Ukulele Music & Song Books
This is a great format for people who either play, or would like to play, the ukulele but don’t read music.
Christmas Strumming will help you play your favourite Christmas songs quickly and easily, with incredible backing tracks to help you sound like a bona fide pro!
Melody, lyrics and chord diagrams for standard G-C-E-A tuning on 30 traditional Irish songs, including: 'Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms', 'Carrickfergus', 'Danny Boy', 'Finnegan's Wake', 'The Galway Piper', 'The Irish Washerwoman', 'Molly Malone (Cockles & Mussels)', 'My Wild Irish Rose', 'Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)', 'The Wearing of the Green', 'When Irish Eyes Are Smiling' and more.
A wonderful collection of 34 popular ukulele songs in C tuning. Chords, melody, and lyrics are shown for each song, and the melody is presented in notation and tablature! Each song is shown both as melody only and an accompaniment arrangement. Also included in the back of the book are a chart of basic chords, a fingerboard note reference, and scale exercises.
30 songs of the season are presented in 3-chord arrangements for ukulele in this collection of carols.
This terrific collection for beginning to advanced ukulele players features easy arrangements of 50 great songs, in standard notation and uke tablature. This great resource also teaches popular strum patterns and how to tune the uke.
This book and DVD shows you exactly how to play these six Christmas hits on the Ukulele!
The whole family will love these easy Uke arrangements of your favourite Christmas numbers... and everybody can learn to play them! With all the chords and complete lyrics, it just couldn't be simpler to make your own music this festive season!
This unique songbook is a collection of 30 Christmas classics especially arranged for the ukulele. Tunes include: Auld Lang Syne · Deck the Halls · The First Nowell · Jingle Bells · Joy to the World · O Come, All Ye Faithful · Silent Night · more. Features a foreword by Jumpin' Jim, chord charts, instructions on how to use the book, and festive holiday illustrations throughout.
The Bob Dylan Ukulele Chord Songbook is a unique collection of 100 all-time classic songs, drawn from 50 years of Bob Dylans recording career.
Enjoy this super mix of jazz, blues, barbershop, gospel, classical, ethnic, folk and old favorites! This collection features 27 solos arranged with just chord diagrams for players at all levels of ability. Songs include: Aura Lee · Down by the Old Mill Stream · Hard Times Come Again No More · My Wild Irish Rose · Twelve-Bar Blues · Liebestraum · Ja-Da · My Buddy · Sweet Adeline · In the Bleak Midwinter · Memories · Toyland · Dark Eyes · and more. Each solo is preceded by a page of background information with interesting comments about the composers and the songs themselves. Introductory text provides instructions, detailed guidelines, helping playing tips, and useful insights. Although intended primarily for the baritone ukulele, many of the solos can be played by both concert and tenor ukes, as well as on the top four strings of the guitar.
This chart shows essential chords and secondary minor chord relationships from all 12 root tones for the soprano ukulele in G-C-E-A tuning. The chords shown for each root note are major, seventh, minor, diminished, and augmented, with relative minor I, IV, and V7 chords also shown. In addition, the chart includes a ukulele fingerboard illustration with all the frets numbered and the corresponding notes shown in standard notation. Unfolds to 17.5" by 11.75". Designed for the left-handed uke player.
Ukulele players can strum, sing and pick along with 20 Beatles classics! Includes: All You Need Is Love · Eight Days a Week · Good Day Sunshine · Here, There and Everywhere · Let It Be · Love Me Do · Penny Lane · Yesterday · and more.
These are the matching transcriptions to Jake's 2012 release produced by Alan Parsons and featuring more amazing uke versions of classic hits and Jake originals. Titles include: Akaka Falls (Ka Wailele O' Akaka) · Fields of Gold · Gentlemandolin · Gone Fishing · Island Fever Blues · Missing Three · More Ukulele · Music Box · 143 · Over the Rainbow · Rolling in the Deep · Ukulele Five-O.
Learn notes, chords, songs, and playing techniques from the master of modern ukulele! In this unique book with online video, Jake Shimabukuro will get you started on playing the ukulele. The book includes full transcriptions of every example, the video features Jake teaching you everything you need to know plus video of Jake playing all the examples. In addition, the video includes performances of Jake playing some of his most popular arrangements such as While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Ukulele Five-Oh, among others. The video is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded.
A dozen hits from this popular British diva for uke, including: Chasing Pavements · Hello · Lovesong · Make You Feel My Love · Rolling in the Deep · Rumour Has It · Send My Love (To Your New Lover) · Set Fire to the Rain · Skyfall · Someone like You · Water Under the Bridge · When We Were Young.
The Ukulele Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily, with incredible backing tracks to help you sound like a bona fide pro! Just follow the written music, listen to the CD to hear how the ukulele should sound, and then play along with the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The CD is playable on any CD player, and also enhanced so Mac & PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch! This volume includes 8 bluegrass classics: Angel Band · Dooley · Fox on the Run · I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow · I'll Fly Away · Keep on the Sunny Side · Sitting on Top of the World · With Body and Soul.
15 solo ukulele arrangements in standard notes and tab of J.S. Bach works: Arioso · Be Thou with Me · Bourrée · Chorale in C Major, BWV 514 · Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring · Little Prelude No. 2 in C Major · Minuet in G · Minuet 1, BWV 813 · Musette in D Major · Prelude (Cello Suite No. 1) · Prelude in C Major · Quia Respexit · Sheep May Safely Graze · Sleepers, Awake (Wachet Auf) · Violin Partita No. 1, BWV 1002 Tempo Di Bourrée.
This book and accompanying audio offer a unique look into playing the music of Bach on the ukulele. Included are twenty duets for two ukuleles or ukulele and guitar. The first part in the duet can be played on either soprano, concert or tenor ukulele, and the second part on either baritone ukulele or guitar. This collection contains beautiful arrangements of many of Bach's most popular pieces. Some of the arrangements are simple, some complex, but most are of intermediate difficulty. The accompanying audio contains breathtakingly beautiful performances by ukulele maestro Rob MacKillop, and historical guitar specialist Gordon Ferries, making it wonderful in its own right.Included are pieces such as Sheep May Safely Graze: Minuet in G: Sleepers Awake: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring: and many other classic tunes. Includes access to online audio.
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.
This book is designed to aid the beginning uke player in playing strums applicable to folk and bluegrass music. Each of the 29 songs has a different strum pattern! A complete grounding in chord accompaniment is attained through songs presented in various keys. Written for the uke in standard GCEA tuning.
A collection of 29 folk and bluegrass songs selected to aid the beginning baritone uke player in playing strums suitable for diverse time signatures and tempos. Includes chord diagrams for the principal chords in each key plus instruction on tuning and playing position. An ideal follow-up to Fun with the Baritone Uke.