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 and tablature, 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 "woven texture" 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 fully notated), and a chapter "Breaking Away From Block Chords" extending knowledge of the fingerboard. Audio tracks are included to download online.

Learn from the music of Bill Monroe, Bobby Osbourne, Jesse McReynolds, Frank Wakefield, John Duffey and others. This instruction book and collections of bluegrass mandolin music covers in detail everything from simple basics to fancy fingerwork. Songs include: Arkansas Traveller ' Banks of the Ohio ' Boil Em Cabbage Down ' Cripple Creek ' Fisher's Hornpipe ' Lonesome Road Blues ' Oh! Susanna ' Will the Circle Be Unbroken ' and more. Arkansas Traveller Fisher's Hornpipe Soldier's Joy Careless Love Cripple Creek Grandfather's Clock Home Sweet Home In The Pines Jesse James John Hardy Nine Pound Hammer Old Joe Clark Pretty Polly Sailor's Hornpipe Will The Circle Be Unbroken Blackberry Blossom Red-Haired Boy Banks Of The Ohio Billy In The Lowerground Black Diamond Bluegrass Part One Boil Em Cabbage Down Part I Boil Em Cabbage Down Part Iia Boil Em Cabbage Down Part Iib Lonesome Road Blues M.A.Special Mean Mother Blues New Camptown Races Catnip Oh Susanna Slickville Twin River Rag Stoney Creek Sure-Fire The Girl Behind The Bar Too Many Tears Wildwood Flower Woody's Rag Part I Woody's Rag Part Ii