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The Complete Ukulele Method: Intermediate Ukulele

The Complete Ukulele Method: Intermediate Ukulele

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By Greg Horne and Shana Aisenberg / ed. Daniel Ho

Ukulele Book & Online Video/Audio

The second book and video in The Complete Ukulele method!
Intermediate Ukulele is great for ukulele players who have learned the basics and are ready to take the next step. Starting with an easy-to-follow lesson on chord theory, it then covers several major areas of study, including grooves, the blues, playing melodies and chord-melodies, and even jazz! Perform both the melodies and accompaniments for timeless classics like "Amazing Grace" and "Greensleeves." Then start jamming, as you learn to improvise using pentatonic scales. Greg Horne and Shana Aisenberg together with editor and video instructor Daniel Ho make learning easy and fun while you become a true ukulelist!
Features:
* Examples in easy-to-read TAB and standard music notation
* Songs and solos to practice
* Special ukulele strums and other right-hand techniques, such as fingerstyle and picking
* Left-hand techniques, including hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides
* Topics such as music theory, improvising, and how to practice
* Lessons on ukulele styles, including folk, Hawaiian, rock, blues, and more!

 

Title
About the Authors
Introduction
Chapter 1---The World A'Chording to Uke
Lesson 1: Theory and Major Triad Inversions
Lesson 2: Minor Inversions
Lesson 3: Diminished and Augmented Triads
Lesson 4: Dominant 7th Chords
Lesson 5: Diminished 7th Chords
Lesson 6: I-IV-V Progressions Using Moveable Shapes
Louie's Wild Thing
Lesson 7: I-vi-ii-V
There Must Be Fifty Ways (to Leave the Fifties)
There Must Be Fifty Ways (to Leave the Fifties) in F
Lesson 8: i-VII-VI
All Along the Stairway
All Along the Stairway in D Minor
Chapter 2---Expanding Your Groove Palette
Lesson 1: Groove Concepts
Lesson 2: Rhythms Using Triplets
Lesson 3: 3+3+2
Lesson 4: Split Strum
Lesson 5: Bo Diddley Beat, or Clave
Lesson 6: 3/4 and 6/8 Time Signatures
Chapter 3---Kind of Blue
Lesson 1: 12-Bar Blues
Lesson 2: 16-Bar Blues
Lesson 3: 8-Bar Blues
Lesson 4: Turnarounds
Lesson 5: Circle of 5ths Blues Progressions
Salty Dog Blues
Lesson 6: Jazzin' the Blues
Lesson 7: 16-Bar Ragtime Blues
Alice's Red Hot Electric Rag
Chapter 4---Melodic Playing
Lesson 1: Open-Position Scales
Lesson 2: Playing Melodies
Amazing Grace
Red River Valley
Lesson 3: Scales up the Neck
Lesson 4: Aura Lee
Aura Lee
Lesson 5: Oh! Susanna
Oh! Susanna
Chapter 5---3rds and 6ths
Lesson 1: 3rds
Ode to Joy (Harmonized in 3rds)
Lesson 2: 6ths
Ode to Joy (Harmonized in 6ths)
Chapter 6---Fingerstyle Uke
Lesson 1: Fingerpicking Patterns
Lesson 2: Alice's Red Hot Electric Rag (Fingerstyle Version)
Alice's Red Hot Electric Rag (Fingerstyle Version)
Lesson 3: Banjo Rolls
Rolling Down That Long Lonesome Road
Lesson 4: Fingerpicking in 3/4 and 6/8 Time
Lesson 5: House of the Rising Uke
House of the Rising Uke
Chapter 7---On the Other Hand: Tricks and Techniques for the Fretting Hand
Lesson 1: Hammer-Ons
Lesson 2: Pull-Offs
Lesson 3: Combining Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs
Lesson 4: Slides
Lesson 5: Bending Strings and Vibrato
Lesson 6: Ashgrove (Using Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs)
Ashgrove
Lesson 7: Sitting on Top of the World (Using Sliding)
Sitting on Top of the World
Chapter 8---Chord-Melody
Lesson 1: Chord-Melody Style
Oh! Susanna (Chord-Melody)
Lesson 2: Amazing Grace (Chord-Melody)
Amazing Grace (Chord-Melody)
Lesson 3: Ashgrove (Chord-Melody)
Ashgrove (Chord-Melody)
Lesson 4: Greensleeves (Chord-Melody)
Greensleeves (Chord-Melody)
Chapter 9---Getting Jazzy 53
Lesson 1: Everything You Wanted to Know About Jazz
Lesson 2: Has Anybody Seen My Uke? (32-Bar Progression)
Has Anybody Seen My Uke?
Lesson 3: Uke's Got Rhythm Changes
Uke's Got Rhythm
Lesson 4: Gypsy Jazz
Chapter 10---Let's Jam
Lesson 1: Jamming On the Blues
Lesson 2: Pentatonic Scales
Lesson 3: Soloing Using the Minor Pentatonic Scale
Lesson 4: Soloing Using the Major Pentatonic Scale
Lesson 5: Combining Major Pentatonic, Minor Pentatonic, and Blues Scales in a Solo

 

Series: Complete Method
Author: Greg Horne, Shana Aisenberg
Instrument: Ukulele
Format: Book & Online Video/Audio
Page Count: 64

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