Ukulele Exercises For Dummies
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| Rating | : | 4.53 (547 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00C7P9ZI4 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 441 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This practice-based book focuses on the skills that entry-level players often find challenging and provides tips, tricks and plenty of cool exercises that will have you creating music in no time that include: • Creating rock-steady strumming patterns and rhythms • Becoming a better fingerpicker with patterns, arpeggio exercises, and solo fingerpicking pieces • Expanding your fretboard knowledge and crafting your own rock, blues and jazz riffs and solos • Playing actual songs on the ukulele - everything from the classic ukulele tunes to the 12 bar blues! • Downloadable audio files of the exercises found in the book, providing you with
Brett McQueen is a musician, songwriter and the founder of ukuleletricks, one of the most popular ukulele sites in the world, where he provides audio, video, and written instructional material (along with personalised feedback) to freshly minted ukulele fans everywhere. Alistair Wood is the man (the myth and the legend
This exercise book is your ticket to becoming a bona fide ukulele hero. And if you're brand-new to the uke, you'll find a lot to like here as well.Brush up on the fundamentals — discover how to hold your ukulele; play common chords; read ukulele notation and tab, chord diagrams, neck diagrams, and rhythm chartsStart practising on the right foot — shorten your learning curve with pre-practice warm-ups, including finger- and hand-stretches, breathing exercises, and strength-building exercisesDo some serious strumming — strengthen your rhythm, timing and ability to find the right pattern for any song, or even transform simple strumming patterns into sweet improvsBecome a power-picker — master rhythmic fingerpicking songs and solo fingerstyle pieces with exercises that qui
"Get it!" according to Alicia. I am a total newbie to stringed instruments and it's been decades since I took piano as a kid. Though I'm taking weekly lessons at my local Folk School, I decided to buy this book, Ukelele Exercises for Dummies, because I remembered all those finger exercises I was forced to do by my piano teacher. We don't realized why we are made to do something until we grow up. Because of those piano exercises, I ended up with really great fine motor movement coordination. I figured that same concept could be applied to learning ukelele. So, when I'm not practicing my week. The best intro book, Hands down. If you only buy 1 book to get you started, this is the one to get. Doug in AZ Takes you from basics to all the things that makes the UKE fun. Chords, Strumming patterns, finger picking, how to get better. I own just about every Uke book out there. This one is so knowledge dense that I could probably get rid of half my library. If you get this book and do the exercises, you will gain the chops and the confidence. I wish I had found this one first. Would have cut massive amounts of time in my progression. Truly a MUST HAVE. If you are giving someone a uke, as you always should, give them a copy of this book as well.First rate, can't love . Sam said This is the BEST Dummies book I have ever read- it is the best Ukulele instructional book I have.(And I have A LOT!!). Ok this really IS a GREAT dummies book. I have bought a few dummies books and they are ok, but this one is hot! it is about an inch thick, and the pages are thin paper so there are a lot of pages, the printing is pretty small- can be a draw back especially with the riffs so small they are hard to read- but definitely not a deal breaker! There is SO much information in here, and it is very good information and explained in a way that is understandable. There are "pictures" for many riffs, exercises, songs, etc. so that you are learning by seeing how to do what