Ukulele Quest E-Book

James Oram

• Herausgeber: Faber Music Limited
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

This is the full eBook edition of Ukulele Quest in fixed-layout format with downloadable audio. An ideal first ukulele book that teaches many musical styles, including rock, reggae and the blues, this colourful tutor provides a great introduction to chord charts, how to read music and musical concepts such as dynamics, pitch and tempo. Accompanying audio at every stage brings the music to life. Come on a quest into the world of music and learn how to play the ukulele! Travel through time, meet dragons, pirates and robots, and make new friends along the way.

Leseprobe

The fun way to learn ukulele

Paul Jones & James Oram

To download audio tracks

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Editing and advice: Rebecca Maryan, Dean & Denise Oram,Gillian Sheard & David Thompson

Special thanks: Peter Airey, Ness Chapman, Dave & Sue Jones

© 2018 by Paul Jones and James OramThis edition first published in 2018 by Faber Music LtdBloomsbury House74–77 Great Russell StreetLondon WC1B 3DADesigned by Alex Smye-Rumsby, Joel Keightley and Susan ClarkeAudio performed by Paul Jones, James Oram and Samantha PriorPrinted in England by Caligraving LtdAll rights reserved

eISBN: 978-0-571-59086-5EAN13: 978-0-571-54101-0

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CONTENTS

Introduction 04

History of the Ukulele 05

Ukulele Labels 06

Lesson 1 Hawaiian Volcanoes

Your First Quest 08

How to Hold Your Ukulele 08

Rhythm Maps 11

Reading a Chord Treasure Map 14

C Major Treasure Map 15

Recap 17

Lesson 2 Stadium Rock

Monster Minims 19

A Minor Treasure Map 21

Stadium Rock 22

Lesson 3 The Blues

Super Semibreves 25

F Major Treasure Map 27

Homework Blues 30

Lesson 4 Caribbean Grooves

Introduction to Reggae 32

The G6 Chord Treasure Map 33

Reggae Rhythm Map 34

Reggae Ukulele 36

Lesson 5 Space Ukuleles

Spot the Difference! 38

Questing Quavers 38

The D Major Chord Treasure Map 40

Space Ukulele Chords 42

Super Quest 1 44

Lesson 6 Medieval Mayhem

Dynamite Dynamics 46

Dynamic Rhythms 48

The E Minor Chord Treasure Map 49

‘Medieval Mayhem’ Chords 50

Lesson 7 Pirate Pitch

Sailing Notes 53

Notes on the Rigging 54

Super Quest 2 55

Lesson 8 Temple Treasures

Secure Your Treasure 57

Note Pyramid 59

Certificate 60

Lesson 9 Concert Rehearsal

Concert Day Tips 62

Lesson Lyrics and Chords 63

Glossary of Terms69

4

Thank you for opening me

You have just started an adventure into a worldof music. You will find treasure here far moreprecious than gold or silver.

This treasure will last you a lifetime and showyou worlds that you never knew existed. Wordscannot describe some of the gems you will findon this quest; you will have to see for yourself.

This journey will never end. There is endlesstreasure out there. The more you look, the moreyou will find! I am here to get you started.

Pick up your ukulele! It is so much more thanwood and strings. It is actually a key to a worldof music – you just have to know how to use it!

There will be symbols along the way thatare helpful clues to accessing this new world.Make sure you remember them!

Our adventure starts in Hawaiiwhere the ukulele originatedaround 200 years ago.

In Hawaiian the name ukulele roughlymeans ‘jumping flea’. This is becauseyour fingers look like jumping fleaswhen you play it! The ukulele became sopopular in Hawaii that even the RoyalFamily of Hawaii played it.

The ukulele caught on in the UnitedStates in the 1900s when a craze ofukulele playing swept the nation. Theukulele is now a well-known instrumentacross the world.

Ukuleles are traditionally made outof woods like mahogany and koa. Thestrings were traditionally made fromsheep or catgut, now they are normallymade from nylon plastic.

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Look at these labels...

Head

Tuner

Strings

Neck

Fret

Soundhole

Body

Bridge