Perfect for beginning ukulelists as well as players who want to enhance their knowledge, this book and video teaches everything you need to know to get started on the ukulele, including chords, strumming, picking, basic music theory, and reading tablature (TAB) and standard music notation. Guitarists wanting to expand their musical horizons will also find this to be the perfect introduction to playing the ukulele. The book features lots of fun songs in a variety of styles, including rock, blues, Hawaiian, fiddle tunes, and fingerstyle. The companion video, on DVD and online, features friendly, easy-to-understand explanations and demonstrations by GRAMMY® Award-winning ukulelist Daniel Ho. With practice tips and other important advice for the beginning ukulelist, Beginning Ukulele is the most thorough method available for beginning ukulele students.
CONTENTS:
| CHAPTER 1---Getting Started |
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| Lesson 2: Reading Tablature |
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| Lesson 3: The Notes on the Fretboard |
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| CHAPTER 2---Strum, Strum, Strum |
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| Lesson 1: Your First Chords |
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| Lesson 2: Changing Chords |
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| Lesson 3: Play Some Real Songs |
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| When the Saints Go Marching In |
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| Lesson 4: Spice Up Your Strumming |
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| Lesson 5: More Chords More Chords |
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| My Dear, Dear Mama from Madeira |
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| Wai O Ke Aniani (Crystal Water) |
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| It's Only a Minor Inconvenience |
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| Lesson 8: Right-Hand Tools and Techniques |
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| CHAPTER 3---Reading Standard Music Notation |
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| Lesson 1: The Notes and the Staff |
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| Lesson 2: The Natural Notes on the 3rd and 2nd Strings |
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| Lesson 5: Dotted Half Notes |
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| When the Saints Go Marching In |
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| Lesson 6: Natural Notes on the 1st String |
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| Lesson 7: The C Major Scale |
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| Lesson 8: Eighth Notes (Of Course) |
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| Lesson 9: Dotted Quarter Notes |
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| Lesson 10: Sharps and Flats |
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| Lesson 11: Accidentals in a Key Signature |
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| Lesson 13: Navigating a Musical Map |
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| CHAPTER 4---Theory Without Fear, or a Little Knowledge Can Get You Jamming |
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| Lesson 1: The Major Scale Is Your Measuring Stick |
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| Lesson 2: The Circle of 5ths |
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| Lesson 3: Intervals Are Your Building Blocks |
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| Lesson 4: Harmony and Chords |
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| CHAPTER 5---Old-Time Ukulele and Backing Up Fiddle Tunes |
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| Lesson 1: Strum Patterns and a Tune in G |
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| Lesson 2: Accenting the Backbeat, the E and E7 Chords, and Sally Ann in A |
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| Lesson 3: Fiddle Tune Form and Soldier's Joy in D |
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| CHAPTER 6---Old School: The Swingin' Ukulele |
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| Lesson 2: Sixes and Sevens and Chords |
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| Lesson 3: The Circle of 5ths Progression |
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| How Will I Ever Learn to Charleston if I Can't Even Tie My Own Shoes? |
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| Lesson 4: The Triple Strum |
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| Lesson 5: The Triple Burst Strum |
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| Hitch in My Git-Along Rag |
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| CHAPTER 7---Rocking Out the Uke |
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| Lesson 1: The Syncopated Strum |
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| My Feet Hurt (Oy! Sole Blisters!) |
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| Autoharp Sale (Replace Old Zithers!) |
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| Dreams of Summer on a Gloomy Day (Haze, Cold, Misters) |
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| Lesson 2: Adding Percussion with Mute Strokes |
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| Lesson 3: Moveable Chord Forms, or How I Learned to Be My Own Chord Dictionary |
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| In My Spare Time with No Money Down! |
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| Lesson 4: Using Moveable Chords, Left-Hand Mute Strokes, Reggae, and Soul |
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| Who Wants a Cool Beverage? |
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| CHAPTER 8---Taking It Home: Island Style |
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| CHAPTER 9---Ukulele Blues |
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| Lesson 1: The 12-Bar Blues |
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| Lesson 2: Memorizing the 12-Bar Blues |
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| Lesson 3: The Blues Shuffle Rhythm |
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| Shufflin' Through the Blues in A |
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| Lesson 4: The Minor Pentatonic Scale |
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| Lesson 6: Transposing the Blues and the Minor Pentatonic Scale |
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| 12-Bar Blues in C (A Bouncy C!) |
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| Lesson 7: Blues in a Minor Key |
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| Nunmoor Blues: A 12-Bar Blues in A Minor |
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| CHAPTER 10---Introduction to Fingerstyle |
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| Lesson 1: The Right-Hand Position |
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| Lesson 2: Arpeggio Pattern T-i-m-a |
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| Lesson 3: Middle and Ring Fingers Together |
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| Lesson 4: Fingerpicking in 3/4 |
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| Lesson 5: Alternating-Thumb Pattern T-i-T-m |
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| CHAPTER 11---Getting Ready for the Next Level |
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| APPENDIX A--How to Practice |
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| Organizing a Practice Session |
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