If you've heard jazz guitarists like Joe Pass play chord melody you may think that the style requires an encyclopedic knowledge of music theory musical super-powers or making a deal with the devil. But fear not! This bookwill show you how to create your own satisfying chord melody arrangements on the Mandolin...and will do so in a practical applicable way.'Aaron Weinstein has many musical accomplishments. I am very proud to have playeda small part with some of them. When he was only 12 he made his first recordings and asked me to play Mandolin on them. I was knocked out to encounter someone that young that was conversant in both old-time or contest fiddling andJoe Venuti style jazz. Not long after that Aaron became interested in the Mandolin and chords and he came by every so often to play and discuss voicings improvisation and the like. I showed him some of the Jethro Burns chordmelody arrangements that Jethro showed me. I've been teaching those for decades in hopes of one day playing them smoothly myself!Fast forward a few more years and Aaron has a Berklee degree traveled the worldplaying hot Violin music and is hobnobbing with the greatest NYC jazz stars. And oh yeah one other thing: he took the art of chord-melody Mandolin style to an entirely new level! The rich harmonies of the standard jazz and showtune repertoire the swinging bass lines and connecting chords and independent voice movements (doing more than one thing at a time) are all present in Aaron's style thanks to his great ear open mind and gift at locating thingson the fretboard. And now Aaron has documented explained and shared his discoveries and approach with all of us in this book. Thank you Aaron!This is truly a step-by-step method that you will enjoy. You'll findyourself saying 'oh of course!' as the author gets you playing and understanding things that sound very detailed and complex. The first section I would call the mandolinistic stuff: the how-to on getting things moving and

Par BAY MEL. Complet et facile à comprendre, ce peuplement-par Mel Bay est organisé sous forme de photo-diagramme pour faciliter l'utilisation maximale par mandolinists de tous les niveaux de jeu. Bonne main gauche postes sont sur la photo pour chaque corde, comme c'est la bonne main droite prendre position. Majeurs, mineurs, accords de septième, diminuées, augmentées et neuvième sont indiquées en photos et diagrammes - major septième, sixième, minor sixième, septième augmentée Cinquièmement, et septième chords cinquième réduites sont présentés sous forme de diagramme seulement. Réglage de la mandoline, à l'aide d'un tuyau de brai ou un clavier de piano est également montré. Un tableau résumant les patrons de la corde mobile termine le livre. / Niveau : Tous Niveaux / All Styles - Chord Book / Etude / Mandoline

Par BAY MEL. Complet et facile à comprendre, ce peuplement-par Mel Bay est organisé sous forme de photo-diagramme pour faciliter l'utilisation maximale par mandolinists de tous les niveaux de jeu. Bonne main gauche postes sont sur la photo pour chaque corde, comme c'est la bonne main droite prendre position. Majeurs, mineurs, accords de septième, diminuées, augmentées et neuvième sont indiquées en photos et diagrammes - major septième, sixième, minor sixième, septième augmentée Cinquièmement, et septième chords cinquième réduites sont présentés sous forme de diagramme seulement. Réglage de la mandoline, à l'aide d'un tuyau de brai ou un clavier de piano est également montré. Un tableau résumant les patrons de la corde mobile termine le livre. Inclut désormais un DVD ! Durée 125 minutes. / Niveau : Tous Niveaux / All Styles - Chord Book / Etude / Mandoline

Par BAY MEL. Ce livre présente des mélodies, des paroles et des symboles de la corde pour 22 chansons à déguster sur la mandoline. On discute brièvement des positions de réglage et de la main. Au moment où vous avez terminé le livre, vous serez à l'aise jouant 4/4, 3/4 et 2/4 accompagnements de corde de rythme dans les trois principales touches - C, G et d. Tous les accords sont présentées sous la forme de l'image-diagramme. Faciles à comprendre, même pour les débutants. ' Alors ramasser votre mandoline et s'amuser! ' / Niveau : Débutant / Folk - Methods / Méthode / Mandoline

Comprehensive and easily understood this essential Mel Bay resource is arranged in photo notation and chord diagram form for maximum ease of use by mandolinists of all playing levels. Correct left-hand positions are picturedfor each chord as is proper right-hand picking position. Major minor seventh diminished augmented and ninth chords are shown in photo notation and chord diagram form; major seventh sixth minor sixth seventh augmentedfifth and seventh diminished fifth chords are shown in diagram form only. Tuning of the mandolin is also shown. A chart summarizing movable chord patterns completes the book. Includes access to online video. Videoduration 125 minutes.

John McGann's Guide To Octave Mandolin And Bouzouki contains twenty tunes in styles from Irish to American, in a variety of tunings, melody and accompaniment, presented in standard notation and tablature, with a stereo audio download (left channel melody, right channel accompaniment). Left and right hand techniques and chord voicings are thoroughly discussed. For the first time, the Celtic style "woven texture" accompaniment, unique to the instrument, is fully notated. The book also contains melodic Irish ornamentation, blues, jazz, American fiddle tunes with variations and improvisations (all fully notated), and a chapter "Breaking Away From Block Chords" extending knowledge of the fingerboard. Audio tracks are included to download online.

Most of the music in this book comes from editions or manuscripts from England in the late 1500’s. There are also a few French pieces. The cittern was popular in Italy England and France. Aside from various tunings there weretwo main kinds of instruments being played during the 16th and 17th centuries: the 4 course (four sets of doubled strings) and the 6 course cittern with several editions of music to go along with both. The pieces I have chosenfor this book were all written for the 4 course instrument and fall into three main categories: dance music song arrangements and free pieces. The free pieces are basically preludes that explore the melodic range of theinstrument. As the title suggests these pieces can be played very freely and need not have a very strict tempo. The dance pieces are not really meant to be danced to but rather take their form and rhythm from the popular courtdances of the time. These can be played with a wide range of overall tempo but once a tempo is chosen should be strictly adhered to. The song arrangements are settings of popular songs of the time as well as more formal vocalsettings. Care should be taken in making the melody clear and singing. Since the range of the cittern and mandolin are the same John Holenko has kept the melodies intact. Because of the difference in tuning however thevoicing of the harmonies have been changed so as to fit on the mandolin.

Par CHEREDNIK ROSS. Matériel virtuose exceptionnelle pour l'étudiant de mandoline grave ! Contient 19 solos de Mozart, Vivaldi, Hummel, Hasse et Beethoven. Les oeuvres sont présentées dans l'ordre chronologique par le compositeur sans accompagnement en notation standard uniquement. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Classic - Solos / Recueil / Mandoline

Par LEE DREW ANDREWS. Avec des chansons de Noël bien connus 28 arrangé pour mandoline avec les symboles de la corde pour un instrument d'accompagnement. Livre contient des diagrammes d'accords pour mandoline et guitare ainsi que common strum patrons à utiliser pour la sauvegarde de rythme. Toutes les chansons sont disposées en notation standard et de tablature pour mandoline. Ce livre peut être utilisé avec Mel Bay Dobro Noël Songbook (MB21508) et Ukulele Noël Songbook de Mel Bay (MB20886). Toutes les chansons, sauf ' Away dans une crèche 'sont dans la même clé et peut être joué ensemble. Dans ténor Banjo Noël Songbook la baie de Mel (MB21014), la plupart des chansons sont également dans la même clé et peuvent être utilisés ensemble. / Niveau : Débutant / Christmas - Songbooks / Tablatures / Mandoline Tablatures

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 book by Dix Bruce contains a collection of Mandolin solos that span a range of styles and levels of difficulty and are aimed at advanced beginners to intermediate-level players. Extensive notes are includedabout the breaks and the techniques used to play each piece. The material can be practiced alongside the included online recordings at slow and regular speeds. You'll learn: Easy melodic solos/breaks.More advanced solos with blue notes arpeggios and more. Double stop solos. Essential fiddle tunes every Mandolin player should know. Crosspicking solos. A variety of kickoffs orintroductions. Different styles of back-up Mandolin.

Learn 12 MORE great Gypsy Swing/Hot Club standards (see song list below left) in the style of Django Reinhardt Stephane Grappelli and The Quintette of the Hot Club of France. Just like with the original set you'll playalong with a great Gypsy Swing Rhythm Section and learn chords comping and melodies then let the band back you up as you practice chords and soloing. You play all the leads while the band backs you up. Beginners can practicebasic skills while more advanced players can hone their improvisation chops each at their own individual learning pace. You'll learn moveable closed position swing/jazz chords and practice playing them with the swingmandolin comp. We've also included information on basic chord substitution along with exercises on transposing melodies and chord progressions to different keys. These are essential skills for any swing/jazz musician. You'll alsoexplore some basic chord melody passages! But we've added more: Gypsy Swing and Hot Club Rhythm II has downloadable bonus music lyrics TAB and MP3s! Book/CD set Includes standard notation tablature chord diagrams lyrics playing tips and more. Each song is presented on the CD at slow and regular speed. First you???ll hear the melody played on mandolin at a slow speed with just guitar backup then it's repeated at regular speed with theband. The back up band is a classic 'Hot Club'- style rhythm section with two acoustic rhythm guitars string bass plus a rhythm mandolin so mandolinists can hear just how the Gypsy Swing comp sounds on mandolin. On this mandolinversion of Gypsy Swing and Hot Club Rhythm II for Mandolin all the leads are played on mandolin. Finally the band plays several choruses and you play all the leads. Songs may be repeated at slow or regular speed as many times asyou wish in order to perfect phrases melodies and solos in a band context.

As Bill Monroe is commonly lauded as 'the father of bluegrass music ' his tunes are standard repertoire and should be studied and memorized by any serious student of bluegrass. This book is a collection of transcriptions innotation and tablature taken from classic instrumentals recorded over a span of 40 years from the early 1940s to the early 1980s. It functions as a 'fake book' for bluegrass students to learn the original melody or to studyMonroe's playing style. The melodies were played by mandolin fiddle twin fiddles or triple fiddles and are grouped accordingly. Generally included with the fiddle melody is a transcription of the mandolin break. Thesetranscriptions along with the discography will be an important resource for any student of bluegrass music.