Selecting Yur Ukulele...5 Parts f the Ukulele...6 Caring fr Yur Ukulele...6 Tuning Yur Ukulele...7 Hw t Hld Yur Ukulele...8 Strumming the Strings...9 Strumming with a Pick...9 Strumming with Yur Fingers...9 Time t Strum!...9 Strumming Ntatin...0 Beats...0 Intrducing the Quarter-Nte Slash...0 The Staff and Treble Clef...0 Bar Lines, Measures, and Time Signatures...0 Mre Time t Strum...0 Activity: The Staff and Treble Clef... Activity: Bar Lines and Measures...2 Activity: The 4 Time Signature... Activity: The Quarter-Nte Slash... Activity: Cunting Time...4 Using Yur Left Hand...5 Hand Psitin...5 Placing a Finger n a String...5 Hw t Read Chrd Diagrams...5 The C Chrd...6 My First Chrd...6 Activity: The C Chrd...7 The Quarter Rest...8 Three Blind Mice...8 Activity: The Quarter Rest...9 The C 7 Chrd...20 My Secnd Chrd...20 Activity: The C7 Chrd...2 Trubadur Sng...22 The F Chrd...2 My Third Chrd...2 Activity: The F Chrd...24 Three Chrds in One Sng...25 Rain Cmes Dwn...25 Skip t My Lu...26 Lndn Bridge...27 The Repeat Sign...28 Merrily We Rll Alng...28 Activity: The Repeat Sign...29 Lve Smebdy...0 The G 7 Chrd... My Furth Chrd... Activity: The G7 Chrd...2 Using G 7 with Other Chrds... A-Tisket, A-Tasket...4 Alha Oe (Farewell t Thee)...5 When the Saints G Marching In...6 Yankee Ddle...7 An MP CD is included that cntains all the sngs in the bk, s yu may listen and play alng with them. A CD icn beside the title f each sng shws the track number. Abve each CD icn, the riginal bk number is indicated s that when yu access the MP tracks, they are cnveniently rganized by bk in separate flders n the disc. The disc is playable n any CD player r cmputer equipped t play MP CDs. T access the MPs n yur cmputer, place the CD in yur disc drive. In Windws, duble-click n My Cmputer, then rightclick n the CD icn labeled MP Files and select Explre t view the files and cpy them t yur hard drive. Fr Mac, duble-click n the CD icn n yur desktp labeled MP Files t view the files and cpy them t yur hard drive. 2
Activity: Write Yur Own Sng with Fur Chrds...8 Getting Acquainted with Music Ntatin...9 Ntes...9 The Staff...9 The Music Alphabet...9 Clefs...9 Activity: The Staff...40 Intrducing the Quarter Nte...4 Clap and Cunt ut Lud...4 Activity: The Quarter Nte...42 Ntes n the First String: Intrducing A...4 Abby, the Armadill...4 Activity: The Nte A (st String)...44 The Nte A with Chrds...45 Nte and Strum...45 Ntes n the First String: Intrducing B...46 Up-Dwn-Up...46 Activity: The Nte B (st String)...47 The Ntes A and B with Chrds...48 Ntes n the First String: Intrducing C...49 The Muntain Climber...49 Activity: The Nte C (st String)...50 The Ntes A, B, and C with Chrds...5 Brave in the Cave...5 Ntes n the Secnd String: Intrducing E...52 Tw Open Strings...52 Tw-String Meldy...52 Activity: The Nte E (2nd String)...5 Jumping Arund...54 Ntes n the Secnd String: Intrducing F...55 Ping Png Sng...55 Sccer Game...55 Activity: The Nte F (2nd String)...56 The Half Rest...57 When I Feel Best...57 Activity: The Half Rest...58 Ntes n the Secnd String: Intrducing G...59 A-Ch!...59 Activity: The Nte G (2nd String)...60 Activity: The Ntes E, F, G, A, B, and C...6 The Half Nte...62 Ht Crss Buns...62 Activity: The Half Nte...6 Ntes