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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: · How to hold the ukulele, play with healthy hand/body position, and produce a good tone. · The notes of the ukulele fingerboard. · 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. · Essential chords and chord strumming patterns for different styles. · Melodies and chordal accompaniment parts to songs such as Aloha 'Oe, Amazing Grace, Bound for South Australia, Hi'ilawe, Hinei Ma Tov, Londondeery Air, Simple Gifts, When the Saints Go Marching In, Will the Circle Be Unbroken?, and others!

Table of Contents:

• Part 1: Theory and Technique
• Ukulele Notation
• Time Signatures and Rhythms
• Notes on the C String
• Notes on the E String
• Songs with Notes on the C and E Strings
• Notes on the A String
• Songs with Notes on the C, E, and A Strings
• Notes on the G String
• Ties (Morning Coffee)
• Dotted Notes (Slumber My Darling)
• Pickup Notes (Bound for South Australia)
• Accidentals (Blue Bells of Scotland)
• Key Signatures (Londonderry Air, Simple Gifts)
• Songs on All Four Strings (A Tisket A Tasket, Happy Birthday, Drunken Sailor)
• Part 2: Chords and Strumming
• Chords
• Strumming (This Old Man)
• Strumming in 3/4 Time (On Top of Old Smokey)
• Common Chord Progressions (Sunflower Song)
• Singing and Playing (When the Saints Go Marching In)
• Part 3: Songs
• Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
• Early Morning Walk
• Amazing Grace
• Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho
• Aloha 'Oe
• Silent Night
• Muscle Shoals Blues
• Hi'ilawe
• Hinei Ma Tov

Catalog:	HL00581260
Publisher:	Hal Leonard
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Voicing:	Ukulele
Level:	Beginning
Pages:	80