Cool Hand Uke Books

These physical books can be purchased from me by clicking on the Buy Now PayPal button or by sending a check, cash or money order to Dan Scanlan, Box 73, Nevada City CA 95959 USA. “How to Play Ukulele” can also be purchased from Amazon and other on-line and brick and mortar stores. Click on the How to Play Ukulele book to buy it on Amazon (The cheapest way to acquire it). I will sign books on request at no charge. Purchases from me are mailed free in US.

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60 YEARS OF SONGWRITING!

First press run of 204 pages, February 2021

131 songs with lyrics, ukulele chord diagrams, melodies and a comment or two on each song.

FIRST BUYERS’ OFFER!

$20 including Priority Mail in US

US Mail: send $20 check, cash or money order to

Dan Scanlan, Box 73, Nevada City CA 95959

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Let’s Talk

Ukulele method book published by Simon & Schuster, written by Dan Scanlan

Amazon often changes the price on this book and it usually has the best price, one I can’t beat. But I can sign your copy to help justify the $20 I have to charge to make it work. Click “Let’s Talk” if you wish to explore that option.

Let’s Talk

176 pages on how to play: rhythm, melody, harmony, tuning, care, clear music theory, songs to play.

Published by Simon & Schuster imprint Adams Media.

“This is good for the ukulele, of course, but has a broader application to learn general information about chord structures, progressions, and other basics. Good book to have to expand your musical knowledge.”

— Amazon buyer

Interactive E-books for iPads and phones available only through Apple’s Books. Just click on the cover to go to the Apple store.

The history of the ukulele starting with the history of the two islands that gave us the folks who invented it. This history established that the ukulele is the marriage of two instruments—the Braguinha and the Rajão.

This eBook is FREE!

An interactive study of how to play ukulele—strums, rhythm, harmony, melody, transpositions and much more. Great on an iPad—written expressly for it. Lots of video.

A huge collection of ukulele chords including photos of finger placement from the player’s perspective. Lots of chords further up the neck, too. Plus exercises to improve playing and a great explanation of the Circle of Fifths.