The Complete Ukulele Method: Beginning Ukulele
By Greg Horne and Shana Aisenberg / ed. Daniel Ho Ukulele Book & Online Video/Audio Level: Beginner Item: 00-44672
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Perfect for beginning ukulelists as well as players who want to enhance their knowledge, this book and video teaches everything you need to know to get started on the ukulele, including chords, strumming, picking, basic music theory, and reading tablature (TAB) and standard music notation. Guitarists wanting to expand their musical horizons will also find this to be the perfect introduction to playing the ukulele. The book features lots of fun songs in a variety of styles, including rock, blues, Hawaiian, fiddle tunes, and fingerstyle. The companion video features friendly, easy-to-understand explanations and demonstrations by GRAMMY® Award-winning ukulelist Daniel Ho. With practice tips and other important advice for the beginning ukulelist, Beginning Ukulele is the most thorough method available for beginning ukulele students.
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Contents
| Title | |
| ABOUT THE AUTHORS | |
| INTRODUCTION | |
| CHAPTER 1---Getting Started | |
| Lesson 1: Know Your Uke | |
| Lesson 2: Reading Tablature | |
| Mary Had a Border Collie | |
| Lesson 3: The Notes on the Fretboard | |
| CHAPTER 2---Strum, Strum, Strum | |
| Lesson 1: Your First Chords | |
| Lesson 2: Changing Chords | |
| Lesson 3: Play Some Real Songs | |
| Oh! Susanna | |
| When the Saints Go Marching In | |
| Lesson 4: Spice Up Your Strumming | |
| Lesson 5: More Chords More Chords | |
| My Dear, Dear Mama from Madeira | |
| Wai O Ke Aniani (Crystal Water) | |
| Lesson 6: Minor Chords | |
| It's Only a Minor Inconvenience | |
| Lesson 7: Waltz Time 3/4 | |
| Amazing Grace | |
| Lesson 8: Right-Hand Tools and Techniques | |
| CHAPTER 3---Reading Standard Music Notation | |
| Lesson 1: The Notes and the Staff | |
| Lesson 2: The Natural Notes on the 3rd and 2nd Strings | |
| Lesson 3: Time | |
| Go Tell Aunt Rhody | |
| Lesson 4: Rests | |
| Lesson 5: Dotted Half Notes | |
| When the Saints Go Marching In | |
| Lesson 6: Natural Notes on the 1st String | |
| Lesson 7: The C Major Scale | |
| Lesson 8: Eighth Notes (Of Course) | |
| Lesson 9: Dotted Quarter Notes | |
| Ode to Joy | |
| Lesson 10: Sharps and Flats | |
| Raised by Gypsies | |
| Lesson 11: Accidentals in a Key Signature | |
| Red River Valley | |
| Lesson 12: Ties | |
| King on the Beach | |
| Lesson 13: Navigating a Musical Map | |
| CHAPTER 4---Theory Without Fear, or a Little Knowledge Can Get You Jamming | |
| Lesson 1: The Major Scale Is Your Measuring Stick | |
| Lesson 2: The Circle of 5ths | |
| Lesson 3: Intervals Are Your Building Blocks | |
| Lesson 4: Harmony and Chords | |
| CHAPTER 5---Old-Time Ukulele and Backing Up Fiddle Tunes | |
| Lesson 1: Strum Patterns and a Tune in G | |
| This Hammer's Too Heavy | |
| Lesson 2: Accenting the Backbeat, the E and E7 Chords, and Sally Ann in A | |
| Sally Ann | |
| Lesson 3: Fiddle Tune Form and Soldier's Joy in D | |
| Soldier's Joy | |
| CHAPTER 6---Old School: The Swingin' Ukulele | |
| Lesson 1: How to Swing | |
| Lesson 2: Sixes and Sevens and Chords | |
| Lesson 3: The Circle of 5ths Progression | |
| How Will I Ever Learn to Charleston if I Can't Even Tie My Own Shoes? | |
| Lesson 4: The Triple Strum | |
| The Secret Handshake Rag | |
| Lesson 5: The Triple Burst Strum | |
| Hitch in My Git-Along Rag | |
| CHAPTER 7---Rocking Out the Uke | |
| Lesson 1: The Syncopated Strum | |
| My Feet Hurt (Oy! Sole Blisters!) | |
| Autoharp Sale (Replace Old Zithers!) | |
| Dreams of Summer on a Gloomy Day (Haze, Cold, Misters) | |
| Lesson 2: Adding Percussion with Mute Strokes | |
| Lesson 3: Moveable Chord Forms, or How I Learned to Be My Own Chord Dictionary | |
| In My Spare Time with No Money Down! | |
| Lesson 4: Using Moveable Chords, Left-Hand Mute Strokes, Reggae, and Soul | |
| Who Wants a Cool Beverage? | |
| Uke Got Soul | |
| CHAPTER 8---Taking It Home: Island Style | |
| Aloha 'Oe | |
| Lesson 1: New Strums | |
| Hula for Ho'opi'i | |
| CHAPTER 9---Ukulele Blues | |
| Lesson 1: The 12-Bar Blues | |
| Lesson 2: Memorizing the 12-Bar Blues | |
| Lesson 3: The Blues Shuffle Rhythm | |
| Shufflin' Through the Blues in A | |
| Lesson 4: The Minor Pentatonic Scale | |
| Lesson 5: Transposition | |
| Lesson 6: Transposing the Blues and the Minor Pentatonic Scale | |
| 12-Bar Blues in C (A Bouncy C!) | |
| Lesson 7: Blues in a Minor Key | |
| Nunmoor Blues: A 12-Bar Blues in A Minor | |
| CHAPTER 10---Introduction to Fingerstyle | |
| Lesson 1: The Right-Hand Position | |
| Lesson 2: Arpeggio Pattern T-i-m-a | |
| Hi'ilawe | |
| Lesson 3: Middle and Ring Fingers Together | |
| Lesson 4: Fingerpicking in 3/4 | |
| Lesson 5: Alternating-Thumb Pattern T-i-T-m | |
| Ukaleidoscope | |
| CHAPTER 11---Getting Ready for the Next Level | |
| Musical Expression | |
| APPENDIX A--How to Practice | |
| Low-G Tuning | |
| How to Practice | |
| Organizing a Practice Session | |
| Buy a Metronome |
Additional Information
| Series: | Complete Method |
| Author: | Seth Austen, Greg Horne |
| Instrument: | Ukulele |
| Format: | Book & Online Video/Audio |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Item Number: | 00-44672 |
| ISBN 10: | 1-4706-2718-3 |
| ISBN 13: | 978-1-4706-2718-8 |
| UPC: | 038081507620 |
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