- Brand New Look!
- A fun and engaging play-along method for learning
- Full color illustrations
- 24 play-along songs that teach picking, strumming and finger picking on the ukulele
- Each jam has an audio recording that helps you learn to play
- Good for absolute beginners
- Great for private lessons and group classes
Author Kelly Weeks is a believer that learning to play music should involve playing along with music recordings. Playing with a beat is a student's best method of practice. It teaches the student how to play steady time as well as prepares them for playing with other musicians.
- This is not a comprehensive method for learning the ukulele. It is a method to help you learn to play the basic ukulele techniques with musical recordings
- The audio play-along tracks can be found at: http://kellysmusicbooks.com
Kelly Weeks is a talented, young and energetic musician who began his musical career as a singer/songwriter, playing solo and with bands in the Minneapolis, Boston and Orlando areas. After completing his Bachelor’s degree in Professional Music from the Berklee College of Music, Kelly went on to provide private lessons to students of all ages in his home town of Minneapolis in 2003. In order to further his teaching and musical abilities, Kelly completed a K-12 Instrumental Teaching License from Hamline University and recently completed his Master’s degree in Instrumental Education. Kelly has extensive experience teaching students of varying levels and needs in both the public school system and in private settings. In addition, Kelly is an accomplished songwriter, whose songs can currently be heard on various MTV shows as well as The Young and the Restless. He also has his own method books published for the guitar, piano, banjo, and mandolin.