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Ukulele Exercises For Dummies


Ukulele Exercises For Dummies


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von: Brett McQueen, Alistair Wood

15,99 €

Verlag: Wiley
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 29.03.2013
ISBN/EAN: 9781118506943
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 272

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<p>Take your ukulele playing to the next level - fast! - with hundreds of fun exercises, drills and practice tunes<br /> <br /> 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: <i>Ukulele Exercises For Dummies</i> helps you become a better player. This 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:<br /> <br /> • Creating rock-steady strumming patterns and rhythms<br /> • Becoming a better fingerpicker with patterns, arpeggio exercises, and solo fingerpicking pieces<br /> • Expanding your fretboard knowledge and crafting your own rock, blues and jazz riffs and solos<br /> • Playing actual songs on the ukulele - everything from the classic ukulele tunes to the 12 bar blues!<br /> • Downloadable audio files of the exercises found in the book, providing you with a self-contained practice package<br /> <br /> No matter if you're a beginning ukulele player or you're wanting to stretch and improve your chops, <i>Ukulele Exercises For Dummies</i> puts you on your way to becoming a ukulele extraordinaire!</p>
<p><b>Introduction 1</b></p> <p>About This Book 1</p> <p>Conventions Used in This Book 2</p> <p>What You’re Not to Read 2</p> <p>Foolish Assumptions 3</p> <p>How This Book Is Organised 3</p> <p>Part I: Getting Started with Ukulele Exercises 3</p> <p>Part II: Becoming a Better Strummer 3</p> <p>Part III: Becoming a Better Fingerpicker 4</p> <p>Part IV: Mastering the Ukulele Fretboard 4</p> <p>Part V: The Part of Tens 4</p> <p>Accessing the Audio Tracks 4</p> <p>Icons Used in This Book 5</p> <p>Where to Go from Here 5</p> <p><b>Part I: Getting Started with Ukulele Exercises 7</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 1: Preparing to Practise 9</b></p> <p>Equipping Yourself with the Right Practice Tools 9</p> <p>Tuning up with a chromatic tuner 9</p> <p>Keeping time with a metronome 10</p> <p>Tracking your progress with a practice journal 10</p> <p>Reviewing Ukulele Notation 11</p> <p>Deciphering tablature 11</p> <p>Understanding chord diagrams 12</p> <p>Comprehending neck diagrams 13</p> <p>Reading rhythm charts 13</p> <p><b>Chapter 2: Warming Up for Practice 15</b></p> <p>Limbering Up Your Body to Play Ukulele 15</p> <p>Loosening up with stretches 15</p> <p>Relaxing with breathing exercises 16</p> <p>Strengthening your hands with exercises 16</p> <p>Brushing Up on Perfect Playing Posture 17</p> <p>Looking at Some Warm-Up Exercises on the Ukulele 17</p> <p>Practising single-note exercises 17</p> <p>Practising chord exercises 19</p> <p><b>Part II: Becoming a Better Strummer 23</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 3: Foundations For Strumming 25</b></p> <p>Working Out Your Strumming Technique 25</p> <p>Choosing the right strumming technique 26</p> <p>Strumming with your index finger 26</p> <p>Strumming with your thumb 27</p> <p>Strumming with four fingers 27</p> <p>Getting Acquainted With the Golden Rules of Strumming 28</p> <p>Rule #1: Strumming is consistent 28</p> <p>Rule #2: Strumming is relaxed 29</p> <p>Rule #3: Strumming is intentional 30</p> <p>Finding the Right Strumming Pattern for Any Song 30</p> <p>Building a strumming repertoire 30</p> <p>Listening to the song 31</p> <p>Counting the song 31</p> <p>Starting with down strums 31</p> <p>Knowing when to change chords 32</p> <p>Singing and Strumming at the Same Time 32</p> <p>Playing the song through without singing 32</p> <p>Humming first, singing later 32</p> <p>Simplifying isn’t a bad thing 32</p> <p><b>Chapter 4: Building a Repertoire of Strumming Patterns 33</b></p> <p>Discovering How to Use These Exercises to Become