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.

Learning to play the Mandolin is a highly rewarding experience, but getting started can be a challenge! Here at last is a book that helps you choose the right instrument and accessories and then gets you playing - fast! Full colour pictures, clear diagrams and genuinely practical advice combine to make Start-Up Mandolin do exactly what is says on the cover. You'll start off on the right track and that makes everything else come more easily. Contents include: Parts of the Mandolin How to hold the Mandolin Tuning Playing chords Bluegrass chords and techniques Reading tablature Playing melodies A timeless selection of folk and bluegrass songs for you to play / Mandoline

Mandolin 2-Manhã De Carnaval is the title of the popular song by Brazilian composer Luiz Bonfá and lyricist Antônio Maria. