With Alfred's MAX Ukulele Method, you'll start with the basics like holding the ukulele, reading music and TAB, and playing chords. Styles covered include blues, rock, jazz, classical, folk, and more, and you'll hear every example performed by a live ukulele player. A DVD is included with every book in Alfred's MAX Series, offering maximum instruction at a minimum price. Now you won't just hear the music, you'll also see how it's done---making it very easy to learn to play. This is the best way to get started playing ukulele!

1st String Blues; 4 Kinds of Notes; Aloha 'Oe; A-Tisket, A-Tasket; Aura Lee; Beautiful Brown Eyes; Blues in C; Calypso Strum; Chord Diagrams; Clefs; Clementine; Cockels and Mussells; Dotted Quarter Notes; Down in the Valley; Eighth Notes; Extra Credit; Getting Acquainted with Music; Good Night Ladies; Hand Position; Hot Cross Buns; How to Hold Your Ukulele; How to Tune Your Ukulele; Incomplete Measures; Introducing B-Flat; Introducing F-Sharp; Jammin' on Three Strings; Jammin' on Two Strings; Jammin' with Eighth Notes; Jingle Bells; Key Signatures; Largo; Love Somebody; Measures; Ode to Joy; Pitch Pipes and Electronic Tuners; Placing a Finger on a String; Playing with A, B, and C; Quarter Rest; Reading TAB; Repeat Signs; Rockin' Uke; Selecting Your Ukulele; Sitting; Sound-Off: How to Count Time; Standing; Strumming with a Pick; Strumming with Your Fingers; Tempo Signs; The C Chord; The C7 Chord; The D7 Chord; The Down-and-Up Stroke; The F Chord; The First String A; The G Chord; The G7 Chord; The Parts of Your Ukulele; The Right Hand: Strumming the Strings; The Second String E; The Sloop John B; The Staff; The Streets of Laredo; The Third String C; Three-String Boogie; Three-Tempo Rockin' Uke; Ties; Time Signatures; Tuning the Ukulele to Itself; Tuning with the CD or DVD; Using Your Left Hand; When the Saints Go Marching In