Questo libro vi inizierà all'ukulele, anche se siete dei principianti assoluti che non hanno mai suonato uno strumento musicale. Imparerete diversi tipi di strumming, qualche esempio di picking e un numero sufficiente di accordi per essere in grado di suonare in diverse tonalità. Suonare seguendo le registrazioni vi aiuterà a entrare nel groove, e ci saranno musica e tablatura per assistervi in questo viaggio. Una volta che saprete suonare i brani proposti qui, farete parte della sempre più folta comunità di appassionati dell'ukulele. Le canzoni contenute in questo libro sono qualcosa di più di semplici esercizi per imparare a suonare l'ukulele: si tratta di classici che sono stati interpretati e incisi da centinaia di artisti. Ecco perché sono state incluse le strofe aggiuntive dopo ogni canzone/esercizio. Dal momento che state imparando una parte di una canzone, tanto vale impararla tutta!

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(Ukulele). The Beatles for Fingerstyle Ukulele contains 25 favorite songs, each presented two ways: first as solo fingerstyle arrangements for playing simple chord-melody instrumentals with tab and chord diagrams included and also as lyric-and-chord lead sheets for basic strumming and singing. Songs are introduced in order of difficulty and also include fun and interesting facts about the Beatles' original recordings and history. Songs include: Across the Universe * And I Love Her * Can't Buy Me Love * Eight Days a Week * Here Comes the Sun * Hey Jude * In My Life * Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds * Something * While My Guitar Gently Weeps * Yesterday * You've Got to Hide Your Love Away * and more.

(Ukulele). Jazzing Up the Ukulele by Fred Sokolow is a method book/CD for uke players who want to add jazz chord substitution principles to their arrangements. Using 7 classic jazz tunes, Fred teaches this by: comparing a simple chord arrangement to a jazzed-up version; explaining how all the variations work; and then presenting a chord/melody solo to learn for each song. Everything is written out in uke tablature, and all three versions of each song are on the included CD. Plus, the opening chapter clearly introduces the music theory that is the foundation of playing chord substitutions. Songs include: April Showers * Avalon * I'm Always Chasing Rainbows * Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana) * Look for the Silver Lining * Smiles * Some of These Days.

(Mandolin). Ready to take your playing to the next level? Renowned fretted instrument performer and teacher Fred Sokolow presents valuable how-to insight that mandolin players of all styles and levels can benefit from. The text, photos, music, diagrams, and accompanying audio provide a terrific, easy-to-use resource for a variety of topics, including playing tips, practicing tips, accessories, mandolin history and lore, practical music theory, and much more! Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary

(Banjo). Best-selling author Fred Sokolow teaches you how to play blues on the banjo with this instructional book and audio pack! You'll learn: how to play the blues in several banjo tunings; how to play in the styles of blues greats like Mississippi John Hurt, Lightnin' Hopins, B.B. King, Skip James, and many more; licks, scales, chords, turnarounds and boogie backup; several approaches to soloing; how to ad lib blues licks and solos in any key; how to play the blues up and down the neck; and more. Includes these classic blues tunes: Ain't Nobody's Business * Careless Love * Frankie and Johnny * John Henry * The Midnight Special * Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out * See See Rider * St. James Infirmary Blues * St. Louis Blues * and more. Also includes chord grids, standard notation and tablature, audio tracks for all the songs, licks and exercises in the book, with banjo and vocals. The price of this book includes access to audio tracks online for download or streaming using the unique code inside the book! Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibrary

(Homespun Tapes). Includes the book The Hank Williams Songbook (00699255) and the DVD Fingerpicking Hank Williams (00642182) in one money-saving pack! The book features 26 classics by the great Hank Williams in easy-to-intermediate fingerpicking and flatpicking arrangements in notes and tab. The DVD features Toby Walker's solo arrangements of Hank Williams' classics and will build your fingerpicking skills, expand your fretboard knowledge and show you some really cool licks. A great value at only $39.95!

