Great for mandolinists who have learned the basics and are ready to take the next step. Important techniques are introduced like hammer-ons and pull-offs, different styles of tremolo, slides, cross-picking and rolls. Also included are in-depth discussions of how to learn tunes, introductions to new time signatures, and a more in-depth look at important musical styles.

In addition to being one of the world's greatest bluegrass musicians Sam Bush is a clear and dynamic instructor. This terrific two-part series will help aspiring mandoling players improve their technical prowess build repertoire and develop formidable musicianship on their instrument. Teaching traditional fiddel tunes Bill Monroe-style instrumentals and his own compositions Sam provides detailed instruction in pick technique rhythm chopping speed building warm-up exercises tremolo improvised soloing and much more. You'll learn how to create variations on melodies use drone strings for fiddle-like effects employ crosspicking tecniques for a smoother sound and move upthe neck to play in higher positions. The songs and variations you'll be playing include: Ragtime Annie Bile Them Cabbage Down Blackberry Blossom Sally Goddin Big Mon Get Up John Brilliancy Whayasay and Big Rabbit. As a bonus Sam privides insight into his instruments and equipment his favourite strings pick gauges and the ways that his instruments have been set up to suit his exacting requirements.

The quickest, easiest, most enjoyable method for learning to play the mandolin! Alfred's Basic Mandolin Method is one of the many new additions to the Alfred's Basic family of methods, featuring clear, well-paced instruction. Learning to play has never been easier or more fun than with Alfred's Basic Mandolin Method---the best choice for today's beginning mandolin students. Book 2 features: * New major and minor scales and keys * Solos and duets including American, German, Irish, Italian, Mexican, and Scottish folk songs * Power chords, double unisons, and palm muting * Additional chords and strumming patterns * How to transpose * Triplets, swing rhythms, and blues soloing * Accents and staccato (chop) articulations* Photos and diagrams * Songs that include 'The Entertainer,' 'Tarantella,' 'Greensleeves,' and many others * Great-sounding performances of lessons and examples on the CD. / Mandoline

The Absolute Beginners award-winning method has been designed to make learning the Mandolin easier than ever before! Step-by-step pictures take you from first day exercises to playing your first complete songs.Absolute Beginners Mandolin gives you: An 'owner's manual' approach to the mandolin. Practical advice and tips covering everything you need to know about setting up playing and maintenance. Alook-and-learn course that uses clear pictures to illustrate every step of learning. CD audio tracks to let you hear how things should sound plus full-length accompaniments so you can play along.

Mandolin Play-Along Volume 2-This volume of the Mandolin Play-Along series features 8 traditional Celtic tunes all expertly arranged for Mandolin in standard and TAB notation. The Mandolin Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the written music listen to the online audio 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.  Songs include: A Fig for a Kiss ? The Kesh Jig ? Morrison's Jig ? The Red Haired Boy ? Rights of Man ? and more!

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.

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 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).

Beginning Mandolin is a comprehensive instruction book for the beginning mandolinist. You will learn how to read both traditional music and tablature notations on the mandolin one string at a time. Easy chord forms and basic strumming patterns are also introduced in this book. The accompanying CD contains demonstrations of the examples and gives you the opportunity to play along.

Learn to play traditional blues and old-time string band music on the mandolin. Steve James knows this music and its history well and he brings it clearly into focus on this lesson filled with 'ful-lovin' high jinks.Steve starts out with the basics but quickly gets into blues scales pick strokes tremolo technique and other tools needed to play with style and authenticity. He lays out some blues chords on the mandolin showing rhythm comping for song accompaniment along with turnarounds double stops blues riffs and variations on a walking boogie-woogie line - all essential elements for developing a blues repertoire.

Folks, we are proud to say that we have a new DVD hot off the press, entitled Bill Monroe Style Mandolin. On it our son Chris, who is 25 and a mighty fine picker, teaches five Monroe-style tunes literally note-by-note: Big Mon, Bluegrass Breakdown, Raw Hide, Wheel Hoss, and also a terrific, bluesy break to Man of Constant Sorrow. Chris teaches the four Monroe compositions very close to the recorded versions, and in fact on Wheel Hoss he's practically mirroring every note of what Monroe played. These lessons are all taught carefully note-by-note, showing every pick stroke and naming every note, all the way through each tune. No Tab. DVD. / Mandoline / niveau : Intermédiaire/Avancé / Dvd - Format: 7,5 X 5,25

Mandolin Chords Made Easy guides the Mandolin student through all the basic Mandolin chords and some advanced chords also. Chords are shown in all keys.Featured chords include: major 7 minor 7 6 minor 6 9 diminished augmented and many more. Each chapter presents a chord by type. DVD format makes navigating easy.

With Online Audio-In this book Ray Valla shares the insights of a veteran bluegrass mandolinist. This is the ideal book for the intermediate to advanced player. It is filled with practical hints to improve your general musicianship and increasethe speed of your progress. For example Ray suggests learning a new tune by mastering its individual 'licks' before attempting to assemble the whole. The book's 27 well-known bluegrass tunes are shown in standard notation andtablature with arrows indicating picking direction. Illustrated with photographs charts and diagrams. Includes access to online audio.

You Can Teach Yourself Mandolin is written as a teach-yourself text with play-along examples and tunes on the companion recording. In the author's word 'It is aimed at helping you get started immediately onyour way to mandolinhood by giving you the basics of the Mandolin and Mandolin playing.' With this informal often humorous text Dix Bruce will guide you step-by-step through the basics of learning this versatileinstrument. Learn all about accompanying yourself and others common chords and useful strums reading simple melodies playing a colorful assortment of Mandolin folk songs and more. All musical examples and tunes are written inboth standard notation and tablature. Diagrams of all the principal chords used on the Mandolin are shown in the Chord Appendix making this book a particularly useful study aid for the beginning mandolinist. Illustrated withdrawings and photographs of vintage instruments. This book has accompanying audio and video.