Ukulele textbook [with DVD & CD]

Product Description

All pages are in full color, and DVD & CD are included. Smartphone compatible videos are from the perspective of the player (overhead)! This is a textbook that is perfect for reaching your needs. This is the standard for Yamaha beginner's textbooks!!

Yamaha presents the definitive full-color beginner's textbook series, the ukulele. We have put together the know-how of beginner's textbooks that Yamaha has accumulated so far, and have created a curriculum that can accommodate the latest music and playing styles. From the very basics of playing, we carefully and clearly explain the techniques and knowledge necessary to play a piece of music. With the included DVD and CD as a reference, you will definitely be able to play even on your own, making this a textbook that is truly worthy of being called a "textbook". In addition, videos are also included from smartphone-specific angles to suit the various practice environments of today, so you can practice to your heart's content whenever and wherever you want and aim to improve!

<Features of this book> ★The main text is in full color, making the photos and diagrams easy to see. ★The practice phrases "Ex" are compatible with DVDs and CDs, as well as smartphone videos, so you can use them according to your practice environment. ★At each stage of your progress, you'll find "practice songs" to play using the techniques and knowledge you've learned up to that point, allowing you to check your progress. ★At the end of the book, there are five easy-to-play repertoire scores, and a handy tear-out chord chart is also included.

Introduction: What you need to know about the ukulele before you play it Chapter 1: Let's make sounds on the ukulele Chapter 2: Let's play with a catchy rhythm Chapter 3: The basic chords you need to remember Chapter 4: Let's play various rhythms Chapter 5: Let's play high chords and get good at cutting Chapter 6: Let's play Hawaiian music Chapter 7: Unique chords you should remember Chapter 8: Practicing arpeggios, essential for ballads Chapter 9: Let's play melodies Chapter 10: Let's try solo ukulele! Appendix: How to use the instrument and repertoire scores

■Grade: Beginner ■Songs included [8 songs in total] [1] Aloha Oe [2] Aura Lee [3] Tahuwahuwai [4] Furusato [5] Amazing Grace [6] When the Saints Go Marching In [7] Happy Birthday to You [8] Danny Boy