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This was and is still our music. It’s as powerful today as it was back then. And Nancy Piver has done a great job arranging twenty of the greatest songs from the 60′s for the ukulele. Sure, you can probably down-load the lyrics and chords to some of these songs from the internet, but you’d be missing out on some of the richness that’s available in these arrangements, with more interesting chords, a few simple riffs, and a little optional finger-picking. Overall none of these songs are particularly difficult to play and the little embellishments are a fun way to improve your skill. It’s a great choice for the beginner or intermediate player looking to ramp it up a bit and for the “Day Dream Believer” in all of us. (Click here for a full review and to see some great performances by the original artists.) Less than a dollar a song at $12.99
Abraham, Martin, and John * Blowin’ in the Wind * California Dreamin’ * Daydream * Daydream Believer * Everybody’s Talkin’ * The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) * Get Together * Groovin’ * Happy Together * He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother * It Never Rains in Southern California * Joy to the World * Leavin’ on a Jet Plane * Light My Fire * Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) * Mellow Yellow * Mr. Tambourine Man * Monday, Monday * Morning Has Broken * New World Coming * One Toke Over the Line * San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Some Flowers in Your Hair) * Time in a Bottle * Turn! Turn! Turn! * We Shall Overcome * What the World Needs Now is Love * White Rabbit * A Whiter Shade of Pale
Flower Power $12.99
It has been a long time coming, but Hal Leonard has just released the definitive (and authorized) Jake Shimabukuro Peace Love Ukulele with transcriptions for 13 of his most popular songs, including “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Hallelujah,” and “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” Did I say this wasn’t for the faint of heart? Never-the-less it provides a great opportunity to figure out what he’s doing and how he gets all the great sounds he’s known for. And the best part is, you can take it one step at a time. Notes in the margins even explain how to get some of Jake’s signature sounds, such as a “harp harmonic.” I’m not going to pretend that with this book you’ll end up playing just like Jake, but you will end up with a few new riffs and techniques that you’ll be able to apply to other songs that you play.
Bohemian Rhapsody * Boy Meets Girl * Bring Your Adz * Five Dollars Unleaded 2010 * Go For Broke * Hallelujah * Hula Girl * 143 (Kelly’s Song) 2011 * Pianoforte 2010 * Trapped 2010 * Ukulele Bros. * Variation On A Dance 2010 * While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Worth every penny……. $19.99
Peace Love Ukulele
We’ve got it! The Daily ‘Ukulele, compiled and arranged by Liz and Jim Beloff. The Daily Ukulele features 365 well-known songs with easy ‘ukulele arrangements in an easy-to-read 9 X 12 format. All arrangements feature melody, lyrics, and ukulele chord grids in user-friendly keys, particularly suited for groups of one to one hundred–everything from “Ain’t Misbehavin’ to “Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah” and favorites by The Beatles, Beach Boys and Bob Dylan. Here are folk songs, pop songs, kids songs, Christmas carols, and tunes from Broadway and Hollywood, all in a spiral binding for easy use. The Daily Ukulele also features a section on tips and techniques, a chord chart, and vintage ‘ukulele-themed photos and art throughout–ukulele fun all year long! 336 pages. (Click Songs from The Daily Ukulele for a complete list.) $34.95
The Daily Ukulele
He Mele Aloha.
“The Book.” Over 250 favorite Hawaiian and hapa-haole songs dating from the 1860s to the present, ideal for kanikapila, with lyrics, chords, and English translations for every song. This is a “must have” for any serious ‘ukulele player. Regularly $25.00, we are still offering it for $21.95.
