so small you cankeep it with you wherever you go either at home or elsewhere. The guide begins with the very basics like the anatomy of the Uke correct posture and tuning. As you progress you will be introduced to chords rhythms anddifferent strumming patterns so that by the end you'll be picking and playing your way through some of your favourite songs. Also included are pages dedicated to some of the finest Ukulele players as well as further reading andlistening to get you inspired and excited about this popular instrument. This pocket-sized Playbook is the perfect companion for the beginner Ukulele player and is packed with all the essentials of theinstrument to get you started in no time. We also offer a Playbook containing all of the essential Ukulele chords. Click here to viewit and ensure you're never caught short without that chord again.

This DVD serves as accompaniment to Alfred\'s Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele and 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. When used alongside the book, 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 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

Einsteigerkurs Ukulele is an easy-to-understand guide for beginners to the Ukulele with no previous knowledge. The book presents all the crucial playing techniques leading to an excellent understanding of thetheoretical and practical basics of the Ukulele. This book also features many famous songs from different musical genres as well as a CD containing the songs and a DVD with each exercise. As a bonus a freeposter means you can adorn your walls letting everyone know about your mastery of the Ukulele.

Open up your mind, and make playing ukulele a no-brainer! Start with basics, like holding your ukulele and strumming, and then move on to playing various styles such as folk, Hawaiian, rock, old-time, reggae, jazz, and more. Learn chords all over the neck, traditional strums such as the triple burst strum, and fingerpicking. The book includes a chord dictionary with over 950 chords, and a DVD with over 80 minutes of video demonstrating all the basics, and over 100 minutes of audio instruction. With No Brainer: Play Ukulele, you won't just learn to play ukulele, you'll learn about playing in a band. / Ukulélé

A complete beginner's guide to the Ukulele devised to get just about anyone playing this fun instrument straight away. This book includes audio tracks of supporting examples to download online.Written by acclaimed master Lil' Rev this easy-to-follow tutorial is packed with fun songs in a host of different styles for you to learn and play. The lessons include: Types of Ukulele Tuning Music reading Melody playing Chords Strumming Scales Tremolo Music notation and tablature Ukulele history ... and much more. Also available as a book-only edition: Catalogue no. HL00695847.

As one of Hollywood's most enduring films and perhaps the greatest screen adaptation of a novel ever the 1939 Wizard Of Oz brought the words and story to music entrenching the songs in popular culture andensuring their timelessness. With this Ukulele sheet music book you can learn every song from the hit movie as well as the bonus hit arrangement of Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World by IsraelKamakawiwo'ole. There were other film adaptations of L. Frank Baum’s book before and after it but the 1939 version starring Judy Garland remains the one where visual imagination and unforgettable songs gaveus a definitive version. What 'Yip' Harburg and Harold Arlen created was a film bursting with unforgettable musical sequences putting their talented songwriting brains together to produce this most famous of musicals. Obviously a song like Over The Rainbow needs no introduction winning an Academy Award for resonating with our desire for something better and becoming especially prescient given the world war about toerupt. The rest of Harburg & Arlen’s songs for the film are just as evocative instantly conjuring Dorothy’s legendary journey from Kansas to Oz and back. An absolute pleasure to perform these songsbelie their 75-year vintage and sound as fresh today as they did when audiences were first thrilled to hear them in the cinema especially when given a fun new sound when played on a Ukulele. In this Wizard Of Ozsheet music song book every song from the film is included Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead We're Off To See The Wizard Follow The Yellow Brick Road If I Only Had A Brain and If I Only Had A Heart plus the special arrangement of Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole. Arranged for Ukulele and Voice  each fantastic song includes

The Beatles For Fingerstyle Ukulele contains 25 favorite songs each presented two ways: first as solo fingerstyle arrangements for playing simple chord-melody instrumentals with tab and chord diagrams included and also as lyric-and-chord lead sheets for basic strumming and singing.Songs are introduced in order of difficulty and also include fun and interesting facts about The Beatles' original recordings and history.Songs include: Across the Universe • And I Love Her • Can't Buy Me Love • Eight Days a Week • Here Comes the Sun • Hey Jude • In My Life • Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds • Something • While My Guitar Gently Weeps• Yesterday • You've Got to Hide Your Love Away and more. Watch an introduction to The Beatles For Fingerstyle Ukulele:

Learn How to Play the Baritone Way-Enjoy this super mix of jazz blues barbershop gospel classical ethnic folk and old favorites! This collection features 27 solos arranged with just chord diagrams for players at all levels of ability.Songs include: 'Aura Lee' 'Down by the Old Mill Stream' 'Hard Times Come Again No More' 'My Wild Irish Rose' 'Twelve-Bar Blues' 'Liebestraum' 'Ja-Da' 'My Buddy' 'Sweet Adeline' 'In the Bleak Midwinter' 'Memories' 'Toyland' 'Dark Eyes' and more.Each solo is preceded by a page of background information with interesting comments about the composers and the songs themselves. Introductory text provides instructions detailed guidelines helping playingtips and useful insights. Although intended primarily for the Baritone Ukulele many of the solos can be played by both Concert and Tenor Ukes as well as on the top four strings of the Guitar.

20 Songs To Strum & Sing-20 songs to sing and strum on the Ukulele from the iconic godfathers of grunge Nirvana.Includes the songs: About a Girl • All Apologies • Come As You Are • Dumb • Heart Shaped Box • In Bloom • Lithium • The Man Who Sold the World • (New Wave) Polly • Smells like Teen Spirit • Something in the Way • You Know You're Right and more. Includes melody line chord frames and lyrics.

A hot collection of 15 hits arranged for Ukulele including: All About That Bass • All of Me • Animals • Happy • Let It Go • Riptide • Rude • Shake It Off • Stay with Me • Take Me to Church and more. Note: does not include tablature.