Do-It-Yourself Ukulele Step-by-Step Guide to Start Playing

The Best Step-by-Step Guide to Start Playing for Soprano, Concert, or Tenor Ukulele. Do It Yourself. Instruction, Method. Softcover Media Online. 120 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.No more excuses! You’ve always wanted to play the ukulele and now you can get started on your own terms with this incredibly helpful book with audio and video lessons from the most-trusted name in music education. Hal Leonard’s Do-It-Yourself Ukulele uses well-known pop, rock, blues, traditional, and Hawaiian tunes in its step-by-step instructions on what you need to know to get started and sounding like a pro in no time. It includes audio demonstration tracks and a full video course — with nearly seven hours of instructional videos — by popular YouTube ukulele teacher and author Terry Carter for a comprehensive learning experience. Written for adults or motivated older kids, you’ll learn: ukulele fundamentals; how to read music and tablature; playing chords of all types; essential strum patterns; notes on the fretboard; single-note melodies; using scales; fingerpicking; technique building; essential ukulele songs; blues-style playing; using a capo; and more! Includes 102 video tutorials and 87 audio tracks for demonstration and play-along! Audio and video files are accessed online using the unique code inside the book for download or streaming. The audio files include PLAYBACK , a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right. Excerpts from over 30 songs help to demonstrate the lessons, including: Aloha Oe • Brown Eyed Girl • Can’t Help Falling in Love • Hallelujah • Hey, Soul Sister • (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction • I’m Yours • La Bamba • Lava • Lean on Me • Let It Be • Over the Rainbow • Seven Nation Army • Smoke on the Water • Stand by Me • Three Little Birds • Yellow Submarine • and more! Song List (33) Aloha Oe Amazing Grace Aura Lee Brown Eyed Girl Can’t Help Falling in Love Hallelujah Hey, Soul Sister Hound Dog The House of the Rising Sun (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction I’m Yours La Bamba Lava Lean On Me Learning To Fly Let It Be Lullaby Ode to Joy Oh, Pretty Woman Old Town Road (I Got The Horses In The Back) Over The Rainbow Perfect Riptide Seven Nation Army (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay Smoke On The Water Stand By Me Three Little Birds The Thrill is Gone Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Twist And Shout The Wheels on the Bus Yellow Submarine