A Learning Player's Guide to Essential Skills and Techniques-On this primer for Mandolin players at all levels virtuoso musician Radim Zenkl breaks down the techniques that every accomplished musician must know. The lesson starts with the basics but in due course Radim digs into cross picking tone production tremolo speed development muting pizzicato and how to practice among many other topics. An added benefit of this comprehensive lesson is that all the techniques can be applied to guitar and other picked and fretted instruments.

Learn How to Play the Irish Way-Designed for Mandolin players who want to improve their technique quickly Doc Rossi's ASAP Irish Mandolin contains a series of tunes that will help you to master the style whilst expanding your repertoire.Starting with the basics of ornamentation in traditional Irish music Rossi then goes directly into the tunes in tablature and standard notation. Right-hand and left-hand techniques ornamentation and other topics are taught through the songs themselves.ASAP Irish Mandolin comes complete with a CD containing audio of all of the featured tunes and ornaments.This book is also suitable for TenorBanjo Octave Mandolin or any other instrument tuned in fifths.

The fun and easy way to learn to play the mandolinThe newest addition to the highly successful Dummies instrument-instruction line Mandolin For Dummies gives you easy-to-follow step-by-step instruction on learning to play the mandolin. Following the time-tested Dummies format Mandolin For Dummies provides a level of content and instruction greater than anything currentlyavailable.Mandolin For Dummies breaks down the fundamentals of this instrument and provides the resources you need to practice and improve your ability over time. Packed with individualizedinstruction on key mandolin-friendly musical styles including Irish and Celtic 'old time' American music blues bluegrass swing and jazz Files available via download provide audio tracks from the book andexercises so you can play along and build your skills -- almost 2 hours of music! Clear and useful photos and diagrams ensure you fret strum and pick with precision Includes a mandolin buying guide tohelp ensure you make the right purchases Tips on restringing mandolins and other DIY care and maintenance topicsIf you're an aspiring mandolin player don't fret! Mandolin For Dummies has you covered.

If you've heard jazz guitarists like Joe Pass play chord melody you may think that the style requires an encyclopedic knowledge of music theory musical super-powers or making a deal with the devil. But fear not! This bookwill show you how to create your own satisfying chord melody arrangements on the Mandolin...and will do so in a practical applicable way.'Aaron Weinstein has many musical accomplishments. I am very proud to have playeda small part with some of them. When he was only 12 he made his first recordings and asked me to play Mandolin on them. I was knocked out to encounter someone that young that was conversant in both old-time or contest fiddling andJoe Venuti style jazz. Not long after that Aaron became interested in the Mandolin and chords and he came by every so often to play and discuss voicings improvisation and the like. I showed him some of the Jethro Burns chordmelody arrangements that Jethro showed me. I've been teaching those for decades in hopes of one day playing them smoothly myself!Fast forward a few more years and Aaron has a Berklee degree traveled the worldplaying hot Violin music and is hobnobbing with the greatest NYC jazz stars. And oh yeah one other thing: he took the art of chord-melody Mandolin style to an entirely new level! The rich harmonies of the standard jazz and showtune repertoire the swinging bass lines and connecting chords and independent voice movements (doing more than one thing at a time) are all present in Aaron's style thanks to his great ear open mind and gift at locating thingson the fretboard. And now Aaron has documented explained and shared his discoveries and approach with all of us in this book. Thank you Aaron!This is truly a step-by-step method that you will enjoy. You'll findyourself saying 'oh of course!' as the author gets you playing and understanding things that sound very detailed and complex. The first section I would call the mandolinistic stuff: the how-to on getting things moving and

Disney Songs For Mandolin features 25 classic melodies from Disney's finest productions over the years presented in arrangements for Mandolin. This songbook includes sheet music for songs such as The Bare Necessities Circle of Life Go the Distance A Spoonful of Sugar Under the Sea When You Wish upon a Star plus 19 other classic Disney favourites.

26 Favorite Songs-The Ultimate Mandolin Songbook contains multiple versions varying in difficulty of 26 of the most popular songs from bluegrass jazz ragtime rock pop gospel swing and other genres in both standard notation and mandolin tab.The songs are arranged by Janet Davis to appeal to players of all levels and the included online audio tracks feature her performing demos for listening and playing along. Arrangements in the book feature alternate licks endings segues and turnarounds for improvising.Picking styles include: tremolo Monroe style fiddle style double stops crosspicking triplet style jazz style and more. The songs are in various tuningsand keys and the lyrics and history are included for each.

On Fiddle Tunes Mandolin-This book presents standard Fiddle tunes in basic form then shows you how on a phrase-by-phrase basis the tunes can become vehicles for your own improvisations. It is designed to open the door to creating spontaneousvariations or improvisations based on the melodic structure unique to each tune. Each tune in the book is presented first in its basic form then with four variations. The variations are printed directly beneath the melody withthe corresponding measures aligned so that you can easily compare them to the original melody and to each other. The accompanying audio features Mandolin and rhythm Guitar on separate channels so you can turn off the lead andplay along with the rhythm or vice versa. Intermediate in difficulty.

Fiddle Tunes Rags Waltzes Solos and Variations-A modern-day mandolin master takes a learning player through a variety of tunes keys and styles from classic bluegrass to contemporary originals. Sam includes plenty of advice exercises warm-ups and other vital information about lead soloing and improvising.

Examine the development of country mandolin performance during the 1930s with this book by Joseph Weidlich. During that decade the mandolin became a featured solo instrument requiring players to quickly develop a new style of playing in order to give vocalists a break from singing particularly in the popular brother act format. As the decade progressed numerous idiomatic techniques were tested discarded and refined leading to instrumental solos that were eventually based more on playing over chord changes than on the actual melody itself. The techniques outlined here based on period recoridngs clearly establish the roots of that new solo approach which blossomed in thelooser ensemble format of early 1940s bluegrass music.

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.

Learn to play great classical music tunes on the Mandolin! All the most famous composers are here such as Mozart Beethoven Tchaikovsky Vivaldi and others. The tunes form a ?greatest hits? package of classicalmusic including 'Für Elise' 'Ode to Joy' 'Rondo Alla Turca' 'Swan Lake' 'Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy' 'The Entertainer' and more. Written in standard notation and Mandolin tablature. Includes access to onlineaudio featuring every tune in the book.

Bluegrass legend Jesse McReynolds invented crosspicking on the Mandolin in the 1960s and this DVD gives you the chance to learn this complex and powerful technique from the master himself.Jesse starts at the beginning teaching the basics of mandolin crosspicking which emulates the characteristic sounds of banjo rolls. He provides a host of exercises melodic variations endings backward rolls and arrangements to some of his best known songs. Jesse also reveals the secrets of his splitter strings another McReynolds innovation that creates a rich texture and enables you to get additional harmonies on your instrument.