Nov/6/07
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How To Play Ukulele

I’m pleased to let you know that Uke Hunt’s little sister site is now up and running.

How To Play Ukulele

Whereas Uke Hunt has the short, daily posts, How To Play Ukulele features the really in depth ukulele know-how that you can get your teeth into.

I’ve written two ebooks (in pdf form with mp3s and midi files) that now available to buy:

htpucpmed.jpgHow To Play Ukulele Chord Progressions – This book spills the beans on all the tricks of writing chord progressions. The first part of the book deals with building families of chords which sound good together and how to fit them together to give them momentum. This section is geared towards relative beginners (people who know the basic chords).

The second part shows you more advanced ideas – playing with different types of chords. It also, in my favourite section, tells you the chord tricks that The Beatles used to create their legendary songs (with the intention of ‘borrowing’ them for your own songs).

htprmed.jpgHow To Play Ragtime Ukulele – Contains full tab for seven ragtime tunes including 12th Street Rag, Tiger Rag and Maple Leaf Rag. It also comes with a pdf file with a brief history of ragtime, all the elements you need to create your own ragtime tunes, and performance notes for each piece.

This book is aimed at intermediate players and more advanced players who have some experience with fingerpicking.

So click here and head over to the site. If you have any questions that aren’t answered there or you’re experiencing any teething problems, please send me an email.

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  1. Nelson November 6th, 2007 5:56 am

    Hey!
    I’ve been trying to get the fingerpicking accompaniment for a while now but for some reason I’m not getting any e-mail from it! I never even got the “confirmation” e-mail…
    What’s the dilly-o?

  2. Woodshed November 6th, 2007 8:19 am

    Sorry about that, Nelson. I’ve added you to the list. If you don’t get the emails try checking your spam folder.

  3. Winger November 6th, 2007 8:56 am

    Congratulations on this Woodshed, hope all your hard work pays off. You deserve every success. The ragtime one sounds particularly brill – nice one xxxxx

  4. Woodshed November 6th, 2007 9:27 am

    Thanks very much, Winger. The ragtime book was a real labour of love – I expect more people will be interested in the chord book.

  5. moocher November 6th, 2007 9:35 am

    Sweet, ordered both. Good luck with this. :)

  6. Ian November 6th, 2007 2:21 pm

    Ah… I curse the american dollar… 17 pounds… what… about 40 USD, now?

    Oh well… they look good… especially the ragtime one.

    Nice work.

  7. Woodshed November 6th, 2007 2:28 pm

    Thanks, moocher. I hope you enjoy them. Let me know what you think.

    Thanks, Ian. All the prices are in dollars. That’s $17. I know, it’s a bargain :D

    But, yeah, the dollar is crazy. I went to the US earlier in the year and everything was the same price in dollars as it is in pounds. I loved it. Now the boot’s on the other foot, I’m cursing it.

  8. Ian November 6th, 2007 11:28 pm

    Yeah… I went to the UK a few months ago… a real pain when a cheap meal costs as much as a new CD over here (kinda bad comparison, but still).

    And I hadn’t noticed they were in dollars… thought you had it in pounds…. I might just have to look into them (at least the ragtime one)

  9. Nelson November 7th, 2007 7:08 am

    Thanks so much, man!
    I ripped through the lessons in one night!
    This’ll make me sound spiffy sittin’ outside me philosophy class…
    Thanks again!

  10. Phil November 27th, 2015 2:43 pm

    I was really excited to see your ragtime book, but when I tried to buy it, them message said it wasn’t available anymore. Is there any way I can still get it?

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