Pick Pluck Play! Book 4 Early Intermediate

Welcome to Pick Pluck Play Book 4, the fourth installment in the Pick Pluck Play! series of fingerstyle ukulele arrangements. This volume includes Wasp Sting and Mish Mash Monster Bash just in time for Halloween. These 12 pieces are slightly more challenging than Book 3. Visit Amazon for the book.

Published: 10 September 2026 (update)

Table of Contents: Pick Pluck Play Book 4

1. Petite Prelude – a take-off “1 and p = 1p” from Book 3 in a big leap
2. What’s a Whirlwind Waltz: a merger of What’s It Waltz and Whirlwind Waltz
3. Waltz Up the Neck  – variations of the tune from Book 1 Waltz Up the Neck 3 Chord Thursday
4. Travis Picking with Slurs – Travis Picking can be embellished with left hand techniques of hammer on, pull off, and slide. – to be renamed
5. A Minor Moment to C
6. 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.
7. Roman Hands & Russian Fingers
8. Thumb Through All That – the right thumb fingerpicks the entire piece
9. Hemiola Gondola – 6/8 vs 3/4 time
10. Swim Swam Swum
11. Wasp Sting – a spin off of Flight of the Bumble Bee and then some
12. Mish Mash Monster Bash

BONUS ARRANGEMENT

• In the Hall of the Mountain King in Cm for high G ukulele
• In the Hall of the Mountain King in Bm for low G ukulele

We previewed the wasp piece at the World Wasp Day workshop in Zoom.

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Not assigned – move to Book 5 – not yet in progressive order

1. Waltz Down the C Again
2. Glistening Glass – minimalistic elements
3. Hemiole Guacamole
4. Lament on Love and Loss
5. Euridice’s Descent
6. Orfeo Arpeggio
7. Up the Neck and Back
8. Gemini Gems
9. Gift Horse
10. Melody in the Mosaic
11. Waltz for Chief Noda
12. Earworm on the G-string

UNLISTED

1. Unfinished Waltz
2. Woeful Waltz
3. Mango Tango Ostinato

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