The Daily Ukulele Songbook by Jim and Liz Beloff | 365 Easy Songs for Ukulele with Chords and Lyrics | Ukulele Sheet Music for All Levels | Folk Pop and Classic Favorites for Lessons and Practice

"The Daily Ukulele" is the one indispensable book for anyone beginning or continuing to play ukulele. Not only does contain a lot of songs for the money, but unlike on other fake- or real- books you may try, there's no fluff here. Almost all the songs are timeless classics that either you already knew or will be delighted to know for the first time. Just look them up on YouTube and be impressed. The Beloffs have translated them painstakingly to the ukulele, changing the key when necessary and simplifying chords to make them easy to play. You will be hard pressed to find better chord sets out there. Do an Internet search and compare with what you find. They also mix the keys so they are not all in C, which is the easiest key for the ukulele, but also many in G (next easiest, and most popular in general because it's the easiest key for the guitar), in F (challenging because of the abundance of Bb chords), and other keys so you can learn those chords as well almost without noticing. The few pages before the songs are quite amazing too. There you'll find a comprehensive chord chart with actual fingerings, which kind of unusual, and quite useful if you are beginning. There's a short chapter on the difficult chords and to make them easier, including their famous pitch to try using your pinky as soon as possible to make the G chord and some others (they should add Em and B7 as well). I haven't found any other material out there, whether printed or online, that gives you such a useful advice. And then, there are several books, not just one. These are: 1. The original "Daily Ukulele," for soprano to tenor tuning. This is the book to get if you only want one. 2. The Leap Year edition, containing 366 more songs. Most are not so well known, but there are a wealth of famous titles that somehow couldn't fit in the second book. 3. The Baritone edition. This one you can skip if you already have the original edition since the only difference is the few intro pages and the chord diagrams at the head of each song. The key of each song is the same as in the original book, which seems like a wasted opportunity to come up with a few more exceptional chord sets, nuanced for the special characteristics of the baritone uke. Joining the first two titles together there are still a few well-known songs that maybe the authors should think of for the third volume of the series. Here's my wish list so far, which I'll be editing periodically to make it more complete: Birth of the Blues Big Rock Candy Mountain Blue Tail Fly Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde House of the Rising Sun Lida Rose Malaika Man of Constant Sorrow Mañana (Is Soon Enough for Me) O Sole Mio Santa Lucia She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Someone to Lava (from Pixar's short) Somewhere over the Rainbow Stormy Weather Tears in Heaven Too Fat Polka Torna a Surriento I'll think of more... Keep up the good job!

I am a new ukulele player. I received a ukulele from my son for Mother's Day. Here it is just 2 months later, and I am really enjoying it. I had no experience with this instrument prior to receiving this gift. I am able to play a number of songs from this book. Yes, there are songs for intermediate players also, so those will be my challenge to learn. This book will last me a long time, if I try to play and learn every song in it. Which I intend to do. There is a big variety of music types that make it suitable for a Ukulele Club too. If you play the guitar, this book is for you also. My son plays both the guitar and ukulele and uses this book for both instruments. This book will allow me to play a variety of songs, so when I play for other people it will be a lot of fun. I really love the spiral binding and the book lays flat. The songs are all on the same page, so there is no turning of pages when you are playing a song. I love the chord boxes at the top of each song which clearly shows how to play the chord on the ukulele. If I am unfamiliar with a particular song, I go to YouTube and look it up. Someone is either singing or playing that song. Then I go back to the book and I can usually play the song. But what was even more valuable for me was the Introduction pages. There is one page in particular which shows 3 ways to play a Bb chord, which is usually very difficult for beginners, including me. This opened up my world and makes it possible for me to play more songs than I thought possible. Also, there is a tip on playing the G chord and being able to change to other chords effortlessly that are not in other books. There are more tips, but these two tips have helped me accelerate my playing to a new level. I also purchased the Leap Year book and I am looking forward to getting it. If the author writes another book, I will buy it too. I recommend using these two books, which will give you over 700 songs. Its cheaper than printing these songs off the internet (if you can find them).

