Play Ukulele Today! - Starter Pack | Beginner Ukulele Method with Levels 1 and 2 Book CDs and DVD | Self Teaching Course for Chords Melodies Strumming Picking Notation and Tablature for Students

by Barrett Tagliarino, John R. Nicholson

This complete guide to the basics contains everything you need to get started on the uke: in-depth instruction, terrific songs, two professional-quality CDs with full-demo tracks, and a helpful DVD! Perfect for students who want to teach themselves, or for teachers giving private or group lessons. Simply follow the tips and lessons in the book as you listen to the teacher on the CDs and DVD. Covers: songs, chords and melodies; picking, fingerpicking and strumming; playing tips and techniques; standard notation and tablature; and much more. Over 150 songs and examples! Have fun as you open the door to the fun world of ukulele! DVD running time: 1 hr. 15 min.

Genres: Music, Reference, Nonfiction

98 pages, Paperback

First published November 11, 2000

Reviews

[Kate]

Overall this was a clear introduction to the ukulele. It focuses mostly on reading music and playing notes, which really doesn't matter all that much since most songs are best played on the uke by strumming chords. So, while as a music newbie, I liked learning how to read music, it might have been better if there was more focus on how to strum, strumming patterns, and learning to move between chords. I used the accompanying CD and found the tuning section fairly useless (as I said, I'm a noob and also mostly tone-deaf - I couldn't tune by listening to a sustained note. I ended up buying an electronic tuner). The strumming sections were okay, but generally the "play-along" parts were too fast for my beginning skills, although I did like having a metronome sound to stay on rhythm. There's a lot of information online about playing uke, video tutorials, etc., and I would recommend doing this rather than using this book, unless you really want to learn to read music and play notes.

[Vannessa Anderson]

If you’re new to playing the Ukulele you’ll find the pictures essential.

[Candice]

It helped!

[Minda Carpenter]

It focusing more on playing melodies than cords which is a little strange because that is not usually the part ukulele plays. If you already know music theory it can be a slow start to learning ukulele. The explanations a good and clean though.

[Steve Mitchell]

Got my first couple of chords out of the thing thanks to this

[Moran]

Very basic, very short, not too challenging.
But it was fun!