He Mele Aloha $21.95
Ukulele Tips ‘n’ Tunes. This is one of the best beginner’s books I’ve seen, with everything from the correct way to hold the ‘uklele to a great collection of songs that include both basic chords and a few, optional, fancy ones for those who are ready to shred as well as suggested strumming patterns. Songs include: He’s Got The Whole World in His Hands; Clementine; Buffalo Gals; Amazing Grace; When The Saints Go Marching In; The Climbing Song; She’ll Be Comin’ Round The ’Mountain; The Band Played On; Aura Lee; Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home; You Tell Me Your Dream; The Sidewalks Of New York; I’ve Been Working On The Railroad; A Bicycle Built For Two; Oh, Susanna; America; Home On The Range; You’re A Grand Old Flag; Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; While Strolling Through The Park One Day; Give My Regards To Broadway; Let Me Call You Sweetheart; The Star Spangled Banner; Yankee Doodle Boy; America The Beautiful; Beautiful Dreamer; Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes; Aloha Oe; and The Key Change Song. This one will keep you busy for quite a while. $14.95
UkuleleTips ‘n’ Tunes $14.95
Happy Holidays. What are you doing New Year’s Eve? How about ringing it in with this great collection of holiday classics including: Baby, It’s Cold Outside (for two voices); All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth; The Chipmunk Song; Christmas Island; The Christmas Waltz; Frosty The Snow Man; Happy Holiday; Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas; (There’s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays; I’ll Be Home For Christmas; It’s Beginning To Look Like Christmas; It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year; Jingle-Bell Rock; Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!; Little Saint Nick; Mele Kalikimaka; Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree; Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer; Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town; Sleigh Ride; Toyland; We Need A Little Christmas; What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?; and Winter Wonderland. $14.95
Happy Holidays $14.95
Ukulele Christmas. A classic collection of Christmas songs including an intriguing solo arrangement of the Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy for ‘ukulele! Other songs include: Angels We Have Heard On High; Auld Lang Syne; Away In A Manger; Bring A Torch, Jeanette, Isabella; Coventry Carol; Deck The Halls; The First Nowell; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; Good King Wenceslas; Go Tell It On The Mountain; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Here We Come A-Wassailing; The Holly And The Ivy; It Came Upon The Midnight Clear; Jingle Bells; Jolly Old Saint Nicholas; Joy To The World; The Last House; O Christmas Tree; O Come, All Ye Faithful; O Come, O Come Emmanuel; O Little Town Of Bethlehem; Rise Up, Shepherd, And Follow; Silent Night; The Twelve Days Of Christmas; We Three Kings Of Orient Are; What Child Is This?; When You’re Born On Christmas Day; We Wish You A Merry Christmas. $14.95
Ukulele Christmas $14.95
’60′s Uke-In. Those were the days, my friend, we thought they’d never end. But they did. Fortunately we can relive our misbegotten youth with this venerable collection that includes: All My Loving; Build Me Up, Buttercup; Daydream; (Sittin’ On) The Dock Of The Bay; Daydream Believer; Eight Days A Week; Georgy Girl; The Girl From Ipanema; Happy Together; Here Comes The Sun; I Will; King Of The Road; Mellow Yellow; Michelle; Moon River; Penny Lane; Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head; Something; Surfer Girl; Tip–Toe Thru’ The Tulips With Me; Those Were The Days; Under The Boardwalk; When I’m Sixty-Four; Yellow Submarine; and With A Little Help From My Friends. Did you ever think these would be “oldies but goodies?” $14.95
’60′s Uke-In $14.95
Ukulele Beach Party. Gosh. It seems like only yesterday when we were celebrating those lazy-hazy-crazy days of summer, under the boardwalk, where the boys are. Now that you’re older and wiser, you won’t want to go back to the beach without your ukulele and this wonderful arsenal of beach party tunes: Blue Moon; California Girls; Heatwave; Help Me Rhonda; I’ll Remember You; In The Summertime; Love Letters In The Sand; Misirlou; Pineapple Princess; Rock–A–Hula Baby; Sand In My Shoes; See You In September; A Summer Place; A Summer Song; Surf City; Surfer Girl; Surfin’ Safari; Surfin’ U.S.A; Sweet Someone; The Things We Did Last Summer; Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer; 26 Miles; Under The Boardwalk; Where the Boys Are; Wipe Out; Wouldn’t It Be Nice. $14.95
