Ukulele Exercises for Dummies

Informationen zum Autor Brett McQueen is a musician, songwriter and the founder of ukuleletricks.com, 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) behind ukulelehunt.com and the author of Ukulele For Dummies. Klappentext Improve your ukulele playing - fast! - with hundreds of fun exercises, drills and practice tunes You got yourself a ukulele and taught yourself to play a passable 'Happy Birthday,' but now you're ready to take it to the next level. You've come to the right place. This exercise book is your ticket to becoming a bona fide ukulele hero. It supplies expert tips, tricks and plenty of jammin' exercises that will have you strumming and picking your way through everything from the classic ukulele tunes to cool jazz progressions, intricate instrumental pieces and blues riffs like a pro - in no time. 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 charts Start practising on the right foot - shorten your learning curve with pre-practice warm-ups, including finger- and hand-stretches, breathing exercises, and strength-building exercises Do 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 improvs Become a power-picke r - master rhythmic fingerpicking songs and solo fingerstyle pieces with exercises that quickly improve speed, flexibility, and fluidity Master the fretboard - learn to build major and minor scales across the neck of the ukulele, build chords in different positions up, and down the fretboard and craft slick solos in rock, blues and jazz styles Audio download includes Over an hour and a half of audio featuring the exercises and songs from the book - so you can hear exactly how they should sound Open the book and find: Hundreds of exercises in various keys, tempos and styles Strumming exercises from common chord changes to advanced techniques Scales and scale sequences Picking patterns and exercises that build speed and confidence Ways to apply the techniques and tricks you learn to play actual songs Warm up exercises that make learning faster and easier Tips on performing before an audience Zusammenfassung Take your ukulele playing to the next level - fast! - with hundreds of fun exercises, drills and practice tunes You have a ukulele, you know just enough to be dangerous, and now you're ready to do something with it. You're in luck: Ukulele Exercises For Dummies helps you become a better player. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 2 What You're Not to Read 2 Foolish Assumptions 3 How This Book Is Organised 3 Part I: Getting Started with Ukulele Exercises 3 Part II: Becoming a Better Strummer 3 Part III: Becoming a Better Fingerpicker 4 Part IV: Mastering the Ukulele Fretboard 4 Part V: The Part of Tens 4 Accessing the Audio Tracks 4 Icons Used in This Book 5 Where to Go from Here 5 Part I: Getting Started with Ukulele Exercises 7 Chapter 1: Preparing to Practise 9 Equipping Yourself with the Right Practice Tools 9 Tuning up with a chromatic tuner 9 Keeping time with a metronome 10 Tracking your progress with a practice journal 10 Reviewing Ukulele Notation 11 Deciphering tablature 11 Understanding chord diagrams 12 Comprehending neck diagrams 13 Re...

List of contents

Introduction 1
 
Part I: Getting Started with Ukulele Exercises 7
 
Chapter 1: Preparing to Practise9
 
Chapter 2: Warming Up for Practice 15
 
Part II: Becoming a Better Strummer 23
 
Chapter 3: Foundations For Strumming 25
 
Chapter 4: Building a Repertoire of Strumming Patterns 33
 
Chapter 5: Taking Strumming Patterns to a Higher Level 55
 
Chapter 6: Refining Advanced Strumming Techniques 73
 
Part III: Becoming a Better Fingerpicker 89
 
Chapter 7: Examining Fingerpicking Technique 91
 
Chapter 8: Developing Rhythmic Fingerpicking Patterns 97
 
Chapter 9: Improving Your Solo Fingerpicking Skills 117
 
Chapter 10: Taking a Deeper Look at Single-Note Fingerpicking Techniques 135
 
Part IV: Mastering the Ukulele Fretboard 151
 
Chapter 11: Learning the Fretboard with Major Scales 153
 
Chapter 12: Taking On Three Minor Scales 177
 
Chapter 13: Commanding the Fretboard with Chords 197
 
Chapter 14: Using Scales to Solo and Improvise 213
 
Part V: The Part of Tens 229
 
Chapter 15: Ten Ways to Improve Your Practice Times 231
 
Chapter 16: Ten Tips for Every Performing Ukulele Player 235

Product details

• Authors: B McQueen, Bret McQueen, Brett McQueen, Brett Wood Mcqueen, Alistair Wood
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Undefined
• Released: 05.04.2013
• EAN: 9781118506851
• ISBN: 978-1-118-50685-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: For Dummies; For Dummies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Organology; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; Musik, Ukulele, Lifestyle, Music, Lifestyles