I recently bought a ukulele (2 weeks ago) and started playing these songs with the cords. It was easy to follow and there are really a lot of songs that I enjoy playing. It was a great investment that will give me hours of enjoyment,

This book is huge with a great variety of songs. I love how it's laid out and designed similar to cookbook with plastic binding. This way you just lay the book flat without needing to awkwardly turn to the second page of song while you're playing it. In addition to letter chord notation, all the chords are laid out in diagram form at the top, so you have a quick referance to a chord you may have forgotten, or never played before. I went to one of Jim Beloff's workshops last summer when the book was still in development. Jim is the real thing; his love of ukulele music and it's history is evident in person and in this book. There are great photos seemingly from the '20's and '30's duirng one the uke heydays, of people with their ukes. The songs cover so many different styles; holiday (not just Christmas) songs, kid songs, rock, country, folk, show tunes and Tin Pan Alley. The latter I love; the minor chords used in those songs are so perfect on the ukulele. The book covers well over 100 years of American music, which is great, but while the oldest songs are Stephen Foster (1860's), I didn't see much more modern songs than Sting's "Fields of Gold," from the 1990's. The again, there hasn't been much good music to my ears since then. Overall, it's a wonderful book pulled together by Jim and Liz with a lot love. The good thing is, you'll enjoy exploring this book a little at a time, and have to live a long time in order to play each and every song.

For what this book is, it does it well. I have been playing ukulele for close to 20 years, in that time I have never had a dedicated sight reading book specific to the instrument. With that purpose in mind I made this purchase. It is nice to have a years worth of tunes to build up the habit of daily sight reading without the temptation of tablature. This is not a method book, though diligent study of it will certainly advance your playing. This should be used to supplement a good teacher and or a method book. It should be noted that many tunes have been simplified for ease of playing, however most fakebooks take liberties with the source material. Some of the tunes are cheesy, some are not. That is no exclusive to this book. While “she’ll be coming around the mountain” and about 30 other tunes in the book will probably never be played by anyone (ever) in earnest, there is a good mix of jazz, country, early rock, folk, pop, Hawaiian and spiritual standards (ie songs you have heard part of, once) to balance that out. If you want something more specific to a certain style, get a fake book. But, if you want something that can be used to either sight read or practice while you get exposure to new songs and styles in an approachable format, this is the book.

What a wonderful book! I've spent days going through every song, marking what I want to work on in the days to come. There are so many favorites of mine in here, and songs I've loved and forgotten about. Old spirituals, folk songs, Rock n Roll, Broadway, more contemporary favorites are all here. There's really something for just about everyone, except maybe heavy metal fans, lol. There's even small separate sections in the back for some holiday songs and children's songs, to play for your little ones or grandkids. I've taken to listening to ones I'm not familiar with on Youtube, to see if they're something I'd like to learn, and there are many of those as well. In fact, a Youtube search of many of the old traditional folk songs or old classics contained in the book yields a surprising number of remakes by various artists. Here's an example of a Merle Travis song that had been done by Johnny Cash, and then ZZ Top: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2aqvKY6zLc . For the most part the chords are relatively easy in this book, though some songs are a little more complex. This book is obviously a well-thought-out labor of love, and I'm so glad I bought it. It will keep me busy for many months to come.

I have hundreds of music books I have accumulated over multiple decades to use for piano, guitar, cello, etc. I bought this "ukulele" book to use with all of my instruments because of the simplified chord arrangements in lead sheet format (melody, lyrics, and chords). This has already become one of my "top 10" books (maybe favorite book!) due to the variety of songs spanning decades of music, multiple genres of music, and familiar music familiar to all age groups (children to seniors). This and the similar "Daily Ukulele Leap Year Edition" gives me over 700 songs that I can use when playing for groups, at home, or any time I don't want to spend a lot of time practicing, but rather just enjoy the music. I have trouble putting the book down when I play the songs on piano, and also playing a lot now on my guitar, which is a newer instrument for me. If I had to pick just two fake books to have on a deserted island, these would be the books! One caution, most of the music is from the 70's or earlier, so don't expect to find current hits in this book.

This book includes a variety of well known tunes, and many have chords which are easy to play. It is a great resource for beginners who are ready to learn new selections as they increase their skills.

