Music & Song Books by Instrument

The Bob Dylan Ukulele Chord Songbook is a unique collection of 100 all-time classic songs, drawn from 50 years of Bob Dylans recording career. 

Enjoy this super mix of jazz, blues, barbershop, gospel, classical, ethnic, folk and old favorites! This collection features 27 solos arranged with just chord diagrams for players at all levels of ability. Songs include: Aura Lee · Down by the Old Mill Stream · Hard Times Come Again No More · My Wild Irish Rose · Twelve-Bar Blues · Liebestraum · Ja-Da · My Buddy · Sweet Adeline · In the Bleak Midwinter · Memories · Toyland · Dark Eyes · and more. Each solo is preceded by a page of background information with interesting comments about the composers and the songs themselves. Introductory text provides instructions, detailed guidelines, helping playing tips, and useful insights. Although intended primarily for the baritone ukulele, many of the solos can be played by both concert and tenor ukes, as well as on the top four strings of the guitar.

This chart shows essential chords and secondary minor chord relationships from all 12 root tones for the soprano ukulele in G-C-E-A tuning. The chords shown for each root note are major, seventh, minor, diminished, and augmented, with relative minor I, IV, and V7 chords also shown. In addition, the chart includes a ukulele fingerboard illustration with all the frets numbered and the corresponding notes shown in standard notation. Unfolds to 17.5" by 11.75". Designed for the left-handed uke player.

Ukulele players can strum, sing and pick along with 20 Beatles classics! Includes: All You Need Is Love · Eight Days a Week · Good Day Sunshine · Here, There and Everywhere · Let It Be · Love Me Do · Penny Lane · Yesterday · and more.

These are the matching transcriptions to Jake's 2012 release produced by Alan Parsons and featuring more amazing uke versions of classic hits and Jake originals. Titles include: Akaka Falls (Ka Wailele O' Akaka) · Fields of Gold · Gentlemandolin · Gone Fishing · Island Fever Blues · Missing Three · More Ukulele · Music Box · 143 · Over the Rainbow · Rolling in the Deep · Ukulele Five-O.

Learn notes, chords, songs, and playing techniques from the master of modern ukulele! In this unique book with online video, Jake Shimabukuro will get you started on playing the ukulele. The book includes full transcriptions of every example, the video features Jake teaching you everything you need to know plus video of Jake playing all the examples. In addition, the video includes performances of Jake playing some of his most popular arrangements such as While My Guitar Gently Weeps and Ukulele Five-Oh, among others. The video is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded.

A dozen hits from this popular British diva for uke, including: Chasing Pavements · Hello · Lovesong · Make You Feel My Love · Rolling in the Deep · Rumour Has It · Send My Love (To Your New Lover) · Set Fire to the Rain · Skyfall · Someone like You · Water Under the Bridge · When We Were Young.

The Ukulele Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily, with incredible backing tracks to help you sound like a bona fide pro! Just follow the written music, listen to the CD to hear how the ukulele should sound, and then play along with the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The CD is playable on any CD player, and also enhanced so Mac & PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch! This volume includes 8 bluegrass classics: Angel Band · Dooley · Fox on the Run · I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow · I'll Fly Away · Keep on the Sunny Side · Sitting on Top of the World · With Body and Soul.

15 solo ukulele arrangements in standard notes and tab of J.S. Bach works: Arioso · Be Thou with Me · Bourrée · Chorale in C Major, BWV 514 · Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring · Little Prelude No. 2 in C Major · Minuet in G · Minuet 1, BWV 813 · Musette in D Major · Prelude (Cello Suite No. 1) · Prelude in C Major · Quia Respexit · Sheep May Safely Graze · Sleepers, Awake (Wachet Auf) · Violin Partita No. 1, BWV 1002 Tempo Di Bourrée.