(Homespun Tapes). This budget-saving bundle pack includes: The Carter Family Collection (Book) This deluxe book features 32 songs from 'The Royal Family of Country Music,' plus an introduction & family history, rare photos, a chronological discography, and analysis of their technique and music. Songs include: Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow * Can the Circle Be Unbroken * Coal Miner's Blues * Hello Stranger * Little Joe (Darling Little Joe) * Wabash Cannonball * Wildwood Flower * more. Guitar Styles of the Carter Family (DVD) Learn how to get the famous Carter Family guitar sound and incorporate it into some of their most significant songs: Wildwood Flower * Jimmie Brown the Newsboy * The Cannonball * You Are My Flower * I Never Will Marry * and more. Includes music and tab booklet. Beginner level. 1 hr, 25 min.

(Banjo). Ready to take your banjo playing up a notch? Renowned teacher Fred Sokolow presents valuable how-to insight from which banjo players of all styles and levels can benefit. The text, photos, music, diagrams and accompanying CD provide a terrific, easy-to-use resource for a variety of topics, including techniques, ear training, performance, and much more!

(Ukulele). If you want to take your ukulele playing to the next level, you need to start using your fingers! The sample songs and patterns found in this book and CD pack will get you started both playing solos and accompaniment fingerstyle. You will learn how to use your picking-hand fingers and thumb to play chord melody solos on the ukulele; mixing chords and single notes like a pianist or a guitarist. You will also learn fingerpicking accompaniment patterns for a variety of textures and rhythmic grooves. Because fingerstyle playing works for all genres, folk, jazz, blues and country songs are included in this collection! Songs include: After You've Gone * Aloha Oe * Amazing Grace * C.C. Rider * I Ride an Old Paint * The Red River Valley * St. Louis Blues * Take Me Out to the Ball Game * The Wabash Cannon Ball * Will the Circle Be Unbroken * and more.

(Ukulele). Ready to take your uke playing to the next level? Renowned fretted instrument performer and teacher Fred Sokolow presents valuable how-to insight from which ukulele players of all styles and levels can benefit. The text, photos, music, diagrams and accompanying CD provide a terrific, easy-to-use resource for a variety of topics, including: techniques, improvising and soloing, equipment, practicing, ear training, performance, uke history and lore, and much more!

(Guitar Method). The Hal Leonard Folk Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning folk guitar. This book uses popular folk songs to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead playing in the styles of Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Simon & Garfunkel, the Carter Family, Peter Paul & Mary, John Denver, and many others. You'll learn: basic strumming; strumming variations; Carter-style flatpicking; bass runs; basic fingerstyle patterns; alternating thumb patterns; flatpicking solos; hammer-ons and pull-offs; fingerpicking solos; using a capo; I-IV-V chord families; and much more. Songs include: Blowin' in the Wind * Freight Train * The House of the Rising Sun * I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow * Leaving on a Jet Plane * Little Boxes * Puff the Magic Dragon * Scarborough Fair * This Land Is Your Land * Tom Dooley * Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) * and more.

Guitar EducationalFred Sokolow's best-selling guitar method and series has helped hundreds of thousands of guitar players. For the first time, this system is presented for the absolute beginner. While teaching the basic skills needed to play countless songs, Sokolow presents practical music theory that will enhance your playing. The visual fretboard patterns, used in all of the Roadmaps books, make it easier to understand the guitar and think like a musician. With chord grids, tablature, music notation and a recording, you'll immediately learn how to: play over 20 familiar tunes; strum and fingerpick songs with many different rhythms; play melodies in five different keys; play dozens of chords; use the 'blues box' to play solos and to jam with other players; play power chords and barre chords up and down the neck; read tablature and music notation; and more! The accompanying recording includes the songs, scales and exercises that are presented in tablature and music notation throughout the book. The success of the Fretboard Roadmaps series is due to its practical, visual patterns, which help the guitarist learn to play quickly!

