Lil' Rev – Hal Leonard Baritone Ukulele Method – Book 1 | Beginner Sheet Music | Learn Chords, Scales, Strumming and Songs | Ukulele Instruction ... for Musicians (Hal Leonard Ukulele Method) Paperback – June 1, 2012

I'm 70 years old and a widower. Lonely doesn't come close to how I feel. I have an 8 year old Dachshund named Sammy who keeps me haughing, but I need something to work my brain cells before they atrophy to nothing. So, I bought a ukulele. Considered harmonica, kalimba, even some stranger things. But the guitar has always held my heart, and the ukulele is a simple place to begin, also economical. I bough a couple beginners books to train myself and help me along my way. Wish me luck?

I already know how to play standard-tuned ukuleles in gcea, but when i got my first Baritone ukulele, i had a hard time transposing or linking the new chord names with the old familiar shapes. So, even though i can already read music and tabs, i got this book to help my mind associate the chord shapes and fret positions with me note/chord names. It's been helpful with that - i just need to keep up with the practice and keep going through this book. I do appreciate that this book is not simply a replica of the standard Hal Leonard gcea lesson book, but with everything transposed for bari. This book has material unique to baritone (different songs and focal points) and stands on its own. A++

While I'm struggling with it, this is more of a user issue than any problem with the book itself. Recommended if you have progressed beyond chords and want to learn more.

To learn how to play the baritone

I almost threw this Ukulele out on more than one occasion. First when I tried to play it with the "instructions" it came with (finally figured out the instructions weren't for a baritone at all!) then when I started using this book. I was so upset and frustrated I was almost in tears. Then I tried reading the instructions. Yes actually sitting and reading from the cover. That's when I found the Audio link and thus the Ukulele was saved from a pretty roaring fire I had going.I figured out I'm trying to play chords when the instructions begin with individual notes. Picking rather than strumming if you will.Paired book and Audio, I finally started to get it and once I did I had to leave a review.I was honestly packing it up to give to my nephew until tonight. The Audio visual learning this inexpensive book provides is absolutely the best.If you are like me and done know the first thing about playing a ukulele, I highly highly recommend this author!

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comes highly recommended

In a fit of mid-life crisis.., I decided I wanted to play an instrument. I thought "Hey, the Ukulele, four strings, about two octaves... how hard can it be." Well, I have no musical talent (that I know of) unless you count making farting noises with my armpit in Junior High.This is a basis book, that starts with This is a Ukulele!. I found it a challenge, but each exercise, builds on the one before it, and that helps. The book includes both notes and TABs which is a big help if you want to read music. The CD that comes with it is useful, if only to hear it done right.I gave it four stars as I have no other books to compare it to, But, overall, I have no complaints.., and I'm better than I was a week ago.