Traditional Tunes Of Our Islands

The Complete Ukulele Player Songbook 2 contains another sixteen classic and contemporary songs that have been expertly arranged for Ukulele and Voice. The perfect companion to the unique Complete UkulelePlayer tuition method and the first volume of accompanying songbooks these great songs are specially selected to get you strumming singing and enjoying playing the Uke. This brilliant collection oftunes takes inspiration from how fantastically the Ukulele sounds when reinvigorating classic songs. Eight popular tunes have been married with either more classic traditional songs making one songbook that's packed with tunesthat are simply great fun to play. With popular songs old and new like the classics Dancing Queen and The Beatles' In My Life as well as the contemporary pop hits Budapest by GeorgeEzra and Seasons (Waiting On You) by Future Islands The Complete Ukulele Player Songbook 2 brings so many top hits of the pop and rock world to your Ukulele. Not only this but a further selectionof traditional tunes are included like Auld Lang Syne Greensleeves and The House Of The Rising Sun letting you learn those old favourites that everyone is sure toknow. All songs in the Complete Ukulele Player Songbook 2 are arranged for Ukulele and Voice letting you strum and sing on your own or with a big group. Full lyrics are included aswell as Ukulele chord boxes and suggested strumming patterns ensuring you nail every word and chord of these songs that are great fun to play as well as helping you progress on the instrument. The songbook is accessible andenjoyable fitting such a fun and popular instrument as the Uke. The surge in popularity of these accessible instruments in recent years means old favourites like the songs in this book have fresh lives breathed into them and

A contemporary master of slack key guitar provides the perfect introduction to a rich and vital guitar tradition. Called ki ho'alu in Hawaiian 'slack key' refers to a variety of deep richly-toned tunings in which the strings areloosened from standard pitch to suit the music. The thumb plays the bass while the fingers are used to pick melody in a cross between country fingerpicking and classical guitar. The music which can be played on any guitar -acoustic or electric - has a lush sound that is instantly evocative of the islands of the Pacific.Keola Beamer has chosen five traditional pieces and teaches them both in depth in this marvelous CD/book package. His tunesemploy a variety of tunings and techniques including the use of vibrato harmonics slurs harmonies in thirds and sixths legato playing and other musical ideas that help create a distinctive guitar sound. The ideas you'll learnin this lyrical and increasingly popular fingerpicking style will add thrilling new sounds and flavours to your entire repertoire.

Par SLATER ALEC. With this volume, the reader is pleasantly surprised with two books in one- Section One by Alec Slater, and Section Two by Lisa Schmitz. Alec's portion is intended as a guide for the clawhammer or frailing banjo player with some previous experience in this style. He stresses the fact that this style of music can be fully learned only from within the oral tradition in which it grew. The instruction included here is meant to provide a review, and not to take the place of qualified teacher. Alec recommends that '...anyone wanting to get this playing right, should find someone in your area who plays and have him/her teach you. Listen to it, watch it, and make it your own.' In Section Two, Lisa Schmits presents an extensive collection of 163 jigs, reels, polkas, hornpipes, strathspeys, waltzes, and songs from Ireland, Scotland, the Shetland Islands, Cape Breton, New England and Southern Appalachia for banjo solo. The national origin of each tune is indicated. Lisa offers personal, authoritative settings of a great variety of tunes at an intermediate level. Written in tablature only. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Old Time - Solos / Tablatures / Banjo Tablatures à 5 Cordes