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| About This Book |
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PART 1 GETTING STARTED WITH THE UKULELE |
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Chapter 1 Exploring the Ukulele |
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Understanding the Uke's Advantages |
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Joining a vibrant community |
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Appreciating the uke's practicality |
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Meeting the family: Daddy uke, mummy uke, and baby uke |
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Deciding which uke is best for you |
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Taking a Tour: The Anatomy of the Ukulele |
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Becoming a Well-Versed Ukulele Player |
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Strumming along to hula in Hawaii |
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Swinging and picking across the USA |
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Rockin' and rollin', and getting down with the blues |
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Diversifying into ever more styles |
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Chapter 2 Tuning Up to Sound Great |
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Knowing Some Musical Terms |
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20 | (2) |
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Half steps and whole steps |
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21 | (1) |
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Pitching into Tuning Basics |
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Unravelling Tunings for Your Instrument |
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Exploring the most common tuning: gCEA |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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Going hi-tech: Tuning with an electronic tuner |
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Listening and repeating: Tuning to the audio track |
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Stringing along: Tuning to a guitar |
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26 | (1) |
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Seeing in black and white: Tuning to a piano or keyboard |
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Tuning your uke to itself |
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Chapter 3 Discovering How to Handle Your Ukulele |
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Holding On to Your Ukulele |
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29 | (3) |
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Positioning yourself to play |
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30 | (1) |
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31 | (1) |
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Holding your uke left-handed |
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32 | (1) |
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Developing Your Strumming |
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Strumming in the right spot |
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33 | (1) |
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Strumming in the right way |
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34 | (1) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (4) |
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Positioning your fretting hand |
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35 | (1) |
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Discovering how strongly to fret |
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Adjusting when things don't sound right |
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PART 2 STARTING OUT WITH CHORDS AND STRUMMING |
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Chapter 4 Playing Your First Ukulele Chords and Songs |
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Playing Music without Reading Music |
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42 | (2) |
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42 | (2) |
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Deciphering chord diagrams for lefties |
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44 | (1) |
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Playing a Song Using Two Chords |
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44 | (3) |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (1) |
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Starting your first song: "Li'l Liza Jane" |
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46 | (1) |
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Developing Your First Strumming Patterns |
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47 | (4) |
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48 | (1) |
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Filling in with ups and downs |
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48 | (1) |
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Finding an easy way to follow rhythms |
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49 | (2) |
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Discovering Seventh Chords |
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51 | (4) |
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51 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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Taking off with your second song: "I'll Fly Away" |
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53 | (2) |
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55 | (4) |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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Playing your first minor-chord song |
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57 | (2) |
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Chapter 5 Drumming Up More Strumming Patterns |
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Pocketing the Ever-Useful Swiss Army Strum |
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59 | (5) |
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Adding Pep with Some Strumming Variations |
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Changing chords within bars |
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64 | (1) |
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Strumming strongly and weakly |
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65 | (1) |
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Introducing the time signature |
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66 | (5) |
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71 | (1) |
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Strumming for Various Genres |
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72 | (5) |
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Getting down with blues strumming: The shuffle |
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72 | (1) |
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Becoming upbeat about the reggae off-beat |
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73 | (2) |
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Rocking without strumming |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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Deciding on an Appropriate Strumming Pattern |
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77 | (2) |
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Chapter 6 Meeting the Chords and Their Families |
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Getting to Know Chord Families |
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79 | (1) |
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Practicing the Three-Chord Trick: The I--IV--V Progression |
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80 | (2) |
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82 | (5) |
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Going flat-out for B flat |
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82 | (3) |
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85 | (1) |
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85 | (2) |
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87 | (5) |
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Discovering new moveable chord shapes |
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88 | (4) |
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Inviting Round More Chord Families |
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92 | (3) |
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Geeing up the G chord family |
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93 | (1) |
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Finding out about the F chord family |
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94 | (1) |
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Playing according to the A chord family |
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94 | (1) |
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Discovering the D chord family |
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95 | (1) |
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95 | (4) |
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Changing D and A the easy way |
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96 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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PART 3 PICKING AND SINGLE-NOTE PLAYING |
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Chapter 7 Coming to Grips with Tabs and Notation |
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101 | (16) |
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101 | (3) |
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Stringing notes along in tabs |
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102 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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Playing simultaneous notes in tab |