I am almost 70 years young (not ready for the carpet slippers just yet) and I have always loved banjo and ukulele music. Being a lover of George Formby, who I saw live at Blackpool in 1956 when I was just twelve years old. George played the Ukulele in two versions, (the guitar shaped and the banjo style) but was more famous for his Banjo Ukulele. The Banjo Ukulele is the one I have, which is a Ozark, mid priced model, which has an antique style Remo head, 12 brass brackets and flange, with the resonator and neck in antique mahogany left in a matt finish. I just love it. Anyway, I am not here to discuss about the instrument, but to review this wonderful song book, made for the Ukulele player. I can honestly say that I am familiar with most of the songs in this book and everyone of them are not too difficult for the beginner. I have been playing for about two months now and I am still a bit finger twisted in getting all the chords in tune with the right fingers, but it's just a matter of practising as much as you can, without upsetting the neighbours (lol). The songs are so easy to follow with the chord diagrams and although it takes a bit of time to get into the rhythm, after a few times going over the same song, it starts to sound much better. Some are very easy, some reasonably easy, some a bit more difficult and some are just about manageable with a lot of practice, but you can't expect to play like George Formby in two months. This is about the best compilation of songs and music you are likely to find for the ukulele or the four string banjo/ukulele which does sound slightly different than the guitar style ukulele, but the strings are just the same for both. So don't be put off if you only have a banjo ukulele, you can still play from this book. A word of warning, don't buy the Kindle version, you need the hard copy, as others have found out. This is important if you want to play from it and make sure you have a music stand, as it is quite a large book and heavy too (well it has got 365 songs) so a bit thicker than an ordinary sheet of music. You won't be disappointed if you want to be able to rattle of a good view tunes, as variety is what you will get from this bundle of joy. Best music book I have bought since I bought Ukulele for Dummies, which again is the best book for any beginner, as are all the Dummies series of books.

