American Roots Music for Ukulele: Over 50 Great Traditional Folk Songs & Tunes!, Book & CD

Author: Dick Sheridan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780739088685
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This invaluable collection of American roots music features over 50 songs from the blues, bluegrass, folk, and traditional music genres. Titles: Arkansas Traveler * Banks of the Ohio * Bile Them Cabbage Down * Blackberry Blossom * Cindy * Cotton-Eye Joe * Cripple Creek * Cumberland Gap * Deep Elem Blues * Don't Let Your Deal Go Down * Down to the River to Pray * Golden Slippers * Ground Hog * In the Pines * John Hardy * Long Journey Home * Man of Constant Sorrow * New River Train * Old Joe Clark * Sally Goodin * Shady Grove * Soldier's Joy * St. James Infirmary Blues * Turkey in the Straw * Wildwood Flower * Will the Circle Be Unbroken * and many more!

Favorite Old-time American Songs for Ukulele

Author: Mark Kailana
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780786696062
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
This book features over 100 traditional American folk songs newly arranged for the ukulele, with chord diagrams and melody lines in tablature and standardnotation. This extensive collection makes Favorite Old-Time American Songs for Ukulele a treasury of the best songs from the American tradition. Nothing in this book is out of range for novice ukulele players. The songs are in keys that are both easy to sing and that fit the melodic range of the ukulele. Of course, not every voice sings comfortably in every key, so information on transposition and a short discussion for players of the baritone ukulele are included. Although you do not need to read music or tablature to use this book, short introductions to each are included. In putting together this collection, the author was inspired by the old Americanpractice of making a sampler: an endearing needlework design showing off various stitches and techniques. The book presents a sampling of the best American songs for folks working in schools, churches, hospitals, coffeehouses and other public performance spaces, or for anyone wishing to expand their repertoire and brush up on a few old chestnuts. There's a little of everything here: sentimental old hearth songs, laments and lullabies, ballads and play-parties, the sacred and profane. The overwhelming majority of songs come from pre-industrial rural traditions, because this is the kindof music that seems to go well with homemade music-making in any age. Includes access to online audio

The Ukulele Songbook

Author: Thomas Balinger
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781545540251
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110

Book Description
Thomas Balinger The Ukulele Songbook 60 American Folk Songs A collection of American Folk Songs, arranged for easy Ukulele in C (G-C-E-A). Featuring chord symbols, chord diagrams, melody TAB and lyrics plus a section on tuning, the basic Ukulele chords and some easy basic strumming and picking patterns. Songs 1. A cowboy's life 2. Acres of clams 3. A horse named Bill 4. All the good times are past and gone 5. Amazing grace 6. Angel Band 7. Arkansas Traveler 8. Banks of the Ohio 9. Beautiful brown eyes 10. Billy Boy 11. Billy the kid 12. Blackberry blossom 13. Black is the color 14. Blood on the saddle 15. Boil them cabbage down 16. Buffalo gals 17. Bury me not on the lone prairie 18. Carry me back to old Virginny 19. Cluck old hen 20. Colorado trail 21. Cotton-eyed Joe 22. Cumberland Gap 23. Danville girl 24. Darling Corey 25. Deep Elem Blues 26. Dink's Song 27. Dixie 28. Down by the riverside 29. Down to the river to pray 30. East Virginia Blues 31. Engine 143 32. Erie Canal 33. Frankie and Johnny 34. Git along little dogies 35. Goin' across the mountain 36. Green grow the lilacs 37. I'm sad and I'm lonely 38. In the pines 39. I ride an old Paint 40. Jack of diamonds 41. John Hardy 42. Lakes of Ponchartrain 43. Make me down a pallet 44. My home's across the smoky mountains 45. My old Kentucky home 46. Oh! Susanna 47. Old Dan Tucker 48. Old dog Tray 49. Shady Grove 50. Shortnin' bread 51. Simple gifts 52. The cruel war 53. The golden Vanity 54. The hunters of Kentucky 55. Wayfaring stranger 56. When Johnny comes marching home 57. Wildwood flower 58. Will the circle be unbroken 59. Wind and rain 60. Worried man Blues

American Folk Tunes for Ukulele

Author: Colin Tribe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781847613769
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
(String). Includes performance tips and a CD of full performances. Songs include Arkansas Traveler, Home on the Range, Oh Susanna, Shenandoah, Tom Dooley, Wayfaring Stranger and more.

