Ukulele Exercises For Dummies
Ukulele (UKE)
Ukulele Exercises For Dummies
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You have a ukulele, you know just enough to be dangerous, and now you’re ready to do something with it. You’re in luck: Ukulele Exercises For Dummies can help you become a better player. This lay-flat, practice-based book focuses on the skills that entry-level players often find challenging and provides tips, tricks and plenty of cool exercises that will have you creating music in no time that include: Preparing to practice before you pick up the ukulele Becoming a better strummer by learning the foundations for strumming Improving your chord changes Becoming a better fingerpicker Ten Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your Practice times Downloadable audio files of the exercisesfound in the book, providing you with a self-contained practice package
Contents
- Introduction 1
- Part I : Getting Started with Ukulele Exercises 7
- Chapter 1 : Preparing to Practise9
- Chapter 2 : Warming Up for Practice 15
- Part II : Becoming a Better Strummer 23
- Chapter 3 : Foundations For Strumming 25
- Chapter 4 : Building a Repertoire of Strumming Patterns 33
- Chapter 5 : Taking Strumming Patterns to a Higher Level 55
- Chapter 6 : Refining Advanced Strumming Techniques 73
- Part III : Becoming a Better Fingerpicker 89
- Chapter 7 : Examining Fingerpicking Technique 91
- Chapter 8 : Developing Rhythmic Fingerpicking Patterns 97
- Chapter 9 : Improving Your Solo Fingerpicking Skills 117
- Chapter 10 : Taking a Deeper Look at Single-Note Fingerpicking Techniques 135
- Part IV : Mastering the Ukulele Fretboard 151
- Chapter 11 : Learning the Fretboard with Major Scales 153
- Chapter 12 : Taking On Three Minor Scales 177
- Chapter 13 : Commanding the Fretboard with Chords 197
- Chapter 14 : Using Scales to Solo and Improvise 213
- Part V : the part of Tens 229
- Chapter 15 : Ten Ways to Improve Your Practice Times 231
- Chapter 16 : Ten Tips for Every Performing Ukulele Player 235
