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Learn to play the ukulele at home or in the classroom with these popular kids instruction books and video lessons specially written for beginners! Start your musical journey on the ukulele with Ukulele Magic Tutor Book 1 – the fun and approachable method that children and teachers love. Whether you’re in the classroom, at home or playing with friends, this accessible tutor offers the great tunes, clear guidance and all the resources you need to start making Ukulele Magic! 25 pieces carefully progress from playing open strings (eg Stringalong Rag) to songs with one chord (Shortnin bread, A minor miracle, F major march) to two chords (Baboushka, Tab tango, Calypso strum) and finally three chords (In South Africa, Playing the blues). Finger-picking and strumming styles are all introduced step by step in pieces which are fun and stylistic. This teacher's edition, BOOK+CD-ROM, contains a whiteboard e-book with embedded audio and video tutorials for every song, making it ideal for classroom teaching.

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This is a tutor book that will teach you how to play the ukulele in all its forms - introducing you to more than just strumming three chords. Most ukulele books have a selection of songs with chords. This is fine if that's all you want to do. However, there reaches a stage when you want more than just chords and this book will fill in the gaps and launch you into a series of well structured 'lessons' that introduce you to finger picking, tab and allowing you to improvise in a range of styles. This book does not launch straight into chords as most ukulele books do but gently eases you into playing single notes with advice for dampening the strings - technical advice etc. I like it! -- Christine Wright, Teaching And Learning Adviser, South Gloucestershire Music Service pre-publication review by educational consultant 20120503

This is a tutor book that will teach you how to play the ukulele in all its forms – introducing you to more than just strumming three chords. Most ukulele books have a selection of songs with chords. This is fine if that's all you want to do. However, there reaches a stage when you want more than just chords and this book will fill in the gaps and launch you into a series of well structured 'lessons' that introduce you to finger picking, tab and allowing you to improvise in a range of styles. This book does not launch straight into chords as most ukulele books do but gently eases you into playing single notes with advice for dampening the strings – technical advice etc. I like it!,Ukulele Magic is the book we've been waiting for to help us deliver whole-class ukulele tuition in Lewisham schools. The pace is right, the video clips are extremely helpful, the design is clear and the music is catchy and written in an interesting variety of styles.,I'm very impressed with it, as are the children and teachers I'm working with. It makes a massive difference to have such a rich, well-presented resource as the e-book version, which I use in every lesson. It's been a massive help to have a book targeted at wider opps teaching and has definitely improved my ukulele delivery.,I use it for my small groups. Other teachers in Lewisham use it for wider opps. Everyone I have spoken to about it loves it.

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Ian Lawrence is a teacher, musician and composer with longstanding experience of teaching music in primary schools. His Wider Opportunities ukulele classes and clubs in South London primary schools are inspiring and inclusive, bringing together not just ukulele students but instrumentalists of all kinds, creating truly musical experiences which promote independent learning as well as invaluable ensemble opportunities.

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