Mel Bay

Arranger: Bill Hearn
Format: Book with Audio Online
Instrumentation: Ukulele TAB
Level: Beginning

That's right, the ukulele is a great instrument all by itself!

This book contains 101 solos that let you play melody and accompaniment all on one ukulele. If you'd like to sing, go right ahead; lyrics are included for many of the solos.

Each section starts with easy solos, complete with tips on ukulele technique and arranging. The music is written in tablature and standard musical notation, with suggested chords above the music for an optional second ukulele or guitar. Essential right and left-hand fingerings are shown in traditional classic guitar symbols and while most of the book is written in standard (aECG) tuning, a few tunes are offered in both drop-B tuning and drop-E-flat tuning.

With selections ranging from country to classical, medieval to modern, and a Christmas section with seventeen traditional favourites, this ukulele collection includes music for every taste and season.

A useful chord dictionary and access to online audio of the author's beautiful renditions of each well-crafted solo arrangement are included.

Contents:

• VERY EASY PIECES
  • Hawaii Blues
  • Old Joe Clark
  • Buffalo Gals
  • Rolling
  • Natalee's Song
  • String Skip
  • EZ Chord Song
  • Little Spanish Romance
  • Ava's Rag
  • Lazy Day
  • Fingers One and Two
  • EZ's Blues
  • Pinch in C
  • Spanish Tune
  • Autumn
  • Calypso
  • Fingers One and Three
  • Ode to Joy
  • Alouette
  • Can-Can
  • Winter Song
  • Summer Song
  • Camptown Races
  • Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
  • Mip Imp
  • Little Spanish Romance II
• EASY PIECES
  • Serenade
  • Down in the River to Pray
  • Amazing Grace
  • Brahms Lullaby
  • Oh! Susanna
  • Lucy's Song
  • Lullaby
  • Duddley's Waltz
  • Sloop John B
  • Chuck's Beach Boy Shuffle
  • Lullaby II
  • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  • Cripple Creek
  • Can't Pull Off the Slides
  • Hammer-On
  • Aloha 'Oe
  • Lonely Ukulele
  • Be Thou My Vision
  • Shenandoah
  • Simple Gifts
  • Loch Lomond
  • Danny Boy
  • The Water Is Wide
  • Scarborough Fair
  • Fur Elise
  • Spring
  • Battle Hymn of the Republic
  • Boil Them Cabbage Down
  • Shady Grove
  • Wildwood Flower
  • Sloop John B. (Version II)
  • Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
  • When the Saints Go Marchin In
  • Rain
  • Scarborough Fair (Version II)
  • Minuet in G (Bach/Petzold)
  • The Entertainer
  • Lagrima
  • Irish Washerwoman
  • Jenny Picking Cockles
  • Sailor's Hornpipe
  • Ukelady of Spain
• PIECES IN "DROP B" TUNING
  • Poor Wayfaring Stranger
  • All Through the Night
  • Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
  • Wade in the Water
  • Funeral March of a Marionette
  • Estudio 22, Opus 35 (Sor)
• PIECES IN "DROP Ef" TUNING
  • House of the Risin' Sun
  • When Johnny Comes Marchin' Home
  • Spookulele
  • The Erie Canal
  • Hava Nagila
• EASIER-THAN-YOU-THINK-PIECES
  • Packington's Pound
  • Mistress Winter's Jump
  • Lady Hunsdon's Puffe
  • Gavotte #2 (from 6th Cello Suite)
• CHRISTMAS PIECES
  • Jingle Bells
  • Silent Night
  • Away in a Manger
  • Hark, the Herald Angels Sing
  • We Three Kings
  • O Little Town of Bethlehem
  • O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
  • The First Noel
  • God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
  • O Come, All Ye Faithful
  • Deck the Halls
  • Joy to the World
  • What Child Is This?
  • Guardame las vacas
  • Trepak
  • March (from The Nutcracker)
  • Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
• Alphabetical Index of Pieces
• Reading Chord Diagrams (Hush Little Baby)
• Chord Diagrams
• Standard Tuning Pitches
• "Drop B" Tuning Pitches
• "Drop Ef" Tuning Pitches