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(Ukulele). Step-by-step pictures take you from first-day exercises to playing along with a backing track! Absolute Beginners has been designed to tell you everything you need to know from the very first time you play your ukulele. In one great book you get: a look-and-learn course that uses clear pictures instead of long explanations; practical advice and tips covering everything you need to know to get you playing, fast!; audio tracks to show you how things should sound, plus full-length accompaniment tracks to play along with!; and more. It's simply everything you need! An owner's manual approach to your ukulele that makes learning easier than ever before! The accompanying audio is accessed through Hal Leonard's popular MyLibrary system using the provided code. The audio can be streamed or downloaded and includes PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0825637406
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hal Leonard; Pap/Com edition (February 1, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 80 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780825637407
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0825637407
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9 x 0.28 x 12 inches
Reviewer: Molly W.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fantastic beginner's guide
Review: This is a great beginners Ukulele book. I am constantly on the cords pages, memorizing one each week (it's a slow process, but that's how I learn). I love the way this book is structured as well. It is the perfect guide for someone who has never played a stringed instrument before.

Reviewer: D. Steed
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: great beginners book and cd
Review: I found this to be a great introductory book on playing the uke, it starts with how to tune the instrument and goes through an easy progression of cords and songs. I especiaally liked the intro to finger picking, and the glossary of chords. The included cd was quite good and a lot of help. A good buy, well worth the purchase price.

Reviewer: Granny Z
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Absolute Beginners - Ukulele Book
Review: Got this book last week and am so pleased with it. I was given a book when I purchased my uke but it's way too advanced for a beginner like me. This Absolute Beginners Book is just what it says and it has plenty of info and songs to keep me busy for a long time. This is my first ukulele and I really needed help having never had a music lesson in my over 74 years. Wanted to play a uke since I was 13 and now I'm doing it. Learned 5 chords and am playing my first song in just 3 days. Yeah, I try playing 3 or 4 times a day and it's paying off. My fingers are getting tougher too just as the book says. Follow this book, be patient and don't go too fast and you will make music. Also, I recommend writing your own notes in the book for help. After all, it's yours and who cares as long as it helps. Price was very reasonable and, as usual, Amazon came through for me. Use this book with a Cherub Electronic Digital Uke Tuner and you will amaze yourself. I am so pleased.

Reviewer: M. R. Taylor
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Better for Intermediate Players : A Teacher's Perspective
Review: First of all, I would give this book 5 stars if it was being marketed to intermediate players, but since it is supposedly for 'absolute beginners' that significantly alters my grade. If you're already comfortable with a wide range of chords and want to delve into fingerpicking and more advanced strokes, this is a great book for you._______I am not a fan of 'methods' that throw a new student to the wolves. A method should be 'methodical' and follow a logical progression of exercises to bring one to the mastery of a subject. In that sense, this book does not qualify as a 'method.'An 'absolute beginner' will have difficulty learning five new chords (not the easiest ones either) and implementing them on the first song, but that is what this book asks the learner to do: C, E7, A7, F & G7. This is a recipe for frustration.We step back with the second song, "Waters of Babylon," to C and G7, which is more realistic (though I am personally a fan of starting students off with F and C7). "Nobody Know the Trouble I've Seen" adds back in the F chord for the common C, F, G7 progression. This is all right.After that, we're already on to new chords: D, G, D7, C#dim and Am7.The STRENGTH of this book enters at this point as you are introduced to a simple version of fingerpicking, "three-string technique," with the songs "My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean" and "Molly Malone." This is great (if you can keep up with the chord changes). This is followed by a lovely fingerpicking technique that only uses the thumb and index fingers plucking the strings in a 142323 pattern which is very effective and won't take long to get down.The end of Part 1 gives you a description of some techniques you can use to vary your sound and then three additional songs with no specific instruction on how to accomplish the sounds demoed on the CD.There is then a track of a song by the author (I liked it), and a collection of useful links.The best of Part 1 is the fingerpicking tutorials._______Part 2 . . . is like a masterclass teaching you some great techniques to vary your playing.The Hawaiian stroke or "double up strum" is taught and reinforced with "If you're happy and you know it." Fun.Next we're introduced to the Thumb roll, very cool, which is reinforced with "London Bridge."Time for more new chords: Am, Em, Dm, Dm7, Gm, Gm7, Bb, Bbmaj7, Cmaj7 & G6. Whoa! Hold on cowboy. Too fast for a beginner, even a 'Part 2' beginner.Then we're on to a new fingerpicking pattern that uses thumb and index (I'd add in the middle as well) - 14214232. This is reinforced with a set of those last chords that we were just introduced to. The pattern is nice, but again, our pacing is extremely fast - new chords and new right-hand technique on the same two pages.On to chord inversions . . . Yikes! Definitely intermediate material.Then, we have the best 2-page breakdown of the "Split stroke" (made famous by George Formby) I've ever seen - very methodically taught. This is actually a series of seven up and down strokes. This is reinforced with "Drunken Sailor." SUPER COOL.We then introduced to the "Fan Stroke" and the "Flamenco Stroke" - another two excellent combination strums. These are reinforced with "Oh Susanna" and "Scarborough Fair." EXCELLENT stuff.Lastly, we cover two left-hand techniques: slides and damping (reinforced with"Bobby Shaftoe").Some of these song choices are not my favorites (I know a lot of folk songs), but they get the job done.In conclusion, I would not suggest this for new players, BUT I but highly recommend it for INTERMEDIATE players that are comfortable with most of your basic chords. The strength of this book is not learning chords (or melodic picking - it doesn't even notate the melodies), but techniques - some of the best instruction on that I've seen.M Ryan TaylorUkulelePlay.com

