Mastering Ukulele: The Complete Ukulele Method mit DVD
Learn about arranging chord-melody solos using the entire ukulele fretboard, and have fun playing solos of well-known songs like "When the Saints Go Marching In" and "The Star-Spangled Banner." Techniques like triplet strums, bursts, split strums, and fan strokes are introduced. Explore musical styles such as old school, ragtime, Hawaiian, fingerstyle, and rock---and learn rhythms from around the world. Have fun rocking, getting funky, and improvising over jazz progressions.
Chapter 1---The World A'Chording to Uke
Lesson 1: The Harmonized Major Scale
Lesson 2: Four Types of 7th Chord Inversions
Lesson 3: Major and Minor 6th Inversions
Lesson 4: Suspended Chords
Lesson 5: What Are All Those Other Numbers, Anyway?
Lesson 6: ii-V-I Progression
Chapter 2---Arranging Chord-Melody Style up the Neck
Lesson 1: Chord Scale
Lesson 2: When the Saints Go Marching In (Chord-Melody)
When the Saints Go Marching In (Chord-Melody)
Lesson 3: The Star-Spangled Banner (Chord-Melody)
The Star-Spangled Banner (Chord-Melody)
Lesson 4: Jazzin' the Blues (Chord-Melody)
Chapter 3---Yet More Strums and Techniques
Lesson 1: Reviewing Triples, Bursts, and Split Strums
Lesson 2: The Fan Stroke
Lesson 3: The Fan Stroke Continued
Lesson 4: One-Finger Tremolo
Lesson 5: Rasgueados
Big Flamenco Workout
Chapter 4---Old-School Fancy: Traditional Ragtime, Jazz, and Hawaiian
Lesson 1: Aloha 'Oe
Aloha 'Oe
Lesson 2: Raggin' on 12th Street
Raggin' on 12th Street
Lesson 3: A Tune in the Formby Style
George on Holiday
Lesson 4: Autumn Has Left
Autumn Has Left
Lesson 5: Has Anybody Seen My Uke?
Has Anybody Seen My Uke?
Lesson 6: A New Triple Strum from the Islands
The Breeze Through the Trees Blows with Ease
Chapter 5---Scales and Arpeggios: Positions up the Neck
Lesson 1: Major Scale Positions
Lesson 2: À La Mode
Lesson 3: Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales
Lesson 4: Arpeggios
Lesson 5: Scale and Arpeggio Practice Ideas
Chapter 6---Fingerstyle
Lesson 1: House of the Rising Sun (Chord-Melody)
House of the Rising Sun (Chord-Melody)
House of the Rising Sun (Variation 1)
House of the Rising Sun (Variation 2)
Lesson 2: Cross-String Fingering
Lesson 3: Arpeggi-Uke (Cross-String)
Arpeggi-Uke (Cross-String)
Lesson 4: Cross-String Rag
Cross-String Rag
Lesson 5: Miss Mcleod's Reel
Miss Mcleod's Reel
Chapter 7---Rockin' the Uke
Lesson 1: Song for George
Song for George
Lesson 2: Body Percussion
Lesson 3: Funky Funk Strumming
Lesson 4: Building a Groove by Layers
Gloves Off
Chapter 8---Jazz Improvisation
Lesson 1: Improvising over Dominant 7th Chords
Lesson 2: Improvising over Other Types of 7th Chords
Chapter 9---World Rhythms and Scales
Lesson 1: Odd Time Signatures
Lesson 2: Harmonic Minor and Its Modes
Lesson 3: Balkan up the Wrong Tree!
Balkan up the Wrong Tree!