Ukulele Music & Song Books
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.
20 favourite Scottish and Irish tunes, brilliantly arranged for fingerstyle Ukulele by Rob MacKillop. Titles include such well-known session tunes as Drowsy Maggie, The Kesh Jig, The Connaught Man's Rambles and The Wind That Shakes The Barley. Rob is a master of the campanella style of Ukulele fingering, which exploits the unique tuning of the ukulele, and which helps these airs, jigs and reels flow across the fingerboard effortlessly, at times sounding like a small Celtic Harp. The audio download available online contains all 20 pieces performed by Rob MacKillop, hailed in Celtic World as 'One of Scotland's finest musicians'.
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.
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.
Winner of the 2021 Best Tools for Schools award for Best Book for Beginners! Anyone who's attended a Jake Shimabukuro concert or workshop knows how amiable and charismatic he is, not to mention what a remarkable ukulele player he is! With all of these abilities, it's no wonder he's great with kids, too. In Ukulele for Young Beginners, this master of modern ukulele inspires and excites kids with their first step into a lifetime of making music. For classroom or home learning, this unique book includes complete online video lessons where Jake personally helps young kids start playing the ukulele with simple lessons and fun activities that will have even the youngest players strumming some of their favorite songs by the end of the book. The videos are accessed online, for download or streaming, using the unique code provided in each book.
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.
From the author of Mel Bay's best-selling book, Learn to Play Fingerstyle Solos for Ukulele, we are proud to present, Favorite Fingerstyle Solos for Ukulele. This book and accompanying audio offer a variety of fingerstyle solos for the ukulele. The music stretches across several styles, including Hawaiian, ragtime, bossa nova, and classical. The solos progress in difficulty, and tips on technique are included along the way. More advanced arrangements introduce chord inversions and different rhythmic approaches for the right hand. Thirty-three arrangements are presented in standard notation and tablature. Transposition charts are included for baritone ukulele. Includes accessto online audio.
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.