Curt Sheller Publications
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View the FULL book just like at the book and music store.
Using iPaper from Scribd.com you can now view the contents of my book just like you would
at the music store.
The following books have full viewing access:
- A Guide to Ukulele Chords
- A Guide to Blues Chord Progressions for Ukulele A to Z
- A Guide to Ukulele Strums
- The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords - Vol I
- The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords - Vol II
- Ukulele for Guitar Players
- Quickstart Scale Fingerings for Guitar
The following books are next inline for full viewing access:
- A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords
- Exploring Jazz Chords on Ukulele
- Look for ALL my books to be online early 2009.
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FREE BOOK PREVIEW
QuickStart Scale Fingering for Bass Guitar
With the success of the QuickStart Fingering Series for Guitar and Ukulele. I've
brought those same fingering principles to the bass guitar. The first chapter on the
Blues scales is now available for FREE download and preview.
QuickStart Scale Fingering for Bass Guitar - PREVIEW
FILE: QS1BASS4_book(preview).pdf
Ukes for Sale
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:
- ukulele.curtsheller.com
- guitar.curtsheller.com
- ocarina.curtsheller.com
- books.curtsheller.com
- lessons.curtsheller.com
- dealers.curtsheller.com
Added a new site forum at: www.CurtSheller.com/forum
Added a Logos page for a collection of logos that I have accumulated over time. Also an excuse to learn a little Ruby
Added a Some tips, tricks and ther goodies for Learning Songs.
My racewalking pages have been updated and have a more prominent place on the site. I'm back in training.
Featured Ukulele Lesson - Using Triads
Major triads used to create a melody or improvised solo.
Triads area great, played melodically are a great way to have you solos sound great right from the get go.
Featured Song - Blue Bossa
Learning this classic song. Video, Play-along, chart with tips and tricks for playing and improvising over Blue Bossa.
Curt Sheller Publications
Welcome to the main site of Curt Sheller and Curt Sheller Publications. A small independent 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 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 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.
This site is best viewed, looks best using FireFox or Safari on a Mac or PC - Explorer is a mess and I can't figure it out.
click on above image to play video
Here is my (Curt Sheller) performance of this arrangement. I used a Pono PTRC-CE Tenor cutaway, solid rosewood back and sides, solid cedar top, maple binding.
Here is a link to my YouTube channel for more videos.
January 2009 -
Newest entries for CurtSheller.com (CS), JazzGuitarResources.com (JGR) and UkuleleClubs.com (UC). Most current listings are at top of list
- (CS 5-JAN-2009) - New links added to the Ukulele Links page.
- (CS 1-JAN-2009) - Happy Birthday to Me (Jan 2) - As a FREE birthday gift to people that find this page. Here is a link to one of my books for FREE. Harmonic Analysis for Scale Selection and Chord Substitution
This link disappears in 30 days
- (CS 1-JAN-2009) - A couple of new videos added to the Ukulele Videos page.
The vimeo display a little better then the YouTube videos.
- (CS 1-JAN-2009) - Better viewing of the PDF for the Super Mario Theme added.
Using iPaper from Scribd.com
- (CS 1-JAN-2009) - H a p p y N e w Y e a r - Lots of cool stuff coming in 2009.
Updated Lessons pages with iPaper viewer
All these lesson pages are on the CurtSheller.com main site.
December 2008 -
Newest entries for CurtSheller.com (CS), JazzGuitarResources.com (JGR) and UkuleleClubs.com (UC). Most current listings are at top of list
Follow my learning Ruby and Ruby on Rails at my blog: csprubyonrails.blogspot.com
- (CS 28-DEC-2008) - Finally got in a race (racewalk) today.
I finished the Polar Bear 10 Mile Classic on the Asbury Park boardwalk in Mew Jersey.
1:51.55 - Not the best time I've down these 10 mile races in, and not the worst but close). 20 lbs and 30 plus minutes to go.
- (CS 26-DEC-2008) - Uploaded to YouTube a quick, Blues Frenzy in A Major. Quick blues with a pick in the key of A major.
- (CS 23-DEC-2008) - You can now checkout the FULL contents of several books. View every page of the book before you order. I've stated with A Guide to Ukulele Chords and A Guide to Blues Chord Progressions for Ukulele A to Z
- (CS 22-DEC-2008) - Checkout to this great web site, Scribd (www.Scribd.com). I've updoaded a bunch of my online ukulele and guitar lessons. It is a great spot for collecting them into one place..
With Scribd's iPaper document reader, anyone can easily upload and immediately share their original works on Scribd.com or any other website. iPaper transforms PDF, Word, PowerPoint and many other file formats into an elegant web display. Your work can be shared with Scribd's community of passionate readers, and because every word of your document is indexed for search engine optimization, your screenplay, novel or even sheet music and recipes also can be discovered by the world.
- (CS 15-DEC-2008) - Been fooling around with and learning Ruby the past few months. Pretty cool stuff. Hoping to do some stuff on the site. Using some small, small scripts for now.
- (CS 10-DEC-2008) - New discussion forum added for all things Curt Sheller Publications
- (CS 10-DEC-2008) - Added a new page on the Ocarina.
The Ocarina is an ancient flute-like wind instrument. I'm going to add this to my repertoire of instruments that I play. This will be the first wind instrument I attempt.
- (CS 4-DEC-2008) - Updated the Ukulele Videos page with some new videos.
The Night Owls perform "Sway and an interview the James Hill and Anne Davidson by Bosko and Honey on the train to Milan, Italy
- (CS 2-DEC-2008) - Added a new page of Racewalking Photos to the racewalking section of the site.
- (CS 2-DEC-2008) - Updated the Eleanor Rigby solo ukulele arrangement page with a video performance of the TAB.
- (CS 1-DEC-2008) - Updated the Diminished Scale page for the UkuleleLessons scale series of lessons
- (CS 1-DEC-2008) - New York Uke Fest, May 22, 23, 24 at The Zipper Factory, New York, NY
This is a new location and looks promising.
Previous -
Previous news items can be found on the site News page...
My Graphic Arts/Design Services page.
Specializing in affordable design services for the small business. Services include logos, flyers, newsletters, ads, web design, music, video, direct mail, database design, desktop publishing training, consulting and more..
My Race Walking pages are back. Check them out. All the good stuff is back. No results or schedules as there are a lot of other race walking sites that do that now.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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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intention to profit from shipping and handling charges. The rates are an
average cost, and intended to cover expenses only. Please do not ask how
long it will takes to get your order. All US orders are shipped USPS
Priority Mail® or USPS First-Class Mail® (under 1lb) and delivery dates
are not predictable. I do not check on an order not received until three
weeks have elapsed since it was shipped. Three weeks is not how long it
takes to get your order. Rather, it is how long it takes to convince us
that something is wrong. Some orders are returned by the USPS and we
have to wait to see if that has happened before any action is taken.
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And, always attempting to get it OK on Explorer 6 and 7.
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