Mastering the Ukulele: Ukulele Techniques and Theory for Beginners - Second Edition

Ukulele Theory, Ukulele Songbook, Book 1

By: Miranda Crow

Narrated by: Bill Georato

It's Time to Learn the Ukulele the Right Way!

This book is perfect for beginners.

You will learn everything that you have to and would like to learn about the ukulele with the help of this book. We will start with the basic information about the ukulele - where it originated and what its parts are. We will progress into learning the different techniques and tips that will help you master the art of playing the ukulele and guarantee you the ability to play the ukulele effortlessly and beautifully.

When you finish listening to this book, you will know how to strum the instrument properly and how to play it well. You will also learn how to choose the right ukulele as well as how to tune it so that it can emit the perfect beautiful sound. You will also learn the basic chords used in playing the ukulele so that you can play any song that you want to play and hear.

Why should you buy this book?

• I will help you to pick the best ukulele for you
• You will be able to play all basic chords
• You will be able to teach ukulele to your child or relative
• You will know where to find tabs for all popular songs
• You'll be able to play a good amount of songs

What will you learn in this book?

• Basic chords
• How to choose the right instrument
• How to strum properly
• The mentality of a ukulele player
• A few songs
• And many other facts and techniques

©2016 Robert Daudish (P)2016 Robert Daudish

Excellent premise but very difficult to follow

I really wanted to love this book but it just doesn't work being a narrative. During a song the narrator would simply say the chords or the fingering of the song at a pretty fast pace with no visual guides. Maybe the version I got didn't support page flipping but simply hearing a bunch of letters and numbers just didn't help me. Again I am only rating the book as a narrative, I am positive a hard copy would be much much better.

so bad it's almost worth buying for entertainment

Oh where to begin?

- the information is all over the place switching between writing that seems to be aimed at a 3-year old and writing aimed at a music expert (e.g. one one hand they explain notes as though to someone who has never heard of them, on the other hand it recommend using a guitar to help you tune your Uke)
- the person reading seems to have never given the text a read-through before recording himself resulting in him occasionally stumbling over words or pausing in the wrong places making it hard to follow
- after two weeks of playing the ukulele and spending a lot of time in online resources such as YouTube and blogs I disagree with some of the information in this book but then again in not an expert so I can't definitely debunk any of the information