Based on the World's Best-Selling Basic Ukulele Method! Using the same music and fundamentals taught in Alfred's Basic Ukulele Method, easy and user-friendly Study Guide pages have been added to help you easily understand how to play. The Study Guide pages are almost like having a ukulele teacher sitting beside you as you learn the skills needed to perform popular and familiar music. They'll offer explanations, directions, and additional information on music theory, history, and songs and composers. As a special bonus, a nine-page supplement, Pathways to Becoming a Professional, is included at the end of this book. This essential guide offers invaluable tips to increase your skills as a player and as a performer. A recording is included so you can hear how the music sounds and reinforce concepts like rhythm, dynamics, and phrasing. Also, a video is included to give you the added advantage of visual demonstrations of every lesson. Upon completion, you'll be ready to continue lessons with a teacher by using Alfred's Basic Ukulele Method, Book 2. Learn More

Learn about arranging chord-melody solos using the entire ukulele fretboard, and have fun playing solos of well-known songs like "When the Saints Go Marching In" and "The Star-Spangled Banner." Techniques like triplet strums, bursts, split strums, and fan strokes are introduced. Explore musical styles such as old school, ragtime, Hawaiian, fingerstyle, and rock---and learn rhythms from around the world. Have fun rocking, getting funky, and improvising over jazz progressions. Any ukulele player, no matter how advanced, will improve their playing with this book and DVD featuring ukulele star Daniel Ho. Recipient of "Best in Show" Award at NAMM 2014. Learn More

Nineteen Stones classics arranged for ukulele. Includes all the classic guitar riffs in TAB. Titles: 19th Nervous Breakdown * As Tears Go By * Brown Sugar * Dandelion * Get Off of My Cloud * Gimme Shelter * Honky Tonk Women * It's All Over Now * Jumpin' Jack Flash * The Last Time * Let's Spend the Night Together * Mother's Little Helper * Paint It, Black * Play with Fire * Ruby Tuesday * Satisfaction * She's a Rainbow * Under My Thumb * You Can't Always Get What You Want. Learn More

Sixteen classic Led Zeppelin songs, with all the guitar parts arranged for ukulele. Titles: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You * Black Dog * Communication Breakdown * D'yer Mak'er * Dancing Days * Good Times Bad Times * Houses of the Holy * Immigrant Song * In the Evening * Kashmir * Living Loving Maid (She's Just a Woman) * The Ocean * Over the Hills and Far Away * Rock and Roll * Stairway to Heaven * Whole Lotta Love. Learn More

Finally---the first ukulele method written especially for girls! Thousands of girls all over the world are raving about this revolutionary method's fresh and energetic approach with a style and design that addresses the interests of young women today. Teaching from a girl's perspective, this solid method covers the essentials of playing the ukulele, including how to hold your ukulele, tuning, right- and left-hand technique, notes on every string, key signatures, rhythms, chords, and much more! Girl's Ukulele Method 1 promises a sure start down a lifelong path of musical enjoyment and all the heightened self-esteem that comes with learning to play an instrument. The DVD features lessons and performances of examples in the book, and over 45 minutes of MP3s! The CD contains live audio performances of the examples and songs from the book. Learn More

Alfred's Kid's Ukulele Course is a fun method that teaches you to play songs on the ukulele right away. With an accompanying CD that always lets you hear how the music should sound and an accompanying DVD that features a live instructor, each lesson is explained in plain language that's easy to understand. Plus, you get to learn from three irresistible ukulele experts---a clever classical dog, one cool jazz cat, and a friendly alligator who loves the blues. They draw attention to what's important on each page and help you learn by making music fun! Parents can be effective guides to help you through this course, even if they've never had any musical training themselves. You can even use this course in your classroom at school. Now get ready to take your first, best step toward a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Learn More

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! Learn More

The current worldwide appreciation of ukulele music can easily be traced to one man, Israel "Iz" Kamakawiwo'ole. Israel's music conveys joy and hope and is loved the world over. When writing the book From the Corner of His Eye, author Dean Koontz found inspiration in Iz's music, stating, "I hope that the reader finds pleasure in my story equal to the joy and consolation that I found in the voice, the spirit, and the heart of Israel Kamakawiwo'ole." Tragically, Iz passed away at the age of 38 in 1997. The state flag of Hawaii was flown at half mast as he lay in state at the Hawaiian capitol building. He was the third person in Hawaiian history to be bestowed this honor. Ten thousand people attended his funeral and thousands gathered to witness as his ashes were scattered at Makua Beach. This songbook contains 13 songs transcribed for ukulele exactly as Iz performed them. Titles: 'Ama'ama * Hawai'i '78 * A Hawaiian Like Me * Henehene Kou 'Aka * Ka Huila Wai * Ka Pua U'i * Keyhole Hula (Kauoha Mai) * Kuhio Bay * Na Ka Pueo * Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World * Panini Puakea * 'Ulili E * White Sandy Beach * The Wind Beneath My Wings/He Hawai'i Au. Learn More

This book is for anyone who simply wants to have a good time with family, friends, and audiences. Selections range from songs of the Hawaiian Islands, heartfelt hymns, and high-energy dances to timeless ballads and comical numbers. There are even four of Ian Whitcomb's original compositions. Start off singing and strumming along to the recordings, and then proceed to perform them in your own style. The CD tracks are all performed by Ian on vocals, ukulele, and accordion accompanied by his Bungalow Boys. Titles: Aloha 'Oe * Ambling Along * Beautiful Dreamer * Carolina in the Morning * Charleston * Do I Love You? Yes, I Do! * Goodnight * Have a Martini! * I Want a Girl (Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad) * If You Were the Only Girl in the World * Mandy * Margie * M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means the World to Me) * Peg o' My Heart * Pretty Baby * She Knows It * You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) * and more. Learn More