This volume of the Ukulele Play-Along series features 8 traditional Blues tunes each expertly arranged for Ukulele in standard notation. The Ukulele Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily, with incredible backing tracks to help you sound like a bona fide pro! Just follow the written music, listen to the CD to hear how the ukulele should sound, and then play along with the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The CD is playable on any CD player, and also enhanced so Mac & PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch! Each Ukulele Play-Along pack features eight cream-of-the-crop, quintessential songs. Songs include: Dust My Broom • Every Day I Have the Blues • How Long, How Long Blues • It Hurts Me Too • and more!

Learn to play your favourite Hank Williams songs with this exciting new songbook. 20 country classics expertly arranged for ukulele, including: Cold, Cold Heart • Hey, Good Lookin' • Honky Tonk Blues • I Saw the Light • I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry • Jambalaya (On the Bayou) • Long Gone Lonesome Blues • There's a Tear in My Beer • and more!

The Hal Leonard Blues Ukulele Method is your complete guide to learning blues Ukulele. This book teaches you the basics of blues rhythm and lead Ukulele using authentic techniques and concepts. The accompanying CD contains demo tracks for every example in the book.Topics covered include: chord comping, boogie rhythms, pentatonic and blues scales, string bending, classic blues licks riffs, double stops, intros turnarounds, blues solos, fingerstyle blues, ukulele slide blues, blues ukulele history and more!

18 blues guitar classics by Robert Johnson specially arranged for the ukulele, with riffs and backup rhythms, in standard notation and tab.

Blues Ukulele is a collection of 16 blues standards arranged for the ukulele by Fred Sokolow. Each song comes with two arrangements: The first one gives you lyrics, melody and uke chord grids to strum while singing. The second is a uke chord/melody tab arrangement, so you can play the song's melody and chords simultaneously with a lot of blues licks thrown in. Includes a CD with arrangements of each song played and sung by Fred Sokolow.

Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele, C-Tuning. (Everything You Need to Know to Start Playing Now!). By Morton Manus and Ron Manus. For Ukulele. Book; CD; DVD; Method/Instruction; Ukulele Method or Supplement. Teach Yourself Series. Blues; Country; Folk. Beginner. 64 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing (AP.36427). ISBN 0739074024. Blues; Country; Folk. Learn to play the ukulele and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about the history of the ukulele, its components, how to hold and tune it, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation. You will then move right along to playing different notes, chords, scales, and songs, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your ever-growing knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and playing a variety of well-known songs. You will learn different strumming techniques to help you play in a variety of musical styles. The book also contains a section teaching you how to play by ear. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the ukulele in any key and know how to read music. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: * Transposition chart* Dictionary of tablature techniques* Ukulele fingerboard chart* Complete ukulele chord dictionaryThe accompanying DVD provides live performances that demonstrate how the music should sound, on-screen music and MP3 audio for every song and lessons hosted by performer and educator, Julia Jordan.This book teaches entirely in C tuning. The D tuning edition of Alfred’s Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele (item 14135) is available from your favorite music retailer and at Alfred.com. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred be your resource every step of the way.

Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele, C-Tuning. (Everything You Need to Know to Start Playing Now!). By Morton Manus and Ron Manus. For Ukulele. DVD; Method/Instruction; Ukulele Method or Supplement. Teach Yourself Series. Blues; Country; Folk. Beginner. Published by Alfred Music Publishing (AP.36425). ISBN 0739074016. Blues; Country; Folk. This DVD serves as accompaniment to Alfred’s Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele and provides live performances that demonstrate how the music should sound, on-screen music and MP3 audio for every song and lessons hosted by performer and educator, Julia Jordan. When used alongside the book, beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about the history of the ukulele, its components, how to hold and tune it, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation. You will then move right along to playing different notes, chords, scales, and songs, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your ever-growing knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and playing a variety of well-known songs. You will learn different strumming techniques to help you play in a variety of musical styles. The book also contains a section teaching you how to play by ear. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the ukulele in any key and know how to read music. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: * Transposition chart* Dictionary of tablature techniques* Ukulele fingerboard chart* Complete ukulele chord dictionaryThis book teaches entirely in C tuning. The D tuning edition of Alfred’s Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele (item 14135) is available from your favorite music retailer and at Alfred.com. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred be your resource every step of the way.

