A book of
NEW MUSIC
for the uke in different styles:
Blues
Minimalism
Serialism
TECHNICAL STUDIES
including
The Cycle of 5ths/4ths
Campanella Scales
Arpeggios
The music of
Gaspar Sanz
(1640-1710)
brilliantly brought to life
on the ukulele
Includes:
Canarios
Folias
Espanoleta
Zarabanda
16 other titles
A wonderful new repertoire
for the ukulele
Twenty popular jigs and reels from Scotland and Ireland
cunningly arranged for ukulele
Titles include:
The Blarney Pilgrim
Drowsy Maggie
Flowers of The Forest
The Connaught Man's Rambles
The Wind That Shakes
The Barley
These very exciting pieces from the early banjo repertoire fit the uke superbly well.
Thomas Briggs collected airs and instrumentals from 'negroes...at the South', and his collection consists of plantation songs and instrumentals alongside popular parlor dances of the day, such the Polka, Jig and Reel.
They can be played on a standard ukulele or on a
banjo-uke or banjolele