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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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Performing a selection of jazz standards in the classic guitar ukulele,
bass and drums jazz trio.
Using PayPal you can now go digital and save big time. Most of my (Curt Sheller) books are
now available as PDF files. These files can be printed out and are not password protected.
Save off the printed version and get it same day.
Curt Sheller Publications uses PayPal for PDF (printable) orders only. For print book orders that also include a PDF file use the ccNow option.
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
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.
This series of lessons ran in 2007 and cover basic open position and movable form chords
Video, Play-along file, tips and tricks for learning and playing through the standard song.
Easy to remember web addresses for different sections of the site:
For ukulele festivals and on shows. With a form for submitting and updating information.
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.
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.