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.

Par WEISSMAN DICK. La série non-jazz improvisation est un concept qui a germé dans l'esprit de Dick Weissman, alors qu'il fréquentait école de musique. Il a écrit un arrangement de 15 pièces de vieux rythme square dance, Cripple Creek et voulait que le trombone à prendre un solo dans le cadre de l'arrangement. Quand le tromboniste gardé jouant un solo de bebop qui était tout à fait inapproprié pour le graphique, Dick a réalisé que - en plus des nombreux musiciens qui ne pas improviser - il y a même des jazzmen qui ne savent pas comment improviser hors des limites de leurs propres origines stylistiques. La série d'improvisation non-jazz comprend principalement des nouvelles musiques originales qui visent à montrer comment d'improviser dans de nombreux styles musicaux, y compris-* Blues * pays * American folk * latino-américain * World music, y compris l'Amérique du Sud, Europe de l'est et d'Asie * mètres impairs (jouant dans une variété de signatures de temps) * nouvel âge * classique * Folk-Rock en bref, les livres sont une Encyclopédie de pratiquement tous les styles musicaux, à l'exclusion de jazz. / Niveau : Débutant / Acoustic Music - Improvisation / Recueil / Mandoline

The non-jazz improvisation series is a concept that germinated in Dick Weissman's mind while he was attending music school. He wrote a 15-piece arrangement of the old square dance tune Cripple Creek and wanted the trombone totake a solo as part of the arrangement. When the trombonist kept playing a bebop solo that was totally unsuitable for the chart Dick realized that - in addition to the many musicians who do not improvise - there are even jazzmusicians who don't know how to improvise outside the limits of their own stylistic backgrounds. The non-jazz improvisation series mostly includes new original tunes that are intended to show how to improvise in manymusical styles including; Blues Country American folk Latin-American World music including South American Eastern European and Asian Odd meters (playing in a variety of time signatures) New Age Classical Folk-Rock In short the books are an encyclopedia of virtually every musical style excluding jazz.