Fred Cockerham & Tommy Jarrell: Clawhammer Banjo Masters is a collection of 23 clawhammer banjo solos written in tablature. The pieces are transcribed as played by Fred Cockerham and Tommy Jarrell by Bob Carlin. Also included are modern interpretations by Dan Levenson. This is the third book in a series of transcribed tunes from the old masters. Previous books are Kyle Creed - Clawhammer Banjo Master and Wade Ward - Clawhammer Banjo Master. Fred Cockerham and Tommy Jarrell both gave unique definition to the style of old-time clawhammer banjo playing. The repertoire, presented in tablature, is intended to be a starting point for your journey through the old-time music world. Eachpiece is presented in multiple arrangements, both on the page and in the online audio. Most of the recordings are played at learning tempos and correspond to the tablature.

A great collection of banjo classics, including: Alabama Jubilee · Bye Bye Love · Duelin' Banjos · The Entertainer · Foggy Mountain Breakdown · Great Balls of Fire · Lady of Spain · Rawhide · (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) · Rocky Top · San Antonio Rose · Tennessee Waltz · UFO-TOFU · You Are My Sunshine · and more. The package also includes recordings of demos for listening and playing along. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include 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

Traditional Songs for the 5-String Banjo features 22 classic old-time favorites. The distinctive sound of the 5-string banjo is most usually associated with folk, country and bluegrass music. In this book you'll find a superbcollection of traditional songs that lend themselves perfectly to a variety of banjo styles. From the lively The Midnight Special to the wistful Wild Mountain Thyme, each song has been chosen and arranged to make the most of theinstrument's unique capacity for rolling rhythms and flexible fingerpicking patterns. Whether your favorites are jazzy, folky or country, you'll find plenty here to help you play, sing and extend your repertoire.

This fun and easy bluegrass banjo book and CD takes you from the very beginning. Beginning with an introduction to the instrument, the book teaches you basic banjo technique such as three-finger rolls, how to read banjochordcharts, playing back up, and hand placement, setting the foundation for the repertoire found in the book. Featuring classics such as 'Boil Them Cabbage Down', 'Cripple Creek' and 'Tom Dooley', this book will get you playingin notime! Music presented in tablature.

Teach yourself to play the Banjo with these easy lessons for beginners.

Progressive Banjo covers the fundamental techniques and practical theory required to learn to play the Banjo, includingchords,notes, scales, rolls, vamps, picking and strumming.

This book includes 60+ exercises, chord progressions and popular easy songs for beginners in the folk and blues styles, including an introduction to bluegrassBanjomusic.

In full colour throughout with photos and diagrams, Progressive Banjo contains easy-to-read Banjo music with Banjo tabs for beginners and comes with a CD containing audio demonstrating allexamples.No prior knowledge of how to read music or playing the Banjo is required to teach yourself using this book, which is suitable for all ages and all types of 5 string Banjos

This book and accompanying audio offer a unique look into playing the music of Bach on the ukulele. Included are twenty duets for two ukuleles or ukulele and guitar. The first part in the duet can be played on either soprano, concert or tenor ukulele, and the second part on either baritone ukulele or guitar. This collection contains beautiful arrangements of many of Bach's most popular pieces. Some of the arrangements are simple, some complex, but most are of intermediate difficulty. The accompanying audio contains breathtakingly beautiful performances by ukulele maestro Rob MacKillop, and historical guitar specialist Gordon Ferries, making it wonderful in its own right.Included are pieces such as Sheep May Safely Graze: Minuet in G: Sleepers Awake: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring: and many other classic tunes. Includes access to online audio.

This collection by David Coe contains 21 beautiful melodies by the world's greatest composers. Included are songs by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and many more. Each selection is presented in both standard notation and tablature with chord diagrams included. The ukulele has a distinctive melodic voice and musicians of all levels will enjoy playing these timeless classics.

This book is designed to aid the beginning uke player in playing strums applicable to folk and bluegrass music. Each of the 29 songs has a different strum pattern! A complete grounding in chord accompaniment is attained through songs presented in various keys. Written for the uke in standard GCEA tuning.

