How to Play Solo Ukulele

Holiday Favourites For Solo Ukulele by Joe Carr will put the greatest Christmas carols Thanksgiving tunes and Hanukkah harmonies right at your fingertips so that you'll be strumming and plucking thesemerry melodies away in no time at all. The fun and happy sound of a good Uke is perfect for the holiday period so each and every one of the songs in this Ukulele Christmas song book is guaranteed to be acrowd-pleaser. With Christmas classics like Jingle Bells Silent Night and Away In A Manger arranged for the Ukulele all the songs to get you into the holiday spirit will be yours for the playing. Each songis arranged in a chord melody style meaning the melody is to be played on the higher strings while the chords can be played simultaneously on the lower strings. This will reproduce the familiarly rich sound of the songs but witha fun Ukulele twist. The songs vary in ability with some able to be played well by beginners while other tunes will challenge more experienced players. The songs in Holiday Favouritesare notated in standard notation as well as TAB meaning you can play them whether you read music or not. This Ukulele Christmas sheet music is accompanied by an audio CD featuring demonstration tracks of each song foryou to play along with or just to hear exactly how it should sound. So whether you're preparing for a performance or you just want to expand your Ukulele repertoire with some seasonal songs Holiday Favourites For Solo Ukulele is probably the best option for Ukulele Christmas sheet music as well as music inspired by other holiday traditions like Hanukkah and Thanksgiving. 

Want to play beautiful Hawaiian melodies on your ?ukulele? Now you can! Learn to Play Slack Key Style ?Ukulele is a comprehensive instruction into the art of playing great solo ?ukulele?slack key style.Slack Key?Ho `alu?is a melodic finger-picked guitar style created by Hawaiian paniolo in the mid-19th century known as ?Hawaiian soul music?. It is only natural that some ?ukulele players in Hawaiiwould re-tune their instruments and play slack key style. Nothing sounds so sweet. No matter if you are a dedicated beginner wanting to expand your playing or an advanced uke-a-banger looking for a new challenge you willfind music to delight your fingers and stimulate your ear. Learn to Play Slack Key Style ?Ukulele is both a course of study and a collection of great solo arrangements that start out easy and increase in difficulty. Includesaccess to online audio. Tablature and standard notation Notes on the tunings reading music and reading TAB Guided lessons help you develop your style Graded arrangements from easy toadvanced Over 30 great arrangements Learn how to create your own slack key style arrangements of classic Hawaiian songs Playable on any ?ukulele with a low G string Downloadable musicalexamples of all songs

With First Lessons Ukulele by Jerry Moore anyone can learn to play the ukulele and play it well. No previous knowledge of music is necessary. Strum and pick both harmonies and melodies. First Lessons Ukuleleprovides a simple approach for learning how to play the ukulele without reading music. From the most basic necessities such as holding the uke properly and forming simple chords up to more advanced techniques which includetransposing using second and third position chords and picking and strumming melody solos. Companion CD included.

Comping Soloing Chord Melodies-Play jazz Ukulele. Learn the essential theory concepts and techniques to perform jazz.This book will help you to understand and play jazz harmonies and tension substitutions and the principles for improvisation and accompanying other musicians. It includes traditional notation and tablature and also introduces additional types of notation common in jazz. The accompanying online audio lets you hear the concepts and then practice them along with a jazz combo.By the end of the book you will be able to play jazz Ukulele in ensemble and solo settings.

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.

'Holiday Favourites For Solo Ukulele' by Joe Carr will put the greatest Christmas carols Thanksgiving tunes and Hanukkah harmonies right at your fingertips so that you'll be strumming and pluckingthese merry melodies away in no time at all.The fun and happy sound of a good Uke is perfect for the holiday period so each and every one of the songs in this Ukulele Christmas song book is guaranteed to be acrowd-pleaser. With Christmas classics like Jingle Bells Silent Night and Away In A Manger arranged for the Ukulele all the songs to get you into the holiday spirit will be yours for the playing. Each song isarranged in a chord melody style meaning the melody is to be played on the higher strings while the chords can be played simultaneously on the lower strings. This will reproduce the familiarly rich sound of the songs but with afun Ukulele twist. Online audio is available with this book.

