Publisher Description

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.

Author Biography

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.

Review

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.

Promotional

Ukulele Magic is the perfect tutor for children and for teachers. Rock to ragtime, bluegrass to swing, tango, calypso and the blues - they're all here in instantly accessible songs to play straight away ~ whether solo, with friends, or with the whole class. Fully supported by video tutorials and audio performances and backings.

Long Description

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.

Review Quote

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.

Promotional "Headline"

Ukulele Magic is the perfect tutor for children and for teachers. Rock to ragtime, bluegrass to swing, tango, calypso and the blues - they're all here in instantly accessible songs to play straight away ~ whether solo, with friends, or with the whole class. Fully supported by video tutorials and audio performances and backings.

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Ideal for individual or group lessons,Fully supported by video tutorials, audio performances and backings,Teacher's BOOK+CD-ROM edition contains whiteboard e-book for classroom teaching,Pupil's BOOK+CD edition separately available,Rock, ragtime, bluegrass, country, blues, kwela, tango, calypso and folk,No music reading required,Website extras for pupils and teachers include lesson plans, videos, more song suggestions

Description for Sales People

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. Gold title Ideal for individual or group lessons,Fully supported by video tutorials, audio performances and backings,Teacher's BOOK+CD-ROM edition contains whiteboard e-book for classroom teaching,Pupil's BOOK+CD edition separately available,Rock, ragtime, bluegrass, country, blues, kwela, tango, calypso and folk,No music reading required,Website extras for pupils and teachers include lesson plans, videos, more song suggestions

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