Ukulele Books and CDs

	All-Time Chart Hits for Ukulele Book Finally, a ukulele song book with some modern songs! No more "Oh Susanna!" This book includes an arrangement for the popular "Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World" by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (that's Iz to you and me)... It also has an nice arrangement for Jack Johnson's "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing". 17 all-time favourite chart hits that are ideal for ukulele accompaniment. Complete with lyrics and chord boxes, this collection is the ideal way to improve your uke skills by playing real songs that everyone can sing. For Ukuleles in standard gCEA tuning. Published 2008 Length: 48 pages ISBN: 9781847724175 Size: 25cm x 17.5cm Song List: (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay A Whiter Shade Of Pale All About You Bridge Over Troubled Water Don't Look Back In Anger Especially For You Eye Of The Tiger Fly Me To The Moon La Bamba Mamma Mia! Mull Of Kintyre Over The Rainbow/What A Wonderful World Roxanne Sitting, Waiting, Wishing Something Stand By Me Suspicious Minds << Click image to see more >> Price: £7.95
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	Absolute Beginners Ukuleles by Steven Sproat - Book with CD A brilliant book for beginners by our friend Steven. He KNOWS the ukulele. Check him out on You Tube. Step-by-step pictures take you from getting started to playing along with a backing track. Absolute Beginners has been designed to tell you everything you need to know from the very first time. A look and learn course that uses clear pictures instead of long explanations. Practical advice and tips covering everything you need to know to get playing, fast! CD audio tracks to show you how things should sound, plus full length accompaniment tracks to play along with. Written by Steven Sproat who is a ukulele player with considerable experience. He has broadcast on many radio stations including BBC Radio 2 and BBC Scotland. Steven has played at prestigious venues such as Ronnie Scott’s in London, the Cheltenham Festival and the New York Ukulele Festival and is also a teacher - his most famous pupil being comedian Harry Hill! For Ukuleles in standard gCEA tuning. Published 2007 Length: 40 pages Language: English ISBN: 9781847722768 Size: 30cm x 23cm << Click image to see more >> Price: £8.95
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	Play Ukulele Today! - Level 1 - A Complete Guide to the Basics - Book with CD Play Ukulele Today! is the ultimate self-teaching method designed to offer quality instruction, superb songs, and a professional-quality CD with 61 full-demo tracks. This Ukulele method can be used by students who want to teach themselves, or by teachers for private or group instruction. Simply follow the tips and lessons in the book as you listen to the teacher on the CD. Written by Barrett Tagliarino, this method offers a complete guide to the basics: Songs, chords and melodies Picking and strumming Playing tips and techniques Music notation With over 61 great songs and examples, you can learn at your own pace and open the door to the world of ukulele music! Written by Barrett Tagliarino Binding: Paperback Published: 2006, by Hal Leonard ISBN: 0634078615 Length: 48 pages Language: English Size: 30cm x 24cm << Click image to see more >> Price: £6.95


	Ukulele All Time Favourites This 64 page book is the ideal way to improve your uke skills by playing real songs that everyone can sing. It includes 42 perfect songs for the ukulele. Each song comes complete with lyrics and easy to understand chord diagrams. Every thing you will need to learn new songs, chords and techniques, quickly and easily! Song list includes: Danny Boy Dixie Down By The Riverside Frankie And Johnny Go Down, Moses House Of The Rising Sun My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean Scarborough Fair Click image to see full song list. Size: 25cm x 17.5cm << Click image to see more >> Price: £7.95
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	Uke'n Play Ukulele by Mike Jackson - Book with CD Whether you're five or eighty-five, Mike Jackson’s easy-to-play, simple method for Ukulele will get you playing these twenty-five songs instantly. The play-a-long CD helps you to tune your ukulele, enabling to you to hear how the songs should sound as well as giving you the opportunity to play along with a full band. Mike Jackson is a self-taught musician who plays 16 different instruments - including ukulele. He is perhaps best known in Australia for his hit version of Bananas in Pyjamas. Mike has sold over 250,000 albums, published many song and dance resources and has performed extensively across Australia and international. Mike's inspirational concerts and workshops attest to his belief that learning to play music is an attainable goal for everyone and that it's never, ever, too late to begin! Written by Mike Jackson Binding: Paperback Published: 2005, by Wise Publications ISBN: 1921029781 Length: 36 pages Language: English Size: 21cm x 15cm << Click image to see more >> Price: £7.95


	Ukulele Method Book 1 - by Lil' Rev, with CD Comprehensive and Easy-to-Use Beginner's guide by acclaimed uke player Lil' Rev. A great intro to fun songs and different playing styles, this book is devised to get just about anyone playing this fun instrument straight away. Includes: Types of Ukulele; History of the Ukulele; Tuning; Music Reading, Notation and Tablature; Melody Playing; Chords & Scales; Strumming Styles; A great range of songs including Blues, Folk, Old-Time, Songs for Kids The accompanying CD contains 46 tracks for demonstration and play along. Written by Lil' Rev Binding: Paperback Published: 2005, by Hal Leonard Corp ISBN: 0634077260 Length: 48 pages Language: English Size: 30cm x 23cm Price: £6.95


