Dear ukulele player,
I’m glad to let you know that The Ukulele Bookshop has just launched a really great offer which bundles most of my low G/baritone ukulele works.
In short: get three digital books and eleven additional single scores for only 29 euros.
The bundle includes…
May the Low 4th is a collection of 12 original works for low fourth ukulele. Most of the pieces will fit beginner and intermediate fingerpickers, though mastering them may be challenging.
Among the repertoire you’ll find tango, samba, melancholic waltzes, Renaissance inspired brief works… Check the playlist!
Playful, delightful and bursting with musicality; these pieces would be equally at home in the concert hall or on the beach. This is the kind of thing our community needs: original music that explores and expands the voice of the ukulele. Bravo! —James Hill
Brevities is a collection of short solo pieces for baritone ukulele aimed at the intermediate fingerpicker. In this set I try to profit from the extended range, the sustain, and the resonance that this instrument and its tuning provide.
Styles go from renaissance inspiration to Brazilian choro, melancholic waltzes to exciting ragtime. Check the playlist!
This collection of original pieces for baritone ukulele is a real treat for the soul. I have listened to and played many of Choan’s compositions and I marvel at his ability to create such original, modern and imaginative pieces whilst subtly infusing them at times with a traditional Spanish flavour. These new compositions work beautifully on the baritone ukulele and bring out its warm, rich sound. —Tony Mizen
All the pieces are written for G6 linear tuning and presented in notation and tablature format. Don’t you own a baritone uke? Not an issue: everything is also playable on your low G instrument, just follow the tab!—or treat yourself with that new instrument ;)
In this anthology, I propose you to work on a few scordaturas, all of them feasible using a standard low G string set (or low D, if you’re using a baritone). The set of 12 original works includes ragtime and bluesy compositions, habanera stylings, melancholical-optimistic tunes written at the dawn, and a touching elegy. Watch the playlist.
This is a wonderful and very well thought out collection of pieces in alternate tunings. Choan has included some really interesting tunings such as Gsus4, which you don’t come across often. You’ll also find some traditional Hawaiian tunings such as taro patch and wahine. Everything is very clearly notated and these brilliant compositions are an absolute delight to play. —Matt Stead
Every piece is presented in notation and tablature and thus playable on any kind of ukulele—although those labelled as baritone may sound better on a proper baritone and its corresponding tuning.
Keep on ukeing!,
Choan Gálvez
https://www.choan.es/
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