All of me is a popular song and jazz standard written by gerald marks and seymour simons in 1931. A huge advantage that tablature has over standard music notation is that there is very little learning curve. For the sake of learning, the following key will be used in this e book and corresponding workshop. The book is written in english, and it has 98 pages. All of me john legend fingerstyle ukulele guitar tab by luis fascinetto with free online tab player.
Maybe because the ukulele is always associated with good vibes, it makes this instrument particularly adaptable to play any genre of music on, but the richness of jazz ukulele chords and the large amount of repertoire to choose from is ideal for simply personal continue reading 5 songs to play jazz ukulele. She has tons of other books too click her name on this page to see them all. This is the key to building a massive chord vocabulary. Here is the full chart from the appendix of the book. John legend all of me ukulele chords ukulele cheats. The books come with a compact disc whuch includes the songs in the book. Chord and strumming charts do not always indicate which fingers to place where. Click on a pdf file name to open it in a new tab window. Cmaj7 e7 a7 dm7 e7 am7 d7 dm7 g7 cmaj7 e7 a7 dm7 f fm cmaj7 em7 a7 dm7 g7 c6 e 7 fim dm7 g7 medium swing a b all of me simonemarks. Want an email if the venue changes or anything else ukulele wednesdays related. Berklee published the jazz ukulele on april 1st, 2015. No part of this book shall be reproduced, arranged, adapted, recorded, publicly performed, stored in a retrieval system. The chords are not the same as the ones you learn when first starting out on ukulele or in playing hawaiian music.
The accompanying online audio lets you hear the concepts and then practice them along with a jazz combo. This songbook is intended for use at our two jam nights in london. I have three electric concert luna ukulele from florida along with two of their 5 watt amp and one acoustic concert nola ukulele from hawaii. The ukulele is a great instrument to play jazz songs on. I am less than rd through this book and i know that i will not only be a better player but will have a much better understanding of jazz and music in general because of it. C e7 all of me why not take all of me a7 dm cant you see im no good without you e7 am take my arms i wanna lose them d7 g7 take my lips ill never use them c e7 your goodbye left me with eyes that cry a7 dm and i know that im no good without you fm c a7 you took the part that once was my heart fm g7 c so why not take all of me c e7 all of me why not take all of me a7 dm cant you see. As you play through them, youll hear all the musical dna of the song. For anyone interested in ukulele performance utilizing jazz chords, jazz improvisation, jazz composition, ukulele jazz performers, etc. I have a good collection of ukulele workbooks and this one rates at the very top. In an episode of the 1970s television show sanford and son, redd foxx joined by scatman crothers on guitar sings a short but memorable version.
Most people associate the ukulele with hawaiian music, but there is a rich tradition of playing popular jazz standards on the instrument. May 31, 2018 the ukulele is a great instrument to play jazz songs on. Hanon for ukulele from uke of carl is a 31 page ebook with 28 scales and challenges for soprano, concert and tenor ukulele. This book is a solid foundation for the serious ukulele player who wants to learn jazz. Great ukulele chord melody arrangements of jazz standards. For beginning musicians, alfreds easy series is the fast track to developing a repertoire of wellknown and funtoplay songs, while more experienced players will find an excellent resource of favorite songs. Jun 07, 2017 this chord solo of let me call you sweetheart is from the lyle lite book and is a fine introduction to lyles arranging style. Iwao yamaguchi who is active as a lecturer, responded to medium senior students sufficient enough solo. I play on getting a tenor ukulele with a low g string to play jazz, but i need to get better. Based on his popular guitar book, play jazz with just six chords, jazzy ukulele shows how many of the popular jazz standards, such as fly me to the moon, share a couple of basic chord groupings that, once mastered, allow ukulele players to immediately expand their classic jazz repertoire.
If you are slouching while you practice or play your ukulele, or anything else for that matter, your back will be sore. America the band the beatles the bee gees jackson browne jimmy. This book along with his video should help me get better. If you like jazz and you have a ukulele, you should have this book. In addition to the jazz and christmas tunes, songs by these artists are included. Most chords can be played with the root on any one of the four strings of the baritone ukulele. Which have a more authentic sound associated with the classic style of jazz standards and classic old movies and broadway tunes. In addition to showing how the songs in the book should be played, it takes you slowly and up close through all the jazz chords and patterns used and explains fingerings.
