Exploring The 'Ukulele

Author Daniel Ho is the first artist in history with a solo 'ukulele album nominated for a Grammy Award (Best Hawaiian Album, 2011). Multiple GRAMMY Award-winning musician, Daniel Ho, and international recording artist, Herb Ohta, Jr., are back with an intermediate instructional book designed to take your ʻukulele playing to the next step!  A follow-up to Discovering The ʻUkulele, their well-received beginnerʻs instructional book, Exploring The ʻUkulele builds upon its precursorʻs basic musical foundation and ʻukulele techniques.  Presented herein are some of the most commonly requested topics by ʻukulele students all over the world.  Includes audio files of the music in the book.


This book is designed to be read and used in landscape orientation on your iPad.


TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction

Fretboard

Pentatonic Scales (in all 12 keys)

Thirds and Sixths (in all 12 keys)

Picking and Fingering Exercises (in all 12 keys)

Strumming Patterns (6 different patterns)

Arpeggios(6 different arpeggios)

Second Position Chords

- Major Triads

- Minor Triads

- Suspended Triads

- Augmented Triads

- Diminished Triads

- Major 7th Chords

- Dominant 7th Chords

- Major 6th Chords

- Suspended 7th Chords

- Augmented 7th Chords

- Dominant 7th (Flat 5) Chords

- Minor 7th Chords (Flat 5) Chords

- Diminished 7th Chords

Hawaiian Turnarounds

- Turnarounds in the Key of C

- Turnarounds in the Key of D

- Turnarounds in the Key of F

- Turnarounds in the Key of G

- Turnarounds in the Key of A

- Turnaround Exercise: Henehene Kou Aka

Songs

- Hilo Hanakahi

- Kuʻu Pua I Paoakalani

- Ua Mau

- Keanuhea

- Hawaiian Sky

- Kuʻu Ipo I Ka Heʻe Puʻe One

Catalog

About the Authors