Ukulele for Beginner to Advanced - With Ukulele Chord Charts and Basics

This is a FULLY EDITABLE resource for elementary, middle school and high school music classrooms teaching ukulele.

Ukulele songbooks that will cover all grade levels can be hard to find. That's where this book comes in! This is a comprehensive ukulele resource that can work for multiple grade levels over a few years. It includes ukulele basics, chord charts, strumming patterns, interactive white board charts, reproducible student books, assessments, worksheets, and over 80 folk, traditional and popular songs!

The Uken ‘le ‘le Ukulele Songbook is a simple resource for teaching Ukulele in the elementary music, middle school music, and also high school elective music classes. This book can also stand alone for use in a private music studio. Students in grade 2 can learn to play the most basic songs (labeled with a 'star') while older students will enjoy the more challenging repertoire.

This ukulele lesson plan book covers: how to tune a ukulele, how to read notated music, how to read tablature, how to hear the tonic and dominant in chords, how to compose your own chord progressions, how to recognize chord fingerings, how to audiate, how to transcribe your favorite songs and more!

There is a full teacher's manual and a separate printable student book.

TEACHER EDITION:

Beautiful Keynote slides to use for whole class participation

Chord posters

Fingering charts

Lesson plans

Reproducible Worksheets

Strumming patterns - WITH metrical counting written out

Warm Ups (finger picking)

MP3 accompaniments (for 66 songs) for use as ukulele back tracks, using varied styles of music (jazz, simple folk, rock, Latin and Reggae)

History of the Ukulele

Lyrics for all songs

STUDENT EDITION:

Reproducible student book

All 80 songs - sheet music and chords per song

CONTENTS:

Student Objectives ……………………4

Scope & Sequence ……………………7

Projectable Slides ……………………13

Parts of the Ukulele …………………18

String Order …………………………19

Finger Chart ………………………20

Warm Ups …………………………24

Fingerpicking ………………………35

Strumming Patterns …….……………41

Ukulele Riffs…………………………47

Games ……………………………50

Scales………………………………57

Repertoire List ………………………59

Chord Posters ………………………137

Extra Resources (worksheets, assessment rubrics, essential questions)…………………….154

SONGS:

Alice the Camel ………………………………………………65

Amazing Grace ………………………………………………66

Apples and Bananas……………………………………………67

A Ram Sam Sam………………………………………………68

Are You Sleeping? ……………………………………………69

Auld Land Syne ………………………………………………70

An Austrian Went Yodeling………………………………………71

Baby Bumble Bee ……………………………………………72

Bingo ………………………………………………………73

Boom Chicka Boom ……………………………………………74

Buffalo Gals …………………………………………………75

Clementine……………………………………………………76

Cockles and Mussels……………………………………………77

Cripple Creek…………………………………………………78

Daisy ………………………………………………………79

Do Your Ears Hang Low? ………………………………………80

Dum Dum Song ………………………………………………81

Ezekiel Saw The Wheel ………………………………………82

Fire’s Burning ………………………………………………83

Fish & Chips & Vinegar ………………………………………84

Fooba Wooba ………………………………………………85

Found a Peanut ………………………………………………86

Ging Gang Kolli ………………………………………………87

Going’ Down to Cairo …………………………………………88

The Grand Old Duke Of York……………………………………89

Green Grass Grows All Around …………………………………90

Glunk, Glunk Went The Little Green Frog …………………………91

Here We Go ‘Round The Mulberry Bush …………………………92

He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands …………………………93

Home On The Range …………………………………………94

I’ve Got the Joy ……………………………………………95

If You’re Happy And You Know It ………………………………96

I’ve Been Working On The Railroad ……………………………97

I Love the Mountains…………………………………………98

I Stuck My Head In A Little Skunk’s Hole …………………………99

Kum Ba Ya ………………………………………………100

Little Peter Rabbit …………………………………………101

Little Bunny Froo Froo ………………………………………102

London Bridge………………………………………………103

Make New Friends …………………………………………104

Michael Finnegan……………………………………………105

Michael Row The Boat Ashore ………………………………106

The More We Get Together …………………………………107

My Paddle’s Keen and Bright ………………………………108

Oh Susanna ……………………………………………109

Old MacDonald……………………………………………110

Orchestra Song …………………………………………111

Peace Like A River ………………………………………112

Polly Put The Kettle On ……………………………………113

Polly Wolly Doodle …………………………………………114

Rattlin’ Bog………………………………………………115

Rise & Shine ……………………………………………116

Rock A My Soul …………………………………………117

Row, Row, Row …………………………………………118

She’ll Be Coming Round The Mountain…………………………119

Six Little Ducks …………………………………………120

Skip To My Lou ……….…………………………………121

There’s a Hole In The Middle Of The Sea…………………………122

There’s a Hole In The Bucket …………………………………123

Threw It Out The Window ……………………………………124

The Titanic …………….…………………………………125

To Market, To Market ………………………………………126

Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star……………………………………127

Vive La Compagnie …………………………………………128

Waddaly Atcha ……………………………………………129

Waltzing Matilda ………….…………………………………130

When The Saints Go Marching In ………………………………131

The Wise Man ……………………………………………132

White Coral Bells ……………………………………………133

Willowbee ……………….…………………………………134

**Plus popular rock and pop TAB for more advanced music students. Sheet music for contemporary artists is not included due to copyright laws. These are easily found online via YouTube and other streaming websites.

There are 80 songs to work with - each song has its own professional backing track so you students can play along when they are performance ready. The song list will continue to grow for life! Early subscribers will benefit from this growing bundle.

In this comprehensive Keynote resource for the music classroom, students are taught everything about ukulele in carefully sequenced lessons: History of the instrument, fingerings, strumming techniques, parts of the ukulele, how to tune a ukulele, tablature and traditional notation, 10 warm up exercises using picking, thorough ukulele chord work, and improvisation. 

There is extensive repertoire for all ages: simple songs using easy two and three chord changes, intermediate challenge pieces for older students and advanced repertoire that include several ukulele chord changes and more challenging fingerings. Pick and choose which songs you need for each grade level. Included in this bundle are simple worksheets for composition and transcription practice are included.

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