a Better Strummer 33</p> <p>Mastering the Universal Strumming Pattern 34</p> <p>Counting along with down strums 34</p> <p>Keeping the beat with up strums 35</p> <p>Combining down and up strums 35</p> <p>Application song: ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’ 36</p> <p>Tackling Common Time Strumming Patterns 37</p> <p>Developing eighth note strums 37</p> <p>Building a multi-purpose strumming pattern 38</p> <p>Practising chord changes on different beats 39</p> <p>Application song: ‘Jingle Bells’ 40</p> <p>Making Common Time Strumming Patterns More Interesting 41</p> <p>Accenting the beat 42</p> <p>Using syncopation in three different ways 43</p> <p>Rearranging up strums to create different feels 45</p> <p>Application song: ‘I’ve Been Working On the Railroad’ 47</p> <p>Waltzing Along With 3/4 Time Signature Strumming Patterns 48</p> <p>Practising versatile 3/4 strumming patterns 48</p> <p>Application song: ‘Oh My Darling, Clementine’ 49</p> <p>Getting More Advanced With 6/8 Time Signature Strumming Patterns 50</p> <p>Developing delightful 6/8 strumming patterns 51</p> <p>Application song: ‘O Holy Night’ 52</p> <p><b>Chapter 5: Taking Strumming Patterns to a Higher Level 55</b></p> <p>Getting Groovy With Shuffle Rhythms 55</p> <p>Finding the pocket with shuffle rhythm exercises 56</p> <p>‘Swing Low, Sweet Chariot’ 57</p> <p>Strumming Faster Without Getting Sloppier 58</p> <p>Working on relaxing strumming movements 58</p> <p>Minimizing wasted strumming motion 59</p> <p>Drawing up a plan to improve strumming speed 59</p> <p>‘Hello! Ma Baby’ 60</p> <p>Showing Off Subdivided Strumming Patterns 61</p> <p>Souping up your strumming with sixteenth notes 62</p> <p>Trying out triplet strums 63</p> <p>Putting the pedal down with speed rhythm exercises 64</p> <p>Making Your Strumming Dynamic 66</p> <p>Playing loudly and softly 66</p> <p>Varying rhythmic complexity 67</p> <p>‘Oh! Susanna’ 67</p> <p>Recognising Offbeat Chord Changes 68</p> <p>Switching to chords on offbeats 69</p> <p>Variation on the 12 bar blues 69</p> <p>Switching Chords Without Interrupting Your Strumming 70</p> <p>Setting up a chord change 70</p> <p>‘O Little Town of Bethlehem’ 71</p> <p><b>Chapter 6: Refining Advanced Strumming Techniques 73</b></p> <p>Playing Percussively With Two Muting Techniques 73</p> <p>Developing your ‘chnking’ technique 74</p> <p>Figuring out fret hand muting 75</p> <p>‘ Michael, Row the Boat Ashore’ 77</p> <p>Perfecting Alternative Strumming Techniques 77</p> <p>Taking on the touch strum 77</p> <p>‘Billy Boy’ 79</p> <p>Improving the thumb ’n strum 80</p> <p>Application song: ‘Rock a Bye Baby’ 82</p> <p>Wrapping Your Mind Around Rolling Finger Strums 83</p> <p>Four finger roll 84</p> <p>Five finger roll 84</p> <p>Eight Finger Roll 84</p> <p>Ten Finger Roll 85</p> <p>Practising finger roll strumming pattern exercises 85</p> <p>Application song: ‘Sweet Lei Lehua’ 86</p> <p><b>Part III: Becoming a Better Fingerpicker 89</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 7: Examining Fingerpicking Technique 91</b></p> <p>Practising Two Different Fingerpicking Techniques 91</p> <p>Polishing the four-finger technique 92</p> <p>Perfecting the alternating thumb technique 93</p> <p>Looking at the Golden Rules of Fingerpicking 94</p> <p>Rule #1: Stay loose 94</p> <p>Rule #2: Slow and steady wins the race 95</p> <p>Rule #3: Repeat, repeat, repeat 95</p> <p><b>Chapter 8: Developing Rhythmic Fingerpicking Patterns 97</b></p> <p>Practising the Four-Finger Picking Technique 97</p> <p>‘Inside-out’ pattern 98</p> <p>‘Outside-in’ pattern 99</p> <p>Simultaneous pinched patterns 101</p> <p>Patterns in varied rhythms 104</p> <p>‘The Water Is Wide’ 107</p> <p>Practising the Alternating Picking Technique 109</p> <p>‘Inside-out’ pattern 109</p> <p>‘Outside-in’ pattern 110</p> <p>Simultaneous pinched patterns 110</p> <p>Patterns in varied rhythms 112</p> <p>Application song: ‘I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger’ 114</p> <p><b>Chapter 9: