This Supa Easy edition of the bestselling Uke\'n Play Ukulele series will get absolute beginners of any age strumming simple chords and playing easy songs that only feature 2 chords.Written by professional player and educator Mike Jackson the book features his instant play method together with downloadable play-along audio making it perfect for classrooms groups and individuals. Don\'t forget toscroll down to watch Mike in action as he teaches our enthusiastic student. The book begins with the parts of the Uke and how to tune up before detailing Jackson\'s innovative instant play methodthat helps you play songs quickly as well as teaching you to always remember where to put your fingers for different chords. Once you\'ve mastered this Uke\'n Play Supa Easy Ukulele teaches you the 5simple chords you will need to play all the 25 songs included in this book.   All of the songs feature either 1 or 2 chords and each feature chord diagrams lyrics and chord symbols helping groups learnto play the Ukulele by practising strumming the chords and getting used to finger positions while also playing 25 recognisable tunes. Songs include Three Blind Mice London Bridge Is Falling Down Mary Had A Little Lamb and many more.   The accompanying audio downloads will help you tune up get familiar with the songs then play along with a full backing band. Some songs also feature Mike\'s handy hints solearning the Uke goes as smoothly as possible.   Uke\'n Play Supa Easy Ukulele is a fantastic resource for the classroom or other groups of young beginners. Featuring valuable advicefor introducing children to music through the Ukulele the book will enable them to start making music straight away. With well-known songs like My Darling Clementine and Michael Finnegan this is a

Take a journey back in time with folk masters Lil' Rev and John Nicholson in this delightful collection of old-time fiddle tunes arranged for Ukulele. Southern string band bluegrass and hillbilly music are covered as well as song forms such as reels jigs blues rags hornpipes polkas and more. Featuring a variety of Ukulele picking styles each exciting instrumental piece in this songbook is carefully arranged for solo ukulele in standard notation and tablature.Chord grids are also included so you can play along with others or with your own String band. The playing level varies from very easy to very advanced so there's something inside for everyone andsomething for everyone to aspire to.This unique collection also includes historical notes rare photos and access to full-band audio backing tracks for play-along fun.

Play and Sing Songs in the Music Class with Step-by-Step Projectable Lesson Slides-Get on board! Using ukuleles in an elementary general music class can open new experiences for your students. These fun accessible instruments encourage singing while promoting confidence and musical independence. Ukuleles also provide an additional way for you to observe student progress and assess musical understanding. Ukuleles On Board! is a collection of sequential lessons that illustrate how teachers can use Ukuleles along with other common classroom resources to create engaging robust musical activities for students. Examples are provided for using Ukuleles together with Orff instruments Recorders a variety of Percussion and even Jug Bandinstruments. Each unit includes digital access to step-by-step projectable lesson slides so you can project all the visual cues your students will need. In addition to being easy to learn and fun the folk songs used throughout the book provide students with cultural and historical connections. The activities and concepts found in Ukuleles On Board! are based on the National Standards for Music Education. The material has been field-tested in grades 2-4 but is also appropriate for fifth grade students new to the Ukulele. This is a valuable guide to using Ukuleles to support and enhance the music curriculum in your school. Songs include: 'Are You Sleeping? (Frere Jacques!)' 'Michael Finnegan' 'Buffalo Gals' 'Joe Turner Blues' 'Shalom Chaverim' 'I Love the Mountains' 'Little 'Liza Jane' 'Hambone' 'One Bottle of Pop' 'Pay Me My Money Down' 'Let Us Chase the Squirrel' 'Go Tell Aunt Rhody' 'Old Joe Clark?. Suggested for grades 2-5.

Nearly 50 favorites - from Dylan Simon & Garfunkel Harry Belafonte the Beach Boys Bob Marley John Denver Jack Johnson and others - all expertly arranged for ukulele! Includes: Annie's Song • Blowin' in the Wind • Bubbly • Build Me Up Buttercup • Cecilia • Day-O (The Banana Boat Song) • Georgia on My Mind • I Shot the Sheriff • Imagine • Kokomo • L-O-V-E • Moon River • Three Little Birds • Your Body Is a Wonderland • and dozens more.