Learn How to Play the Baritone Way-Enjoy this super mix of jazz blues barbershop gospel classical ethnic folk and old favorites! This collection features 27 solos arranged with just chord diagrams for players at all levels of ability.Songs include: 'Aura Lee' 'Down by the Old Mill Stream' 'Hard Times Come Again No More' 'My Wild Irish Rose' 'Twelve-Bar Blues' 'Liebestraum' 'Ja-Da' 'My Buddy' 'Sweet Adeline' 'In the Bleak Midwinter' 'Memories' 'Toyland' 'Dark Eyes' and more.Each solo is preceded by a page of background information with interesting comments about the composers and the songs themselves. Introductory text provides instructions detailed guidelines helping playingtips and useful insights. Although intended primarily for the Baritone Ukulele many of the solos can be played by both Concert and Tenor Ukes as well as on the top four strings of the Guitar.

With Online Audio-While the Ukulele is enjoying a well-deserved renaissance on the mainland in the land of its birth it has never gone out of style. Hawaiians took to the jumping flea right from the start creating music of stunning beauty andversatility. Now intermediate players can learn to play lovely finger style solo arrangements of classic Hawaiian songs folk songs standards - even a few pieces from the classical Guitar repertoire.The book offers 27arrangements from around the world written in standard notation and tablature playable on any Ukulele. Songs are grouped according to level of difficulty starting with simple arrangements well within the grasp of dedicatedbeginners and intermediate players and leading through more challenging songs featuring unusual chord voicings inversions up the neck tricky fingerings and 'all the fun stuff' the author could muster. To aid the student thecompanion audio download available online includes all of the songs taught. Includes chord charts inversion studies introductory material on finger-picking and making the transition from strumming to melodic playing.

Fretboard Roadmaps-Improve your ukulele playing with Fretboard Roadmaps your guide to the essential patterns that all great uke players know and use! Each chapter presents a pattern and shows you how to use it while also giving you playing tips and uke insights. Access to online audio is included with fifty-nine demonstration and play-along tracks illustrates the tunes and exercises written in standard notation and tablature. Absolute beginners will be able to follow the diagrams and instruction from the beginning while intermediate players can use the chapters non-sequentially to increase their understanding of the ukulele.You will learn howto: Strum backup chords anywhere on the fretboard in any key Play chord solos up and down the fretboard Sol in any key using first-position major scales chord-based licks and movable major and blues scales Understand chord progressions Increase your chord vocabulary

36 Traditional Pieces for Ukulele-Irish Folk Tunes For Ukulele presents a collection of 36 pieces for solo fingerstyle Ukulele playing. Drawn from the rich tradition of Irish folk music the collection covers a range of styles including some popular as well as lesser known pieces. Experienced Ukulele player and teacher Colin Tribe along with musicologist Andrew Robinson provide notes on all of the pieces as well as technical aspects of the playing style. This volume is accompanied by a CD with a recording of all tunes. German and French translations of all texts are available as PDF downloads from the Schott Music website. Suitable for both beginners as well as moreexperienced Ukulele players. Part of the best selling World Music series which also includes music from England Ireland Scotland Eastern Europe America Argentina India China and Korea.

35 Traditional Pieces-Scottish Folk Tunes For Ukulele presents a collection of 35 pieces for solo fingerstyle Ukulele playing. Drawn from the rich tradition of Scottish folk music the collection covers a range of styles including some popular as well as lesser known pieces.Experienced ukulele player and teacher Samantha Muir provide notes on all of the pieces as well as technical aspects of the playing style. This volume is accompanied by a CD with a recording of all tunes. German and French translations of all texts are available as PDF downloads from the Schott Music website. Suitable for players of grades 3-8.

How to Do Jazz Chord Substitution for Accompaniment and Soloing-Jazzing Up The Ukulele by Fred Sokolow is a method book/CD for Uke players who want to add jazz chord substitution principles to their arrangements. Using 7 classic jazz tunes Fred teaches this by: comparing a simple chord arrangement to a jazzed-up version; explaining how all the variations work; and then presenting a chord/melody solo to learn for each song.Everything is written out in Uke tablature and all three versions of each song are on the included CD. Plus the opening chapter clearly introduces the music theory that is the foundation of playing chord substitutions. Songs include: April Showers • Avalon • I'm Always ChasingRainbows • Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana) • Look for the Silver Lining • Smiles • Some of These Days.