Ian Lawrence: Ukulele Magic Tutor Book 1: Ukulele: Instrumental Tutor

Ukulele Magic is the perfect tutor for children and for teachers. Rock to ragtime bluegrass to swing tango calypso and the blues - they're all here in instantly accessible songs to play straight away ~ whether solo with friends or with the whole class. Fully supported by video tutorials and audio performances and backings. Ukulele Magic is the perfect tutor for children and for teachers. Rock to ragtime bluegrass to swing tango calypso and the blues - they're all here in instantly accessible songs to play straight away ~ whether solo with friends or with the whole class. Fully supported by video tutorials and audio performances and backings. The teacher'sedition BOOK CD-ROM contains a whiteboard e-book with embedded audio and video tutorials for every song making it ideal for classroom teaching. The 25 pieces carefully progress from playing open strings (eg Stringalong Rag) to songs with one chord (Shortnin bread A minor miracle F major march) to two chords (Baboushka Tab tango Calypso strum) and finally three chords (In South Africa Playing the blues). Finger-picking and strumming styles are all introduced step by step in pieces which are fun and stylistic. This is a thorough musical introduction to an immensely popular instrument opening the way to independent music-making for all. Website extras for teachers include lesson plans with teaching support and extra song suggestions to sing and play.

This songbook will get you singing and strumming from the very first lesson with tunes that you'll really want to play. Starting with just the open strings and progressing at a steady pace to more challenging pieces with several chords and chord changes you'll soon be playing your ukulele in all sorts of styles.Ideal to use with Ukulele Magic Tutor Book 1 or any other ukulele tutor book this book gives you plenty of songs to make sure you keep playing as you learn.