This book is designed to help you master what you’ll be doing on the ukulele 98% of the time - playing basic chords to accompany yourself or someone else. There are no hot licks here, or rapid-fire right hand patterns, or pages and pages of different ways to play an F chord. The exercises in this book concentrate on:
We introduce just enough music theory to help you understand chord progressions – the rest of the book combines our basic 36 chords into a variety of different chord progressions, many of which you will recognize as classic pop songs. To break up the repetition of practicing the progression exercises in all of the 12 keys, several strumming variations are also introduced throughout the book. The beauty of the ukulele can be expressed in a simple and well-played chord. This book will not make you a virtuoso, but by studying and practicing the chord progressions inside, you can learn to accompany yourself, or someone else, with confidence and musicality in almost any musical situation. Recorded examples of all the exercises are available for free download from our website - http://www.spottedbellybooks.com/ukulele-chords.html.
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Just in time for the holidays, we’re happy to announce "Christmas Favorites for Ukulele", a collection of carols beautifully arranged for instrumental ukulele, and available now from Amazon. These 15 arrangements range from beginning to intermediate level, and capture all the peace and beauty of the holiday season. Each arrangement is written in tablature and standard notation, and has performance notes to help you learn the fingerings and chords. Free recordings of all the arrangements are available for download from our website - www.spottedbellybooks.com/ukulele-christmas.html. Christmas Favorites for Ukulele includes:
This collection is sure to bring a smile to even the Grinch-iest of your family and friends! Available now from Amazon!
We’re pleased to announce the release of a new book for guitar players – "Six String Workouts for Guitar", available now from Amazon. These workouts are a collection of daily guitar exercises for warming up your fingers and hands before you play, and building strength, flexibility and endurance. This book was designed for intermediate guitarists of all styles - blues, jazz, rock, country, metal, or classical. The exercises cover five areas that are essential to all guitar technique:
Unlike other books, these exercises aren’t “licks” to be plugged directly into a solo. They are technical exercises, designed to build up the muscles in your fingers and get you comfortable in all areas of the guitar neck, so that you are ready for any playing situation that you find yourself in. However, each of these exercises opens your ears to new sounds and can help you generate new ideas and licks to develop your own style! For a fun interactive preview of Six-String Workouts for Guitar, visit our website – http://www.spottedbellybooks.com/SixStringDemo/story.html.
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