Ukulele Resources from Tony Crimlisk

Tony Crimlisk is the retired Head of the Music Department at what is now Edge Hill University in Ormskirk, Lancashire, UK. He first taught first in Grammar Schools, and later taught in in Colleges of Education. Music, and more specifically Music Education, has been the focus of his career. He plays piano, guitar, ukulele and computer. His “Play Guitar” (a three-volume method) is published by Boosey and Hawkes. He has written five, original, full-length musical comedies. If you want to know more about Tony, his life, an his work, further details are on his website: http://crimlisk.co.uk/Tony_Crimlisk/Music_Education.html and https://usgb.co.uk/Resources

These materials have been provided to the UkeStuff Blog by Tony Crimlisk, are listed with his permission, and all content remains his intellectual property. These documents are free to use and duplicate, but not to sell.

Navigation:

• Chord Melody Arrangements
• Song Books & Music
• Tutorial Materials
• Other Works
• Videos

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Chord Melody Arrangements

A Beginner’s Guide to Playing Chord Melodies (Songs Included!)Download

How to Play Chord MelodiesDownload

Ukulele Christmas (Chord Melodies)Download

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Song Books & Music

Easy Songs for UkuleleDownload

Take Ten: A Quadlibet for UkesDownload

Two Chord Songs for UkuleleDownload

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Tutorial Materials

The Basic Resources of Music in Seven PointsDownload

Play Ukulele: A Short Course for the Absolute BeginnerDownload

Play Every Ukulele ChordDownload

Play V-I and IV-V-I in All Keys on the UkuleleDownload

Rhythm Exercises (Two pages)Download

Six Basic Chords to Know on the UkuleleDownload

Uku Notes (Everything you (n)ever wanted to know about chords & basic music theory for the ukuele Download

Ukulele Players are Moving Up (How to move up the neck of the ukulele)Download

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Other Works

An Article about Early Ukulele MethodsDownload

Links to Videos by Tony CrimliskDownload

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Videos

• All I Have to Do Is Dream: https://youtu.be/XD73BQ70wHs
• Basic Resources of Music PLUS A Fun Quodlibet on Children’s Songs: https://youtu.be/YkC9OkzlaL8
• Bar or Barre Chords on the Ukulele: https://youtu.be/5vtv1FJpXv8
• The Beginner’s Guide to Playing Melody Harmony on the Ukulele: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIfN4ciU3_g
• Blue Moon: https://youtu.be/bbQbXWFkJdw
• Brahms’ Lullaby: https://youtu.be/AO3w7myGLvg
• Bye, Bye Love: https://youtu.be/19HL2ngurGA
• The Chastity Belt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSt7Pll-XiI&t=59s
• Down By the Sally Gardens: https://youtu.be/W5FrbXxsdg0
• Five Foot Two & AIn’t She Sweet: https://youtu.be/b_pU9oUGLMI
• Fly Me To the Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlkIOSC1Tms
• Georgia on my Mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glXDhWsqZXs
• Hey, Good Lookin’: https://youtu.be/m7iZBLjU-Ho
• How to Change Key and “April Showers”: https://youtu.be/7sWVsLdVuR4
• I’m My Own Grandpa: https://youtu.be/MPSJd2ABXvs
• An Irish Balad: https://youtu.be/n7InVLFhKp0
• Leaning on a Lamppost: https://youtu.be/ksK3rts-2iw
• Moveable Chord Shapes and Moving Up in Semitones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXu6tAumk8Q
• Moveable Chord Shapes – Minor & I vi ii V7 Sequences: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYm7uBpHHtg
• My Grandfather’s Clock: https://youtu.be/pZuYNcKET9o
• Oh, Susanna: https://youtu.be/ckNFikfD0mI
• Paddy McGinty’s Goat: https://youtu.be/S3tx34lrung
• Putting on the Style: https://youtu.be/N2je4F64gCM
• Side By Side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCpOR1teDAQ
• Silent Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmSBKvYbdi4
• Something by George Harrison: https://youtu.be/rA14jhjXNgs
• Strumming Patterns on the Ukulele: https://youtu.be/HqCDHKtitkw
• Sweet Georgia Brown: https://youtu.be/Wr6IAZ2S9VA
• Taking a Note for a Walk (Basic Improvisation on Ukulele): https://youtu.be/nztCtV4rwY4
• That Terrible U3A: https://youtu.be/kawc5_tOSzI
• Young at Heart: https://youtu.be/h-PL25RTvfY