CHF22.70
Download est disponible immédiatement
Strum a tune on your ukulele--no Hawaiian shirt required!
Picture it now: the sun sets over the shimmering sea, and, as the beach bar falls quiet, you begin strumming Queen Liliuokalani's "Aloha 'Oe" to a mesmerized crowd. ... Okay, while this doesn't happen every day for ukulele-players, you'll still have a lot of fun learning your favorite tunes on your ukulele. Widely associated with Hawaiian music, the ukulele has exploded in popularity in recent years as kids and adults alike have started their music education with a uke or added it to their collection of instruments.
Learning to play this versatile instrument is made easier for the experience and inexperienced alike with this new edition of Ukulele For Dummies. Following its straightforward instructions, you'll pick your way from the basics of purchasing your ukulele and accessories to confidently strumming through simple chord progressions and jamming through various styles and standards, including pop, folk, and those much-loved holiday favorites. Aloha, Santa Claus!
Buy the right ukulele for you
Perfect your pick and fret
Practice with downloadable audio
Get the best ukulele apps
Whatever you want from your ukulele adventure--strumming on the beach or adding its island style to your distinctive new pop sound--Ukulele For Dummies will have you making a big splash with this tiny instrument in aloha no time at all!
Auteur
Alistair Wood is a ukulele player, transcriber, and arranger who owns the popular ukulele site ukulelehunt.com. He first picked up a ukulele at the age of 16 and has since been sought out for his ukulele wisdom by The New York Times, The Guardian, the BBC, and many other media outlets.
Texte du rabat
Explore musical styles like jazz, blues, and Hawaiian Say a happy aloha to this popular instrument! The ukulele is a fun, versatile, and popular instrument. It's an ideal starting place for inexperienced musicians who want to play some tunes. This friendly, straightforward guide gets you started on the path to confidently jamming in various styles. Written by the teacher behind the top ukulele web site in the world, this book covers choosing and caring for a uke, playing your first chords, and learning some songs that sound great on the ukulele. Inside...
Résumé
Strum a tune on your ukuleleno Hawaiian shirt required!
Picture it now: the sun sets over the shimmering sea, and, as the beach bar falls quiet, you begin strumming Queen Liliuokalani's "Aloha 'Oe" to a mesmerized crowd. ... Okay, while this doesn't happen every day for ukulele-players, you'll still have a lot of fun learning your favorite tunes on your ukulele. Widely associated with Hawaiian music, the ukulele has exploded in popularity in recent years as kids and adults alike have started their music education with a uke or added it to their collection of instruments.
Learning to play this versatile instrument is made easier for the experience and inexperienced alike with this new edition of Ukulele For Dummies. Following its straightforward instructions, you'll pick your way from the basics of purchasing your ukulele and accessories to confidently strumming through simple chord progressions and jamming through various styles and standards, including pop, folk, and those much-loved holiday favorites. Aloha, Santa Claus!
Contenu
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 2
Icons Used in This Book 2
Beyond the Book 3
Where to Go from Here 3
Part 1: Getting Started with the Ukulele 5
Chapter 1: Exploring the Ukulele 7
Understanding the Uke's Advantages 7
Loving the sound 8
Joining a vibrant community 8
Appreciating the uke's practicality 8
Sizing Up the Ukulele 10
Meeting the family: Daddy uke, mummy uke, and baby uke 11
Deciding which uke is best for you 11
Taking a Tour: The Anatomy of the Ukulele 11
Becoming a Well-Versed Ukulele Player 15
Strumming along to hula in Hawaii 15
Swinging and picking across the USA 16
Rockin' and rollin', and getting down with the blues 17
Diversifying into ever more styles 17
Chapter 2: Tuning Up to Sound Great 19
Knowing Some Musical Terms 20
Notes as letters 20
Half steps and whole steps 20
Chords and scales 21
Major and minor 21
Pitching into Tuning Basics 22
Unravelling Tunings for Your Instrument 22
Exploring the most common tuning: gCEA 23
Using other tunings 24
Choosing a Tuning Method 24
Going hi-tech: Tuning with an electronic tuner 25
Listening and repeating: Tuning to the audio track 26
Stringing along: Tuning to a guitar 26
Seeing in black and white: Tuning to a piano or keyboard 26
Tuning your uke to itself 27
Chapter 3: Discovering How to Handle Your Ukulele 29
Holding On to Your Ukulele 29
Positioning yourself to play 30
Standing up 31
Sitting down 31
Holding your uke left-handed 32
Developing Your Strumming 32
Strumming in the right spot 33
Strumming in the right way 34
Refusing to use a pick! 34
Pressing On to Fretting 35
Positioning your fretting hand 35
Locating where to fret 36
Discovering how strongly to fret 36
Adjusting when things don't sound right 37
Playing and pain 37
Part 2: Starting Out with Chords and Strumming 39
Chapter 4: Playing Your First Ukulele Chords and Songs 41
Playing Music without Reading Music 42
Reading chord diagrams 42
Deciphering chord diagrams for lefties 44
Playing a Song Using Two Chords 44
Creating a C chord 44
Fingering an F chord 45
Starting your first song: Li'l Liza Jane 46
Developing Your First Strumming Patterns 47
Using strumming notation 48
Filling in with ups and downs 48
Finding an easy way to follow rhythms 49
Discovering Seventh Chords 51
Getting to grips with G7 51
Adding the E7 chord 52
Taking off with your second song: I'll Fly Away 53
Practicing Minor Chords 55
Attempting A minor 55
Moving on to D minor 56
Majoring in E minor 56
Playing your first minor-chord song 57
Chapter 5: Drumming Up More Strumming Patterns 59
Pocketing the Ever-Useful Swiss Army Strum 59
Adding Pep with Some Strumming Variations 64
Changing chords within bars 64
Strumming strongly and weakly 65
Introducing the time signature 66
Checking out chnks 71
Strumming for Various Genres 72
Getting down with blues strumming: The shuffle 72
Becoming upbeat about the reggae off-beat 73
Rocking without strumming 75
Rolling your strums 76
Deciding on an Appropriate Strumming Pattern 77 **Chapter 6: Meeting the Chords and Their Families</b&...