Easy Songs for Ukulele – Hal Leonard Ukulele Method | Beginner Ukulele Songbook with Chords and Lyrics | Features The Beatles, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Simon and Garfunkel, and More

All the songs in this book fit the uke with its standard tuning of GCEA (high G). Some of the other books I looked at seem to have just taken guitar melodies and then put UKE chords on top, but the melodies then fell off the range of the instrument you have so are unplayable. Not so with this one. Every note is playable on the uke (tabs are provided) and all the lyrics are given. I never saw some of these verses before (btw, turns out that Tom Dooley guy was a jerk after all). This is a great book for sing alongs. Lots of fun tunes: “I walk the line”, “house of the rising sun”, “all my loving”.

I have been playing the ukulele for 3 weeks and having never played any musical instrument before in my life - I believe that makes me an absolute beginner. I love how easy it was to start playing the songs in this book. Made me feel like I could actually play something that was more advanced than children’s nursery rhymes. The tabs are a lifesaver and help me out enormously as I struggle to read musical notes. Definitely recommend this book for anyone who wants to expand their repertoire as they learn.

Good collection of easy to read songs. Unlike many uke books there are no notes below c so all songs can be played correctly on a standard ( high g) strung uke

for an inexpensive beginner uke book, it's great. There are some really good songs in here and the chord guides through each song and tablature for note playing comes quick, <i>especially if you've toyed with guitar </i>for some considerable time. You'll be playing the uke immediately. A few songs by the Beatles and Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and more. The tablature helps you get the tune if you're not familiar with a song.

Fun and easy songs to play

This is an excellent music book with a tremendous collection of songs. Musically it is written so simple piano, guitar and uke can join in as well as containing lyrics for vocals. The new trend of enclosing CDs for help with timing and tuning is brilliant. This can help train your eye and ear, be sensitive to strums and overall make this a quick, fun way to bring more music into our lives. Highly recommended.

The Bad: I am a music instructor and try and avoid using TAB with beginners. I try and get them to use the black dots...so, as this book contains TAB I would only use it with experienced students or adults who want to work on melody. Thus, the 3 star rating because I can't use it for everybody I teach. The Good: The songs are cool! It is a good supplement to the Ukulele Book 1 so if you are purchasing that book, this is a good add on to your purchase. If you are a TAB reader, it is fine.

Such a easy to read and learn uke book. I love that's it tabs. I don't play often so not good at uke or guitar but this is a book I can play the songs and pick up no matter how long it's been since playing