	Sophisticated Ukulele by Herb Ohta - Book with CD One of the Jim's Ukulele Master Series. Includes music arranged by the great Herb Ohta. Edited by Jim Beloff . This book is probably aimed at intermediate players. It includes nice arrangements for John Lennon's "Imagine", Cole Porter's "Night and Day", and the (ukulele?) classic "Georgia on my Mind". A collection of 26 specially selected standards and originals beautifully arranged by the great ukulele master, Herb Ohta (Ohta-San). All the songs are arranged for gCEA (standard tuning) tuned ukuleles. Also included is a CD of 15 songs performed by Herb Ohta himself! This complete ukulele volume also features a foreword by Jumpin' Jim Beloff, a biography of and interview with Herb Ohta, and notes on how to use the book. Published 2007 Length: 48 pages Size: 30cm x 23cm Song List: Dinah Feeling Like It Lately Fools Rush In Georgia On My Mind I Won't Dance I'll Be Seeing You Imagine It's A Sin To Tell A Lie Ja-da (Ja Da, Ja Da, Jing Jing Jing!) Jeanie My Blue Heaven Night And Day Poipu I Kauai September Song Sophisticated Hula Star Dust Sukiyaki Sunny The More I See You The Nearness Of You The Very Thought Of You Waikiki Beach Waikoloa When I Fall In Love Yesterday << Click image to see more >> Price: £16.95


	Ukulele Fretboard Roadmaps - Book with CD Improve your ukulele playing with Fretboard Roadmaps, your guide to the essential patterns that all great uke players know and use! Written by Fred Sokolow and Jim Beloff Each chapter presents a pattern and shows you how to use it, while also giving you playing tips and uke insights. A specially recorded CD with fifty-nine demonstration and play-along tracks illustrates the tunes and exercises written in standard notation and tablature. Absolute beginners will be able to follow the diagrams and instruction from the beginning, while intermediate players can use the chapters non-sequentially to increase their understanding of the ukulele. You will learn how to: Strum backup chords anywhere on the fretboard, in any key Play chord solos up and down the fretboard Solo in any key using first-position major scales, chord-based licks, and moveable major and blues scales Understand chord progressions Written by Fred Sokolow and Jim Beloff Binding: Paperback Published: 2006, by Hal Leonard ISBN: 1423400410 Length: 80 pages Language: English Size: 30cm x 23cm << Click image to see more >> Price: £9.95
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	The Classical Ukulele by John King - Book with CD A collection of Classical and traditional works ingeniously arranged for Ukulele by John King. The arrangements are ideal for more experinced Ukelele players, but are presented in tablature so that they may be attempted by the more novice player without needing to read music. The book includes a CD of superb demonstration performances by John King himself! Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) The Entertainer [Joplin, Scott] Ah! Vous Dirai-je, Maman (Theme K.265) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] Prelude (Cello Suite No.1 Bwv.1007) [Bach, Johann Sebastian] Greensleeves Sakura (Cherry Blossoms) The Celebrated Chop Waltz (Chop Sticks) Prelude Op.28 No.20 [Chopin, Frederic] Alekoki (Hula) [Kalakaua, David] Pupu A'o 'Ewa Prelude Bwv.846 (Well-tempered Clavier Book 1) [Bach, Johann Sebastian] Ahe Lau Makani Tarantella Italiana Jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring (Cantata No.147) [Bach, Johann Sebastian] Rigaudon [Lully, Jean-baptiste] Fur Elise (Klavierstuck Woo.59) [Beethoven, Ludwig Van] Menuett Bwv Anhang 114 [Bach, Johann Sebastian] La Carolina [Fonseca, Ricardo Porfyrio Da] Les Barricades Mysterieuses [Couperin, Francois] Written by John King Binding: Paperback Published: 2004, by Hal Leonard ISBN: 0634079794 Length: 64 pages Language: English Size: 30cm x 23cm << Click image to see more >> Price: £17.95


	The Ukulele Solo Recipe - Book and CD How to arrange ukulele solos, Book and CD The best book around for anyone wanting to improve their ukulele technique, especially solo technique. Making the move from chord strumming to solo playing is the biggest challenge in learning to play the ukulele. "The Ukulele Solo Recipe" is an introduction to various ukulele solo techniques including single note solos and chord solos. The step-by-step methods and arrangement tips and tricks enable you to understand the basics of the different soloing techniques and to help you create your own ukulele solos. The book also includes a section on chord theory geared to the ukulele and a clever one page chart that gives the fingerings for more than 1000 chords. The CD contains 11 ukulele songs and play along MIDI-files for practicing. Songs: Harlem nocturne, Peter Gunn, Love me tender, If I fell, The girl from Ipanema, Mr. Sandman, I’m beginning to see the light, St. Louis Blues, The Entertainer, Caledonia, Sweet home Chicago and more ... Rigk Sauer is the renowed uke player and maker, famous for the amazing Risa solids, electrics, acoustics, and the Uke'Ellie. See our range of Risa ukuleles. Price: £15.00

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