Ukulele for Dummies

原定9月18日到港的 Ukulele for Dummies，居然昨天到送了，本周 UkeJam Party 的幸運同學可以不用等，立刻有書睇啦！(注：其中一本運送時封面皺了少少，祝你好運。)

Introduction.

Part 1: Ukulele Basics.
Chapter 1: Why Play the Ukulele?
Chapter 2: Ukulexicon.
Chapter 3: Getting in Tune.
Chapter 4: Before You Play a Note.

Part 2: Chords and Strumming.
Chapter 5: First Ukulele Chords.
Chapter 6: Strumming Patterns.
Chapter 7: More Chords.

Part 3: Picking and Single Note Playing.
Chapter 8: Going Solo.
Chapter 9: Fingerpicking Patterns.
Chapter 10: Combining Chords and Melodies.
Chapter 11: Soloing Techniques.

Part 4: Style Files.
Chapter 12: Rock and Punk.
Chapter 13: Blues.
Chapter 14: Hawaiian.
Chapter 15: Standards.
Chapter 16: Reggae and Jawaiian.
Chapter 17: Classical.

Part 5: Buying and Looking After Your Ukulele.
Chapter 18: Buying a Ukulele.
Chapter 19: Ukulele Accessories.
Chapter 20: Re-Sringing and Repairing.

Part 6: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 21: Ten Ukulele Players You Should Know.
Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Get Involved in the Ukulele Scene.
Chapter 22: Ten Tips for Improving.

Appendices.
Appendix A: Chord Charts.
Appendix B: Reading Music.
Appendix C: Using the CD.

有興趣認識此書更多的朋友，可參考： (ukulelehunt網站的書評)

 

烏克麗麗‧體驗之旅

今天朋友問起才記起約兩年前做了份給初學者的小書冊，拿來公諸同好吧！(註：當中部份資料可能有少少過時)

烏克麗麗‧體驗之旅.pdf

 

【烏克麗麗的微笑】微笑前的小準備‧調音

之前寫了數編樣版書去參加一個作家比賽，結果未能入圍-_-!
原稿留著無用，拿來跟大家分享一下。

原先書名想改作「帶烏克麗麗上路」，但這只是uke其中一個優點，並非我愛上uke的最因，最後決定以「烏克麗麗的微笑」為名，是因為我深信uke能帶給所有接觸它的人 ──  微笑。

 

 

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