American Roots Music For Ukulele Over 50 Great Traditional Folk Songs Tunes Book Cd

This invaluable collection of American roots music features over 50 songs from the blues, bluegrass, folk, and traditional music genres. Titles: Arkansas Traveler * Banks of the Ohio * Bile Them Cabbage Down * Blackberry Blossom * Cindy * Cotton-Eye Joe * Cripple Creek * Cumberland Gap * Deep Elem Blues * Don't Let Your Deal Go Down * Down to the River to Pray * Golden Slippers * Ground Hog * In the Pines * John Hardy * Long Journey Home * Man of Constant Sorrow * New River Train * Old Joe Clark * Sally Goodin * Shady Grove * Soldier's Joy * St. James Infirmary Blues * Turkey in the Straw * Wildwood Flower * Will the Circle Be Unbroken * and many more!

This book features over 100 traditional American folk songs newly arranged for the ukulele, with chord diagrams and melody lines in tablature and standardnotation. This extensive collection makes Favorite Old-Time American Songs for Ukulele a treasury of the best songs from the American tradition. Nothing in this book is out of range for novice ukulele players. The songs are in keys that are both easy to sing and that fit the melodic range of the ukulele. Of course, not every voice sings comfortably in every key, so information on transposition and a short discussion for players of the baritone ukulele are included. Although you do not need to read music or tablature to use this book, short introductions to each are included. In putting together this collection, the author was inspired by the old Americanpractice of making a sampler: an endearing needlework design showing off various stitches and techniques. The book presents a sampling of the best American songs for folks working in schools, churches, hospitals, coffeehouses and other public performance spaces, or for anyone wishing to expand their repertoire and brush up on a few old chestnuts. There's a little of everything here: sentimental old hearth songs, laments and lullabies, ballads and play-parties, the sacred and profane. The overwhelming majority of songs come from pre-industrial rural traditions, because this is the kindof music that seems to go well with homemade music-making in any age

(Book). From its birthplace in Portugal to its famous Hawaiian home, the "jumping flea" has left its mark on popular music and pop culture worldwide. This book traces the uke's evolution with colorful whimsy. Readers will meet some of the world's greatest ukulele players through profiles, photos, and a list of recordings. Splendid color photos show more than 100 of the finest and most unique ukes and vintage catalog illustrations, fanciful sheet music covers, and witty ads that capture the craze of the 1920s and '30s.

In Dan Zanes' House Party!, the Grammy Award-winning children's artist presents a huge collection of folk songs along with inspiration to start your own family band. Too often, new parents eager to share their love of music with their young children feel their options are limited to cuddly singing dinosaurs and well-meaning humans whose understanding of children’s music starts with “Kumbaya” and ends with “Puff the Magic Dragon.” For many sane adults, these choices are more abrasive than the most aggro noise-rock of their college years. Dan Zanes has spent the past 20 years creating a truly compelling body of children's music that music-loving parents can also get behind. A former 1980s indie rocker, Zanes' 13 children's albums have gained wide praise for their authentic arrangements and preservation of America's folk traditions. In Dan Zanes' House Party!, the Grammy Award–winning Zanes has curated a rich selection of folk songs that comprise an essential musical cross-section of the American experience and its multicultural, immigrant underpinnings. The selections include the standard songs we all know and love, along with folk classics. Each song is accompanied by a brief narrative on its historical context, followed by lyrics, notation, and chords. Among the songs you'll learn to play: "Erie Canal," "Pay Me My Money Down," "Titanic," "Waltzing Matilda," "The Farmer Is the One," "Wabash Cannonball," "Sloop John B.," "Old Joe Clark," "Skip to My Lou," "King Kong Kitchie," and "We Shall Not Be Moved." Dan Zanes' House Party! also includes informational sidebars throughout to give families the basics needed to pick up instruments and learn to more fully enjoy music as a family band. And in the back of the book, you'll find chord charts for guitar, ukele, and mandolin. More than just a collection of songs, Dan Zanes’ House Party! is part music book, part history lesson, and a work that all families can enjoy—together.

Thomas Balinger The Ukulele Songbook 50 All Time Classics This book features 50 songs known and loved the world over, arranged for Ukulele. From Amazing grace" and Camptown races" to Banks of the Ohio" or Scarborough fair": songs every Ukulele player simply has to know! Arranged for Ukulele in C tuning (G-C-E-A). Each song features: - melody in standard notation and tablature - chord symbols for all instruments - complete lyrics and - chord diagrams for Ukulele. A handy compendium of the most basic chords and easy strumming patterns for song accompaniment truly makes this the Ukulele players' indispensable companion! Songs 1. Amazing grace 2. Jingle Bells 3. Down by the riverside 4. Yankee Doodle 5. For he's a jolly good fellow 6. My Bonnie lies over the ocean 7. Oh Susanna 8. Old McDonald had a farm 9. Go, tell it on the mountain 10. Deck the halls 11. Auld lang syne 12. Aura Lee 13. Clementine 14. Ma come balli bene bimba 15. Careless love 16. House of the rising sun 17. When the saints go marchin' in 18. She'll be coming round the mountain 19. Michael, row the boat ashore 20. Tom Dooley 21. Little brown jug 22. Swing low, sweet chariot 23. Good night, Ladies 24. The yellow rose of Texas 25. Twinkle, twinkle little Star 26. Give me that old time religion 27. Scarborough Fair 28. Joshua fit the battle of Jericho 29. Ode an die Freude 30. The John B. sails 31. Buffalo Gals 32. Wayfaring stranger 33. The streets of Laredo 34. Guten Abend, gut' Nacht 35. I'm on my way 36. La donna e mobile 37. Banks of the Ohio 38. We wish you a merry Christmas 39. Barcarole 40. Home on the range 41. Morning has broken 42. Kum ba yah 43. What shall we do with the drunken sailor 44. Skip to my Lou 45. Camptown Races 46. The wild rover 47. The water is wide 48. Barbara Allen 49. Day-O (Banana Boat Song) 50. Nobody knows the trouble

Learn to play the ukulele with this beginner’s guide that features information about basic techniques, tools, and music knowledge. What do George Clooney, Zooey Deschanel, Ryan Gosling and James Franco all have in common? Answer: they all play the ukulele and now, with this easy step-by-step guide, you can too! With just this book and your ukulele in hand, you’ll learn basic music skills, how to care for your instrument, and how to play some simple tunes. Whether you’re looking to impress your friends with spontaneous singalongs, or just want to strum solo, How to Play Ukulele is the perfect entryway to the wonderful world of ukulele.