The octave mandolin is valued for its rich tone and wide range of potential use ...(+)
The octave mandolin is valued for its rich tone and wide range of potential use in a variety of musical settings. This book contains 27 easy to intermediate pieces from the Baroque era that have been carefully chosen and arranged to benefit from the longer scale and deeper voice of the big mandolin.The music is presented in both standard notation and tablature, making it easily playable on the mandocello, mandola or standard mandolin. Thirteen composers are represented, including six pieces by J. S. Bach, four by G. F. Handel and three by G. P. Telemann.
This great mandolin chord DVD makes it possible to learn all the essential chord...(+)
This great mandolin chord DVD makes it possible to learn all the essential chords. Learning becomes much more interesting when you can see and hear each chord. Joe Carr teaches the chord shapes and positions that are used by allleading professionals. Watching Joe's hand positions will improve your ear and enable you to learn at a faster pace.
An easy-to-understand method teaching essentials of bluegrass Mandolin performan...(+)
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.
This book presents melodies lyrics and chord symbols for 22 songs to be enjoyed...(+)
This book presents melodies lyrics and chord symbols for 22 songs to be enjoyed on the mandolin. Tuning and hand positions are briefly discussed. By the time you finish the book you will be comfortable playing 4/4 3/4 and 2/4rhythm chord accompaniments in the three major keys - C G and D. All chords are shown in picture-diagram form. Easy to comprehend even for the absolute beginner. So pick up your mandolin and have fun! Includes access to onlineaudio containing all the songs from the book in stereo play-along format and online video that teaches the material in the book.
This book sets out to teach the reader how to play the mandolin by using inspir...(+)
This book sets out to teach the reader how to play the mandolin by using inspiring music from some of the great musical traditions of the world especially arranged for the instrument. Includes CD!Ideal for the complete beginner there is no need for any previous musical knowledge.Invaluable for the existing player/improver looking for fresh ideas and exciting new tunes. By working through this unique book the reader will gain a sound knowledge of the mandolin plus a large and varied repertoire of traditional music from all over the world.By drawing on the music of countries such as Venezuala Rwanda Holland Trinidad Japan andAustralia as well as the more popular traditions of Ireland and North America this book will produce a more well-rounded mandolin player - a musician who will be inspired to look further into the exciting musical traditions of the world. Rather than being an exhaustive guide to all traditional styles of the world this book is a mandolin method which uses tunes from around the world to demonstrate the various techniques required to produce a competent musician. It is the sincere hope of the author that the student will be inspired by the music contained in this book and recording to look more deeply into styles of particular interest.
Mandolin Solos-This book and accompanying audio are an essential compilation of ...(+)
Mandolin Solos-This book and accompanying audio are an essential compilation of songs solos and techniques that every Mandolin player should know. The book is aimed at beginning and intermediate mandolinists and contains 40 Mandolin solosof all-time favorite Bluegrass Old-Time and Gospel songs. The written music includes melodies tablature chords and all thesolos can be heard at both slow and regular speeds on the accompanying audio.Included are easyopen string solos closed position moveable andtransposable solos solos with tremolo double stops bluesy solos crosspicking solos and backup Mandolin parts. This book has everything you need to play great solos in jamsessions and performances!
This methodology book designed for the intermediate to advanced mandolinist off...(+)
This methodology book designed for the intermediate to advanced mandolinist offers you as a mandolin player a new voice. Or if you're already crosspicking many new ideas can be added to your arsenal. Each song includes apreparatory study that allows you the opportunity to gain a solid footing before attempting the piece itself. These studies can be applied in other areas as backup ideas song ideas or take offs for improvisation. Stylesdiscussed are: Two-String Bluegrass Fiddle Classical and Jazz/Ragtime. Written in tablature.
Now that you know some basic tunes and chop chords you'll love learning these ja...(+)
Now that you know some basic tunes and chop chords you'll love learning these jam session favorites. Folks everywhere like to play these and these arrangements are not too hard. Murphy takes you through them note by note. D isa fun key and easy to play in.Includes: Arkansas Traveler Soldier's Joy 8th of January Liberty and Whiskey Before Breakfast.
