From Lute to Uke Early Music for Ukulele Book/Online Audio (A Jumpin Jim's Ukulele Songbook)

This is a really great book. I'm new to classical ukulele, and this thing is helping me immensely. i'm going to master these songs, play them live, and make tons of money. i'm going to be a rockstar of classical ukulele. i'm going to make millions of dollars. i'm going to spend that money on more ukuleles and more ukulele books, which will, in turn, make me a better entertainer, making me more money. i will build a house shaped like a ukulele. i will fill it with ukuleles. i will name all of my children ukulele. i will officially change my name to ukulele. i will make my wife change her name to ukulele. we will burn down our house that is shaped like a ukulele and move to hawaii. we will figure out which island is shaped most like a ukulele and build another house there that is shaped like a ukulele. i will open a ukulele shop that is shaped like a ukulele and have only employees named ukulele to sell the ukuleles. i will stay there until i die. upon my death i will be buried in a coffin that is shaped like a ukulele. my headstone will be shaped like a ukulele and on the ukulele-shaped headstone it will say, "Here lies Ukulele." All of the letters on the headstone will be shaped like ukuleles.

Finally!!! A fingerpicking book that doesn't leave me feeling like a failure and in tears. I received the book yesterday and can reach and play most all of the of notes easily. A few are a stretch but not impossible for me to improve my ability. Just need to pick up speed and timing! I have the Mizzen Baroque book but it is much more difficult for me. Perhaps if I can master this one, I am will once again attempt the Baroque book. Thank you for this book!!!

I highly recommend this book. I used to play mandolin, bass, and sitar but haven't played for about 7 years. I decided to get back into music and choose to pick up the ukulele. This book was a great place to start and it is well balanced. I feel that persistent beginners as well as experts will enjoy the pieces. As the other reviewers have stated, the accompanying CD is very helpful and very pleasant to listen too. The pieces are beautiful and use both tablature and standard notation so it's very easy to understand. Thank you Mr. Mizen, it is apparent that many hours were spent on the arrangements. Unlike many other ukulele books from other authors (which I also purchased) this book feels like it was published out of passion for the music and the ukulele and not for the money. Each song also has a brief paragraph with information about the piece which makes it even more interesting. I've been playing ukulele for about 3 months, had this book for one month, and I'm on the fourth arrangement; hopefully that will provide a frame of reference.

You need to be special to want to play baroque/classical music on a uke. But it works well and I love it!

If you can't read music, no problem. The tabs and CD included help make the songs easy to play. The tabs show more than one string at a time being played which gives a beautiful rich sound. Every note is shown in tab form instead of just showing a chord here and there. This book is great for the advanced beginner and intermediate player. I found this easy to play after just listening to the CD once (but not too easy). The history/information about each song that is included at the beginning of the book is a great addition. Hope more great books like this are created.

Beautiful pieces ftom easy to complex, comes with very useful link to hear each piece, espertly played the author.

I'm very impressed with this book, and I've been searching for quite some time for just one like it! I'm a classical pianist, and I wanted to bring that same quality of song to...the ukulele. The ukulele is, obviously, known for being a super fun instrument, but I wanted to be able to play it seriously, not just strum some chords. This book does exactly that--BEAUTIFULLY composed songs are transformed into a range and key that a ukulele can play. I've been teaching myself fingerstyling using this book, and I absolutely love it. A friend came to visit the other day, and I was playing him the songs I learned from this book...he couldn't believe that the music was coming from a uke and not a lute. Mission accomplished! :) Highly recommended!

I am really glad I bought this little collection. I've been playing ukulele for a couple of years now, but mainly strumming songs. I also play a little classical guitar and really love the early music repertoire. As I have pretty serious problems with my hands, I wanted to learn to play this kind of music on my ukulele. Turns out this book is a good starting point. Many arrangements are based on chord melody technique, utilizing easy to play first position chords. This makes figuring out your fingerings so much easier. Tablature makes it easy on the brain, too!I would say this is a book for an advanced beginner, who loves this particular kind of music.

This is a lovely foray into lute music for the ukulele. The author gives a rundown on each piece, along with playing tips. The pieces are ranged from nice and simple to somewhat more advanced, and gives a sense of progress as you play through the book. It comes with a CD which helps with tempo and playing style, etc.. All in all, it is very satisfying to be playing early lute music on the truly versatile ukulele.

Bin totaler Anfänger und mich begeistert das Heft, da es sehr viele einfache Lieder beinhaltet.Die Lieder, die ich bisher angespielt habe, sind alle wunderschön melancholisch und alle an altertümliche Lieder angelehnt die damals mit der Laute gespielt wurde.Diese Lieder finde ich persönlich zum Einstieg einfacher als die moderneren.

Ottimo eserciziario per allenarsi con il finger picking, senza le solite canzoncine trite e ritrite che annoiano. Molto interessante

Les titres dans le livre sont tres agreable a ecouter (cd) et accessible meme a un relatif debutant.Tres bon achat.

Es un libro con muy buenos arreglos para ukelele. Hay canciones muy sencillas y otras un poco más difíciles. Me parece muy válido para cualquier nivel.