Square One Ukulele: A Beginner's Guide

By Matthew Driscoll

Updated content as of June 2015 Learn everything you need to go from a complete beginner to a confident ukulele player.Use the book and lesson videos found at squareoneuke.com to learn the following skills -Proper melody and strumming technique -Reading chord diagrams and playing the most common chords -Reading music notation -How to strum chords on a sheet of music -Popular strum patterns -Advanced song forms (i.e D.C. al fine, D.S. al coda, multiple endings) -Barre chords and other advanced chord shapes -Sixteenth and triplet rhythms -Playing songs in a compound meter (6/8 time signature) -Advanced strum patterns The book contains 25 songs - a mix of originals by the author in addition to well-known pieces such as "House of the Rising Sun" and "Aloha Oe" - that introduce new chords, strum patterns and song forms in a logical order.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478318600
• ISBN13: 9781478318606
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.3" x 8.5"