Mel Bay

Arranger: Rob MacKillop
Format: Book with Audio Online
Instrumentation: Ukulele TAB
Level: Beginning-Intermediate

This book and companion audio include twenty of the most popular kids' tunes of all time, arranged for small hands to play on the ukulele. Chords are supplied for other instruments to join in the fun, as well as lyrics for singing. The ukulele tablature makes learning fun and easy, while the arranger (with 25 years of teaching experience) has laid the foundations for good fingerstyle technique. This book is therefore both fun and educational. Includes access to online audio.

The ukulele is a wonderful instrument for kids - cheap and cheerful, and ready-made for kids' small hands. Most ukulele books introduce chords from the first page, yet chords can be difficult and frustrating for child beginners. This book gets kids playing recognizable tunes right from the get go. Each song includes:

• A standard notation clef with the words underneath
• Chord symbols for guitar, keyboard or another ukulele to provide accompaniment
• A tablature clef, which is what the kids should play

Song List:

• Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
• Kum By Yah
• Frere Jaques
• Clementine
• Au Clair de la Lune
• Oh, Susannah
• Sur le Pont d'Avignon
• If You're Happy And You Know It
• Scarborough Fair
• Old MacDonald
• London Bridge
• This Old Man
• My Bonnie
• Mary Had a Little Lamb/Merrily We Roll Along
• Bobby Shaftoe
• Long, Long Ago
• For He's A Jolly Good Fellow
• Camptown Races
• The Muffin Man
• She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain