Pick Pluck Play Book 4

The fourth book in Pick Pluck Play! Series of fingerstyle ukulele opens with the chromatic Plight of the Wasp’s Sting, just in time for Halloween. These 12 pieces are around the same level as the twelve pieces in the previous book — Book 3. You’re probably asking, “How do you decide which is more challenging to play?” What are the factors that determine the skill level of a piece? This book will be published early in 2026.

Table of Contents

1. Petite Prelude
2. Waltz Up the Neck  – variations of the tune from Book 1 Waltz Up the Neck 3 Chord Thursday
3. Waltz Down the C Again
4. What’s a Whirlwind Waltz: a merger of What’s It Waltz and Whirlwind Waltz
5. Arpeggio Curioso – the Italian word for harp-like, to sound like a harp, is none other than notes of a broken chord in one direction. If you’re curious, check out the samples in the blog post.
6. Travel with Travis: Hammer, Pull, Slide – Travis Picking can be embellished with left hand techniques of hammer on, pull off, and slide.
7. Thumb Through All That – the right thumb fingerpicks the entire piece
8. Roman Hands & Russian Fingers
9. Glistening Glass – minimalistic elements
10. Hemiole Guacamole – 6/8 vs 3/4 time
11. Swim Swam Swum
12. Wasp’s Sting – a spin off of Flight of the Bumble Bee and then some

This book of twelve progressive pieces for high G ukulele (with chords for accompaniment or dueting) will be released at the World Wasp Day workshop in Zoom.

Visit Book 1 for testimonials (reviews), and list of titles

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