Reviewer: Richard Weyer
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The book should have chords for the songs and the CD needs a better sound editing
Review: It's a good book for beginners, except there should be the chords for the each of the exercises printed to the specific song. For a beginner it's a bit hard to memorize the already learned ones with the new ones. As for the CD, for the untrained ears the background music is much to loud so you barely hear the Ukulele, especially the strumming technics. Much room for improvement for the book and CD.

Reviewer: Susanne Bacchhetta
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Absolute Beginners Ukulele
Review: Absolute Beginners Ukulele training book with CD.Absolutely!!! I got one of these for my daughter and myself. It is GREAT.We are teaching ourselves, (along with some You Tube tips), to play theUkulele. Anything you can DO WITH your kids is ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS!!By summer, we will be sitting out on the back porch, in the mountains, just having awonderful time with the family.Something that is few and far between in our world anymore.Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!! Will play one for you all.

Reviewer: Myzmaria
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Really great resource for me
Review: Really great resource for me. I bought a few to learn with and this is one of my favorites. I just have to make myself make time to practice every day now.

Reviewer: diane pizanie
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Easy learning
Review: Bought for my granddaughterShe was playing within days!

Reviewer: Dawn Andalinie
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Easy to understand

Reviewer: daniela
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Molto ben fatto, con tanti bei diagrammi degli accordi utili per chi non sa leggere la musica ma vuole comunque strimpellare l'uke utilizzando il cd con le tracce. Peccato sia breve, spero che l'autore scriva qualcosa di più sullo stesso genere

Reviewer: R.M.N.
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: id say this book is pretty good! i am more of a visual learner so i loved how many pictures he uses. the only thing i might improve upon would be that its a bit of a short study. 40 pages goes by rather quickly. and some further instruction on strum techniques would be better too. but he dose introduce finger picking in a very nice easy three finger way before doing the complex version. i liked this because the three finger way kept me going and therefore i didn't get nearly as discouraged as i would have been if i had tried the regular way first. i have ordered the next book. i would recommend that you order both books at once if you are a quick study. and the cds make it a lot easier to know the tunes your supposed to be playing.

Reviewer: iain t blair
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: im left handed and struggleing with this book

Reviewer: rhHowells
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Bought as a gift and it is an excellent starter book. Goes through everything methodically and moves you forward to playing songs quickly.