Ukulele Beginners Jumpstart
Ukulele Beginners Jumpstart

Author: Andy Schneider

Publisher:

Published: 2020-10-12

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13:

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Everything You Need to Learn Ukulele the Right Way. Chords, Rhythms and Music Principles to Get You Strumming Your First Songs in Just a Matter of Days Ukulele Beginners Jumpstart teaches you music fundamentals and ukulele skills to get you started the right way. Learn to play ukulele, FAST! Even if you've never made music before, you'll gain confidence as you hear your first notes, strum your first chords and complete your first songs. And, you'll be learning the Seeing Music method that lets you learn music easily using visual cues. Learn the proper way to strum, form chords and find different and interesting rhythms. Any time or age is a great time to begin ukulele. This method has been tested with child and adult learners and has proven to work. It's like having a teacher with 30 years of experience sitting right there with you! Lots of photos from the learner's point-of-view. Have you tried learning chords, only to find it difficult to know when you're fingering them correctly? Just like having a music teacher to demonstrate, our chord photos show you how your hand should look from both the front and from YOUR point-of-view! Check yourself against the photos and learn with confidence! Step-by-step instructions for learning success. Great for kids or adults! Even if you've tried to play uke before and failed, Ukulele Beginners Jumpstart will walk you step-by-step from your first note to your first chords and your first songs. And, along the way you'll be learning the valuable foundation of music and music terms that will accelerate your learning long after you've finished the book. AUDIO BONUS: Loads of audio examples from the book for free download to get you learning FAST! Download free MP3s of the lessons at SeeingMusicBooks.com Learn the fundamentals of music: chords, scales, note names and basic songs. Know when you're doing it right using our photos from YOUR point-of-view to check your fingering. In Ukulele Beginners Jumpstart, you will learn: How to Read Chord Diagrams Note Names Through the First 5 Frets Time Signatures Note Values (eighth, quarter, half) Major and Minor Chords Many Commonly Used Rhythms C Major and D Major Scales Traditional, Blues and Rock and Roll Songs Correct Hand Position Using Player's Point-of-View Photos Complete Chapter Listing: Selecting Your First Ukulele Ukulele Care and Maintenance Day 1 - Proper Playing Position Fretboard Diagrams Day 2 - Playing Single Notes Day 3 - The C Major Scale Day 4 - Playing Your First Chords Know Your Ukulele Day 5 - Playing Barre Chords Day 6 - Scales and Chords Learning Your Fretboard Day 7 - The Waltz Day 8 - New Strumming Patterns Day 9 - More Barre Chords Day 10 - Minor Chords Day 11 - All About 7th Chords Day 12 - Play Your First Songs Milestones in Music (Review) Chord and Note Reference Begin Your Ukulele Playing Adventure Here! Learn the right way from day one and you'll be on the road to musical success. Save time, save frustration and build the skills you need with this fun, thorough beginner's method for ukulele. Click and buy it now. There's free delivery with Amazon Prime. 84 pages, 8 1/2" x 11" paperback, glossy cover, SeeingMusicBooks.com

Bluegrass Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus!
Bluegrass Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus!

Author: Wayne Erbsen

Publisher: Native Ground Books & Music

Published: 2014-05-26

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 1883206677

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Beginning banjo lessons have never been more fun! Written for the absolute beginner, this FUN book is guaranteed to help you learn to play bluegrass banjo (How many books come with a personal guarantee by the author?). · Teaches the plain, naked melody to 23 easy bluegrass favorites without the rolls already incorporated into the tune. · Wayne shows simple ways to embellish each melody using easy rolls. · With Wayne’s unique method, you’ll learn to think for yourself! · Learn how to play a song in different ways, rather than memorizing ONE way. · Includes a link to download 99 instructional audio tracks off our website! You WILL learn to play: Bile ‘Em Cabbage Down, Blue Ridge Mountain Blues, Columbus Stockade Blues, Down the Road, Groundhog, Little Maggie, Long Journey Home, Lynchburg Town, Man of Constant Sorrow, My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains, Nine Pound Hammer, Palms of Victory, Pass Me Not, Poor Ellen Smith, Pretty Polly, Put My Little Shoes Away, Red River Valley, Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms, Shall We Gather at the River, Wabash Cannonball, When I Lay My Burden Down, When the Saints Go Marching In.

Cliff's Corner
Cliff's Corner

Author: Cliff Hagberg

Publisher:

Published: 2017-12-20

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9781981849703

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A man in his sixties - a self-described cynic at times, takes his most successful blogs about life, liberty and the occasional pursuit of happiness, and brings them to you in this book of essays.

Trade School
Trade School

Author: Caroline Woolard

Publisher:

Published: 2019-05

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 9780578506890

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Trade School was a non-traditional learning space where students bartered with teachers. Anyone could teach a class. Students signed up for classes by agreeing to bring a barter item that the teacher requested. From 2009-2019, Trade School became an international network of local, self-organized chapters that reached over 22,000 people globally. Each chapter coordinated the exchange of knowledge for barter items and services.

