Introduction 1
Part I: Getting Started with the Ukulele 5
Chapter 1: Exploring the Ukulele 7
Chapter 2: Tuning Up to Sound Great 19
Chapter 3: Discovering How to Handle Your Ukulele 29
Part II: Starting Out with Chords and Strumming 39
Chapter 4: Playing Your First Ukulele Chords and Songs 41
Chapter 5: Drumming Up More Strumming Patterns 61
Chapter 6: Meeting the Chords and Their Families 81
Part III: Picking and Single]Note Playing 101
Chapter 7: Getting to Grips with Tabs and Notation 103
Chapter 8: Discovering Fingerpicking Patterns 119
Chapter 9: Combining Melodies and Chords When Playing Solo 133
Chapter 10: Picking Up Some Soloing Techniques 143
Part IV: Discovering Genres and Styles 159
Chapter 11: Rocking Out with Your Uke 161
Chapter 12: Playing the Blues to Lift Your Spirits 169
Chapter 13: Saying ‘Aloha’ to the Hawaiian Style 187
Chapter 14: Jazzing Up Your Uke Playing 195
Chapter 15: Strumming Up the Jawaiian Style 203
Chapter 16: Getting Classy: Classical Masterpieces for Ukulele
209
Chapter 17: Ukuleleing the Holidays 219
Part V: Buying and Looking After Your Ukulele 225
Chapter 18: Weighing Up Your Options When Buying a Ukulele 227
Chapter 19: Splashing Out on Essentials and Accessories 235
Chapter 20: Restringing, Maintaining, and Adjusting Your Uke
243
Part VI: The Part of Tens 253
Chapter 21: Ten Ukulele Players to Know 255
Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Get Involved in the Ukulele Scene 261
Chapter 23: Ten (or So) Tips for Improving Your Playing 267
Chapter 24: Ten Greatest Ukulele Chords 273
Part VII: Appendixes 281
Appendix A: Chord Charts 283
Appendix B: Reading Standard Musical Notation 287
Appendix C: Audio Tracks 293
Index 299
Alistair Wood is a ukulele player, transcriber and arranger who owns the most popular ukulele site on the Internet, ukulelehunt.com. His expertise and the continuing ukulele boom has led to media hits that include The New York Times, The Guardian and BBC News.
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