
The Complete Ukulele Method: Intermediate Ukulele
By Greg Horne and Shana Aisenberg / ed. Daniel Ho Ukulele Book & Online Video/Audio Item: 00-40919
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The second book and video in The Complete Ukulele method!
Intermediate Ukulele is great for ukulele players who have learned the basics and are ready to take the next step. Starting with an easy-to-follow lesson on chord theory, it then covers several major areas of study, including grooves, the blues, playing melodies and chord-melodies, and even jazz! Perform both the melodies and accompaniments for timeless classics like "Amazing Grace" and "Greensleeves." Then start jamming, as you learn to improvise using pentatonic scales. Greg Horne and Shana Aisenberg together with editor and video instructor Daniel Ho make learning easy and fun while you become a true ukulelist!
Features:
* Examples in easy-to-read TAB and standard music notation
* Songs and solos to practice
* Special ukulele strums and other right-hand techniques, such as fingerstyle and picking
* Left-hand techniques, including hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides
* Topics such as music theory, improvising, and how to practice
* Lessons on ukulele styles, including folk, Hawaiian, rock, blues, and more!
Intermediate Ukulele is great for ukulele players who have learned the basics and are ready to take the next step. Starting with an easy-to-follow lesson on chord theory, it then covers several major areas of study, including grooves, the blues, playing melodies and chord-melodies, and even jazz! Perform both the melodies and accompaniments for timeless classics like "Amazing Grace" and "Greensleeves." Then start jamming, as you learn to improvise using pentatonic scales. Greg Horne and Shana Aisenberg together with editor and video instructor Daniel Ho make learning easy and fun while you become a true ukulelist!
Features:
* Examples in easy-to-read TAB and standard music notation
* Songs and solos to practice
* Special ukulele strums and other right-hand techniques, such as fingerstyle and picking
* Left-hand techniques, including hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides
* Topics such as music theory, improvising, and how to practice
* Lessons on ukulele styles, including folk, Hawaiian, rock, blues, and more!
Contents
Title | |
About the Authors | |
Introduction | |
Chapter 1---The World A'Chording to Uke | |
Lesson 1: Theory and Major Triad Inversions | |
Lesson 2: Minor Inversions | |
Lesson 3: Diminished and Augmented Triads | |
Lesson 4: Dominant 7th Chords | |
Lesson 5: Diminished 7th Chords | |
Lesson 6: I-IV-V Progressions Using Moveable Shapes | |
Louie's Wild Thing | |
Lesson 7: I-vi-ii-V | |
There Must Be Fifty Ways (to Leave the Fifties) | |
There Must Be Fifty Ways (to Leave the Fifties) in F | |
Lesson 8: i-VII-VI | |
All Along the Stairway | |
All Along the Stairway in D Minor | |
Chapter 2---Expanding Your Groove Palette | |
Lesson 1: Groove Concepts | |
Lesson 2: Rhythms Using Triplets | |
Lesson 3: 3+3+2 | |
Lesson 4: Split Strum | |
Lesson 5: Bo Diddley Beat, or Clave | |
Lesson 6: 3/4 and 6/8 Time Signatures | |
Chapter 3---Kind of Blue | |
Lesson 1: 12-Bar Blues | |
Lesson 2: 16-Bar Blues | |
Lesson 3: 8-Bar Blues | |
Lesson 4: Turnarounds | |
Lesson 5: Circle of 5ths Blues Progressions | |
Salty Dog Blues | |
Lesson 6: Jazzin' the Blues | |
Lesson 7: 16-Bar Ragtime Blues | |
Alice's Red Hot Electric Rag | |
Chapter 4---Melodic Playing | |
Lesson 1: Open-Position Scales | |
Lesson 2: Playing Melodies | |
Amazing Grace | |
Red River Valley | |
Lesson 3: Scales up the Neck | |
Lesson 4: Aura Lee | |
Aura Lee | |
Lesson 5: Oh! Susanna | |
Oh! Susanna | |
Chapter 5---3rds and 6ths | |
Lesson 1: 3rds | |
Ode to Joy (Harmonized in 3rds) | |
Lesson 2: 6ths | |
Ode to Joy (Harmonized in 6ths) | |
Chapter 6---Fingerstyle Uke | |
Lesson 1: Fingerpicking Patterns | |
Lesson 2: Alice's Red Hot Electric Rag (Fingerstyle Version) | |
Alice's Red Hot Electric Rag (Fingerstyle Version) | |
Lesson 3: Banjo Rolls | |
Rolling Down That Long Lonesome Road | |
Lesson 4: Fingerpicking in 3/4 and 6/8 Time | |
Lesson 5: House of the Rising Uke | |
House of the Rising Uke | |
Chapter 7---On the Other Hand: Tricks and Techniques for the Fretting Hand | |
Lesson 1: Hammer-Ons | |
Lesson 2: Pull-Offs | |
Lesson 3: Combining Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs | |
Lesson 4: Slides | |
Lesson 5: Bending Strings and Vibrato | |
Lesson 6: Ashgrove (Using Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs) | |
Ashgrove | |
Lesson 7: Sitting on Top of the World (Using Sliding) | |
Sitting on Top of the World | |
Chapter 8---Chord-Melody | |
Lesson 1: Chord-Melody Style | |
Oh! Susanna (Chord-Melody) | |
Lesson 2: Amazing Grace (Chord-Melody) | |
Amazing Grace (Chord-Melody) | |
Lesson 3: Ashgrove (Chord-Melody) | |
Ashgrove (Chord-Melody) | |
Lesson 4: Greensleeves (Chord-Melody) | |
Greensleeves (Chord-Melody) | |
Chapter 9---Getting Jazzy 53 | |
Lesson 1: Everything You Wanted to Know About Jazz | |
Lesson 2: Has Anybody Seen My Uke? (32-Bar Progression) | |
Has Anybody Seen My Uke? | |
Lesson 3: Uke's Got Rhythm Changes | |
Uke's Got Rhythm | |
Lesson 4: Gypsy Jazz | |
Chapter 10---Let's Jam | |
Lesson 1: Jamming On the Blues | |
Lesson 2: Pentatonic Scales | |
Lesson 3: Soloing Using the Minor Pentatonic Scale | |
Lesson 4: Soloing Using the Major Pentatonic Scale | |
Lesson 5: Combining Major Pentatonic, Minor Pentatonic, and Blues Scales in a Solo |
Additional Information
Series: | Complete Method |
Author: | Greg Horne, Shana Aisenberg |
Instrument: | Ukulele |
Format: | Book & Online Video/Audio |
Page Count: | 64 |
Item Number: | 00-40919 |
ISBN 10: | 0-7390-9549-8 |
ISBN 13: | 978-0-7390-9549-2 |
UPC: | 038081459103 |
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