John Wiley & Sons, Fachbücher, Ukulele for Dummies (Englisch, Alistair Wood, 2020)

Introduction 1 Part 1: Getting Started with the Ukulele 5 Chapter 1: Exploring the Ukulele 7 Chapter 2: Tuning Up to Sound Great 19 Chapter 3: Discovering How to Handle Your Ukulele 29 Part 2: Starting Out with Chords and Strumming 39 Chapter 4: Playing Your First Ukulele Chords and Songs 41 Chapter 5: Drumming Up More Strumming Patterns 59 Chapter 6: Meeting the Chords and Their Families 79 Part 3: Picking and Single-Note Playing 99 Chapter 7: Coming to Grips with Tabs and Notation 101 Chapter 8: Discovering Fingerpicking Patterns 117 Chapter 9: Combining Melodies and Chords When Playing Solo 131 Chapter 10: Picking Up Some Soloing Techniques 141 Part 4: Discovering Genres and Styles 157 Chapter 11: Rocking Out with Your Uke 159 Chapter 12: Playing the Blues to Lift Your Spirits 167 Chapter 13: Saying "Aloha" to the Hawaiian Style 185 Chapter 14: Jazzing Up Your Uke Playing 193 Chapter 15: Strumming Up the Jawaiian Style 201 Chapter 16: Getting Classy: Classical Masterpieces for Ukulele 207 Chapter 17: Ukuleleing the Holidays 217 Part 5: Buying and Looking After Your Ukulele 223 Chapter 18: Weighing Up Your Options When Buying a Ukulele 225 Chapter 19: Splashing Out on Essentials and Accessories 233 Chapter 20: Restringing, Maintaining, and Adjusting Your Uke 241 Part 6: The Part of Tens 251 Chapter 21: Ten Ukulele Players to Know 253 Chapter 22: Ten Ways to Get Involved in the Ukulele Scene 259 Chapter 23: Ten (or So) Tips for Improving Your Playing 265 Chapter 24: Ten Greatest Ukulele Chords 271 Part 7: Appendixes 279 Appendix A: Chord Charts 281 Appendix B: Reading Standard Musical Notation 285 Appendix C: Audio Tracks 291 Index 297.