Ukulele Picking Tunes - Beautiful American Ballads

Beautiful American Ballads. Par SAREK ONDREJ. With the same arranging expertise shown in his other Mel Bay solo ukulele collections, Ondrej Sarek presents these 25 lyrical North American melodies. The selections are derived from popular themes by known and unknown composers from the Colonial Era to the 21st century, including folk ballads, Civil War melodies, songs by Stephen Foster, a 19th century piece by Edward MacDowell, and a half-dozen clearly modern but lyrical compositions by William Bay. Written in standard notation and tablature for the soprano or concert ukulele tuned gCEA. / Date parution : 2023-06-01/ Recueil / Ukulélé

This 92 minute lesson teaches and celebrates the songs of Uke legends players and singers who popularized the instrument and innovators who took it to new musical heights.You'll learn backup and solos to classic tunes (including a few instrumentals) by Cliff Edwards (Singing In the Rain) George Formby (My Ukulele) Johnny Marvin (12th Street Rag) Arthur Godfrey (Making Love Ukulele Style) Ian Whitcomb (The Uke Is On the March) Tiny Tim (Tiptoe Through the Tulips) and Roy Smeck (Music Box Waltz).There are plenty of beautiful chord melody solos along the way as well as stories about Uke'strailblazers. Fred makes it easy to learn with split-screen slowed down versions of the songs and helpful hints about the licks and picking styles.