Ukulele Beach Party $14.95
Ukulele Island. There’s really no end to the great old tunes you can play on your ‘uke. If you you’ve got a little island fever, and a hankering, perhaps, for Margaritaville you’ll love this tropical collection: Bali Ha’i; The Ballad of Gilligan’s Isle; Beynd the Sea; Brazil; Brown-Eyed Girl; Day -O (The Banana Boat Song); Don’t Worry, Be Happy; Enjoy Yourself (It’s Later Than You Think); The Girl from Ipanema; Hanalei Moon; I Can See Clearly Now; I’m Carrying a Tiki Torch for You; In A Little Hula Heaven; Jamaica Farewell; Keep Your Eyes on the Hands; Limbo Rock; The Magic Islands; Margaritaville; Marianne (All Day, All Night, Marianne); The Moon of Manakoora; Now is the Hour (Maori Farewell); On a Slow Boat to China; On and On; One Note Samba; Poinciana; Samba Bay; Song of the Islands; Sway; Three Little Birds; Volcano; Yellowbird. $14.95
Ukulele Island $14.95
Gone Hawaiian. When Hilo Hattie does the Hilo Hop, you’ll be right there, ready to strum along with this collection of popular Hawaiian songs: Aloha Oe; An Old Hawaiian Custom; Beyond The Reef; Blue Hawaii; Hawaiian War Chant; The Hawaiian Wedding Song; Don’t Want To Say “Aloha”; Little Brown Gal; Lovely Hula Hands; Makin’ Love Ukulele Style; Manuela Boy; Mele Kalikimaka; My Honolulu Hula Girl; My Honolulu Tomboy; My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii; One Paddle, Two Paddle; On The Beach At Waikiki; Pearly Shells; Princess Poo-poo-ly Has Plenty Pa-Pa-Ya; Quiet Village; Royal Hawaiian Hotel; A Song Of Old Hawaii; Sweet Leilani; The Hukilau Song; There’s No Place Like Hawaii; Tiny Bubbles; To You, Sweetheart, Aloha; Ukulele Lady; Waikiki; and When Hilo Hattie Does the Hilo Hop. $14.95
Gone Hawaiian $14.95
Ukulele Country. I couldn’t have said it better myself. Here is a wagonload of good timin’, hard drinkin’, fast livin’, hot lovin’, two-timin’, cheatin’, cryin’ rough ridin’, rootin’ tootin classic country and western songs. Get out your hankies, there’s a whole ot of heart achin’ going on in this collection: Act Naturaly; Any Time; Are You Lonesome Tonight?; Back in the Saddle Again; Bye Bye Love; Cold,Cold Heart; Crazy; Crying; Crying Time; Don’t Fence Me In; Folsom Prison Blues, Galveston; Gentle On My Mind; (Ghost) Riders in the Sky; Green Green Grass f Home; Happy Trails; Heartaches by the Number; Hey, Good Lookin’; I Can’t Stop Loving You; I Fall to Pieces; I’m So Lonesome I could Cry; King of the Road; Old in New Mexico; On the Road Again; Ragtime Cowboy Joe; I’m So Lonesme I Could Cry; King of the Road; Old in New Mexico; On the Road Again; Ragtime Cowboy Joe; Ring of Fire; Rocky Top; San Antonio Rose; Singing the Blues; Stand By Your Man; Take Me Home, Country Roads; Tennessee Waltz; Tumbling Tmbleweeds; Walkin’ After Midnight; You Are My Sunshine; Your Cheatin’ Heart. $14.95
Ukulele Country $14.95
Elvis Presley. To those of us old enough to remember Elvis Presley in his starring role in “Blue Hawai’i”, Elvis and the ‘ukulele are almost synominous. And so, it was just a matter of time before Jim Beloff arranged some of the King’s best loved songs into a format just for the ukulele using the popular GCEA tuning. Here we have: All Shook Up; Blue Hawaii; Blue Suede Shoes; Can’t Help Falling in Love; Crying in the Chapel; Don’t; Don’t Be Cruel; Heartbreak Hotel; Hound Dog; I Need Your Love Tonight; I Want You, I Need You, I Love You; It’s Now or Never; Jailhouse Rock; Love Me; Love Me Tender; Loving You; Return to Sender; Suspicious Minds, (Let Me Be) Your Teddy Bear; and Too Much. Heartbreak Hotel and I Need Your Love Tonight both feature uke solos in tab, based on the original guitar solos. Each song features notated melody with lyrics, chord symbols, and chord diagrams. 72 pp. $12.99
Elvis Presley for Ukulele $12.99