Improving Your Solo Fingerpicking Skills 117</b></p> <p>Tackling Solo Fingerstyle Pieces 117</p> <p>Learning two pieces of music 118</p> <p>Playing Carcassi’s ‘Andantino’ 119</p> <p>Strengthening Your Fingerpicking with Arpeggio Exercises 120</p> <p>Trying your hand at ‘p i m’ arpeggios 121</p> <p>Playing Tárrega’s ‘Étude in E minor’ 125</p> <p>Working through more advanced arpeggios 127</p> <p>Playing Aguado’s ‘25 Piéces Pour Guitare, no 17’ 130</p> <p>Developing Lightning-Fast Tremolo Technique 132</p> <p>Tackling three-finger tremolo 132</p> <p>Playing ‘Étude in C major’ 133</p> <p>Figuring out four-finger tremolo 133</p> <p><b>Chapter 10: Taking a Deeper Look at Single-Note Fingerpicking Techniques 135</b></p> <p>Speeding up Single-Note Passages 135</p> <p>Practising four alternation techniques 136</p> <p>Applying alternation techniques to pieces of music 137</p> <p>Articulating Single-Note Passages 140</p> <p>Hammer-on exercises 141</p> <p>Pull-off exercises 142</p> <p>Slide exercises 143</p> <p>Bend exercises 144</p> <p>Strumming and Fingerpicking for Melody 145</p> <p>Playing ‘Silent Night’ 146</p> <p>Playing ‘Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)’ 147</p> <p><b>Part IV: Mastering the Ukulele Fretboard 151</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 11: Learning the Fretboard with Major Scales 153</b></p> <p>Taking a Quick Look at the Chromatic Scale 154</p> <p>Building a Major Scale 155</p> <p>Learning the major scale interval pattern 155</p> <p>Creating a major scale in any key 156</p> <p>Practising Major Scale Patterns in Three Different Keys 158</p> <p>Learning natural notes with C major 158</p> <p>Seeing how sharps work with G major 161</p> <p>Figuring out flats with F major 164</p> <p>Getting Your Fingers Moving with Major Scale Sequences 167</p> <p>Faking Fretboard Knowledge 170</p> <p>Recognising fretboard landmarks 170</p> <p>Locating the same note on different strings 171</p> <p>Finding octave notes 172</p> <p>Using Major Scales to Play Actual Songs 173</p> <p>Playing ‘Angels We Have Heard On High’ 173</p> <p>Playing ‘When the Saints Go Marching In’ 174</p> <p><b>Chapter 12: Taking On Three Minor Scales 177</b></p> <p>Building a Natural Minor Scale 177</p> <p>Discovering the natural minor scale interval pattern 178</p> <p>Relating natural minor to major 179</p> <p>Playing the Natural Minor scale 180</p> <p>Homing In On Harmonic Minor 184</p> <p>Mixing It Up With Melodic Minor 187</p> <p>Practising Five Different Minor Scale Sequences 190</p> <p>Playing Songs Using All Three Minor Scales 193</p> <p>Playing ‘O Come, O Come Emmanuel’ 193</p> <p>Playing ‘Coventry Carol’ 194</p> <p>Playing ‘Greensleeves’ 195</p> <p><b>Chapter 13: Commanding the Fretboard with Chords 197</b></p> <p>Building Major and Minor Triads 197</p> <p>Constructing major triads 198</p> <p>Putting together minor triads 199</p> <p>Practising Triads Up and Down the Fretboard 200</p> <p>Major triad exercises 201</p> <p>Minor triad exercises 202</p> <p>Combined triad exercises 203</p> <p>Taking Triads and Playing Actual Songs 204</p> <p>Playing ‘Red River Valley’ 205</p> <p>Playing ‘Joy to the World’ 206</p> <p>Turning Triads Into Moveable Chord Positions 207</p> <p>Making moveable major chords 207</p> <p>Assembling moveable minor chords 208</p> <p>Practising moveable chord progressions 208</p> <p>Getting Jazzy with Moveable Seventh Chords 209</p> <p>Figuring out dominant seventh chords 209</p> <p>Mastering major seventh chords 210</p> <p>Tackling minor seventh chords 211</p> <p>Practising jazz chord progressions 211</p> <p><b>Chapter 14: Using Scales to Solo and Improvise 213</b></p> <p>Rocking Out with Pentatonic Scales 213</p> <p>Learning the minor pentatonic scale 213</p> <p>Constructing the major pentatonic scale 214</p> <p>Practising pentatonic scale licks and exercises 215</p> <p>Playing a rock solo 217</p> <p>Expressing Soul with the Blues Scale 218</p> <p>Building the blues scale 218</p> <p>Practising blues scale licks and