Description The simplest (and friendliest) mandolin book ever written. Twenty simple tunes. Playing tips and more. Guaranteed to work! With instructional CD.

DVD One: One-On-One with the Master-On this instructional session the late Bill Monroe - widely known as the 'father of bluegrass' - discusses and demonstrates the instrumental techniques that changed the course of American music. The camer's eye reveals up close and in detail Bill's incredible facility and inventiveness on the mandolin as he plays and sings both alone and backed up by his long-time band the Blue Grass Boys.You'll see and hear Bill Monroe play twenty-seven tunes (some recorded here for the first time) including favourites such as 'Rawhide' 'Wheel Hoss' 'Tennessee Blues' 'Dusty Miller' 'Roanoke Pike' 'Country Breakdown' 'Blue Grass Stomp' 'Get Up John' 'Katy Hill' and 'Rocky HeadBlues'.In an intimate coversation will fellow musician John Hartford Bill discusses a wide variety of topics: His musical development ideas about performing and songwriting memories of childhood early touring days his years on the Grand Ole Opry and much more.

Bluegrass Jamming on Mandolin is the first of a new series of easy and fun books by Wayne Erbsen that teaches 31 bluegrass jam standards. It covers: how to jam with others how to improvise and make up your own tasteful licks andfills almost painless music theory how to play harmony how to transpose and play in different keys and pretty much everything you'll need to march fearlessly into your next jam or picking session! This FUN book is fullyillustrated with almost 200 vintage photos. All the books in the series will teach the same 31 tunes and will be 96 pages 9' x 12' and will include an audio instructional CD.

Presents scale diagrams for the most often-used scales and modes in an orderly and easily accessible fashion. Use this book as a reference guide or as the foundation for creating an in-depth practice routine. Includes multiple patterns for each scale a lesson on scale construction and a fingerboard chart of the mandolin neck. This edition is in A5 format (6ins x 9ins) and contains all the same scales and diagrams in a more compact and portable and gig-bag friendly book.

Thirty-four folk favorites arranged in notation and tablature for mandolin solo. Complete lyrics and accompaniment chords are provided.

Here is the clearest most useful chord book for the mandolin ever published. Over 1 000 standard chord forms. Several forms are shown for each type of chord and each form has its own easy-to-read diagram. What's more the chordsare grouped logically making it eay to find the ones you need to play any song. No matter what kind of music you are into you will find both the usual and unusual chords to any song or tune you will ever want to play.

Arpeggio study encompasses essential elements of harmony and technique and is crucial for building a strong musical foundation on any instrument. This Mandolin chart includes major minor dominant 7th diminished and augmentedarpeggios presented in two-octave diagrams in all twelve keys. Fingerings are provided to help the player learn and execute the arpeggios with ease and speed.

An emotionally rich and vivid Baroque composition for Mandolin with a Continuo accomnpaniment by little known 18th Century composer Addiego Guerra.

This superb book contains everything you need to know to start playing now! Step-by-step method shows you how to read music notation and chord symbols. Introduces important Mandolin techniques tremelo cross picking and more. Includes great folk blues country and standard pop songs with lyrics.

This user-friendly text is ideal for daily practice. Contains frequently used major minor scale forms and exercises. Written in notation tab and fretboard diagrams.

These fabulous collections for players of all levels feature 21 must-know bluegrass songs & instrumentals created especially for learning players by the genre's leading artists.The artist plays a basic solo that states the melody of the tune then a more adventurous improvisation and each solo is transcribed in detail.The CD provides the audio versions of the solos plus multiple rhythm tracks performed at moderate tempo for easy play-along.This great series will help you build your repertoire & get your licks in shape so you can shine in your next performance or jam session!

Eighteen favourites each presented in two versions: a simple lead sheet arrangment with melody lyrics and chords; and an advanced solo arrangement that combines the melody and accompaniment. Arranged by Eric Cutshall.