Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele, C-tuning - 9780739074039

Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele Course is the best-selling ukulele method for beginners of all ages. Using plain, easy-to-follow language that's easy for beginners to understand makes learning the ukulele fun. You will learn to play chords and melodies, different strumming techniques, how to read music, and perform lots of fun songs in a variety of styles including folk, blues, country, traditional, and that wonderful island sound.

The book comes to life on your stereo, computer, and DVD player with the enclosed CD and DVD. The Audio CD includes beautiful recordings of all the music in the book and can be played on your CD player or downloaded to your iPod(R) or other mp3 player. The enclosed companion DVD to this best-selling edition features a live instructor to make learning the ukulele even easier! Hosted by renowned musician Julia Jordan, the DVD demonstrates the fundamentals of ukulele playing including how to hold and tune the ukulele, strum chords, read music, play melodies and lots of fun songs in a variety of styles! Also included are live on-screen notes for an easy introduction to reading music, live performances demonstrate how the music should sound, and bonus mp3 audio tracks of all examples for listening and playing along.