'Ukulele at School Teacher's Guide by Daniel Ho (Book 2)

Stanford University music professor, Steve Sano, and Six-time GRAMMY award winner Daniel Ho, draw from decades of experience as performers and instructors to bring you ‘Ukulele at School, Book 2, a unique and empowering method that makes learning fun and easy!

Includes complete contents of ‘Ukulele At School, Book 2, plus additional educational notes, suggested topics for in-class exercises, discussion, and more. Softcover, 38 pages.

You will receive:

  • the physical hardcopy of the book 'Ukulele at School Teacher's Guide, Book 2 which contains
  • the password to access the download page for all 30 audio tracks referred to in the book, as 30 MP3 files

Much of this volume is linked to material in the first book, and frequently refers to specific pages and chapters in 'Ukulele at School, Book 1.  In this teacher's manual, the material in the student's book is reproduced in full, and enclosed in a gray outline so you can see exactly what's presented to the student.  

As with the first volume, this book is designed to cover a typical academic semester of 15-18 weeks' length, with a 30-45 minute class meeting once a week.

Subjects include:

  • Strumming chords
  • Singing & playing
  • Plucking melodies
  • Reading music notation

Songs for performance -- many which build on songs learned in Book 1, but with new ways to play them so classmates can play both Book 1 and Book 2 versions together, as duets:

  • Michael Row the Boat Ashore
  • Simple gifts
  • Clementine
  • Home on the Range
  • Amazing Grace
  • Oh! Susanna
  • The Ash Grove
  • When the Saints Go Marching In