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The ukulele handbook, Gavin Pretor-Pinney & Tom Hodgkinson

eng

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

The ukulele handbook

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Gavin Pretor-Pinney & Tom Hodgkinson

The ukulele has gone from strength to strength in recent years, undergoing a massive resurgence. You can hear the uke all over the place, from trendster indie rock to top ten pop songs, from unshakeable TV ads to YouTube megahits. And this obsession shows no sign of abating - all over the country people are picking up a ukulele and starting to strum, at home, in classes and down at the pub. Schools are even replacing the faithful recorder with a jazzy, inexpensive uke. Famous idlers Gavin Pretor-Pinney and Tom Hodgkinson have spent hours idling away on their ukuleles to produce the ultimate uke handbook: an illustrated guide to its history crossed with a how-to guide and songbook. This is the book that will bring the underground movement into the mainstream

Machine generated contents note: A Ukulele History -- Ancestors of the Uke -- The Uke is Born -- Uke Hits the Big Time -- The Uke is Mocked -- The Uke Goes Plastic -- The Uke Goes Underground -- The Uke Returns -- How to Play the Ukulele -- Before You Begin -- Week One -- Week Two -- Week Three -- Week Four -- Week Five -- Week Six -- How to Change Your Uke Strings -- Songbook -- Man of Constant Sorrow -- Drunken Sailor -- Scarborough Fair -- Aloha Oe -- By the Light of the Silvery Moon -- The House of the Rising Sun -- Greensleeves -- The Skye Boat Song -- Molly Malone -- The John B. Sails -- Danny Boy -- Waltzing Matilda -- Oh My Darling, Clementine -- My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean -- Resources -- Internet Resources -- Further Reading and Viewing