The quickest, easiest, most enjoyable method for learning to play the mandolin. Alfred's Basic Mandolin Method has been updated, revised, and improved. It features clear, well-paced instruction for beginning mandolin students. 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 available CD and DVD * 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

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. 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. Book 2 features: * New major and minor scales and keys * Solos and duets including American, German, Irish, Italian, Mexican, and Scottish folk songs * Power chords, double unisons, and palm muting * Additional chords and strumming patterns * How to transpose * Triplets, swing rhythms, and blues soloing * Accents and staccato (chop) articulations* Photos and diagrams * Songs include 'The Entertainer,' 'Tarantella,' 'Greensleeves,' and many others. / Mandoline

Alfred's Basic Mandolin Method 1 features clear, well-paced instruction that makes learning the mandolin easy and fun. This book covers all the basics, including how to hold your mandolin, tuning your mandolin, right- and left-hand techniques, reading music, chords, strumming patterns, songs, and how to read TAB. The DVD provides visual lessons and demonstrations of songs and examples from the book. / Mandoline

Méthode d'Alfred mandoline de base 1 comporte clair, bien rythmé instruction qui rend l'apprentissage de la mandoline facile et amusant. Ce livre couvre toutes les bases, y compris la façon de tenir votre mandoline, mandoline, réglage de votre droite et à gauche des techniques, de la musique la lecture, les accords, les modèles qui grattent, des chansons, et comment lire TAB. Le CD comprend des démonstrations de chants et d'exemples. / Mandoline

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.

This jam-packed mandolin method continues in its final installment with a study of advanced harmonies and chord forms in all 12 keys. Also covered are chord/melody playing, chord substitution, and forms such as the 12-bar blues and 'Rhythm Changes.' In addition, the book takes an exhaustive approach to melodic studies, touching on the modes of the major scale, the pentatonic scales, the chromatic scale, the whole-tone scale, and improvisation. / Mandoline

Description Master teachers and performers of the mandolin, Brian Wicklund and Ben Winship have crafted The American Mandolin Method based on the solid system created by Wicklund for the best-selling books, The American Fiddle Method . Using clear illustrations and lucid explanations, the authors guide beginning mandolin players through necessary skills such as efficiently holding the mandolin, fretting, picking technique, creating good tone, chop chord and open chord backup. Students learn the techniques while mastering over thirty common jam tunes, which they can practice with using the accompanying audio. Songlist Amazing Grace Angelina Baker Arran Boat Song Boil 'Em Cabbage Down Bonaparte's Retreat Buffalo Gals Cairo Camptown Races Cindy Cluck Old Hen Country Waltz Crawdad Song Cripple Creek Down In The Valley Girl I Left Behind Me Little Liza Jane Miss Mcleod's Reel Old Joe Clark Over The Waterfall Red Haired Boy Red River Valley Red Wing Sandy Boys Shady Grove Shortnin' Bread Si Beag Si Mor Southwind Stinky's Blues Sugar Hill Turkey In The Straw

Mandolin Play-Along Volume 2-This volume of the Mandolin Play-Along series features 8 traditional Celtic tunes all expertly arranged for Mandolin in standard and TAB notation. The Mandolin Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the written music listen to the online audio to hear how the mandolin should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. Standard notation and tablature are both included in the book.  Songs include: A Fig for a Kiss ? The Kesh Jig ? Morrison's Jig ? The Red Haired Boy ? Rights of Man ? and more!

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.

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

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.

Medieval Mandolin Voume 2 by Allan Alexander.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. You can get the book with a CD and the guitar and mandolin are separate tracks. You can turn the mandolin totally off and play with the cd. There is no 'Tick Tick' before the pieces instead there are two measures of intro with the guitar so you can sit and listen to the CD and become familiar with the pieces without it sounding like a learning CD. There are chords with the music and at the end of thebook 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. Often when I play the lute they ask me if it's a mandolin. I play lute guitar and more recently mandolin. I know the music. These pieces are particulary suited for the sound of the mandolin. I love playing them. The book is beautiful and scored professionally. The paper is heavy stock. The titles may not make a lot of sense but these are great pieces. Many have variations to make them longer.

Volume 1-Mel Bay's Master Anthology Of Mandolin Solos: Volume 1 is designed to enhance the repertoire of the intermediate to advanced mandolinist with a generous collection of challenging pieces. Contributorsinclude Alan Bibey Bud Orr Simon Mayor John McGann Jody Stecher Joe Carr Dan Gelo Matt Flinner Seth Austern Ray Valla Jethro Burns Rob Haines Ely Karasik Terry Pender Carlo Aonzo Eugene Hayth Butch Baldassari Robert Bancalari and many others. Standard notation and tablature are offered for most of the pieces (a few are notation only) along with a biographical sketch of the performer. Includes online audio making this an idealsourcebook for serious students and professionals alike. The audio contains performances of most of the pieces in the book.

Just like Book 1 Book 2 of The Hal Leonard Mandolin Method is designed for anyone just learning to play mandolin. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide includes many fun songs of different styles to learn and play. Topics covered include: modes and scales · time signatures · transposing · fretboard positions · solos and duets · styles spanning blues bluegrass Celtic ragtime and more! Book/online audio edition is also available separately.