Songbook: Mountain Music for Ukulele

Making Music Fun Again

This is a two part book. The first part is a songbook containing big print versions of 100 core mountain music songs. That is one great song per page! These songs are among the most commonly-played traditional songs. Their longevity is a testament to the joyful singing they arouse.

Each song is annotated with key-independent chord changes (a.k.a. Nashville number system), 'jammability', and tonal information useful for playing melody by ear and for singing lead and harmony. By the time you cover a bunch of these songs, you will have mastered the essentials you need to play most anything!

The second part is a 100 page comprehensive learning resource. Long ago you mastered your native language intuitively. Now, you can master music in a similar way, and have fun doing it! Briefly, the ToneWay Music Method teaches you how to play ukulele and guitalele in an easier and more musically fluent way. You'll learn the essentials of normal and open tuning, chords, up-the-neck playing, melody playing, playing in every key, jamming, plus numerous tips on playing music by ear.

Our ToneWay Picking Patterns, ToneWay Notation, and playing up-the-neck processes help launch you into a natural play by ear approach to music. This knowledge allows you to easily pick up and play any of the other string instruments as well. In short, the ToneWay Music Method reveals, in a practical way, how musicians intuitively play music ~ it's a must-have for classroom or independent study.

For more information, go to ToneWay.com