This book teaches the techniques, licks, chords, scales, and strums you need to play rockabilly guitar. It shows you how to play rhythm (backup) and lead for all kinds of rockabilly grooves. Instead of learning exercises, you learn the classic rockabilly songs and solos that made the genre come together in the first place. The CD that accompanies the book will help you catch the rhythms and nuances of the rockabilly style. Songs include: Be-Bop-A-Lula * Get Rhythm * Honey Don't * Milk Cow Blues * No Particular Place to Go * Rock Around the Clock * Rock This Town * Susie-Q * Train Kept A-Rollin' * and more.

Fred Sokolow's bestselling guitar method has helped thousands of guitar players expand their chord vocabulary and think musically. This value pack includes a book, a full audio CD with 50 demo and play-along tracks, and a supplemental DVD featuring more than an hour of one-on-one instruction with the author! Each chapter presents a pattern and shows how to use it, along with playing tips and guitar insights. Beginners can follow the diagrams and instructions in order, and intermediate and advanced players can use the chapters non-sequentially to increase their understanding of the guitar.

The Hal Leonard Bluegrass Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning bluegrass guitar. This book uses popular bluegrass songs to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead playing in the styles of Doc Watson, Tony Rice, Maybelle Carter, Lester Flatt, and many others. Lessons include Carter strumming, alternating bass, waltz strums, using the capo, hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, crosspicking, and much more. The accompanying CD includes 43 tracks for demonstration and play-along. Songs include: Amazing Grace * Blue Moon of Kentucky * Cripple Creek * I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow * I'll Fly Away * We'll Meet Again Sweetheart * The Wreck of the Old '97 * and more.

Bluegrass Ukulele features 21 of the most popular bluegrass songs and fiddle tunes arranged for ukulele by Fred Sokolow. Each song comes with three tablature arrangements: one arrangement where you strum the chords and sing the tune; one where you play an instrumental solo, picking the melody and strumming to fill out the rhythm; and one where you play a fingerpicking solo using banjo-type, three-finger rolls. Includes a CD with arrangements of each song played and sung by Sokolow. Songs: Careless Love * John Hardy * Old Joe Clark * Sally Goodin * Take This Hammer * Turkey in the Straw * The Wabash Cannon Ball * Wildwood Flower * Will the Circle Be Unbroken * and 12 others.

A thorough guide to the most widely used tunings! Tunes and exercises that illustrate each technique are written in tab and music and played on the CD featuring 50 demo tracks. These essential fretboard patterns are roadmaps that all guitarists need to know and use to play in alternate tunings. Learn to: solo and play backup in Drop D, Open G, Open D, DADGAD, Open A, and Open E tunings; play a variety of lead guitar styles and songs (acoustic and electric) in open tunings; play chords and progressions anywhere on the fretboard, in all keys, in many tunings; and more. Each chapter presents a fretboard pattern and shows how to use it, along with playing tips and guitar insights. An absolute beginner can follow the diagrams and instruction from the beginning. Intermediate and advanced players can use the chapters non-sequentially to increase their understanding of the guitar.

A fixture on the Portland indie music scene, singer-songwriter Elliott Smith was introduced to the mainstream via his Oscar-nominated song 'Miss Misery' from the Good Will Hunting soundtrack. This collection features that song and 17 others, from his first CD, through tracks released after his tragic and untimely death. Includes: Angeles * Clementine * Everything Means Nothing to Me * Pretty (Ugly Before) * Say Yes * Son of Sam * Waltz #2 (XO) * and more, plus a discography and an intro.

18 of the Fab Four's finest for five string banjo! Includes: Across the Universe * Blackbird * A Hard Day's Night * Here Comes the Sun * Hey Jude * Let It Be * She Loves You * Strawberry Fields Forever * Ticket to Ride * Yesterday * and more.