In addition to being one of the world's greatest bluegrass musicians Sam Bush is a clear and dynamic instructor. This terrific two-part series will help aspiring mandoling players improve their technical prowess build repertoire and develop formidable musicianship on their instrument. Teaching traditional fiddel tunes Bill Monroe-style instrumentals and his own compositions Sam provides detailed instruction in pick technique rhythm chopping speed building warm-up exercises tremolo improvised soloing and much more. You'll learn how to create variations on melodies use drone strings for fiddle-like effects employ crosspicking tecniques for a smoother sound and move upthe neck to play in higher positions. The songs and variations you'll be playing include: Ragtime Annie Bile Them Cabbage Down Blackberry Blossom Sally Goddin Big Mon Get Up John Brilliancy Whayasay and Big Rabbit. As a bonus Sam privides insight into his instruments and equipment his favourite strings pick gauges and the ways that his instruments have been set up to suit his exacting requirements.

Beginning with basic left- and right-hand techniques, Dennis Caplinger guides you through developing great backup parts and playing all over the neck. You'll study over 20 classic bluegrass standards and you'll learn how to play them in several different styles. All books in the Ultimate Beginner Bluegrass Basics Series are fully correlated with each other. This is the ideal method for the family that wants to play music together!

Chops Strums Timing Accents and Accompaniments-Sam Bush's rhythm playing is without peer in the world of the mandolin part bluegrass part reggae part rock 'n' roll. Here he shows all aspects of his style: chopping strumming accenting damping subdividing beats and more. He details his accompaniments for two of his most popular performance pieces Girl from the North Country and Sailin' Shoes.

A comprehensive 96-page large print perfect-bound chord dictionary for today’s mandolin player. Contains basic major minor and dominant 7th chord forms plus extensions such as minor 7b5 9th 11th 13th etc. Chords are shownin all keys.

While many extant photos of string band artists show members holding a mandolin it often can barely be heard in most period recordings because the most important instrument to capture was usually the fiddle or voice. Thiscollection provides you with the opportunity to learn over 70 old-time-music period songs recorded mostly by Ernest Stoneman or the duo Grayson

Par CARR JOE. Alors que la mandoline n\'est pas comme un synonyme du blues comme la guitare, du violon tracassés vénèrent pourtant cousin était une voix de plomb important dans nombreux groupes de blues de chaîne des années 1920 à travers les années 1940 dont le Mississippi Sheiks, les Memphis Jug Band et la bande de chaîne de Dallas. Dans les mains de grands joueurs dont Carl Martin, Charlie McCoy, Yank Rachell, Howard Armstrong et Johnny Young, la mandoline était un membre convaincant de l\'ensemble de blues. Tous les styles de ces joueur sont présentés ici comme innovateur de musique bluegrass Bill Monroe, Jethro Burns (Homer et Jethro,) Tiny Moore (Bob Wills Texas Playboys) et des articles de Johnny Gimble spécial couvrent blues base shuffle rythmique, la création de vos propres solos de blues, les délais et les introductions. La musique est écrite en tablature et notation standard. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Blues - Methods / Tablatures / Mandoline Tablatures

26 Favorite Songs-The Ultimate Mandolin Songbook contains multiple versions varying in difficulty of 26 of the most popular songs from bluegrass jazz ragtime rock pop gospel swing and other genres in both standard notation and mandolin tab.The songs are arranged by Janet Davis to appeal to players of all levels and the included online audio tracks feature her performing demos for listening and playing along. Arrangements in the book feature alternate licks endings segues and turnarounds for improvising.Picking styles include: tremolo Monroe style fiddle style double stops crosspicking triplet style jazz style and more. The songs are in various tuningsand keys and the lyrics and history are included for each.

The Big Easy Songbook Series-This book contains 62 fantastic songs all arranged for mandolin. Songs range from classic rock and pop to jazz standards and Christmas music. In addition to the jazz and Christmas tunes songs by these artists are included: America · The Band · The Beatles · The Bee Gees · Jackson Browne · Jimmy Buffett · Eric Clapton · Cream · John Denver · The Doobie Brothers · Fleetwood Mac · Grateful Dead · Green Day · Michael Jackson · Journey · Led Zeppelin · Joni Mitchell · Van Morrison · Nickelback · The Rolling Stones · Spencer Davis Group · Rod Stewart · Them · Van Halen.

Jack Tottle. Les principes fondamentaux de la technique de mandoline enseignés par des airs familiers. Pour le groupe ou l'usage individuel. / Mandoline