With just fours lines and some numbers, anybody regardless of musical knowledge can make sense of uke tablature. Includes left and right hand exercises, chord voicings, comping, chord melodies, various blues styles, soloing, various scales and where to use them. All time standards jazz playalong volume 34 hal leonard. The book i went to first and found it in was 557 jazz standards. It teaches the rudiments, concept as well as the techniques that pertain to a jazz ukulele. Employing the mystic art of jazz alchemy, they enhance simple chord progressions and make them more interesting, subtler, and prettier. Tips and tricks for arranging songs on the ukulele. C e7 all of me why not take all of me a7 dm cant you see im no good without you e7 am take my arms i wanna lose them d7 g7 take my lips ill never use them c e7 your goodbye left me with eyes that cry a7 dm and i know that im no good without you fm c a7 you took the part that once was my heart fm g7 c so why not take all of me c e7 all of me why not take all of me a7 dm cant you see im no.
Solo ukulele jazz standard ed book wcd jap ukulele movement. Its a great time to upgrade your home music studio gear with the largest selection at. Swing ukulele lessons blog for danny fowler swing music, a jazz artist from kansas city. Ukutabs is your true source to find chords and tabs for all of your favorite songs. My resulting book and cd is called jazzing up the uke, and its about chord substitution. If you are eager to learn a jazz ukulele, this is a perfect music book for you.
The jazz play along series features musicianfriendly lead sheets, melody cues, and other split track choices on cd. You can find all jazz ukulele songs on ukutabs right here on this page, ordered by popularity. The movable chords in the book are organized based on the string the root is on. Id like it with good ukulele four note jazz chords rather than simplified three note chords like in the ukulele playlist purple book. I never really had much interest in jazz all the years i played guitar but a few months ago i started messing around with some jazz progressions on my reentrant ukes and they sound really good. Well, uke maven jim beloff noticed this, and asked me, how do you come up with those jazzy chord changes. All of me john legend fingerstyle ukulele tab by luis. Making my way towards the train, i felt as if my mind was trying to be still the sun is a big red ball glowing or glaring. Gerald marks all of me sheet music pdf notes, chords jazz. Free and guaranteed quality tablature with ukulele chord charts, transposer and auto scroller. Books of ukulele arrangements, chord melody a specialty. For the sake of learning, the following key will be used in this ebook and corresponding workshop.
The ultimate ukulele fake book over 400 songs to strum. Jazz ukulele workshop by curt sheller ojazz ukulele 3 by keeping track of the location of chord tones you can create other chords from known chords. It includes traditional notation and tablature, and also introduces additional types of notation common in jazz. It greatly expands on the the information in the book with lots of tips on intros, endings, strums and song form. Song all of me ukulele chords and tabs by john legend.
Jazz chord solos for ukulele 10 standards arranged for tenor ukulele bookcd with tab note. Jan 08, 2020 berklee published the jazz ukulele on april 1st, 2015. This chord solo of let me call you sweetheart is from the lyle lite book and is a fine introduction to lyles arranging style. Aug 22, 2018 employing the mystic art of jazz alchemy, they enhance simple chord progressions and make them more interesting, subtler, and prettier. Jun 24, 2010 based on his popular guitar book, play jazz with just six chords, jazzy ukulele shows how many of the popular jazz standards, such as fly me to the moon, share a couple of basic chord groupings that, once mastered, allow ukulele players to immediately expand their classic jazz repertoire. All this talk of glen rose jazz ukulele lessons on another thread got me thinking does anyone know of one collection of jazz standards in one book for ukulele. It is also covered by eric clapton on his 20 album old sock with paul mccartney. Match the song to your voice and sing it perfectly. Solo ukulele jazz standard ed book wcd by yamaguchi iwao popular ukulele player yamaguchi iwao presents the second solo arrangements collection of the most upscale jazz standard edition.
Solo ukulele jazz standard ed book wcd jap ukulele. The jazzy ukulele series of books and videos will teach you how to play this style of music. Chord solos are arrangements where both the melody and harmony of the song are built into the many chord frames. If you use it at your own night, please credit where it came from. The daily ukulele features ukulele arrangements with melody, lyrics and uke chord grids and are in ukulelefriendly keys that are particularly. If you want to listen the rendition, please check this video. Songs range from classic rock and pop to jazz standards and christmas music. The arrangements were semidifficult and fun to lean. By the end of the book, you will be able to play jazz ukulele in ensemble and solo settings.
Many thanks to swallow hill music for producing such an amazing event and to the special gusts who joined. Heres a list of the best free ukulele ebooks that ive found on my armchair travels of the internet hanon for ukulele. This is the companion lesson video for jazzy ukulele workbook 2. We put a lot of time into our book, and a link to this page is all it takes thanks. Ukulele players all over the world have direct access to ukutabs its large and completely free song archive which is constantly being updated with new songs. Take me back to dear old blighty tab the ditty bops i wish i could shimmy like my sister kate.