Ukulele Solo-Here's ukulele fun for the whole family! Jumpin' Jim's Camp Ukulele is a collection of 40 of some of the best-loved family sing-along songs with easy-to-play ukulele arrangements. Tunes include: Clementine · Go Down Moses · Happy Trails · Home on the Range · The Lion Sleeps Tonight · The Sloop John B. · Take Me Out to the Ballgame · This Land Is Your Land · Waltzing Matilda · You Are My Sunshine · and many others. This songbook features many vintage summer fun photographs a chord chart and a basic how-to-play section.

Classical Music For The Ukulele contains familiar and treasured themes from operas symphonies and concertos by some of the world's greatest classical composers arranged for the Ukulele. This volume features compositions by Bach Chopin Mozart Haydn Tchaikovsky and Wagner amongst others. You'll find gems such as Largo (Dvorak) Unfinished Symphony (Schubert) Merry Widow Waltz (Lehar) The Swan (Saint-Saëns) To a Wild Rose (MacDowell) Für Elise (Beethoven) and more.

20 songs to strum and sing on the Ukulele including: Another Saturday Night Can't Keep It In Father and Son The First Cut Is the Deepest Hard Headed Woman Moon Shadow Morning Has Broken Oh Very Young Peace Train Thinking 'Bout You Where Do the Children Play Wild World and more.

Written by established educator David Harrison The Complete Ukulele Player is the most in-depth and comprehensive introduction to playing this fantastic instrument. Taking you from being an absolute beginner toplaying scales harmony and your first tunes this is the essential volume for anyone interested in learning the Ukulele. If you have no prior experience with musical instruments or you do but not on theUkulele then The Complete Ukulele Player is the ideal book for you. With comprehensive advice clear diagrams numerous photographs and invaluable tips this book will take you from not even knowing how tohold the Ukulele to feeling right at home.  The Complete Ukulele Player begins your journey with an introduction a short history of the instrument and how to choose one. When you'vegot your first Ukulele you'll find out the anatomy of the instrument which accessories you might need how to hold it and how to tune it. After you've mastered the practicalities it'll be time to make music! This tuition bookbegins by using easy 3-chord songs like Dylan's Blowin' In The Wind Love Me Do by The Beatles before moving on to songs with diminished chords like Patsy Cline's Crazy transposition withJambalaya and more advanced strumming techniques with Norwegian Wood.  The benefit of using popular songs in this way is to enhance musicality at the same time as teachingtheoretical concepts. It's easy to pick up a Ukulele and strum a few chords but with The Complete Ukulele Player chords and harmony are explored in much more depth and detail than in other books. Different chordvoicings and techniques are explained and made clear in relation to songs making learning easier and more enjoyable. Van Morrison's Brown-Eyed Girl is used as an introduction to tablature and by the end of the book

If you're new to ukulele, you're probably eager to learn to play some songs. This one-of-a-kind collection provides a combo of standard notation, tab, and chord symbols for popular songs to be played on solo ukulele in standard G-C-E-A tuning for fingerstyle, chord melody performance. Songs include: Africa · Blackbird · Blowin' in the Wind · Body and Soul · City of Stars · Crazy · Fire and Rain · Georgia on My Mind · I'm Yours · Imagine · A Million Dreams · People Get Ready · Stand by Me · Yesterday · Your Song · and more.

Ukulele Play-Along Volume 29-The Ukulele Play-Along series will help you to play your favourite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the written music listen to the online audio to hear how the Ukulele should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing or simply to help you follow along. This volume features Over The Rainbow as recorded by Israel 'Iz' Kamakawiwo'ole as well as Happy Together Mr. Bojangles Let The Sunshine In and more.