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103 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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104 | (5) |
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Splitting into quarter notes |
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105 | (1) |
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Holding on for half and whole notes |
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106 | (1) |
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Dividing further: Eighth and sixteenth notes |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (2) |
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109 | (3) |
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109 | (1) |
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Repeating ... and repeating |
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110 | (2) |
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Putting Everything Together |
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112 | (5) |
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Starting with a simple tune |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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113 | (4) |
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Chapter 8 Discovering Fingerpicking Patterns |
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117 | (14) |
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Introducing the Fingerpicking Technique |
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118 | (2) |
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Picking Up Some Picking Patterns |
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120 | (11) |
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Getting the lowdown on the up pattern |
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120 | (3) |
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Rising and falling: The up and down pattern |
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123 | (1) |
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Playing all together: The simultaneous picking pattern |
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123 | (2) |
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Thumbing around: The alternate picking pattern |
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125 | (6) |
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Chapter 9 Combining Melodies and Chords When Playing Solo |
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131 | (10) |
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Strumming Melody and Chords Together |
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131 | (8) |
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Thumb-strumming the melody |
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132 | (2) |
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134 | (1) |
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Strumming between the melody |
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134 | (3) |
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Finger-strumming the melody |
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137 | (2) |
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Picking Out Melodies and Chords |
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139 | (2) |
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139 | (1) |
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Fingerpicking to combine melody and chords |
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139 | (2) |
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Chapter 10 Picking Up Some Soloing Techniques |
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141 | (16) |
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Getting Articulated on the Frets |
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141 | (9) |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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144 | (3) |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (1) |
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Putting everything together |
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150 | (1) |
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Picking Your Way to Great Solos |
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150 | (3) |
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Being all fingers and thumbs (in a good way!) |
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151 | (1) |
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Picking alternately: The running man |
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151 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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Inventing Solos the Easy Way |
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153 | (4) |
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Soloing using chord shapes |
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153 | (1) |
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Playing all the chord shapes |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (3) |
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PART 4 DISCOVERING GENRES AND STYLES |
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157 | (66) |
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Chapter 11 Rocking Out with Your Uke |
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159 | (8) |
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159 | (3) |
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Keeping it simple: Three-chord punk |
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160 | (1) |
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160 | (1) |
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Powering up with 5 chords |
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160 | (1) |
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Building tension: Suspended chords |
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161 | (1) |
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Strumming Rock and Punk Rhythms |
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162 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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Making Your Uke Talk: Soloing Tips |
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163 | (4) |
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164 | (1) |
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Articulating questions and answers |
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164 | (1) |
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Moving up the fretboard for tension and release |
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164 | (3) |
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Chapter 12 Playing the Blues to Lift Your Spirits |
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167 | (18) |
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Playing Blues Chord Progressions |
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168 | (8) |
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Performing a simple 12-bar blues |
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168 | (1) |
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168 | (4) |
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172 | (4) |
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176 | (2) |
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178 | (1) |
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Soloing with the Blues Scale |
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179 | (6) |
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Discovering the first position blues scale |
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180 | (1) |
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Using the second position blues scale |
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180 | (1) |
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Scaling the heights with solos |
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181 | (4) |
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Chapter 13 Saying "Aloha" to the Hawaiian Style |
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185 | (8) |
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Strumming in the Hawaiian Way |
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185 | (3) |
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Turning Around, Hawaiian-Style |
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188 | (2) |
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Progressing to the Hawaiian turnaround |
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188 | (1) |
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Soloing the Hawaiian turnaround |
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189 | (1) |
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Stretching Out to Play "Alekoki" |
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190 | (3) |
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Chapter 14 Jazzing Up Your Uke Playing |
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193 | (8) |
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Turning Around, Jazz-Style |
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193 | (2) |
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195 | (1) |
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Strumming in That Jazzy Way |
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196 | (1) |
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196 | (2) |
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198 | (3) |
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Chapter 15 Strumming Up the Jawaiian Style |
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201 | (6) |
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Starting Up Some Jawaiian Strumming |
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202 | (3) |
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Practicing the touch strum |
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202 | (1) |
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Drumming up the thumb `n' strum style |
