Authentic mandolin transcriptions of these classics by the Father of Bluegrass: Blue Grass Breakdown · Blue Grass Special · Can't You Hear Me Calling · Goodbye Old Pal · Heavy Traffic Ahead · I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky · It's Mighty Dark to Travel · Kentucky Waltz · Nobody Loves Me · Old Crossroad Is Waitin' · Remember the Cross · Shine Hallelujah Shine · Summertime Is Past and Gone · Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong · Travelin' This Lonesome Road · True Life Blues.

Learn to play traditional blues and old-time string band music on the mandolin. Steve James knows this music and its history well and he brings it clearly into focus on this lesson filled with 'ful-lovin' high jinks.Steve starts out with the basics but quickly gets into blues scales pick strokes tremolo technique and other tools needed to play with style and authenticity. He lays out some blues chords on the mandolin showing rhythm comping for song accompaniment along with turnarounds double stops blues riffs and variations on a walking boogie-woogie line - all essential elements for developing a blues repertoire.

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.

Travel back in time as acclaimed mandolinist Rich DelGrosso traces the history and music of America's rich blues tradition through the eyes of the mandolinist. Follow the lives of players like Yank Rachell Howard Armstrong and Charlie McCoy and then learn their timeless music with standard notation tablature and an accompanying full-band CD of all the tunes in the book.

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.

This songbook for the Mandolin is perfect to use on its own or as a supplement to the Play Mandolin Today! method. This book/audio package contains a selection of ten pop and folk favourites with downloadable professional-quality audio tracks featuring a full-band demo and play-along tracks for each song. Songs include Blackbird Blue Moon of Kentucky Dark Eyes I Hope You Dance Never on Sunday The Sound of Silence With or Without You Jolene The Kesh Jig My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme from Titanic) and more.

All you need is a mandolin and the ability to play three chords to play the 27 songs in this collection. Includes: All Along the Watchtower • Blue Suede Shoes • Cecilia • The First Cut Is the Deepest • I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For • Jolene • Lean on Me • Me and Bobby McGee • Ring of Fire • Sweet Caroline • Twist and Shout • and more.

This encyclopedia is designed to provide mandolin players with a wide variety of chords in different voicings. This book is intended as both a starting point of learning chord voicings and patterns as well as a dictionary ofcommon mandolin chords. Each key section includes the first position scale for that key as well as the chord formula and notes for each chord. If you want to learn to be a bluegrass rhythm player it helps to have a guide or 'map'to take you through the initial learning stage. This book provides a small but powerful set of starter chords used in this style of music. Once these chords are learned you'll be able to jam with other musicians in no time. Theseare the same chords used by greats like Bill Monroe Doyle Lawson David Grisman and hundreds of other bluegrass players in this genre. While there are only a few chords presented in the 'map' section they form the foundation ofbluegrass mandolin and with them you can play literally thousands of songs in every key. Chords are presented by key.

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

The fun and easy way to learn to play the mandolinThe newest addition to the highly successful Dummies instrument-instruction line Mandolin For Dummies gives you easy-to-follow step-by-step instruction on learning to play the mandolin. Following the time-tested Dummies format Mandolin For Dummies provides a level of content and instruction greater than anything currentlyavailable.Mandolin For Dummies breaks down the fundamentals of this instrument and provides the resources you need to practice and improve your ability over time. Packed with individualizedinstruction on key mandolin-friendly musical styles including Irish and Celtic 'old time' American music blues bluegrass swing and jazz Files available via download provide audio tracks from the book andexercises so you can play along and build your skills -- almost 2 hours of music! Clear and useful photos and diagrams ensure you fret strum and pick with precision Includes a mandolin buying guide tohelp ensure you make the right purchases Tips on restringing mandolins and other DIY care and maintenance topicsIf you're an aspiring mandolin player don't fret! Mandolin For Dummies has you covered.