America's Favorite Folk Songs for Ukelele

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781633619463
Category : Folk songs, English
Languages : en
Pages : 24

Book Description
Instrumentation: Ukulele Book The ukulele has enjoyed an unexpected but huge resurgence in popularity, and no wonder! Only four strings, easy to play, and eminently transportable, it's a great choice for musicians of all ages. America's Favorite Folk Songs for Ukulele is a collection of twelve of the best-known, best-loved, and most fun American folk songs from Aloha Oe to Turkey in the Straw arranged for ukulele in both tablature and regular music notation. Chord frames are provided as well for accompanying yourself.

101 Ukulele Licks

Author: Lil' Rev
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1476872899
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 106

Book Description
(Ukulele). From blues to bluegrass, uke can play it all! In this one-of-a-kind book with audio, you get over a hundred authentic licks notated for the ukulele in standard notation and tablature. Plus there are tons of extras common chord progressions, scales, uke history, recommended listening, information on uke builders, blogs, websites, and more! The audio features a demo of every lick, as well as play-along tracks with chord progressions for practicing and jamming.

The Bach Uke Book

Author: Rob MacKillop
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1619113341
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 45

Book Description
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 online audio contains breathtakingly beautifulperformances 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

20 Old Time American Tunes Arranged For Ukulele

Author: Rob MacKillop
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1619112884
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 29

Book Description
This book features twenty superb arrangements of traditional Old Time American tunes by ukulele maestro Rob MacKillop. Included are classics such as Wildwood Flower, Man Of Constant Sorrow, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Angeline TheBaker, and many others. All the music is playable with a pick or finger style, and the tunes are presented in both tablature and standard notation. The book includes accompanying audio online available for download

Music in American Life [4 volumes]

Author: Jacqueline Edmondson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 2530

Book Description
A fascinating exploration of the relationship between American culture and music as defined by musicians, scholars, and critics from around the world. Music has been the cornerstone of popular culture in the United States since the beginning of our nation's history. From early immigrants sharing the sounds of their native lands to contemporary artists performing benefit concerts for social causes, our country's musical expressions reflect where we, as a people, have been, as well as our hope for the future. This four-volume encyclopedia examines music's influence on contemporary American life, tracing historical connections over time. Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture demonstrates the symbiotic relationship between this art form and our society. Entries include singers, composers, lyricists, songs, musical genres, places, instruments, technologies, music in films, music in political realms, and music shows on television.

Civil War Concertina

Author: Gary Coover
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781499128055
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 120

Book Description
This book presents 60 songs and tunes from the American Civil War that were favorites with the soldiers and those at home, arranged especially for the 20-button C/G Anglo concertina. Inside are patriotic airs, marching songs, soldier songs, sentimental ballads and minstrel show songs adapted from the original sheet music, including popular works by Stephen C. Foster, George F. Root, Henry Clay Work and many others. All songs and tunes include the melody in standard musical notation along with complete lyrics and chords so you can play them on any musical instrument. For those who play the 20-button Anglo concertina, every selection includes an Anglo concertina tablature system that makes it easy to learn and play simple and complex arrangements. The music is arranged for concertina in a variety of styles - single note, simple harmony, octaves, and full accompaniment. All 60 tunes also have a QR code that links to a YouTube video so you can hear and see exactly how each printed arrangement is played. Although the 20-button Anglo only has one row of buttons in the key of C and another row in the key of G, it is far less limited than you might think, and you will be surprised just how much music you can make with it and how so many of these wartime melodies seem to fit perfectly. This book will take you back a hundred and fifty years so you can experience the songs and music of the rallies, the camps, the battlefields and the homes.