Essential Elements Ukulele Book 2 is a great next step for players who are ready to expand their knowledge of music and further develop their skills on the ukulele. This comprehensive method book uses familiar and popular songs to introduce more advanced strumming options and fingerpicking techniques. A combination of traditional notation and tablature are used to illustrate new ideas. As in Book 1, the ukulele is used to explore concepts that apply to any instrument and can provide a basis for future musical experiences. The accompanying online audio provides demonstrations of songs and play-along accompaniments, making this method a nice framework for individual practice or group instruction. This book also includes many well-known songs, including: “Amazing Grace,” “Rock Around the Clock,” “This Little Light of Mine,” the Beatles' “Eight Days a Week” and “Yellow Submarine,” Bruno Mars' “Count on Me,” Jack Johnson's “Upside Down,” and “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” as made popular by Israel Kamkawiwo'ole.
- All I Have To Do Is Dream
- Amazing Grace
- Barbara Allen
- Catch A Falling Star
- Count On Me
- The Crawdad Song
- Devil's Dream
- The Drunken Sailor
- Eight Days A Week
- Everyday
- Follow The Drinkin' Gourd
- The Galway Piper
- Go Tell Aunt Rhody
- Goodnight, Irene
- Guantanamera
- A Hard Day's Night (from A HARD DAY'S NIGHT)
- I've Been Working On The Railroad
- Joshua (Fit The Battle Of Jericho)
- Love Me Tender (from LOVE ME TENDER)
- Love Potion Number 9 (from SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE)
- Midnight Special
- Minuet In G (from THE ANNA MAGDALENA NOTEBOOK (originally for keyboard))
- My Girl (featured in the Motion Picture MY GIRL)
- Over The Rainbow (from THE WIZARD OF OZ)
- Rock Around The Clock (featured in the Motion Picture AMERICAN GRAFFITI)
- Scarborough Fair
- Shall We Gather At The River? (Tune Name: BEAUTIFUL RIVER)
- Shalom Chaverim (Goodbye, My Dear Friend)
- Shenandoah
- Shortenin' Bread
- Sloop John B.
- The Streets Of Laredo
- Sweet Home Chicago
- This Land Is Your Land
- This Little Light Of Mine
- This Old Man
- This Train
- Three Little Birds
- Upside Down (from the Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment film CURIOUS GEORGE)
- Wayfaring Stranger
- William Tell Overture (featured in the TV Series THE LONE RANGER)
- Worried Man Blues
- Yellow Submarine (from YELLOW SUBMARINE)