Ukulele Books
Song Books
Billie Eilish for Ukulele
This 64 page book will provide you with the chords and lyrics for 17 Billie Eilish songs – Everything I Wanted, No Time to Die, Bad Guy, Lovely, Wish You Were Gay, Ocean Eyes, Party Favor and more. Standard g-C-E-A ukulele tuning. A must for any collection.
IZ Songbook Collection
64 page Ukulele TAB version of this book brings you Seventeen beautiful songs for Ukulele as played by Israel Iz Kamakawiwo’ole, including Somewhere over the rainbow, Hawai’i ’78, White Sandy Beach, ‘Opae E, Kaleohano, Na Ka Pueo, Hi’ilawe, N Dis Life (In This Life), Ka Pua U’i, Kuhio Bay, Henehene Kou ‘Aka, Panini Puakea, Wind Beneath My Wings/He Hawai’i Au, Starting All Over Again and more. There are also four pages of color photos featuring Israel Kamakawiwo’Ole, the Hawaiian singer with the unique voice.
IZ -The Songbook Collection: Guitar/Ukulele Edition
Seventeen beautiful songs transcribed for guitar and ukulele exactly as played by IZ including his breathtaking version of “Over the Rainbow” as heard on the soundtracks to Finding Forester, 50 First Dates, and “ER.” There are also four pages of color photos featuring Israel Kamakawiwo’Ole, the Hawaiian singer with an unparalleled voice
The Little Black Book of Beatles Songs
Chords and lyrics to 195 Beatles songs, including:- All My Loving, All You Need Is Love, Day Tripper, Drive My Car, Eight Days a Week, Eleanor Rigby, A Hard Day’s Night, Help!, Here Comes the Sun, Hey Jude, I Saw Her Standing There, I Want to Hold Your Hand, Let It Be, * Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Penny Lane, Ticket to Ride, Twist and Shout and Yesterday to name but a few!
For standard tuned Ukulele (gCEA), 383 pages.
101 Hits for Ukulele Blue Book
101 easy-to-play songs that will get you strumming and singing along to the best old and new tunes. Includes ‘5 Years Time’ (Noah & The Whale), ‘Hey Joe’ (Jimi Hendrix), ‘Someone Like You’ (Adele) and more.
101 Hits for Ukulele Red Book
This is a great book to follow on from the Blue book. There are some easier songs to learn and some to make you push yourself a little. Songs includes:- Band on the run, Beautiful noise, Get lucky, Hey good looking, In the ghetto, Jealous guy, Jolene, Jive talkin, The lovecats, The dock of a bay, Unchained melody and many more.
From Lute to Uke
Something a little different. 24 pieces of early lute music brilliantly arranged for standard tuning the ukulele g-C-E-A. This book by Tony Mizen includes ukulele tablature as well as music notation. The book also features a brief history of the lute.
Paperback 48 pages.
100 Most Beautiful Songs Ever for Finger Style Ukulele
For those wishing to try solo playing and finger picking this book has 100 favourites in standard notation and tablature. Songs include :- Tears in Heaven, Annie’s Song, Can’t Help Falling in Love, Hallelujah, Woman, I Will Always Love You, Over the Rainbow, Killing Me Softly and many more. A wonderful selection of songs to practice and learn solo playing and finger picking.
40 Old Time Christmas Carols
40 popular old time Christmas carols for beginner ukulele players. Standard tuning g- C-E-A. with standard notation, tablature, chord diagrams, and lyrics.
Songs include:- Away in a manger, God rest ye merry gentlemen, Good king wenceslas, Hark! the herald angels sing, I saw three ships, Jingle bells, O come, all ye faithful, Joy to the world, O come, all ye faithful, Silent night, The first noel, We three kings, We wish you a merry Christmas and many more.
First 50 Songs You Should Play on Ukulele
This is a popular book, however I would not recommend it for beginners. The melody is written in single staff musical notation with ukulele chord diagrams above the staves. There is no ukulele TAB in this book.
However, if you are happy step outside your comfort zone and try something slightly more challenging, this could be the book for you, and there are some good songs to learn :- Riptide, Imagine, I Walk the Line, The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy), Hallelujah, I’m Yours, Peaceful Easy Feeling, Take Me Home, Country Roads, Hey, Soul Sister, Over the Rainbow, Edelweiss and many more.
Reference Books
Ukulele Chord Dictionary
This neat little book is ideal to carry with you in your pocket or ukulele case. As well as pages showing all of the most common chord shapes, you will also find information on reading music, movable chords, tuning and more. It also contains a useful diagram showing all of the notes on the fretboard.
Ukulele Chord Finder
The ukulele chord finder is a comprehensive yet easy to use book containing over 1000 chord diagrams. It also contains information on chord construction, intervals, extensions, inversions and more.
Baritone Ukulele Chord Finder
Very handy to have for for reference. This easy to use book contains over 1000 chord diagrams, and much more. A must for anyone learning the baritone ukulele.
Baritone Ukulele Scales
This book shows scales and modes for the baritone ukulele include Major, Minor, Harmonic Minor, Pentatonic, Dorian, Phrygian, and Mixolydian. Each scale is shown with fretboard diagrams.