Alfred's Teach Yourself To Play Ukulele, C - Tuning Edition

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Learn to play the ukulele and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about the history of the ukulele, its components, how to hold and tune it, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation. You will then move right along to playing different notes, chords, scales, and songs, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your ever-growing knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and playing a variety of well-known songs. You will learn different strumming techniques to help you play in a variety of musical styles. The book also contains a section teaching you how to play by ear. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the ukulele in any key and know how to read music. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: * Transposition chart * Dictionary of tablature techniques * Ukulele fingerboard chart * Complete ukulele chord dictionary The accompanying DVD provides live performances that demonstrate how the music should sound, on-screen music and MP3 audio for every song and lessons hosted by performer and educator, Julia Jordan. This book teaches entirely in C tuning. The D tuning edition of Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele (item 14135) is available from your favorite music retailer and at Alfred.com. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred Music be your resource every step of the way. / Ukulélé

Instrumentation :

Ukulele

Publisher :

Alfred Publishing

Level :

Content :
Manus Morton / Ron
Getting Started Foreword A Short History of the Ukulele The Ukulele How to Hold the Ukulele How to Tune Your Ukulele Getting Acquainted with Music How to Play the C7 Chord Mini Music Lesson: Time Signatures How to Play the F Chord Mini Music Lesson: Note Values, Rest Values Mini Music Lesson: Ties Down in the Valley Mini Music Lesson: Eighth Note and Rests Go Tell Aunt Rhody Mini Music Lesson: Pickup Measures, Dotted Quarter Note Cockles and Mussels Clementine How to Play the C Chord Tom Dooley How to Play the G7 Chord Love Somebody The Streets of Laredo Mini Music Lesson: The Down
and Up
Stroke Mini Music Lesson: The Fermata Michael, Row the Boat Ashore Frankie and Johnny Mini Music Lesson: Blues Strum Careless Love How to Play the G Chord How to Play the D7 Chord Lolly
Too
Dum Mini Music Lesson: Bluegrass Strum Little Brown Jug Mini Music Lesson: D. C. al Fine Gimme That Old
Time Religion When the Saints Go Marching In Mini Music Lesson: The Calypso Strum Mary Ann The Sloop John B How to Play the A7 Chord How to Play the D Minor Chord Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho Greensleeves Scarborough Fair How to Play the G Minor Chord Go Down, Moses How to Play the A Chord Hava Nagila St. Louis Blues How to Play the C Diminished Chord Alexander's Ragtime Band Mini Music Lesson: March Strum The Yankee Doodle Boy How to Play the B
flat Chord How to Play the F7 Chord Skip to My Lou Red River Valley This Land Is Your Land How to Play in 6/8 Time Row, Row, Row Your Boat Vive L'Amour Aura Lee Mini Music Lesson: Eighth Note Triplet Amazing Grace Mini Music Lesson: How to Play by Ear Mini Music Lesson: How to Determine the Key of a Song How to Play an Entire Song by Ear Mini Music Lesson: How to Transpose Ukulele Accompaniments Ukulele Fingerboard Chart Ukulele Chord Dictionary