20 Easy Classical Uke Pieces for Kids
20 Easy Classical Uke Pieces for Kids

Author: Rob MacKillop

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2015-12-18

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1619114356

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The ukulele is a wonderful instrument for kids - cheap and cheerful, and ready-made for kids' small hands. Most ukulele books introduce chords from the first page, but chords can be difficult and frustrating for child beginners. This book and accompanying audio gets kids playing recognizable tunes right from the get go. The material includes both standard notation and tablature clefs. This book is written in ukulele tablature to make learning fun and easy. The arranger (with 25 years of teaching experience) has laid the foundations for good fingerstyle technique. This book is therefore both fun and educational. Includes access to online audio.

20 Easy Classical Uke Pieces for Kids
20 Easy Classical Uke Pieces for Kids

Author: Rob MacKillop

Publisher:

Published: 2015-12-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780786693191

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The ukulele is a wonderful instrument for kids - cheap and cheerful, and ready- made for kids' small hands. Most ukulele books introduce chords from the first page, but chords can be difficult and frustrating for child beginners.This book and accompanying audio gets kids playing recognizable tunes right from the get go. The material includes both standard notation and tablature clefs.This book is written in ukulele tablature to make learning fun and easy. The arranger (with 25 years of teaching experience) has laid the foundations for good fingerstyletechnique. This book is therefore both fun and educational. Includes access to online audio.

Favorite Classical Themes for Ukulele
Favorite Classical Themes for Ukulele

Author: David Coe

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2018-03-12

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 1619117932

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This collection by David Coe contains 21 beautiful melodies by the world’s greatest composers. Included are songs by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and many more. Each selection is presented in both standard notation and tablature with chord diagrams included. The ukulele has a distinctive melodic voice and musicians of all levels will enjoy playing these timeless classics.

Ukulele Picking Tunes - Beautiful Airs and Ballads of the British Isles
Ukulele Picking Tunes - Beautiful Airs and Ballads of the British Isles

Author: Ondrej Sarek

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2022-02-03

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 151345918X

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In this collection of 23 melodies from the British Isles, award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist Ondrej Sarek treats the soprano ukulele as the lyrical solo instrument it can truly be. Along with fingerstyle arrangements of traditional airs, love songs, songs of home and longing, and the timeless melodies of Irish harpist Turlough O’Carolan, the book includes settings of a few original tunes by Mel Bay Publications president, William Bay. All arrangements appear in gCEA tuning in standard notation and uke tablature with suggested backup chords and occasional light fingering.

101 Easy Ukulele Solos
101 Easy Ukulele Solos

Author: Bill Hearn

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2021-09-30

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1513459392

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That’s right, the ukulele is a great instrument all by itself! This book contains 101 solos that let you play melody and accompaniment all on one ukulele. If you’d like to sing, go right ahead; lyrics are included for many of the solos. Each section starts with easy solos, complete with tips on ukulele technique and arranging. The music is written in tablature and standard musical notation, with suggested chords above the music for an optional second ukulele or guitar. Essential right and left-hand fingerings are shown in traditional classic guitar symbols and while most of the book is written in standard (aECG) tuning, a few tunes are offered in both drop-B tuning and drop-E-flat tuning. With selections ranging from country to classical, medieval to modern, and a Christmas section with seventeen traditional favorites, this ukulele collection includes music for every taste and season. A useful chord dictionary and access to online audio of the author’s beautiful renditions of each well-crafted solo arrangement are included.

20 Spanish Baroque Pieces by Gaspar Sanz Arranged for Uke
20 Spanish Baroque Pieces by Gaspar Sanz Arranged for Uke

Author: Rob Mackillop

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2015-10-13

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 1610659910

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Gaspar Sanz (1640 –1710) is the most famous baroque-period guitarist. His works are tuneful and memorable, with fiery cross-rhythms and cascading scale passages. He published three books of guitar music.The baroque guitar could be viewed as a close relative of the ukulele. Indeed, the two instruments have much in common. the smaller four-course guitar actually had the same tuning as the ukulele, for example, although it was largely double-strung.Sanz enjoyed playing scales in the campanella style, with the notes of a scale set out on different strings, sonically overlapping slightly in the style of little bells. This is a technique the ukulele excels at, and is used to good effect in these arrangements.Sanz' music for baroque guitar transfers exceptionally well to the uke, as these arrangements demonstrate. It is hoped that this repertoire will bring a refreshing addition to the repertoire of the ukulele, just as the little instrument can bring a freshness to these old but lively pieces.

Ukulele Picking Tunes - Early Music Gems
Ukulele Picking Tunes - Early Music Gems

Author: Ondrej Sarek

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2022-10-07

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 1513471171

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This book presents 34 delightful Early Music melodies arranged for solo ukulele in gCEA tuning. The styles range from early Renaissance to Baroque, including lively dance tunes and sacred compositions, known for their beauty and vitality. Originally composed for lute or vihuela and often transcribed for classical guitar, these timeless pieces are now part of the ukulele repertoire. Written in standard notation and tablature, primarily for the intermediate to advanced player, but also for the determined novice.

Ukulele Aerobics
Ukulele Aerobics

Author: Chad Johnson

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1480370355

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(Ukulele). A 40-week, one-lick-per-day workout program for developing, improving, and maintaining ukulele technique. This title provides practice material for every day of the week and includes audio tracks of all the workouts in the book. Follow this program and you'll see increased speed, improved dexterity, better accuracy, heightened coordination and more in your playing. Musical styles include pop, rock, folk, old-time, blues, jazz, reggae and more! Techniques covered include: strumming, fingerstyle, legato and staccato, hammer-ons and pull-offs, slides, bening, damping, vibrato, tremolo and more.

Children's Ukulele Chord Book
Children's Ukulele Chord Book

Author: Lee "Drew" Andrews

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2010-10-07

Total Pages: 25

ISBN-13: 1609746325

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Finally! A chord book written for the young beginner (or even beginners of any age) showing a creative and simple way to learn and play ukulele chords. Chords are taught beginning with the most essential to more advanced. Chords are presented with exercises that build upon each other and eventually lead the student to playing logical and common chord progressions. Chords are shown in chord diagram form with photographs showing finger positions in relationship to the fretboard. Examples and exercises are presented in strum bar notation.•

Play the Ukulele in 5ths Tuning
Play the Ukulele in 5ths Tuning

Author: Rob MacKillop

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2022-05-16

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13: 1513469304

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This book is devoted to playing the soprano, concert, or tenor ukulele tuned in perfect fifths as used by the string and mandolin families of instruments, as well as the cittern and tenor banjo. The book’s scores are all in tablature; you’ll have no trouble adapting to the tuning and playing in the book’s various styles. The 55 pieces in Play Ukulele in 5ths Tuning progress from simple to advanced and can be played fingerstyle or with a pick. To help you come to grips with the tuning, the book includes Classical-era studies originally written for instruments tuned in 5ths, followed by Scottish traditional tunes, bluegrass, blues, and early jazz pieces, and ultimately—Bach's gorgeous Baroque cello music. Includes access to online audio for every piece recorded by the author to facilitate your progress. Anytime you play with musicians who use instruments tuned in fifths, you can all use the same fingerings. As a result, the music can sound more "together". In addition, having played the uke tuned in perfect fifths, if you ever want to play any of those traditionally 5th-tuned instruments, you will have had a head start!