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203 | (2) |
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"Jamming" with Bob Marley |
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205 | (2) |
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Chapter 16 Getting Classy: Classical Masterpieces for Ukulele |
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207 | (10) |
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Strumming Up the Classics |
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207 | (3) |
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Picking the Classics --- Classical Guitar Pieces for Ukulele |
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210 | (3) |
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213 | (4) |
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Chapter 17 Ukuleleing the Holidays |
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217 | (6) |
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217 | (2) |
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Ringing in the New Year with "Auld Lang Syne" |
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219 | (1) |
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Making a Noise with "Silent Night" |
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220 | (3) |
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PART 5 BUYING AND LOOKING AFTER YOUR UKULELE |
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223 | (28) |
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Chapter 18 Weighing Up Your Options When Buying a Ukulele |
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225 | (8) |
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225 | (2) |
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Assessing how much to spend |
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226 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (1) |
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Obtaining Your Second (and Third, Fourth, Fifth) Ukulele |
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228 | (3) |
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Thinking about solid versus laminated |
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229 | (1) |
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Considering types of wood |
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229 | (2) |
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Plugging In: Electric Ukuleles |
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231 | (1) |
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Lowering the Tone: Bass Ukuleles |
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232 | (1) |
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Chapter 19 Splashing Out on Essentials and Accessories |
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233 | (8) |
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Picking the Right Strings |
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233 | (1) |
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Getting Hold of Optional Accessories |
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234 | (4) |
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234 | (1) |
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235 | (1) |
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Recording your performance |
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235 | (1) |
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Leaving it standing up or hanging down? |
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236 | (1) |
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236 | (1) |
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236 | (1) |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (3) |
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238 | (1) |
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238 | (1) |
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Keeping time with a metronome |
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239 | (1) |
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239 | (2) |
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Chapter 20 Restringing, Maintaining, and Adjusting Your Uke |
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241 | (10) |
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241 | (5) |
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Deciding when to restring |
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242 | (1) |
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242 | (1) |
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Tying the strings at the bridge |
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243 | (2) |
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Looping the strings round the tuning pegs |
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245 | (1) |
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246 | (1) |
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246 | (2) |
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247 | (1) |
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247 | (1) |
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247 | (1) |
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Diagnosing and Solving Uke Problems |
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248 | (3) |
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Adjusting strings that go out of tune |
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248 | (1) |
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Deciding that the strings are too high: Lowering the action |
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248 | (1) |
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Fixing a buzzing sound: Raising the action |
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249 | (1) |
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Fighting against out-of-tune strings high up the fretboard |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (28) |
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Chapter 21 Ten Ukulele Players to Know |
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253 | (6) |
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Ernest Ka'ai (1881--1962) |
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253 | (1) |
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May Singhi Breen (1895--1970) |
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254 | (1) |
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254 | (1) |
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George Formby (1904--1961) |
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255 | (1) |
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The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain (1985--) |
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255 | (1) |
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Israel Kamakawiwo'ole (1959--1997) |
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256 | (1) |
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Jake Shimabukuro (1976--) |
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256 | (1) |
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257 | (1) |
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258 | (1) |
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258 | (1) |
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Chapter 22 Ten Ways to Get Involved in the Ukulele Scene |
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259 | (6) |
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260 | (1) |
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Visiting a Ukulele Festival |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (1) |
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261 | (1) |
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262 | (1) |
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262 | (1) |
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262 | (1) |
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263 | (1) |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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Chapter 23 Ten (or So) Tips for Improving Your Playing |
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265 | (6) |
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265 | (1) |
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266 | (1) |
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266 | (1) |
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Playing with and for Others |
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267 | (1) |
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267 | (1) |
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Knowing When to Stop Practicing |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (1) |
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Varying Your Inversions and Verying Your Invarsions |
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268 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (1) |
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Chapter 24 Ten Greatest Ukulele Chords |
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271 | (8) |
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Invigorating C (with a High Note) |
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272 | (1) |
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Shimmering A Minor 7 (High Up) |
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272 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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274 | (1) |
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Uncomfortable A Augmented 7 |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (1) |
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276 | (1) |
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277 | (2) |
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279 | (18) |
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281 | (4) |
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Appendix B Reading Standard Musical Notation |
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285 | (6) |
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291 | (6) |
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