A collection of 29 folk and bluegrass songs selected to aid the beginning baritone uke player in playing strums suitable for diverse time signatures and tempos. Includes chord diagrams for the principal chords in each key plus instruction on tuning and playing position. An ideal follow-up to Fun with the Baritone Uke.

This book and companion audio present 38 classic children's songs arranged for solo ukulele. Included are nursery rhymes, lullabies and rounds. Because sing-alongs are an important part of children's playtime, words are included. These arrangements sound wonderful played by musicians of all levels. In the solo style, the lead melody is voiced on the higher strings while chords are voiced on the lower strings. The result is a pleasant, full-sounding arrangement that makes the ukulele sound surprisingly big and complete. Includes access to online audio.

Learn fashionable and evocative tunes from 19th-century America! Originally collected for the fretless minstrel banjo, many of these tunes were taught to Tom Briggs on Southern plantations, and are the sound of a new, vibrant America. Mixing early Black banjo music, with European dances, a new popular music was born, which, in the following decades, would mature into ragtime and jazz.Rob MacKillop arranged these pieces for fingerstyle ukulele. They sound great on either a standard uke or on a banjo ukulele. Includes access to an online audio recording containing performances of all 20 pieces by Rob MacKillop on a banjo ukulele.

Today's top praise songs scored in notation and tab for easy to play fingerstyle guitar. Songs include Sanctuary, As the Deer, Give Thanks, Lord, Reign in Me, Draw Me Close and many more. A companion CD is included. On the CD each piece is played twice, once as a guitar solo with accompaniment and again as a back-up track so the guitarist may practice the piece and use in a worship setting: ideal for small group or church performance.

Reading music is a skill that all musicians should learn regardless of their instrument. This book is designed to eliminate the apprehension guitarists have in regards to reading music written in a variety of keys. In the firstfewpages, a number of musical symbols and terms are explained. This is followed by etudes and exercises written only in standard notation in the major keys of C, F, B flat, E flat, A flat, D flat, G, D, and A and the minor keysof A,D, G, C, F, B flat, E, B, and F sharp. Additional musical symbols and terms are gradually introduced throughout the practice pieces with helpful, clear explanations. Chord symbols and diagrams are provided forteacheraccompaniment.

The seventh in line of the Mel Bay/Warner collaboration offers 15 country favorites, new and old. All arranged for the beginning to intermediate flatpicking guitarist in standard notation and tablature.

These will beagreat addition to your collection: Chattahoochee, Don’t Rock the Jukebox, God Bless the U.S.A., Guitars, Cadillacs, Liza Jane, My Maria, Nothing’s Changed Here, South Side of Dixie, Take This Job and Shove It, Tempted,ThankGod I’m a Country Boy, There’s Your Trouble, This Time, A Thousand Miles from Nowhere and The Thunder Rolls.

Arrangers include John Harding, Larry McCabe, Joe Carr, Brad Davis, Dylan Schorer and DanBowden.

70 songs with lyrics, melody lines, and chord frames for standard ukulele, baritone ukulele, guitar, mandolin, and banjo. Enjoy strumming and singing these Beatles classics with all your buddies! A great resource for beginning stringed instrument players who are ready to experience the fun of making music together! Songs include: All You Need Is Love · Back in the U.S.S.R. · Birthday · Can't Buy Me Love · Come Together · Day Tripper · Drive My Car · Eight Days a Week · Eleanor Rigby · Get Back · Good Day Sunshine · Got to Get You into My Life · A Hard Day's Night · Help! · Here Comes the Sun · Hey Jude · I Saw Her Standing There · I Want to Hold Your Hand · In My Life · Let It Be · The Long and Winding Road · Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) · Paperback Writer · Revolution · Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band · She Loves You · Ticket to Ride · Twist and Shout · Yellow Submarine · Yesterday · and more!