n the Third String: Intrducing C...64 Three Open Strings...64 Little Steps and Big leaps...64 Activity: The Nte C (rd String)...65 The Old Grey Mare...66 Ntes n the Third String: Intrducing D...67 D Is Easy!...67 Taking a Walk...67 Activity: The Nte D (rd String)...68 Activity: The Whle Nte...69 Activity: Review: All the Ntes and Chrds in Bk...69 Ode t Jy...70 Jingle Bells...7 Mary Had a Little Lamb...72 Over the Rainbw...7 Music Matching Games...74 All the Ntes I Knw S Far...75 This Is an Octave...75 Larg...76 Dtted Half Ntes & Time...77 Three Is fr Me!...77 Activity: The Dtted Half Nte...78 Activity: The 4 Time Signature...78
The Farmer in the Dell...79 Beautiful Brwn Eyes...80 Intrducing Cmmn Time...8 Old MacDnald Had a Farm... 8 Activity: Cmmn Time...82 Intrducing B-Flat...8 Aura Lee... 8 Activity: The Nte B-flat...84 Three-String Bgie...85 Temp Signs...86 Three-Temp Rck...86 Rckin' Uke...87 Gd Night Ladies...88 Blues in C...89 Ties...90 Dwn in the Valley...90 Activity: Ties...92 Key Signatures...9 Ode t Jy (Extended Versin)...9 Activity: Key Signatures...94 Pickup Measures...95 A-Tisket, A-Tasket...95 Activity: Pickup Measures...96 Tm Dley...97 Eighth Ntes...98 Jammin' with Eighth Ntes...98 Activity: The Eighth Nte...99 G Tell Aunt Rhdy...00 Lve Smebdy (Extended Versin)...0 Clementine...02 Dtted Quarter Ntes...04 Cunting Dtted Quarter Ntes...04 Cckles and Mussels...04 Activity: The Dtted Quarter Nte...06 Dynamics...07 Ech Rck...07 The Streets f Lared...08 The Dwn-and-Up-Strke...09 Activity: Dynamics...0 Activity: The Dwnstrke and Upstrke...0 The Fermata... Michael, Rw the Bat Ashre... Activity: The Fermata...2 Intrducing F-Sharp... Little Brwn Jug... Activity: The Nte F-sharp...4 The G Chrd...5 The D7 Chrd...5 Activity: The G and D7 Chrds...6 Over the Rainbw (Extended Versin)...7 Activity: Review: All the Ntes and Chrds Yu Learned in Bks & 2...9 Music Matching Games...20 4
Hear this nte! Bk E Open Track 4 A nte n the lwest line f the staff is called E. Play the 2nd string pen. E st fret 2nd fret Bk Track 42 rd fret Tw Open Strings Bk Track 4 E Warm-up & 4. E E Play the E string, A nw, the A string. E string, A string. Keeps yu think -ing Tw-String Meldy Bk Track 44 &4 4 E 2 2 2 2 ΠNtes n tw strings are fun t play. Ntes n tw strings, Oh! what fun! 52
The nte n the secnd line f the staff is called G. Drawing the Nte G & Step : Draw an val ntehead n the secnd line f the staff. Step 2: Fr the stem, draw a line frm the right f the ntehead t just abve the tp line f the staff. The stem always ges up fr this nte. Nw, draw the nte G six times belw. G Playing the Nte G T play the nte G, press the rd fret f the 2nd string. Indicate the fingering fr nte G by placing the number in a circle n the rd fret f the 2nd string n each diagram. 60
A flat b lwers a nte a half step (the distance frm ne fret t anther is called a half step). Bb is played ne fret lwer than the nte B. When a flat nte appears in a measure, it is still flat until the end f that measure. b Hear is nte thbk 2! Track st FRET B & bw T A B Bk 2 Track 2 Aura Lee & 44.. & b 4052 Kid's Ukulele Curse Cmplete.indb 8 Elvis Presley recrded this flk sng as a pp ballad called Lve Me Tender. & B 2 w w New Nte B w 8.. /5/2 0:52 AM