A superb collection of 53 Hawaiian favorites arranged for uke solo. It includes instruction on chords, "vamping", reading tablature and notation, note location on the fingerboard, scales and scale exercises, and rhythm, plus special uke techniques. Basic chords are summarized and "Rhythmic Strumming, Hawaiian Style" is taught. A section on advanced chords is also included. Although this book is written for the standard ukulele in C tuning, the authors also address how the baritone uke, ukulele-banjo, and tiple can be used with this book. Written in notation and tablature.
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Ken Eidson is a music educator with a bachelor's and master's degree in music education from Northwestern University. He has spent his entire teaching career in the same school, Carl Sandburg Junior High, in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. He has co-authored four Dobro® instruction books with his father-in-law, Tom Swatzell. Between the years 1975-1980 he appeared in shows with Jethro Burns, the world-famous mandolinist and comedian. Ken co-authored three books with Jethro which have been combined into one volume. Ken met Ross Cherednik, a mandolin and ukulele player, through his mandolin books. Ross and Ken co-wrote two ukulele books and one classical mandolin collection. All of Ken's books are published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc. Ken's first book with Ross Cherednik, Hawaiian Uke Songbook, has been a best-seller in the islands since it came out in 1982. One big reason for its popularity in the homeland of the ukulele is that the book deals with the many cultural facets of the instrument: Polynesian, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, and mainland. Ken continues to teach his junior high age students. He teaches chorus, swing choir, fretted instruments, keyboard, MIDI, music composition, and solo singing. He also sponsors an amateur radio club. Other musical activities include directing a church choir, singing with a barbershop quartet (Chicago Natural Gas) and playing bass clarinet in a local community band.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
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This is a great book for any student of the ukulele, but especially for anyone who loves Hawaiian music. It contains an excellent collection of traditional Hawaiian tunes with chords and full tabs for each song. The book starts with the basics of the uke, reading music and tabs, and special techniques. It is well written and easy to follow for the beginner as well as more advanced players. The only negative I can come up with is the book does not have any of the lyrics for the songs, but all in all an excellent resource for any ukulele player.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great tunebook,
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This book contains over 50 traditional Hawaiian songs. Problem is, even living in HI, I don't recognize most the songs, making it hard (for me at least) to learn them. With effort, I can hunt down the songs, but it may be a bit harder for someone not living in Hawaii. Otherwise it is a great book. It has scale exercises, technique discriptions, a chord chart, and facts about ukes in Hawaii.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Wish there was a cd,
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Great tabs for Hawaiian. The songs start with easy arrangements and move the difficulty level up slowly. I don't know all the songs and wish there was a cd, but definitely worth it either way.
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There are two valid ways to tune your ukulele in C. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
String Tuning, John Ross Cherednik All, Hammer-On Pull-Off, Cut Time, Major All New!
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There are two valid ways to tune your ukulele in C. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
String Tuning, John Ross Cherednik All, Hammer-On Pull-Off, Cut Time, Major All New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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