Blue Grass Ukulele. A collection of 21 of the most popular bluegrass songs and fiddle tunes arranged for GCEA-tuned (high G) ukulele by Fred Sokolow. Perfect for every level and playing style as each song comes with three tablature arrangements: one where you strum the chords and sing the tune, one where you play an instrumental solo (picking the melody and strumming to fill out the rhythm) and one where you play a finger-picking solo using banjo-type, three finger rolls. Don’t worry if you’re unfamiliar with the melody, a CD is included with arrangements of each song played and sung by Fred Sokolow. Songs include: All the Good Times are Past and Gone, Banks of the Ohio, Boil Them Cabbage Down, Bury Me Beneath the Willow, Careless Love, Come All Ye Fair and Tender Maidens, Goin Down the Road Feelin’ Bad, John Hardy, John Henry, Little Maggie, Nine Pound Hammer, Old Joe Clark, Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms, Sally Goodin, Soldier’s Joy, Take This Hammer, Turkey in the Straw, The Wabash Cannonball, Wayfaring Stranger, Wildwood Flower, Will the Circle be Unbroken. $24.95
Blue Grass Ukulele (and CD) $24.95
Blues Ukulele. Sixteen blues standards arranged for ukulele (tuned GCEA) by Fred Sokolow, each song in two arrangements: one with lyrics, melody and uke chord grids to strum while singing and the other with 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. And, just incase you’re not familier with any of the tunes, a CD is included with arrangements of each song played and sung by Fred Sokolow. Songs include: Beale Street Blues; Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me; Blues On A Ukulele; C. C. Rider; Careless Love; Frankie and Johnny; Limehouse Blues; Midnight Special; Oh, Babe, It Ain’t No Lie; Oh, Daddy, Blues; Rising Sun Blues; St. James Infirmary; St. Louis Blues; Stagolee; Stealin’; and ‘Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness, If I Do. Turn the lights down low, pour yourself a drink, and get down. $24.95
Blues Ukulele (and CD) $24.95
The Bari Best. Take a few of the best songs from the books above, arrange them for a baritone ‘ukulele, and you’ve got the very best of both worlds: Any Time; As Time Goes By; Blue Hawaii; Blue Moon; Blue Skies; Bye Bye Blackbird; The Christmas Song; Crazy; Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue; Georgia On My Mind; Heart And Soul; Home On the Range; I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire; I’ll See You In My Dreams; It Had To Be You; King Of The Road; Lullaby Of Birdland; Makin’ Love Ukulele Style; Mele Kalikimaka; Moon River; My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii; On A Slow Boat To China; Over the Rainbow; Pennies From Heaven; Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head; Red River Valley; Tennessee Waltz; That Hawaiian Melody; When I’m Sixty Four; and You Made Me Love You. $19.95
The Bari Best $19.95
Ukulele Fretboard Roadmaps. Take your uke playing to the next level with these essential patterns that all the pros know and use, by Fred Sokolow and Jim Beloff. You will learn how to strum backup chords all over the fretboard, in any key; play chord solos up and down the fretboard; solo in any key using first-position major scales, chord-based licks, and moveable major and blues scales; understand chord progressions; increase your chord vocabulary; and more. Tunes and exercises that illustrate each technique are written in standard notation and tablature and played on the accompanying CD. An absolute beginner can follow the diagrams and instruction from the beginning. Intermediate and advanced players can use the chapters non-sequentially to increase their understanding of the ukulele. Arranged for GCEA-tuned ukuleles. A great resource to have at your fingertips for just $14.95! (Click here to read a review of this book.)
Ukulele Fretboard Roadmaps $14.95
Complete Ukulele Course for Kids (DVD). Grandparents (and parents) take note: Here’s an opportunity to share your passion for the ‘ukulele with that very special “little” person in your life, and what better instructor could you have than the inimitable Ralph Shaw? And what better way to inspire and stimulate young and old minds alike than through music? With this 90-minute DVD and 28-page booklet, you and your child can learn and practice the 12 fun lessons together and come away with the ability to understand musical rhythms and strums, loudness and pitch, giving your mind and body a full workout that no other subject can match. Suitable for children ages 7 to 13 and adults of all ages. And, the price is right! Just $19.95
Complete Ukulele Course for Kids $19.95
