The sound of the tremolo has defined the mandolin through the ages. Executing it with expressiveness, depth and complexity is the hallmark of a truly accomplished player. Mandolin virtuoso Caterina Lichtenberg teaches old Italian folk songs, Romantic era classical pieces and folk standards along with an astonishing array of techniques: Return to Sorrento - Amazing Grace - My Old Kentucky Home - a Schubert sonata - and etudes and pieces by the great Italian mandolin master, Raffaele Calace. Early intermediate level. 2 hrs. / Mandoline

Arranged for Mandolin-Franz Wohlfahrt (1833 ??? 1884) a violin teacher in Leipzig Germany wrote several series of etudes including 60 Studies for Violin Opus 45 from which this book of mandolin studies was derived. Originally composed for his own teaching purposes over the past 100 years Wohlfahrt???s etudes have become standard works for beginning violin study the world over. Adapted for mandolin in standard notation and tablature some violin techniques had to be altered to make these studies accessible to mandolinists. The resulting book contains progressively arranged compositional gems that include scale tremolo arpeggio and position studies plus grace notes double-stops and other techniques???all terrific sight-reading material at an intermediate to advanced level.

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