Mastering Ukulele
by Greg Horne; Shana Aisenberg; ed. by Daniel Ho
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Book/DVD set. The conclusion to this series begins with the teaching of advanced chords and chord progressions. Learn about arranging chord-melody solos using the entire uke fretboard, and play solos of "When The Saints Go Marching In," and "The Star-Spangled Banner." Techniques like triplet strums, bursts, split strums, and fan strokes are taught; styles like old school, ragtime, Hawaiian, fingerstyle, rock - and rhythms from around the world. Get funky improvising over jazz progressions. Note/tab. 64 pp. DVD is 2+ hours. More Details...
Contents:
MASTERING UKULELE
- Introduction
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: 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!