The Complete Ukulele Method -- Beginning Ukulele (Book, DVD & Online Audio & Video) (Complete Method)
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (903 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1470627183 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 96 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Guitarists wanting to expand their musical horizons will also find this to be the perfect introduction to playing the ukulele. Perfect for beginning ukulelists as well as players who want to enhance their knowledge, this book and video teaches everything you need to know to get started on the ukulele, including chords, strumming, picking, basic music theory, and reading tablature (TAB) and standard music notation. With practice tips and other important advice for the beginning ukulelist, Beginning Ukulele is the most thorough method available for beginning ukulele students.. The companion video, on DVD and online, features friendly, easy-to-understand explanations and demonstrations by GRAMMY® Award-winning ukulelist Daniel Ho. The book features lots of fun songs in a variety of styles, including rock, blues, Hawaiian, fiddle tunes, and fingerstyle
"Buy this, not the compilation" according to Uke Enthusiast. This is by far the best of my ukulele instruction books. The authors and DVD teacher Daniel Ho do a fine job of introducing the novice player to the ukulele, to playing chords, to strumming, to note reading. Exercises are in that sweet 80/20 spot educators like to talk about (where learners are always being pushed forward-the 20%, but also are getting reinforcement on past learning-the 80%). The. "Good lessons, but too difficult to follow along." according to D Bravo. Very hard to follow the video with the book, and the chapters are numbered different. It moves along quickly, but the pause option helps. As a beginner I found this frustrating. Though, he is awesome and in time I hope to go back and figure it all out.. Lisa A. Heath said good but not great. I have just begun playing ukulele; had formerly played guitar & wanted to try a new instrument. So, I got a few books @ same time-I will admit I'm biased towards Hal leonard method bk because I've used those when learning guitar. I personally find it distracting to use DVD while playing so I won't say much about that except chapter #'s & examples in bk don't correspond to selection #'s on DVD. F