Ukulele Method Complete: Book & CD (Complete Method)

The First Book and DVD in The Complete Ukulele Method! 
Perfect for beginning ukulelists as well as players who want to enhance their knowledge, Beginning Ukulele teaches everything you need to know to get started on the instrument, including chords, strumming, picking, basic music theory, and reading tablature (TAB) and standard music notation. Guitarists wanting to expand their musical horizons will also find this to be the perfect introduction to playing the ukulele. The book features lots of fun songs in a variety of styles, including rock, blues, Hawaiian, fiddle tunes, and fingerstyle. On the DVD, Daniel Ho's friendly, easy-to-understand explanations and demonstrations make learning to play the ukulele fun and easy. Featuring practice tips and other important issues for the beginning ukulelist, Beginning Ukulele is the most thorough method available for beginning ukulele students. 
Features: 
* Examples in easy-to-read TAB and standard music notation 
* Songs and solos to practice 
* Special ukulele strums and other right-hand techniques, such as fingerstyle and picking 
* Left-hand techniques, including hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides 
* Topics such as music theory, improvising, and how to practice 
* Lessons on ukulele styles, including folk, Hawaiian, rock, blues, and more!

Contents:

1. 12-Bar Blues in C (A Bouncy C!)
2. About the Authors
3. Aloha 'Oe
4. Amazing Grace
5. Appendix A---How to Practice
6. Autoharp Sale (Replace Old Zithers!)
7. Buy a Metronome
8. Chapter 10---Introduction to Fingerstyle
9. Chapter 11---Getting Ready for the Next Level
10. Chapter 1---Getting Started
11. Chapter 2---Strum, Strum, Strum
12. Chapter 3---Reading Standard Music Notation
13. Chapter 4---Theory Without Fear, or a Little Knowledge Can Get You Jamming
14. Chapter 5---Old-Time Ukulele and Backing Up Fiddle Tunes
15. Chapter 6---Old School: The Swingin' Ukulele
16. Chapter 7---Rocking Out the Uke
17. Chapter 8---Taking It Home: Island Style
18. Chapter 9---Ukulele Blues
19. Conclusion and Resources for Further Study
20. Dreams of Summer on a Gloomy Day (Haze, Cold, Misters)
21. Go Tell Aunt Rhody
22. Hi'ilawe
23. Hitch in My Git-Along Rag
24. How to Practice
25. How Will I Ever Learn to Charleston If I Can't Even Tie My Own Shoes?
26. Hula for Ho'opi'i
27. In My Spare Time with No Money Down!
28. Introduction
29. It's Only a Minor Inconvenience
30. King on the Beach
31. Lesson 1: How to Swing
32. Lesson 1: Know Your Uke
33. Lesson 1: New Strums
34. Lesson 1: Strum Patterns and a Tune in G
35. Lesson 1: The 12-Bar Blues
36. Lesson 1: The Major Scale Is Your Measuring Stick
37. Lesson 1: The Notes and the Staff
38. Lesson 1: The Right-Hand Position
39. Lesson 1: The Syncopated Strum
40. Lesson 1: Your First Chords
41. Lesson 10: Sharps and Flats
42. Lesson 11: Accidentals in a Key Signature
43. Lesson 12: Ties
44. Lesson 13: Navigating a Musical Map
45. Lesson 2: Accenting the Backbeat, the E and E7 Chords, and Sally Ann in A
46. Lesson 2: Adding Percussion with Mute Strokes
47. Lesson 2: Arpeggio Pattern T-I-M-A
48. Lesson 2: Changing Chords
49. Lesson 2: Memorizing the 12-Bar Blues
50. Lesson 2: Reading Tablature
51. Lesson 2: Sixes and Sevens and Chords
52. Lesson 2: The Circle of 5ths
53. Lesson 2: The Natural Notes on the 3rd and 2nd Strings
54. Lesson 3: Fiddle Tune Form and Soldier's Joy in D
55. Lesson 3: Intervals Are Your Building Blocks
56. Lesson 3: Middle and Ring Fingers Together
57. Lesson 3: Moveable Chord Forms, or How I Learned to Be My Own Chord Dictionary
58. Lesson 3: Play Some Real Songs
59. Lesson 3: The Blues Shuffle Rhythm
60. Lesson 3: The Circle of 5ths Progression
61. Lesson 3: The Notes on the Fretboard
62. Lesson 3: Time
63. Lesson 4: Fingerpicking in 3/4
64. Lesson 4: Harmony and Chords
65. Lesson 4: Rests
66. Lesson 4: Spice Up Your Strumming
67. Lesson 4: The Minor Pentatonic Scale
68. Lesson 4: The Triple Strum
69. Lesson 4: Using Moveable Chords, Left-Hand Mute Strokes, Reggae, and Soul
70. Lesson 5: Alternating-Thumb Pattern T-I-T-M
71. Lesson 5: Dotted Half Notes
72. Lesson 5: More Chords More Chords
73. Lesson 5: The Triple Burst Strum
74. Lesson 5: Transposition
75. Lesson 6: Minor Chords
76. Lesson 6: Natural Notes on the 1st String
77. Lesson 6: Transposing the Blues and the Minor Pentatonic Scale
78. Lesson 7: Blues in a Minor Key
79. Lesson 7: The C Major Scale
80. Lesson 7: Waltz Time 3/4
81. Lesson 8: Eighth Notes (Of Course)
82. Lesson 8: Right-Hand Tools and Techniques
83. Lesson 9: Dotted Quarter Notes
84. Low-G Tuning
85. Mary Had a Border Collie
86. Musical Expression
87. My Dear, Dear Mama from Madeira
88. My Feet Hurt (Oy! Sole Blisters!)
89. Nunmoor Blues: A 12-Bar Blues in A Minor
90. Ode to Joy
91. Oh! Susanna
92. Organizing a Practice Session
93. Raised by Gypsies
94. Red River Valley
95. Sally Ann
96. Shufflin' Through the Blues in A
97. Soldier's Joy
98. The Secret Handshake Rag
99. This Hammer's Too Heavy
100. Ukaleidoscope
101. Uke Got Soul
102. Wai O Ke Aniani (Crystal Water)
103. When the Saints Go Marching In
104. When the Saints Go Marching In
105. Who Wants a Cool Beverage?