Southern Mountain Mandolin is just one in an exciting series of 5 books exploring the music of the southern Appalachian region. Included in this series are Southern Mountain Banjo Southern Mountain Dulcimer Southern MountainFiddle and Southern Mountain Guitar. Each book features vintage photos history instruction and music designed to accompany each instrument. The Mandolin edition offers a great selection of tunes in notation and tab and is agreat way to learn and play Southern Mountain music. A companion CD entitled Southern Mountain Classics is available featuring the entire instrumental ensemble.

Featuring 28 well-known Christmas songs arranged for mandolin with chord symbols for an accompaniment instrument. Book contains chord diagrams for mandolin and guitar as well as common strum patterns to use for rhythm backup.All songs are arranged in standard notation and tablature for mandolin. This book may be used along with Mel Bay’s Dobro Christmas Songbook (MB21508) and Mel Bay’s Ukulele Christmas Songbook (MB20886). All songs except “Away in a Manger” are in the same key and can be played together. Most songs in Mel Bay’s Tenor Banjo Christmas Songbook (MB21014) are also in the same key and can be used together.

An easy-to-understand method teaching essentials of bluegrass Mandolin performance. Learn To Play Bluegrass Mandolin contains chord and scale forms technical insights plus both simple melodic andfull arrangements of 21 tunes in notation and tablature. The video includes performance versions of the Mandolin solos. As an added feature the Mandolin can be muted so that the student can play along with the recordedGuitar accompaniment. Access to online video available.

The German Baroque period featured three virtuosi—Biber Westhoff and Johann Jakob Walther. Walther (1650-1717) performed as a violinist in the orchestra of Cosimo III from 1670 to 1674 (Medici dynasty) and served asconcertmaster at the court in Dresden.Walther’s compositions are contained in two books: Scherzi da Violino solo con il basso continuo (1676) and Hortulus Chelicus (1688). This book presents six sonatas for violinfrom Hortulus Chelicus transcribed for the mandolin. The collection is a wonderful addition to the classical mandolin repertoire. All the sonatas are written in standard notation and tablature.

John McGann's Guide To Octave Mandolin And Bouzouki contains twenty tunes in styles from Irish to American in a variety of tunings melody and accompaniment presented in standard notation andtablature with a stereo audio download (left channel melody right channel accompaniment).Left and right hand techniques and chord voicings are thoroughly discussed. For the first time the Celtic style 'woventexture' accompaniment unique to the instrument is fully notated. The book also contains melodic Irish ornamentation blues jazz American fiddle tunes with variations and improvisations (all fullynotated) and a chapter 'Breaking Away From Block Chords' extending knowledge of the fingerboard. Audio tracks are included to download online.

Getting Into Jazz Mandolin is a breakthrough approach that takes four uncomplicated fretboard patterns (FFcP) and drills a physical familiarity into the player's fingers softening the fear of upper frets andpreparing for the harmonic alterations necessary for the effective and intuitive playing of more complex contemporary music.No longer confined to basic folk genres any mandolinist aspiring to a broadercomprehension of music including swing blues pop choro broadway and even classical can expand his or her playing through a working knowledge of jazz fundamentals.Following a brief introduction to modes theplayer is eased into jamming with audio accompaniment and eventually an initiation into the most fundamental jazz chord progression of all the 'ii V7 I' pattern. From the horizontal (melody) to the vertical (chords) and back the results are an instinctive and physical grasp of tonal centers and the improvisational fodder of effective performing.The exercises in Getting Into Jazz Mandolin place an emphasis on pinkystrength finger control and sustain and the book's exercises also develop the player's concepts of tone and melody. This book includes access to online audio. Further supportive resources including MP3 audio tracks are alsoavailable on the internet.

This book/2-CD pack delivers the meat & potatoes of bluegrass Mandolin way beyond just teaching fiddle tunes! Players will discover how to find their way around the neck using common double stops develop creative back-up skills play solos to vocal tunes in the style of Bill Monroe make up their own solos and a whole lot more. For the average learner this pack represents nearly two years' worth of lessons! Includes two instructional CDs: one plays every example in the book and the second contains 32 songs performed by a bluegrass band with the Mandolin parts separated on the right channel.

Learn to play chords on the mandolin with this comprehensive yet easy-to-use book. The Manndolin Chord Finder contains over 1 000 chord diagrams for the most important 28 chord types including three voicings for each chord. Also includes a lesson on chord construction and a fingerboard chart of the mandolin neck!

An Easy-To-Use Guide To Over 1000 Mandolin Chords. Lean to play chords on the mandolin with this comprehensive yet easy-to-use book. Contains over 1000 chord diagrams for the most important 28 chord types including three voicings for each chord.