Lively Mandolin Tunes is a collection of 38 lively up-tempo tunes arranged by Tommy Norris for mandolin. The collection includes fiddle tunes reels hornpipes jigs sea chanteys bluegrass and old-time melodiesâ??an ideal collection for adding to repertoire improving picking technique or just having fun playing the mandolin. Backup chords and tablature are included. These tunes are also great for jamming and for playing in bluegrass or old-time bands. Includes access to online audio.

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

This is a high quality collection of Easy Pieces for Mandolin. If you play the mandolin this is a must have book/cd collection. These medieval pieces sound great on the mandolin. They also lay right under the fingers. There is both notation and TAB and no page turns for any of the pieces in this book. The reason? This book is made for musicians by musicians. The book comes with a CD and the guitar and mandolin are on separate tracks. You can turn the mandolin totally off and play with the CD. There are two measures of intro with the guitar so you can sit and listen to the CD and become familiar with the sounds of the pieces without it sounding like a learning CD. There arechords with the music and at the end of the book there are examples of what the guitar is doing for many of the tunes in both tablature and notation. These tunes sound terrific and are a great addition to any repertoire. You can use them for any kind of gig or you can try doing some medieval fairs medieval feasts or medieval weddings. The bowl back mandolin looks so much like the lute most people would never know the difference. Allan the author plays the lute guitar and more recently mandolin and has a wealth of knowledge about the music. These pieces are particulary suited for the sound of the mandolin. The book is beautiful and scored professionally. The titles may not make a lot of sense but these are great pieces with many of them having variations to make them longer.

With Guitar Accompaniment-Duet arrangements of three well-known Vivaldi Concertos arranged for mandolin and guitar: Concerto in A (RV82) Concerto in C (RV425) and Concerto in D (RV93). Each arrangement in this collection has been reduced from soloistwith string orchestra to a duet for mandolin and guitar. The mandolin performs the solo part and the guitar part is a reduction of the strings. In the guitar part chords have been added above the staff to allow forembellishment-a common practice of the Baroque era. Another C instrument such as flute violin or another guitar can be easily substituted for the mandolin. Musicians will find these accessible arrangements excellent forperformance in any setting from the recital hall to the local café. The score (guitar/mandolin) and mandolin solo part are available in hard copy while the guitar accompaniment part is available as a free internet download.The mandolin and guitar parts are presented in notation.

With Online Audio-An exciting collection of 29 traditional tunes from Ireland arranged for easy Mandolin. All tunes are written clearly in standard notation as well as Mandolin tablature. An accompanying online audio recording contains all thetunes played at a manageable speed with Guitar accompaniment. The collection contains airs well known songs polkas slip jigs slides double jigs hornpipes and reels all of which are specially arranged by the authorwith the beginning/intermediate mandolinist in mind. On the audio recording the tunes are played 2 or 3 times so you can really get into the feel of the tune when playing along. The speed of the tunes is quite slow but not soslow as to take away from the essential feel of the music. Irish music is rightly popular all over the world. The haunting beauty of the slow airs and infectious foot-tapping rhythms of jigs and reels are here to bediscovered in this selection of great traditional music. This book includes access to online audio.

Bud Orr: Anthology Of Mandolin Music is a master collection of Mandolin music in notation and tablature. Bud Orr: Anthology Of Mandolin Music contains classical early country bluegrass fiddle tunes blues gospel and ragtime music. A great source book for Mandolin repertoire.

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Intermediate Musical Genre : Christmas Number of pages : 112 This wonderful collection gives the mandolin player a wide variety of material from which to choose. Well-known soloist Steve Kaufman includes beautiful, meaningful carols arranged specifically for mandolin. The book includes both a simple melody edition and an intermediate advanced solo version, all in both notation and tab. The mandolin backup parts are discussed in the first section of the book, and chord symbols as well as guitar tablature are provided for the backup parts. A 'must-have' book for the mandolin player! In notation and tablature. The companion CD is designed as a listening recording first and an instructional tool second. All 24 songs are played through at least three times. The first time is the basic melody as it appears in the book followed by the intermediate version and another improvised version, making this both a listening tool and an ear training tool. Recorded Direct to Digital in true stereo sound.

A fun-to-play collection of 62 favorite Fiddle and Irish tunes arranged in notation and tablature for Mandolin solo. Ideal music for intermediate level technical study in sight reading. The audio is in split-track format thusallowing the Mandolin student to play along with the Mandolin solo lively Guitar accompaniment or both. Due to time constraints the audio contains only 18 songs from the book. Access to audio available online.

This wonderful collection of music arranged for the mandolin includes bluegrass old-time fiddle tunes classical music (including the complete solo part for the Vivaldi mandolin concerto and the Canzonetta from Mozart's Don Giovanni) American Irish Jewish Russian and Italian songs reels jigs hornpipes hymns and gospel songs minstrel songs patriotic songs blues and jazz children's songs cowboy and country ballads. Over one hundred selections in standard music notation and Tab with lyrics and chord symbols for optional accompaniment. Also included are tremelo exercises a guide to fingering chord charts for guitar and mandolin the history of themandolin and interesting comments about the history and performance of each song.

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Intermediate Musical Genre : Celtic/Irish Number of pages : 92 A fun-to-play collection of 62 favorite fiddle and Irish tunes arranged in notation and tablature for mandolin solo. Ideal music for intermediate level technical study in sight reading. The CD is in split-track format, thus allowing the mandolin student to play along with the mandolin solo, lively guitar accompaniment, or both. Due to time constraints, the CD contains only 18 songs from the book.

Description Todd Collins: Modes On Mandolin - Improve Your Improvisation Modes on the Mandolin: Improve Your Improvisation is a collection of exercises for the mandolin student to work through to better understand the fretboard and expand their musicality.

In this collection Robert Bancalari has made 26 pieces by J. S. Bach accessible to the mandolinist. Adapted from various suites sonatas and partitas the pieces in this collection include 'BoureeAngloise' from Partita in A Minor for Solo Flute 'Marche' from The Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook 'Fantasie' from Partita No. 3 in A Minor and more.  J. S. Bach For Mandolin iswritten in standard notation and tablature. The price of the book includes access to online audio tracks featuring recordings of 13 of the 26 solos.  

Many great Scottish traditional tunes such as Flowers Of The Forest can be traced back to the 17th century—a period when writing down tunes in manuscript collections for the Lute was of high interest. Rob MacKillop hascreated very playable arrangements for the Mandolin featuring 25 popular tunes from the Skene Balcarres Panmure and Straloch manuscripts. This is a wonderful collection of dance tunes and airs most of which have not beenavailable for the Mandolin until now. The notation is in treble clef with tablature for GDAE tuning. Includes access to online audio featuring Rob Mackillop’s performance of each piece. Get ready to explore a brilliant newtake on old repertoire!