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.

The Big Easy Songbook Series-This book contains 62 fantastic songs all arranged for mandolin. Songs range from classic rock and pop to jazz standards and Christmas music. In addition to the jazz and Christmas tunes songs by these artists are included: America · The Band · The Beatles · The Bee Gees · Jackson Browne · Jimmy Buffett · Eric Clapton · Cream · John Denver · The Doobie Brothers · Fleetwood Mac · Grateful Dead · Green Day · Michael Jackson · Journey · Led Zeppelin · Joni Mitchell · Van Morrison · Nickelback · The Rolling Stones · Spencer Davis Group · Rod Stewart · Them · Van Halen.

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

In addition to being one of the world's greatest bluegrass musicians Sam Bush is a clear and dynamic instructor. This terrific two-part series will help aspiring mandoling players improve their technical prowess build repertoire and develop formidable musicianship on their instrument. Teaching traditional fiddel tunes Bill Monroe-style instrumentals and his own compositions Sam provides detailed instruction in pick technique rhythm chopping speed building warm-up exercises tremolo improvised soloing and much more. You'll learn how to create variations on melodies use drone strings for fiddle-like effects employ crosspicking tecniques for a smoother sound and move upthe neck to play in higher positions. The songs and variations you'll be playing include: Ragtime Annie Bile Them Cabbage Down Blackberry Blossom Sally Goddin Big Mon Get Up John Brilliancy Whayasay and Big Rabbit. As a bonus Sam privides insight into his instruments and equipment his favourite strings pick gauges and the ways that his instruments have been set up to suit his exacting requirements.

The quickest, easiest, most enjoyable method for learning to play the mandolin. Alfred's Basic Mandolin Method is one of the many new additions to the Alfred's Basic family of methods, featuring clear, well-paced instruction for beginning mandolin students. Alfred's Basic Mandolin Method has been updated, revised, and improved. Now, students can enjoy a DVD with video instruction by Jared Meeker who demonstrates all of the examples and makes techniques and concepts easy to understand. Learning to play has never been easier or more fun than with Alfred's Basic Mandolin Method---the best choice for today's beginning mandolin students. Features: * How to hold your mandolin * Tuning your mandolin * Right- and left-hand techniques * Basics of reading music * Chords and strum patterns * Playing tremolo and drones * How to read TAB * Photos and diagrams * Songs include 'Aura Lee,? 'Tom Dooley,? 'The Irish Washerwoman,? 'Over the Rainbow,? and many others * Great-sounding performances on the CD and DVD performed by expert instructor Jared Meeker. * Available DVD features TNT 2 software Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over 5 million beginners to the joy of playing guitar. / Mandoline

Transcriptions of 23 great old time classic vocals and fiddle tunes as played and recorded by the Highwoods String Band one of the pre-eminent old time revival bands of the 1970s. Transcriptions include melodies lyrics chords and solos with standard musical notation and tablature. Many of the selections like 'There's More Pretty Girls than One ' 'Fire on the Mountain ' 'Wild Bill Jones ' 'My Dixie Darling ' and 'Free Little Bird' have become standardsamong old time and bluegrass musicians and are played all over the world. Share the energy life humor and joy of this historic and seminal musical style. Companion CD included.

In music the term 'bluegrass' describes the hot string-band style pioneered by Kentuckian Bill Monroe which blends old-time country music with blues rhythms and jazz-influenced improvisation. This book by LarryMcCabe contains 101 Red Hot Bluegrass Mandolin Licks

The book Método de Mandolina begins at the very beginning of learning to play the mandolin starting with the basic tuning of the instrument how to sit position one?s head and hold one?s hands. There are many pages of exercises that lead to easy pieces and more difficult short works all in Spanish style.In this age of the Guitar it is remarkable to know that the mandolin was the most popular instrument throughout the Western world at the turn of the last century at the time of the publication of this book. For the most part at that time the virtuosi were considered to be Italian and the best instruments from Italian makers though many other companies were involvedin the production of many forms of the mandolin. This is ironic however as it is frequently asserted that the earliest form of lute or mandolin entered Europe with the Moors onto the Iberian peninsula in the shape of the oud. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries serious composers included lute parts in their major works and wrote pieces expressly for mandolinists and for the thousands of mandolin Orchestras that sprang up throughout Europe and in the New World. That Método de Mandolina remains available is a testament to its usefulness and the expertise of its author in giving teachers and students a volume from which to teach and learn.

Increase your lick repertoire. 400 Smokin' Bluegrass Mandolin Licks utilizes 24 common bluegrass chord progressions to teach you over 400 licks which will allow you to create solos to literally hundreds of bluegrass tunes. Licks are developed from major pentatonic and blues scales. Mandolin-specific techniques such as tremolo double stops drone strings and cross picking are included in many of the phrases. Licks and solos are presented in numerous different keys including the keys of F Bb and B. The demo CD includes every lick performed at learning speed. Each practice progression uses sample licks and is played with rhythmaccompaniment on the included CD. ?Nine-Pound Hammer ? ?Black Mountain Rag ? ?Little Maggie ? ?Salt Creek ? and ?Ragtime Annie? are just some of the many traditional bluegrass tunes included.

Learn from the music of Bill Monroe, Bobby Osbourne, Jesse McReynolds, Frank Wakefield, John Duffey and others. This instruction book and collections of bluegrass mandolin music covers in detail everything from simple basics to fancy fingerwork. Songs include: Arkansas Traveller ? Banks of the Ohio ? Boil Em Cabbage Down ? Cripple Creek ? Fisher's Hornpipe ? Lonesome Road Blues ? Oh! Susanna ? Will the Circle Be Unbroken ? and more. Arkansas Traveller Fisher's Hornpipe Soldier's Joy Careless Love Cripple Creek Grandfather's Clock Home Sweet Home In The Pines Jesse James John Hardy Nine Pound Hammer Old Joe Clark Pretty Polly Sailor's Hornpipe Will The Circle Be Unbroken Blackberry Blossom Red-Haired Boy Banks Of The Ohio Billy In The Lowerground Black Diamond Bluegrass Part One Boil Em Cabbage Down Part I Boil Em Cabbage Down Part Iia Boil Em Cabbage Down Part Iib Lonesome Road Blues M.A.Special Mean Mother Blues New Camptown Races Catnip Oh Susanna Slickville Twin River Rag Stoney Creek Sure-Fire The Girl Behind The Bar Too Many Tears Wildwood Flower Woody's Rag Part I Woody's Rag Part Ii

This book presents transcriptions of David Grisman’s solos and accompaniment patterns from the CD Shady Grove. The Shady Grove recording contains some wonderful performances of old-time American music by David Grisman and JerryGarcia two of American music’s greatest players. It is a vibrant collection of wonderful traditional American songs from a great variety of genres played in a style closely based on their traditional sources. All of the soloscan be played on the standard mandolin including one written for mandola and one for banjolin (mandolin-banjo). These transcriptions will provide insight into the art of accompaniment mandolin playing as well as soloing.Performance notes by the transcriber are included.