Easy Ukulele Method Book I [Paperback]

Mary Dempler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 24, 2002

TheEasy Ukulele Methodbooks give you music at your fingertips! Using both notation and tablature, this method is so easy that in minutes you will be strumming your ukulele and singing along to familiar songs. Students of all ages will enjoy this book! The ukulele is an instrument for everyone and every type of music! So begin today using this tablature method and discover the wonders of this little instrument.

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About the Author

Mary Lou Stout Dempler, a professional musician, began her musical career at age seven at the Ursuline School of Music and Drama in Louisville, Kentucky, where she studied guitar. She continued to study jazz guitar after high school at Bellarmine University. She has taught guitar for over 20 years. In 1997 she was the recipient of one of only 50 a Duesquene University scholarships for guitar instructors from across the nation. In 1998, her husband Shane had a ukulele custom designed and hand made for her birthday. Mary Lou fell in love with its gentle, harp-like sound, and in the fall of 1998, she received an invitation to attend a ukulele workshop at Harvard University and became a member of the Ukulele Hall of Fame. She created the ukulele tablature method presented in her Easy Ukulele Method books I and II. Her method books are designed to allow anyone, regardless of their musical background, to immediately enjoy playing music on the ukulele. She is a member of the faculty at Bellarmine University where she teacher several different ukulele classes. Because of her love of the ukulele and the desire to share the joy of this instrument with everyone, she founded a ukulele orchestra, the Louisville Ukulele Association Unlimited (LUAU). Mary Lou also formed the musical duo The Unique Ukuleles in an effort to promote ukulele music and showcase the instrument's versatility by performing rock, swing, jazz, folk, country, Christian, and contemporary music. The Unique Ukuleles have recorded two albums, Unique Ukulele Christmas and Songs from the Heart. She truly believes, "If our eyes are the windows to our souls, then the ukulele is the door to our hearts!"

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Mel Bay Publications (October 24, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786659769
• ISBN-13: 978-0786659760
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #543,295 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Gets you up & running quick!, August 17, 2010

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This review is from: Easy Ukulele Method Book I (Paperback)

I bought this book because I received a small booklet by Mary Lou Dempler with my first Ukulele and it made it surprisingly easy to get started. This book includes everything the small booklet had in it plus a whole lot more. I don't think there is a better beginners book for the Uke. It makes it accessible to the newb and very easy to play. It gives you the confidence that this is something that you can do!