SKU: HL.581260

ISBN 9780876392256. UPC: 196288077046. 9.0x12.0x0.199 inches.

Learn the ukulele! Berklee Basic Ukulele is an easy-to-follow, funintroduction to the ukulele--the perfect guide for the beginning ukulele enthusiast! The book begins with the basics of reading music notation (traditional notation, ukulele tablature, and chord diagrams), which can serve as a review or a handy primer for those with noprior reading experience. You will then learn a variety techniques for playing melodies, strumming chords, and accompanying yourself singing, with many tunes in a diversity of styles as examples. You will learn various rhythms and strum patterns, starting from very basic strumming and then slowly incorporating more complex right hand techniques, and learn to strum along with your favorite (ororiginal) songs. Each chord, strum pattern, and concept is coupled with exercises and songs to give you ample opportunities to absorb the material, with demonstration and play-along audio tracks. Includes: â?¢ How to hold the ukulele, play with healthy hand/body position, and produce a good tone. â?¢ The notes of the ukulele fingerboard. â?¢ The basics of music theory, which you will then use to help learn songs and develop an overall intuitive sense for how to play the ukulele. â?¢ Essential chords and chord strumming patterns for different styles. â?¢ Melodies and chordal accompaniment parts to songs such as â??Aloha 'Oe,â? â??Amazing Grace,â? â??Bound for South Australia,â? â??Hi'ilawe,â? â??Hinei Ma Tov,â? â??Londondeery Air,â? â??Simple Gifts,â? â??When the Saints Go Marching In,â? â??Will the Circle Be Unbroken?,â? and others!

SKU: HL.249573

ISBN 9781540005571. UPC: 888680711528. 6.0x9.0x0.396 inches. Ukulele Chord Songbook.

This series features convenient 6″ x 9″ books with complete lyrics and chord symbols above the lyrics for dozens of great songs. Each song also includes chord grids at the top of every page, and the first notes of the melody for easy reference. These books are perfect for people who don't read music but want to strum chords and sing, and are equally ideal for more advanced, music-reading ukulele players who don't feel like wading through note-for-note notation. This easy collection features 60 songs you can play with just four chords: Brave • Careless Whisper • Cecilia • Drift Away • Every Rose Has Its Thorn • Fields of Gold • Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) • Hey, Soul Sister • Ho Hey • Last Kiss • Let It Be • Mean • Peaceful Easy Feeling • Renegades • Stand by Me • Teach Your Children • Toes • Viva La Vida • What's Up • Zombie • and many more.

SKU: AP.45152

ISBN 9781470632847. UPC: 038081516318. English.

For beginning musicians, Alfred's Easy series is the fast track to developing a repertoire of well-known and fun-to-play songs, while more experienced players will find an excellent resource of favorite songs. The Easy Hits Ukulele format provides melody, chords, and lyrics for easy strum and sing performance---plus suggested strum patterns and TAB for any integral hook parts. This Classic Rock edition features songs spanning three decades from such artists as Chicago, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, The Doors, Bruce Springsteen, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and many more! Titles: 25 or 6 to 4 (Chicago) * Baby It's You (Smith) * Behind Blue Eyes (The Who) * Born to Run (Bruce Springsteen) * Can't You See (The Marshall Tucker Band) * The Chain (Fleetwood Mac) * The Circle Game (Joni Mitchell) * Colour My World (Chicago) * Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen) * Do You Feel Like We Do (Peter Frampton) * Do You Want to Know a Secret (The Beatles) * Don't Stop Believin' (Journey) * Feelin' Stronger Every Day (Chicago) * Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac) * Good Times Bad Times (Led Zeppelin) * Hit Me with Your Best Shot (Pat Benatar) * Hold the Line (Toto) * Hold Your Head Up (Argent) * I Hear You Knocking (Dave Edmunds) * I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles) * Let's Spend the Night Together (The Rolling Stones) * The Letter (The Box Tops) * Lido Shuffle (Boz Scaggs) * Life in the Fast Lane (The Eagles) * Light My Fire (The Doors) * Lola (The Kinks) * Marrakesh Express (Crosby, Stills and Nash) * Only Women Bleed (Alice Cooper) * Open Arms (Journey) * Our House (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young) * Paint It, Black (The Rolling Stones) * Pinball Wizard (The Who) * Riders on the Storm (The Doors) * Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin) * (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (The Rolling Stones) * Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Journey) * She Loves You (The Beatles) * She's Not There (The Zombies) * Space Oddity (David Bowie) * Spirit in the Sky (Norman Greenbaum) * Stairway to Hea.

SKU: HL.263232

ISBN 9781540021038. UPC: 888680729318. 9.0x12.0x0.586 inches.

Romance, heartbreak, optimism, melancholy, or just a lovely autumn day - it's all been captured by American songwriters. A generation of the country's finest songwriters captured universal feelings and experiences in such an infectious combination of words and music that their songs still inspire today. This collection features 100 classics by treasured composers arranged for ukulele: All the Things You Are (Jerome Kern) * Blue Skies (Irving Berlin) * Come Fly with Me (Sammy Cahn) * Georgia on My Mind (Hoagy Carmichael) * Mood Indigo (Duke Ellington) * On the Street Where You Live (Lerner & Loewe) * People Will Say We're in Love (Rodgers & Hammerstein) * Somebody Loves Me (George Gershwin) * You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To (Cole Porter) * and more.