Song List:
About the Author
Chapter 1 - The Basics
How to Tune the Mandolin
Holding the Mandolin
Right-Hand Position
Metronome Markings
Left-Hand Position
Left-Hand Finger Warm-up Exercises
Reading Tablature
Au Claire de la Lune
Hot Cross Buns
Fingerboard Theory Lesson #1
Merrily We Roll Along
Amazing Grace
Fingerboard Theory Lesson #2
Chapter 2 - Chords
Strumming
Reading a Chord Diagram
Two Chords: G and D
Strumming Chords in Rhythm - Quarter Notes
The C Chord
Strumming Chords in Rhythm - Eighth Notes
Three More Chords: A Minor, D Minor and E7
Chapter 3 - Reading Music
Pitch
Time Signature
Read a Tune
Alternate Picking
Half Notes and Whole Notes
Notes on the 2nd Course
Repeats
Notes on the 1st Course
Old Joe Clark
3/4 Time
Dotted Half Notes
2/4 Time
Yankee Doodle
Chapter 4 - Tremolo
The Basic Technique - Unmeasured Tremolo
Sixteenth Notes
Measured Tremolo
Ties
Double Stops
In The Foothills
Chapter 5 - 6/8 Time, Keys and Scales
Simple vs. Compound Meter
6/8 Picking
The Tarantella
Tarantella
The Major Scale
Keys and Tonal Centers
Key Signatures
Kesh Jig
Chapter 6 - More Tunes
The Red-Haired Boy
Prelude in G Minor
Prelude in D
Wake Up, Rod
Chapter 7 - Improvising
Improvising with the Major Pentatonic Scale
Improvising Over a Chord Progression
Improvising with the Minor Pentatonic Scale
The Blues
G Blues
Appendix - Chord Dictionary