exercises 219</p> <p>Playing a blues solo 221</p> <p>Sounding Jazzy with the Bebop Scale 221</p> <p>Discovering the dominant bebop scale 222</p> <p>Mastering the major bebop scale 223</p> <p>Practising bebop scale licks and exercises 224</p> <p>Playing a jazz solo 226</p> <p><b>Part V: The Part of Tens 229</b></p> <p><b>Chapter 15: Ten Ways to Improve Your Practice Times 231</b></p> <p>Setting a Location 231</p> <p>Scheduling a Time 231</p> <p>Creating Time Limits 232</p> <p>Keeping a Practice Journal 232</p> <p>Trying Out Different Musical Styles 232</p> <p>Practising with Other People 232</p> <p>Writing a Song 233</p> <p>Working on Active Listening 233</p> <p>Leaving Your Ukulele Out On a Stand 233</p> <p>Taking a Break 234</p> <p><b>Chapter 16: Ten Tips for Every Performing Ukulele Player 235</b></p> <p>Becoming a Better Performer 235</p> <p>Getting Involved in the Local Music Scene 236</p> <p>Finding a Place to Perform 236</p> <p>Building a Set List of Songs 236</p> <p>Preparing to Play Before an Audience 237</p> <p>Handling Nerves Right Before the Show 237</p> <p>Mastering the Art of Focus 238</p> <p>Remembering to Breathe 238</p> <p>Engaging With Your Audience 238</p> <p>Being Confident in Yourself 239</p>
<p><b>Brett McQueen</b> is a musician, songwriter and the founder of ukuleletricks.com, one of the most popular ukulele sites in the world, where he provides audio, video, and written instructional material (along with personalised feedback) to freshly minted ukulele fans everywhere. Alistair Wood is the man (the myth and the legend) behind ukulelehunt.com and the author of <i>Ukulele For Dummies.</i></p>
<b>Improve your ukulele playing — fast! — with hundreds of fun exercises, drills and practice tunes</b> <p>You got yourself a ukulele and taught yourself to play a passable 'Happy Birthday,' but now you're ready to take it to the next level. You've come to the right place. This exercise book is your ticket to becoming a bona fide ukulele hero. It supplies expert tips, tricks and plenty of jammin' exercises that will have you strumming and picking your way through everything from the classic ukulele tunes to cool jazz progressions, intricate instrumental pieces and blues riffs like a pro — in no time. And if you're brand-new to the uke, you'll find a lot to like here as well.</p> <ul> <li><b>Brush up on the fundamentals</b> — discover how to hold your ukulele; play common chords; read ukulele notation and tab, chord diagrams, neck diagrams, and rhythm charts</li> <li><b>Start practising on the right foot</b> — shorten your learning curve with pre-practice warm-ups, including finger- and hand-stretches, breathing exercises, and strength-building exercises</li> <li><b>Do some serious strumming</b> — strengthen your rhythm, timing and ability to find the right pattern for any song, or even transform simple strumming patterns into sweet improvs</li> <li><b>Become a power-picke</b>r — master rhythmic fingerpicking songs and solo fingerstyle pieces with exercises that quickly improve speed, flexibility, and fluidity</li> <li><b>Master the fretboard</b> — learn to build major and minor scales across the neck of the ukulele, build chords in different positions up, and down the fretboard and craft slick solos in rock, blues and jazz styles</li> </ul> <p>Audio download includes</p> <p>Over an hour and a half of audio featuring the exercises and songs from the book — so you can hear exactly how they should sound</p> <p>Open the book and find:</p> <ul> <li>Hundreds of exercises in various keys, tempos and styles</li> <li>Strumming exercises from common chord changes to advanced techniques</li> <li>Scales and scale sequences</li> <li>Picking patterns and exercises that build speed and confidence</li> <li>Ways to apply the techniques and tricks you learn to play actual songs</li> <li>Warm up exercises that make learning faster and easier</li> <li>Tips on performing before an audience</li> </ul>

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