Alfred S Teach Yourself To Play Ukulele

This book teaches you how to play the D-tuned ukulele with an easy-to-follow approach that will have you playing instantly. Different strumming techniques help you play in any style including folk, blues, and country. Great songs like "This Land Is Your Land," "When the Saints Go Marching In," "St. Louis Blues," and many others are included with lyrics. A special section on playing by ear teaches how to figure out your own favorite songs, and a handy chart shows how to transpose any song to the key of your choice. Upon completion of this book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the ukulele in any key.

Includes musical scores and chord diagrams.

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 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 be your resource every step of the way.

Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele Course is the best-selling ukulele method for beginners of all ages. Using plain, easy-to-follow language that's easy for beginners to understand makes learning the ukulele fun. You will learn to play chords and melodies, different strumming techniques, how to read music, and perform lots of fun songs in a variety of styles including folk, blues, country, traditional, and that wonderful island sound. The companion DVD to this best-selling edition features a live instructor to make learning the ukulele even easier! Hosted by renowned musician Julia Jordan, the DVD demonstrates the fundamentals of ukulele playing including how to hold and tune the ukulele, strum chords, read music, play melodies and lots of fun songs in a variety of styles.

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 CD includes beautiful recordings of all the music in the book and can be played on your CD player or downloaded to your iPod(R) or other mp3 player. 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.

From Alfred Music, the worldwide leader in music education products since 1922, comes Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele, Complete Starter Pack. This award-winning, best-selling, complete starter pack includes a high-quality Firebrand(tm) wood ukulele with nylon strings, deluxe accessories including a custom-fit lightweight gig bag with carrying handle, an extra set of nylon ukulele strings, and Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele Course (Book, CD, and DVD)---the best-selling multimedia instruction series for beginners of all ages! High-quality Firebrand(tm) wood ukulele features: * All wood construction for a full, rich tone * Wood fretboard with fret markers on top and sides for ease of playing * Clear nylon strings for pure tone and easy playability * A beautiful, warm finish that makes the instrument highly attractive * Every product arrives in a highly attractive, gift ready, durable, full-color premium box Deluxe Firebrand(tm) Accessories include: * Custom-fit lightweight gig bag carrying case with handle and zippered closure * Extra set of clear nylon strings

Learn to play the ukulele and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. 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.

Features how to hold your ukulele, tuning your ukulele, right-hand and left-hand techniques, basics of reading music, chords and strum patterns, how to read tab, photos and diagrams. Songs include Aura Lee, Aloha 'Oe, The Sloop John B., Over the Rainbow [and others].