Dix Bruce's 'Swing and Jazz Mandolin: Chords, Rhythm and Songs? DVD teaches everything you need to know to get up and swinging on the mandolin! The main focus is on chord forms and songs so you'll build a repertoire of moveable chords, which you can use on ANY song in the style, while learning eight great songs played by swing/jazz musicians all over the world. Learn at your own pace as Dix takes you through all the basics including the swing/jazz rhythm comp, turnarounds, info on music theory, diminished chords, transposing, basic chord substitutions, common swing/jazz chord progressions, and more. Play along with the DVD and learn each chord progression at both slow and regular speed. Over 100 minutes of video instruction! You'll learn: Closed position/moveable Swing and Jazz Chords The Swing Rhythm Comp (how to play with a swing/jazz feel) Chord Numbering (I vi ii V etc.) Transposing Chords and Songs Basic Chord Substitutions and Alternate Chord Forms All about Diminished Chords Turnarounds Blues, Cycles of Fifths, ii V I Progressions 8 great Swing and Jazz Songs in several different keys! Corrine, Corrina Avalon Swing in Minor Blues in Bb The Sheik of Araby After You've Gone Chord progressions / Mandoline / 100 pages / niveau : Débutant/Intermédiaire / Dvd - Format: 7,5 X 5,25

The Mandolin was brought to Brazil by Portuguese colonists in the 15th and 16th centuries and eventually worked its way into traditional Brazilian music. The principal aim of this book is to present an overview of theseveral faces of the Mandolin in Brazil. In this book's eighteen progressively arranged character studies the Mandolin student will find besides a great number of aspects of the idiomatic technique of the instrument (i.e. changes of fingering positions double stops tremolos arpeggios legatos chords etc.) no less than fourteen different styles. All of the pieces are presented first in notation only as Mandolin/Guitar duets followed bythe Mandolin part repeated with tablature. Includes access to online audio.

The First Jam series was created to give children and beginners of all ages a book of simple common tunes to learn. These are standard ???Jam??? tunes in the Bluegrass/Old Time music styles. All the books in this series are writtenin the same keys; they can all be played together without any problems. So get your friends or family who play guitar mandolin banjo ukulele dulcimer or Dobro together grab these books and start jamming. Improvisation Another idea behind writing the First Jam series was to provide a number of tunes that were easy to learn but that are also a great to begin working on improvising. Each books offer the melody for that particular instrument aswell as back-up chords for another instrument to accompany you. Each song is represented in Tab notation and chord symbols. The accompanying CD has two tracks for each song. The first playing the song with the melody line thesecond track offers just the backup so you can play the melody over it or even improvise. Tunes include: Cripple Creek Old Joe Clark Will the Circle Be Unbroken and many more.

This useful guide was created with the intention of teaching Mandolin players how to improvise in the bluegrass style. Based on the concept of learning by playing this 200 page book covers a wide range of improvisation toolsand how to implement them in your playing. A large number of examples are presented in both tablature and standard notation so that a theoretical background is not required. The small amount of theory needed is simply presentedand easily learned step by step.A series of exercises designed to help the player develop improvisational skills are included in the book. As an instruction tool the book can easily be combined with the instructor'sindividual philosophy or by a student wishing to study alone. The subject matter is varied in difficulty and can be used by both the beginner and more advanced player as an instructional guide and reference book. The major-themesin the book are: The pentatonic sound scale and major-chord based improvising with any Bluegrass-Tune Double-stop improvisation Minor chords and Keys The blues sound Melody oriented improvisation How to use: Monroe Style Cross picking Hot licks how to simplify a lick and more. An online audio recording accompanies this book and features all examples.

Since first hitting the scene with New Quicksilver in the early 1980s, Alan Bibey has been making a name for himself as one of the most creative and technically gifted mandolinist in bluegrass and acoustic music. Subsequent recordings and performances with IIIrd Tyme Out, Lou Reid and Carolina and Blue Ridge have cemented this reputation. In this instructional video from AcuTab, Alan shares his knowledge and insight with players, students and lovers of the mandolin everywhere. This presentation was designed to offer instruction and motivation for players at any level. Less experienced mandolinist will find helpful tips about practice and technique. More skilled players can pick up useful hints on improvisation and accompaniment, along with a number of great tunes and licks! Much of the material will be of interest at any level. A printed booklet is included with both tab and standard notation for the tunes Alan teaches in the video. / Mandoline / 120 pages / niveau : Multiple Levels / Dvd - Format: 7,5 X 5,25

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