"The daily ukulele" beinhaltet 365 Songs in Standardnotation mit Text und Akkorddiagrammen. Das Buch ist ein richtiger Schinken, das Format ist etwas größer als DINA 4. Die Songauswahl beinhaltet z.B. Hits von den Beatles, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Folk-Songs, Weihnachtssongs, Broadway und Musical-Songs, eine Riesen Auswahl an Liedern aus den 20er bis 60er Jahren. Auch für Anfänger leicht zu spielen. Praktisch auch die Spiralbindung so bleibt das Buch offen liegen während man spielt. Die Lieder sind für die GCEA-Stimmung geschrieben. Die Einleitung umfasst noch Tipps und Tricks, sowie eine Akkordtafel. "365 Songs for a better living" ist nicht untertrieben. Ich hab das Buch ausgepackt und gleich losgeschrammelt. Macht unglaublich Spaß! Klare Kaufempfehlung! Nachfolgend noch die (ellenlange) Liste aller Songtitel: 1. 26 Miles 2. 59th Street Bridge Song, The (Feelin' Groovy) 3. After You've Gone 4. Ain't Misbehavin' 5. Ain't We Got Fun? 6. Aint She Sweet 7. All I Have To Do Is Dream 8. All My Loving 9. All Night, All Day 10. All Of Me 11. All Through The Night 12. Aloha `Oe 13. Alphabet Song 14. Always 15. Amazing Grace 16. America 17. America, The Beautiful 18. Anchors Aweigh 19. Anniversary Song 20. Any Time 21. Are You Lonesome Tonight? 22. Around The World 23. Auld Lang Syne 24. Avalon 25. Away In A Manger 26. Baa, Baa, Black Sheep 27. Baby Face 28. Baby Love 29. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home 30. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown 31. Battle Hymn Of The Republic, The 32. Bear Went Over The Mountain, The 33. Beautiful Brown Eyes 34. Beautiful Dreamer 35. Best Things In Life Are Free, The 36. Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home 37. Blowin' In The Wind 38. Blue Christmas 39. Blue Hawaii 40. Blue Skies 41. Brahms' Lullaby 42. Brown Eyed Girl 43. Buffalo Gals 44. By The Beautiful Sea 45. By The Light Of The Silvery Moon 46. Bye Bye Blackbird 47. Bye Bye Blues 48. Bye Bye Love 49. Cabaret 50. Caissons Go Rolling Along, The 51. California Dreamin' 52. California, Here I Come 53. Can't Buy Me Love 54. Can't Help But Smile 55. Can't Help Falling In Love 56. Candy Man, The 57. Careless Love 58. Carolina In The Morning 59. Chapel Of Love 60. Chicago 61. Chinatown, My Chinatown 62. Chipmunk Song, The 63. Cindy 64. Clementine 65. Close To You (They Long To Be) 66. Come And Go With Me 67. Consider Yourself 68. Crazy 69. Danny Boy 70. Daydream Believer 71. Daydream 72. Deck The Halls 73. Deep in the Heart of Texas 74. Devoted To You 75. Dinah 76. Dixie Land 77. Do Lord 78. Don't Be Cruel 79. Don't Get Around Much Anymore 80. Don't Worry Be Happy 81. Do-Re-Mi 82. Down By The Riverside 83. Down In The Valley 84. Downtown 85. Dream A Little Dream Of Me 86. Dreidel Song, The 87. Drunken Sailor, The 88. Easter Parade 89. Edelweiss 90. Eency Weency Spider 91. Eight Days a Week 92. Enjoy Yourself 93. Erie Canal, The 94. Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit 95. Everybody Loves Somebody 96. Far Away Places 97. Farmer In The Dell, The 98. Feliz Navidad 99. Fields Of Gold 100. First Noel, The 101. Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue 102. Folsom Prison Blues 103. For He's A Jolly Good Fellow 104. For Me And My Gal 105. From Me To You 106. Funiculi, Funicula 107. Georgia On My Mind 108. Getting To Know You 109. Give Me That Old Time Religion 110. Give My Regards To Broadway 111. Glory Of Love, The 112. Glow-Worm, The 113. Go Down, Moses 114. Go Tell It On The Mountain 115. Good Day Sunshine 116. Good Morning To You 117. Good Night Ladies 118. Good Night 119. Goodnight, Irene 120. Groovy Kind Of Love, A 121. Happy Together 122. Happy Trails 123. Hard Day's Night, A 124. Hard Times Come Again No More 125. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 126. Hava Nagila 127. Hawaii Ponoi 128. Hawaiian Wedding Song. The 129. Heart And Soul 130. Hello Dolly 131. Help! 132. He's Got The Whole World in His Hands 133. Hey Jude 134. Hey, Good Lookin' 135. Home On The Range 136. Hound Dog 137. How Can I Keep From Singing? 138. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart 139. How Sweet It Is 140. Hukilau Song, The 141. Hush, Little Baby 142. I Ain't Got Nobody 143. I Can't Give You Anything But Love 144. I Feel Fine 145. I Left My Heart In San Francisco 146. I Saw Her Standing There 147. I Saw The Light 148. I Walk The Line 149. I Want To Hold Your Hand 150. I'll Be Seeing You 151. I'll Fly Away 152. I'll Follow The Sun 153. I'm A Believer 154. I'm Always Chasing Rainbows 155. I'm Beginning To See The Light 156. I'm Henery The Eighth, I Am! 157. I've Just Seen A Face 158. If I Had A Hammer 159. If You're Happy 160. Imagine 161. In The Good Old Summertime 162. In The Sweet By And By 163. Indiana 164. It's A Small World 165. It's My Party 166. It's Only A Paper Moon 167. I've Been Working On The Railroad 168. Jackson 169. Ja-Da 170. Jambalaya 171. Jingle Bell Rock 172. Jingle Bells 173. Joshua Fought The Battle Of Jericho 174. Joy To The World 175. Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee 176. Keep On The Sunny Side 177. King of the Road 178. Kumbaya 179. Last Train To Clarksville 180. Let It Be Me 181. Let It Be 182. