Reviews of 7 Beginner Ukulele Books

In this collection of ukulele beginning book reviews, we take a close look at 7 popular ways to begin your ukulele journey. We’ll give you a lot of information about what’s in each book, and explain who each of these methods is best for.

So, you want to learn how to play the ukulele. Where do you start? How do you get the basics under your belt so you can choose the music you want to play and eventually teach yourself? There are loads of online videos, but maybe a book would be better? Do you need to have an instructor? Can you teach yourself?

If you are wondering about these questions then this post focusing on ukulele beginning book reviews is for you. 

THE 7 POPULAR UKULELE BEGINNER BOOKS TO BEGIN YOUR UKULELE JOURNEY

1. 21 Songs in 6 Days: Learn Ukulele the Easy Way
2. Ukulele For All
3. Alfred’s Basic Ukulele Method
4. Hal Leonard-Ukulele Book 1
5. Essential Elements for Ukulele
6. Ukulele Primer by Bert Casey
7. Jumpin’ Jim’s Ukulele Tips and Tunes 

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How to Play the Beatles' Love Me Do on the Ukulele?

Learn how to play a #1 hit Beatles song with our easy Love Me Do ukulele tutorial!

Similar to the rest of the tutorial videos on our site, this video contains the lyrics, chords, strumming pattern and melody tab on the screen.

Check out our blog page. You’ll see our other videos contain the same information to help you quickly learn how to play lots of easy songs on ukulele!

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In this tutorial, you will be using 4 chords.  These chords are G7, C, G, and D.  You’ll see that Jenny prefers playing the D chord with 2 fingers while strumming 3 strings.

If you are familiar with the song, you will know that the intro uses a really beautiful harmonica solo. John Lennon played the bluesy harmonica riff. 

In this tutorial Jenny transcribed the harmonica solo for ukulele. Read more here. 

How to Tune a Ukulele Part 3

Learn how to tune your ukulele with three easy steps.
3️⃣ Finally, Jenny will show you how to use a Snark clip-on ukulele tuner in this short video.
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How to Tune a Ukulele Part 2

Learn how to tune your ukulele with three easy steps.
2️⃣ Next, learn the names and numbers of your ukulele strings in this short video so you can learn how to use a ukulele tuner. 
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How to Tune a Ukulele Part 1

Learn how to tune your ukulele with three easy steps. 
1️⃣ First you need to know the parts of the ukulele like the strings, fretboard, nut, bridge and body so you know which parts to adjust to get your ukulele in tune. Check video here. 

Give Me That Old Time Religion Easy Ukulele Tutorial

Learn how to play a gospel song  with this week’s Give Me That Old Time Religion easy ukulele tutorial!

In this video, you will see lyrics, chords, strumming pattern and melody tab on the screen. 

If you visit our blog page, you will see our other videos and tutorials of easy ukulele songs. These contain the same information to help you easily learn how to play different easy songs on ukulele!

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In this video, Jenny sings and plays in 2 keys to give you a choice of which one to use. And she’s also used a technique called a “turnaround” to connect these 2 keys. Finally, she also plays solo ukulele with such a beautiful melody!

For this song, here are the chords that you will use, depending on which key you choose. Ukulele chords for Give Me That Old Time Religion easy ukulele tutorial in the key of C are: C, F and G7. Read more here. 

Ukulele Tutorial for Van Morrison's Brown Eyed Girl

Let’s play along to this week’s new video – Brown Eyed Girl easy ukulele tutorial – complete with lyrics and chords on screen. Brown Eyed Girl is a bittersweet love song released in 1967 by Irish singer and songwriter Van Morrison.

Indeed, Jenny’s Brown Eyed Girl easy ukulele tutorial is fun to play along to with its simple chord progression. Plus, you’ll need only four chords which are C, F, Am and G7. Read more here. 

How to Play Shall We Gather at the River on Ukulele

Learn how to play a beautiful Christian hymn with this Shall We Gather at the River ukulele tutorial! As with the previous videos, it includes lyrics, chords, strumming pattern and melody tab on screen.

To follow and play along to this easy ukulele tutorial, you’ll need just three chords. However, Jenny plays the song in two keys – key of C and key of G. So you’ll actually see six different chords on the video tutorial. Firstly, for the key of C – the chords are C, F and G7. Read more here.