A Method For Mandolin And Bandolim-Brazilian Choro: A Method for Mandolin focuse...(+)
A Method For Mandolin And Bandolim-Brazilian Choro: A Method for Mandolin focuses on teaching 'bandolim' technique for playing Choro. The combination of method book and online audio offers a great opportunity to add performance practice to theblack-and-white notes on the page. The book presented in both English and Portuguese is written for two different groups--Brazilians learning to play bandolim in the Choro tradition and non-Brazilians who play otherstyles and want to learn Choro. Paulo Sa a native Carioca who has played Choro since childhood understands Choro intuitively and brings a Brazilian perspective to the project. Marilynn Mair aclassical mandolinist who has spent much of the past four years refining her Choro technique in Rio brings an outsider's viewpoint recognizing the subtle distinctions that make Choro style unique. Together these renownedperformers and university professors have created a pathway to help you play Choro with a true Carioca accent. Music presented in standard notation. Includes access to online audio.
Mandolin Play-Along Volume 5-The Mandolin Play-Along Series will help you play y...(+)
Mandolin Play-Along Volume 5-The Mandolin Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the written music listen to the CD 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. The CD is playable on any CD player and is also enhanced so Mac and PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch.This volume features the songs: After You've Gone • Avalon • China Boy • Dark Eyes • Indiana (Back Home Again in Indiana) • Limehouse Blues • The Sheik of Araby • Tiger Rag (Hold That Tiger).
Arranged For Mandolin-This book contains the first three of J.S. Bach's solo Vio...(+)
Arranged For Mandolin-This book contains the first three of J.S. Bach's solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas arranged for Mandolin. The goal of the material is to make learning these challenging pieces easier. Mandolin tablature isincluded throughout the book. Mandolinists who have little or no experience reading standard notation will find this to be an essential learning tool. For good reason there has been widespread interest in learning thesepieces in the Mandolin community. The pieces were originally written for Violin. As a result Bach's use of string crossing patterns and open-string pedals work brilliantly on the Mandolin.Also as solo works theyare a useful addition to anyone's performing repertoire. Lastly even if never performed learning all or some of these is wonderful for building Mandolin technique. Violinists often say that if you can play the Bach SoloSonatas and Partitas you can play anything-the same is certainly true for Mandolinists.
Getting Into Jazz Mandolin is a breakthrough approach that takes four uncomplica...(+)
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.
While many extant photos of string band artists show members holding a mandolin ...(+)
While many extant photos of string band artists show members holding a mandolin it often can barely be heard in most period recordings because the most important instrument to capture was usually the fiddle or voice. Thiscollection provides you with the opportunity to learn over 70 old-time-music period songs recorded mostly by Ernest Stoneman or the duo Grayson and Whitter during the 1920s and early 1930s. Many of these songs were also?covered? by other string bands regardless of whether they had the opportunity or not to be commercially recorded. CD tracks of some of the songs in this collection as recorded by a number of different string bandartists are provided so that performances can be compared.
The Big Easy Songbook Series-This book contains 62 fantastic songs all arranged...(+)
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.
An Early American Christmas. Versatile mandolinist Tommy Norris presents this co...(+)
An Early American Christmas. Versatile mandolinist Tommy Norris presents this collection of 20 intermediate to advanced melody/chord arrangements of familiar and lesser-known Christmas melodies, all in both standard notation and tablature. Expand your holiday repertoire and general musicianship with these idiomatic settings of Christmas classics from the British Isles! Includes access to online audio for all selections.
In music the term 'bluegrass' describes the hot string-band style pioneered by ...(+)
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 and Solos in the favorite Bluegrass keys of C G D and A minor written in notation and tablature.The licks are broken down into phrases of two four and eight bars. In addition several endings and crosspicking licks are included. Each lick is played to a chord progression that is standard in Bluegrass Country and Folk music. Comes with access to online audiocontaining All 101 examples with Guitar accompaniment at a moderate tempo.Whether you are a fan of old-time Country music traditional Bluegrass or Newgrass you are sure to find lots of great ideas in this new collectionof Bluegrass licks. So grab your instrument put on the audio pull up a chair and let's start pickin'. Includes access to online audio.
