The Ukulele – today more popular than ever! This instructional book makes learning the Uke very easy and fun with plenty of informative tips. It covers all important subjects for the beginning Uke player from rhythm accompaniment, strumming patterns and techniques to fingerpicking techniques or melody playing. There are easy to understand instructions to play with standard notation or tab. Ukulele Total also covers the basics of music theory, chord exercises and many chord progressions. The accompanying CD features many exercises and 11 popular tunes to listen or play along to. This book makes the Uke a handy musical companion for all occasions.