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We/I are/am a small publishing company catering to the needs of musicians, guitar players and ukulele players worldwide. You have to love this web thingy!!!
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Welcome to the main site of Curt Sheller and Curt Sheller Publications. A small (me, myself and I) independent, by choice, publishing company catering to the needs of musicians, guitar players and ukulele players worldwide with the resources and information needed to develop as a musician. Curt Sheller Publications was created by Curt Sheller (me) in 1995 and has been on the web since. I have over 40 years of playing experience, 20 plus years of teaching experience.
As a small, (me, myself and I) publishing company we can cater to the needs of musicians, guitar players and ukulele players worldwide with the resources and information needed to develop as a musician.
I hope you enjoy this site and be sure to visit my companion jazz guitar web site: www.JazzGuitarResources.com. One, if not the best resource for jazz guitarists on the web.
Updates and new information posted just about everyday
Be sure to check out my YouTube page for performance and book videos.
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How About More Uke?
This is my jazz ukulele CD that I'm hoping to release Fall 2009.
Fall 2009 Release
How About More Uke?
Performing a selection of jazz standards in the classic guitar ukulele,
bass and drums jazz trio.
- Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
- Sway
- Satin Doll
- My Favorite Things
- Joy Spring
- I’ll Remember April
- The Girl From Ipanema
- Blues for Amy
- Summertime - Blue Skies
- Georgia
- Polka Dots and Moonbeams
- How High the Moon
- Someday My Prince Will Come
- Sweet Georgia Brown
Go Green!!!
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Updated and Improved Lesson Pages
Updated and Improved
UkuleleLessons by Curt Sheller, me.
The Lessons pages have gone through a massive update and re-organization.
Check out the New, Improved and Updated Chord & Chord Progressions and Essential Scales & Modes Lesson pages
I've added content and video to a few of these lessons to start with and will be added more all the time. If there are any specific lessons topics that you would like me to tackle just drop me an eMail at: curt @ curtsheller.com
Site Treasures
With my site growing to over 500 pages of content for musicians. It is easy to over look some great information. I even forget that some goodies are here.
- Ukulele Chords of the Week
This series of lessons ran in 2007 and cover basic open position and movable form chords
- Blue Bossa
Video, Play-along file, tips and tricks for learning and playing through the standard song.
New Site Features
Easy to remember web addresses for different sections of the site:
- www.UkuleleShows.com
For ukulele festivals and on shows. With a form for submitting and updating information.
- ukulele.curtsheller.com
- guitar.curtsheller.com
- books.curtsheller.com
- lessons.curtsheller.com
- dealers.curtsheller.com
Featured Ukulele Lesson - Using Triads
Triads used to create a melodies
or improvised solos. Played melodically they are great way to have you solos
sound great right from the get go.
Featured Song - My Favorite Things
Learning this classic song. Video, Play-along, chart with tips and tricks for playing and improvising over My Favorite Things.
This song is a mainstay in my repertoire. I play it on guitar as a solo arrangement, piano duo and it is on my Midnight at the Jazz Cafe CD in a guitar , bass and drums trio setting. I also have a very cool solo ukulele arrangement that I'm hoping to TAB out.
Thanks for visiting and checking out my site!
Content is always being added and updated. So check-in often. Curt Sheller
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Average Visitors to CurtSheller.com
( Total - Unique visitors )
2009 Apr 32,849, 15,183 Mar 37,852, 17,396
Feb 34,900, 16,369 Jan 38,687, 16,966
2008 Dec 35,054, 16,463
Nov 35,273, 16,432 Oct 35,328, 16,494
Averaging over 1000 visitors a day.
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For more information contact curt@curtsheller.com. For available pages visit the ad rates page.
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Featured Books
A Guide to Ukulele Chords
This book is designed as a guide to ukulele (pronounced “oo-koo-lele”) chords. Covering basic ukulele chords that ALL uke players MUST know, movable chord forms, rock uke chords, how to transpose chords, learning the ukulele fingerboard and an introduction to 4-part “jazz” chords and more...
A Guide to Blues Chord Progressions
for Ukulele A to Z
Covers the key of C major and C minor, including a detailed accompanying text explaining the principles behind each progression and the chord substutitions.
A Guide to Ukulele Strums & Rhythmic Patterns
This book is designed as a guide to ukulele (pronounced “oo-koo-lele”) strums. From rock and waltz strums to reggae and broken chord strums.
Ukulele For Guitar Players
Ukulele for Guitar Players is a guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar played to the ukulele.
The Advanced Guide to Blues Chord Progressions for Guitar
Each volume of The Advanced Guide to Blues Progressions for Guitar features basic to advanced blues chord progressions. to be used with the chord voicings from volume I, II & III of The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords.
Exploring "Jazz" Chords on Ukulele
Exploring "Jazz" Chords takes the core chords from A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele and shows their use over a variety of common chord progressions based on songs from the standard jazz repertoire.
A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele
If your goal is to expand your chord vocabulary, The Advanced Guide to Ukelele Chords Series is your answer. Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords. A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords Volume I provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords
Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords this provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords
Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords this provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords
Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords this provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.
Ukulele Chords
NEW This small (1/2 size) chord book is a great little book to carry with you. Ukulele Chords covers basic open position and basic movable form chords. From these two chord categories a variety of songs and styles can be played.
Harmonic Analysis For Scale Selection And Chord Substitution
Harmonic Analysis is the understanding of the functional sequence of chords. It is the process used to analyze the harmonic structure of a progression, song or composition. This analysis is then used to make scale selections for improvisation and chord substitution.
Ukulele - Reading Music Series
Reading Music in Open Position, Single Note Studies- Primer. Reading music is not as hard as one might think. It may be new and unfamiliar to you but is not hard when you have a proper plan of attack.
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