Guitar for Kids
Guitar for Kids

Author: Jeff Schroedl

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2009-06-01

Total Pages: 61

ISBN-13: 1476863741

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(Guitar Method). Guitar for Kids is a fun, easy course that teaches children to play guitar faster than ever before. Popular songs such as "Yellow Submarine," "Hokey Pokey," "I'm a Believer," "Surfin' U.S.A.," "This Land Is Your Land" and "Hound Dog" keep students motivated, and the clean, simple page layouts ensure their attention remains focused on one concept at a time. The method is equally suitable for students using electric or acoustic guitars. It can be used in combination with a guitar teacher or parents, even if they've never had any musical training themselves. The accompanying audio features more than 30 tracks for demonstration and play-along. No tablature included.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Canoeing and Kayaking
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Canoeing and Kayaking

Author: Canoe and Kayak Magazine

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2004-07-06

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 1440696233

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Go with the flow! You’re no idiot, of course. You love being on the water and in the great outdoors. But when it comes to canoeing or kayaking, you’re starting to think you hear a waterfall. Don’t head for higher ground! The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Canoeing and Kayaking will prepare you for your journey—whether you’re heading down a local river, around a regional lake, or into the ocean. In this Complete Idiot’s Guide®, you get: • Detailed information on the different types of canoes, kayaks, and tips for choosing the right one for you. • Paddling strokes, maneuvers, and techniques for all kinds of conditions. • Foolproof tips on navigating all types of waters—from rough rapids to slow-moving streams. • Great advice on using kayaks and canoes for fitness, fishing, camping, and competition. Learn more about: • Safety considerations, including quick exits, Eskimo Rolls, swift water-rescue techniques, and more. • Safely paddling with kids, to make sure everyone has fun. • Clothing and equipment, including how to choose and care for a personal flotation device. • Paddling techniques and how they evolved through the years. • Planning a trip and choosing an outfitter or guide. • Building your own canoe or kayak.

Forward Motion
Forward Motion

Author: Hal Galper

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2011-01-12

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1457101394

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The same notes can sound square or swinging, depending on how the music is phrased. This revolutionary book shows how many people misunderstand jazz phrasing and shows how to replace stiff phrasing with fluid lines that have the right jazz feeling. In this book, master pianist Hal Galper also shows how get that feeling of forward motion and also how to use melody guide tones correctly, how to line up the strong beat in a bar with the strongest chord notes, and much more!

Zubir Said
Zubir Said

Author: Rohana Zubir

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 9814311812

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Zubir Said is best known as the composer of Majulah Singapura, the national anthem of Singapore; Semoga Bahagia, the Singapore school anthem; and Melayu Raya. Born into a humble and religious family in Sumatra where music was considered haram, at 21 he set out to seek his fortune in Singapore, attracted initially by the glittering lights and the availability of butter and kopi susu, but soon by the opportunities it offered him to pursue his dreams. Armed with his first musical instrument, a bamboo flute he had carved himself, and a basic knowledge of music number notations, Zubir taught himsel.

Eternal Troubadour
Eternal Troubadour

Author: Justin Martell

Publisher: Jawbone Press

Published: 2016-02-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781908279873

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As Bing Crosby once put it, Tiny Tim represents 'one of the most phenomenal success stories in show business'. In 1968, after years of playing dive bars and lesbian cabarets on the Greenwich Village scene, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Bob Dylan and Lenny Bruce, the forty-something falsetto-voiced, ukulele-playing Tiny Tim landed a recording contract with Sinatra's Reprise label and an appearance on NBC's Laugh-In. The resulting album, God Bless Tiny Tim, and its single, 'Tip-toe Thru' The Tulips With Me', catapulted him to the highest levels of fame. Soon, Tiny was playing to huge audiences in the USA and Europe, while his marriage to the seventeen-year-old 'Miss' Vicki was broadcast on The Tonight Show in front of an audience of fifty million. Before long, however, his star began to fade. Miss Vicki left him, his earnings evaporated, and the mainstream turned its back on him. He would spend the rest of his life trying to revive his career, with many of those attempts taking a turn toward the absurd. But while he is often characterized as an oddball curio, Tiny Tim was a master interpreter and student of early American popular song, and his story is one of Shakespearean tragedy framed around a bizarre yet loveable public persona. Here, drawing on dozens of new interviews, never-before-seen diaries, and years of original research, author Justin Martell brings that story to life with the first serious biography of one of the most fascinating yet misunderstood figures in popular music.

Seeing Music on the Guitar
Seeing Music on the Guitar

Author: Andy Schneider

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2019-07-05

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9781078210256

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Perhaps the first book of its' kind to put you inside the mind of guitar players everywhere. Successful guitar players develop an ability to "see" the music they play on the fretboard of the instrument. They see the music they play as a simple relationship of shapes and relative positions. As easily as you already can distinguish a triangle from a square or circle, stringed instrumentalists see music on the fretboard of their instrument. Further, just as you could draw those basic shapes of triangle square or circle from memory, guitar players can visually "draw" chord shapes on their fingerboards and move those shapes around easily, creating new music.This is an inherently special gift those who play stringed instruments have been given. No other kind of instrument makes it so easy for the musician to have a visual roadmap of the music, making things like improvisation or transposing a song to another key so easy. Your fingers will follow these maps to get to the music. This book will show you how to see music as simple shapes and use these shapes to more quickly and proficiently play and create music.This book is for two kinds of students:1. The absolute beginner. Welcome.2. Those who have learned something about the guitar, maybe some chords, maybe even have a good bit of playing experience, but lack knowledge of the way music is built. They have a grip on how to play some music, but don't understand why they're playing these things. Why chords use particular notes. Why some chords in a song are major or minor. Without this knowledge of the "whys", it's difficult, if not impossible, for them to develop as a player. For them, the guitar becomes a giant, frustrating exercise in memorization. It shouldn't be.In this book, you'll see that there really is very little music theory to be memorized. You did a lot more memorizing in your first year of math class than you will here. There are literally thousands of chord voicings available to a guitarist, yet they can be boiled down to a few simple ideas that anyone can grasp. You'll see the simple relationship between chords and scales and you'll learn how to play any chord, even one you've never seen before. No knowledge of sheet music is necessary here. While reading music is great and certainly encouraged, this book doesn't use it. The approach here is to understand how music is constructed and 'looks' on the neck of the guitar. While we won't get into any particular musical style or specific techniques, the information here is common to all Western music: Rock, Folk, Country, Pop, Classical, Jazz.