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 183. Let Me Call You Sweetheart 184. Let The Rest Of The World Go By 185. Let's Get Together 186. Letter, The 187. Limehouse Blues 188. Loch Lomond 189. Long, Long Ago 190. Look For The Silver Lining 191. Love Me Do 192. Love Me Tender 193. Love Potion Number 9 194. Lovely Hula Hands 195. Makin' Whoopee 196. Marine's Hymn, The 197. Mary Had A Little Lamb 198. Me and Bobby McGee 199. Mele Kalikimaka 200. Michael, Row The Boat Ashore 201. Mickey Mouse March 202. Midnight Special 203. Miss the Mississippi And You 204. Mister Sandman 205. Moon River 206. Moonlight Bay 207. More We Get Together, The 208. My Blue Heaven 209. My Bonnie 210. My Favorite Things 211. My Funny Valentine 212. My Girl 213. My Guy 214. My Love 215. My Old Kentucky Home 216. Night Before, The 217. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen 218. O Come, All Ye Faithful 219. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 220. Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone? 221. Oh, Babe, What Would You Say? 222. Oh, Susanna 223. Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' 224. Old Folks At Home 225. Old MacDonald Had A Farm 226. On A Slow Boat To China 227. On Broadway 228. On The Beach At Waikiki 229. On The Good Ship Lollipop 230. On The Road Again 231. On The Sunny Side Of The Street 232. On Top Of Old Smoky 233. Over The River And Through The Woods 234. Peace Like A River 235. Pearly Shells 236. Peggy Sue 237. Pennies From Heaven 238. Please Please Me 239. Polly Wolly Doodle 240. Pomp And Circumstance 241. Prayer Of Thanksgiving 242. Princess Poo-Poo-Ly Has Plenty Pa-Pa-Ya 243. Proud Mary 244. Que Sera, Sera 245. Rainbow Connection, The 246. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head 247. Rawhide 248. Red River Valley 249. Red Rubber Ball 250. Ring Of Fire 251. Rock Around the Clock 252. Rock-A-My-Soul 253. Rocky Top 254. Row, Row, Row Your Boat 255. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 256. Runaway 257. Runnin' Wild 258. Sakura 259. Save The Last Dance For Me 260. Second Hand Rose 261. Seems Like Old Times 262. Sentimental Journey 263. Shall We Gather At The River 264. She Loves You 265. She'll Be Coming `Round The Mountain 266. Shenandoah 267. Shine On, Harvest Moon 268. Side By Side 269. Sidewalks Of New York, The 270. Silent Night 271. Simple Gifts 272. Sing 273. Sixteen Tons 274. Skip To My Lou 275. Sloop John B., The 276. Smiles 277. Some Folks 278. Some Of These Days 279. Song Of The Islands 280. Song Sung Blue 281. Spoonful Of Sugar, A 282. Stand By Me 283. Star Spangled Banner, The 284. Strangers In The Night 285. Sunny Afternoon 286. Sunrise, Sunset 287. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious 288. Surfin' U.S.A. 289. Swanee 290. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 291. Take Me Out To The Ballgame 292. Taps 293. Tell Me Why 294. That Hawaiian Melody 295. That's Amore 296. That'll Be the Day 297. There Is A Tavern In The Town 298. There's A Kind Of Hush 299. These Boots Are Made For Walkin' 300. This Land Is Your Land 301. This Little Light Of Mine 302. This Old Man 303. This Train 304. Those Were The Days 305. Three Blind Mice 306. Three Little Birds 307. Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport 308. Times They Are A-Changin,' The 309. Tiny Bubbles 310. To You, Sweetheart, Aloha 311. Tonight You Belong To Me 312. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's An Irish Melody) 313. Toot, Toot, Tootsie! 314. Try To Remember 315. Turn! Turn! Turn! 316. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star 317. Ukulele Lady 318. Ukuleles Are The Best 319. Unchained Melody 320. Under The Boardwalk 321. Up On The Roof 322. Upside Down 323. Wabash Cannonball, The 324. Wade In The Water 325. Wake Up Little Susie 326. Walk Right In 327. Walkin' My Baby Back Home 328. Waltzing Matilda 329. Water Is Wide, The 330. Wayfaring Stranger, The 331. We Shall Overcome 332. We Three Kings Of Orient Are 333. We Wish You A Merry Christmas 334. We'll Meet Again 335. What A Wonderful World 336. What'll I Do 337. When I Fall In Love 338. When I'm Sixty-Four 339. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling 340. When the Red, Red, Robin Come Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along 341. When The Saints Go Marching In 342. When You Wish Upon A Star 343. When You're Smiling 344. Whispering 345. White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation), A 346. Why Do Fools Fall In Love? 347. Wildwood Flower 348. Will The Circle Be Unbroken 349. With A Little Help From My Friends 350. World Is Waiting For the Sunrise, The 351. World Without Love 352. Wouldn't It Be Loverly 353. Wouldn't It Be Nice 354. Yankee Doodle Boy 355. Yellow Rose Of Texas, The 356. Yellow Submarine 357. Yes Sir, That's My Baby 358. You Are My Sunshine 359. You Made Me Love You 360. You're A Grand Old Flag 361. You've Got A Friend In Me 362. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away 363. Your Cheatin' Heart 364. You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You 365. Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah _______________

Perfect Book to start learning ukulele !

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There are songs from all eras, and variety of chord complexities. I was surprised at how many songs I knew and could play right away. Beginners can start with the 3-4 chords songs, but soon you will want to be playing more complicated pieces. After a year and a half, I still find this to be a great book, and as I continue to improve, the songs get easier!