More Of What Ukulele Players Really Want To Know - Softcover

Maz, Barry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1470033402 ISBN 13: 9781470033408

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

Got A Ukulele's Barry Maz returns with a follow up to the bestselling ukulele handbook, 'What Ukulele Players Really Want To Know' with more expert guidance for the ukulele beginner. His second book in the series is aimed at those beginners who have grasped the basics and are now looking to move forward with their appreciation for the humble ukulele. Barry answers more questions that vex beginners in 22 brand new chapters dealing with everything from basic theory through to performing in public and starting your own ukulele club. Although NOT a tuition book, it aims to provide that much needed inspiration and support that new players look for in order to develop a life long relationship with the uke.

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About the Author:

I'm a thirty something guy based in the UK, who for the past 25 years has dabbled with acoustic and electric guitar. Don't consider myself a great player of either, but have a large repetoire of songs, and have busked, jammed and gigged with friends many times. About 2 years ago I decided on trying the ukulele, mainly because a couple of artists I really like (Loudon Wainwright and George Harrison) play or played ukulele. I had previously tried to pick up the Mandolin, but struggled learning a whole new set of chords due to the differing tuning. It struck me that the beauty of the uke for me was that the chord shapes were pretty much the same as those for guitar (albeit playing chords a few steps higher) As with most uninformed beginners, I bought myself a bottom of the line Mahalo - and boy did I regret it! It was really only good for firewood, hard to keep in tune, frets out of place and sounded horrible. Even so, I stuck at it and found that I could indeed master the chords quickly. I put together a repetoire of uke songs to learn and found myself hooked. The quality of the uke was the problem, and after much debate (and saving!) I bought myself a Flea ukulele from the Magic Fluke co - and from that point on, everything changed! This instrument was an absolute joy and since that time I have bought several more ukes, and gigged with them. I'm not a technical player, just a strummer and singer, but its great fun. Anyway, in thinking back to my initial foray into uke, and the shocking instrument I ended up with, I thought I'd start a blog about the uke in general, but with a slant aimed at providing beginners, or those interested in getting a uke a solid set of advice on the pitfalls. The blog proved hugely popular, and I extracted and expanded on a lot of my guidance and published the What Ukulele Players Really Want To Know series of books aimed at absolute beginners.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1470033402
• ISBN 13: 9781470033408
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140