American Roots Music for Ukulele: Over 50 Great Traditional Folk Songs & Tunes! (Book & CD) (Easy Ukulele Tab Edition)

I am SO pleased with this book ! Over the past few years I have bought many books on ukulele, and I can honestly say that this one has helped me the most at where I'm at now. A hoard of great songs, and two lots of finger picking patterns, one easy and the other more difficult, but its a great way to improve without being baffled. Also you can just strum the chords if you wish. A great book for anyone wanting to advance from just strumming to move on to fingerpicking. I would recommend this book to every novice or intermediate ukulele player, and, a great buy at a great price.

Very poor sound quality on the CD. A bit irritating - songs in the book are not in the same order as on the CD. Spine of book is weak - page fell out on first use trying to get the book to sit flat on music stand. Print quality of tab is good. Nice range of songs from easy to challenging, and there are plenty of them. Not disappointed but glad I didn't pay too much.

This is a good selection of simple American traditional folk/country/blues tunes. All tunes have full musical notation plus tabs for ukulele - most have a tab for the basic tune plus a tab for finger style picking. The tabs are fairly simple - ideal fora beginner like me (but nowhere near as complex as Colin Tribe!). Good for a finger picking beginner.

Very nice selection of songs and varying in difficulty. I would say I'm upper beginner going on intermediate and found a lot of songs for my level, plus some more to strive for. I really appreciated the separate melody and solo sections. I usually started learning the melody then once I was really confident started tackling the solo so there was a nice progression.

Great traditional tunes with a variety of playing styles, ideal for personal embellishment...

Dick Sheridan has produced an uncluttered, easy to learn list of all-time favourites. These are 'must-have' tunes if your leaning is toward American Roots. Very well set out, clear and instructive with no unnecessary waffle. Just great!

There are a lot of songs that are not well known but I feel you need to be an advanced player for this particular book. Not ideal for beginners.