EddiePlaysBass
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Hi all,
Short background: as my name suggests, I am a bass player. Love it, it's my main instrument. My friends bought me a soprano ukulele years ago, and last year I started actually using it. And I like it! I now also have a concert uke, although I seem to prefer the soprano size.
Anyway, I do not practice a lot. It has been months since I last touched my uke's, other than put them out of the way for cleaning purposes
When I do practice, I use following course material:
- Uncle Rod's bootcamp (it's brilliant);
- The Irish campanella book someone from this forum has written and made available (it's equally brilliant);
- the Ukulele Aerobics book.
I have come to realize that what I am missing, is a goal. Something to work on (and towards). But most of the method books offer songs I have zero interest in. No "twinkle twinkle little star" or "on top of old smokey" for me, please.
I understand people enjoy this sort of material immensely, but it's not for me. If you feel like replying with "learn it anyway, because it's the way to go" please accept that I won't
What I am more interested in, is (old swing) jazz style type songs. Could be the classics like "Take The A Train" or "Autumn Leaves" or something which does focus on that particular playing style but does not necessarily contain those songs.
So the question I am asking to day is, with that in mind, which ukulele book would you recommend? I plan to add just the one book to my library, and work with that one.
Short background: as my name suggests, I am a bass player. Love it, it's my main instrument. My friends bought me a soprano ukulele years ago, and last year I started actually using it. And I like it! I now also have a concert uke, although I seem to prefer the soprano size.
Anyway, I do not practice a lot. It has been months since I last touched my uke's, other than put them out of the way for cleaning purposes
When I do practice, I use following course material:
- Uncle Rod's bootcamp (it's brilliant);
- The Irish campanella book someone from this forum has written and made available (it's equally brilliant);
- the Ukulele Aerobics book.
I have come to realize that what I am missing, is a goal. Something to work on (and towards). But most of the method books offer songs I have zero interest in. No "twinkle twinkle little star" or "on top of old smokey" for me, please.
I understand people enjoy this sort of material immensely, but it's not for me. If you feel like replying with "learn it anyway, because it's the way to go" please accept that I won't
What I am more interested in, is (old swing) jazz style type songs. Could be the classics like "Take The A Train" or "Autumn Leaves" or something which does focus on that particular playing style but does not necessarily contain those songs.
So the question I am asking to day is, with that in mind, which ukulele book would you recommend? I plan to add just the one book to my library, and work with that one.