How To Play Ukulele: A Complete Guide for Absolute Beginners - Level 1

I have purchased 4 other books on how to play the ukulele and read music. This books is the ONLY one that explains things in laymen terms and the one I refer back to when I look at the other books. It doesn't dummy down it just assumes that you don't know anything about notes and chords and reading music but teaches you how to play without going into confusing explanations! It has basic songs that you know so you can learn how things should sound. I'm 57 and feel like a dork learning but am actually making progress thanks to leaning back on this book!

I've wanted to play a musical instrument my whole life, but being dyslexic I found learning one impossible and reading music even impossibler. My elementary school tried to teach me the glockenspiel, my patents hired a piano tutor for me, my cousins are all music teachers and they tried to teach me the ukelele (almost 10 years ago). Nothing took, not even a little. Hopeless. Now I know this book is geared towards younger readers, but I figured that as a remedial adult I might as well start simple. I'm so glad I got this book! I received this book and a ukelele in the mail today, and this night I'm strumming twinkle twinkle little star and Yankee doodle dandy and out in the fields. Which doesn't sound like much, but it's just the first day! And what's more I'm reading it off in musical notation and translating it into the correct chords on the instrument! I never thought I'd be able to learn musical notation. This book breaks everything down into super simple steps and gives you easy exercises for each step. Perhaps most importantly it explains things really clearly, both in the text as well as with many helpful illustrations on each page. True true, a 10 year old could probably use this book. But it's clear and has a lot of info, and most importantly it works. But it's really for absolute beginners, so if you already have an idea how to play chords on the ukelele you'll probably want something more advanced. I'm so happy I'm tearing up. A hundred stars!

This looks like it will be a great way to learn the Ukulele I got for Christmas. It is a bit thin, but they price was low, and it was the #1 Ukulele Guide when I was shopping and had good reviews. I'll be sure to update once I'm a Ukulele master. . which I will hopefully become.

I am a beginner for ukulele, but have played instruments in the past. I can read music, but needed a review (it's been 20 years!). This book is wonderful for how they break down how to play uke, from the terms to the chords and everything in between. They tell you how to read music and break that down too. It progresses well for your skills as well. I think it is a great book to,buy when you are starting out.

I was nervous buying this as the last ukulele book I purchased was from a music store and not one employee told me it was for intermediate players, despite being the first instrument I've ever bought and knowing this. This book has been SO amazingly helpful that I strongly encourage it to anyone!! I never thought that someone like me, who has 2 learning disabilities, could ever play a musical instrument and yet this book has done a lot more for me than 3 years of music lessons in school!

Easy to follow. However, there is no audio CD. Tones are extremely simple. This would be good as a children first book on playing the Ukulele. Also, there are no words for the songs. They could have included the words, but left them out. If you are a beginner, I would recommend Ukulele Primer with DVD by Bert Casey. Ben Parker has well organized this book and goes over finger picking. This is a good start before getting into the more complex patterns of finger picking. Ben is a kid with a lot of talent. However, he plays the guitar more then the Ukulele.

A quick review and reference book for those wishing to learn more about ukulele with charts, pictures, and beginner musical terms .

Unlike a popular review here, I actually like the idea of learning musical notation right from the beginning. I wanted to learn to play the ukulele AND learn to read music, and this book has been great and easy so far for both.

This book is great for anyone who is first learning how to play the ukelele. This book is also great for those who don’t know a whole lot about music. I haven’t learned anything about music since elementary school and I picked it up no problem.

So far so good :) It's very simple, it starts from reading the music, than playing single pick strings up to the chords, and all just in few pages. I think it has the right way to aproach the instrument and learn to learn music.

Si entiendes un poquito de inglés es un libro perfecto para empezar. Canciones conocidas para poder divertirte desde el primer día

Es un buen libro. Sencillo y útil muy recomendable. Es objetivo y te lleva sin rodeos. Tal vez debería haber una segunda parte

Ce livre est arrivé comme s'il avait été imprimé à la demande par des extraterrestres - il est imprimé à l'envers avec des marges ridicules et la qualité du papier est à peine meilleure que du papier toilette.