From blues to bluegrass, uke can play it all! In this one-of-a-kind book and CD pack, you get over a hundred authentic licks notated for the ukulele in standard notation and tablature. Plus there are tons of extras - common chord progressions, scales, uke history, recommended listening, information on uke builders, blogs, websites, and more! The accompanying CD features a demo of every lick, as well as play-along tracks with chord progressions for practicing and jamming.

We're in the midst of a ukulele renaissance and this wonderful little instrument's role has been expanding to include a wide variety of musical genres. In the hands of the amazing Del Rey it becomes a veritable blues and ragtime music machine! This informative and entertaining DVD will teach you a myriad of fingerpicking and chording techniques. Del takes a guitar player's approach to the instrument, using her three fingers to get a syncopated melody and harmony lines against a steady thumb beat. She teaches you how to play cool riffs, turnarounds, blues songs and up-beat dance tunes. Tuning her uke to open C (G-C-E-A), she starts off with blues scales and right hand exercises to coordinate your picking and fretting hands. Then it's right into five fabulous pieces in a variety of keys: Goin' Up the Country; Run and Tell Your Daddy, Lord; Keep it Clean; Dance Hall Shuffle and Brown's Blues.

Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele, C-Tuning. (Everything You Need to Know to Start Playing Now!). By Morton Manus and Ron Manus. For Ukulele. Book; CD; Method/Instruction; Ukulele Method or Supplement. Teach Yourself Series. Blues; Country; Folk. Beginner. 64 pages. Published by Alfred Music Publishing (AP.37133). ISBN 0739077538. Blues; Country; Folk. Learn to play the ukulele and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about the history of the ukulele, its components, how to hold and tune it, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation. You will then move right along to playing different notes, chords, scales, and songs, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your ever-growing knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation and playing a variety of well-known songs. You will learn different strumming techniques to help you play in a variety of musical styles. The book also contains a section teaching you how to play by ear. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the ukulele in any key and know how to read music. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: * Transposition chart* Dictionary of tablature techniques* Ukulele fingerboard chart* Complete ukulele chord dictionary The accompanying CD includes beautiful recordings of all the music in the book and can be played on your CD player or downloaded to your iPod® or other mp3 player.This book teaches entirely in C tuning. The D tuning edition of Alfred’s Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele (item 14135) is available from your favorite music retailer and at Alfred.com. Be your own teacher, and let Alfred be your resource every step of the way.

Blues Ukulele (A Jumpin' Jim's Ukulele Songbook). Arranged by Fred Sokolow. Fretted. Softcover with CD. 40 pages. Published by Flea Market Music (HL.696064). ISBN 1423465725. 9x12 inches. Blues Ukulele is a collection of 16 blues standards arranged for the ukulele by Fred Sokolow. Each song comes with two arrangements: The first one gives you lyrics, melody and uke chord grids to strum while singing. The second is a uke chord/melody tab arrangement, so you can play the song's melody and chords simultaneously with a lot of blues licks thrown in. Includes a CD with arrangements of each song played and sung by Fred Sokolow. Includes: Beale Street Blues • C.C. Rider • Limehouse Blues • Midnight Special • St. James Infirmary • St. Louis Blues • 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do • and 9 others.

A Guide to Blues Chords Progressions for Ukulele from A to Z by Curt Sheller. For Ukulele. 26 blues chord progressions with chord substitutions, descriptions and example chords. Instructional Book. 80 pages. Published by Curt Sheller Publications (CS.AGCPB1UKE). The Blues are at the heart of all American music. It has influenced Country, Rock, Folk, Jazz, Bluegrass and just about every form of American music we listen to today. Studying the 26 blues chord progressions presented in this book will open a wealth of creative possibilities for exploring chord progressions in all styles of music, not just blues. This volume coves the keys of C. Each progressions includes a detailed accompanying text explaining the principles behind each progression and example chords.

A fascinating DVD, presented by Ukulele expert Bob Brozman, covers a host of strums, rolls, triplets, and syncopated finger-pick patterns in styles that include Hawaiian, Blues and Jazz. Also features Hawaiian Ukulele master Ledward Kaapana teaching his own arrangements, and demostrating his amazing fretboard virtuosity.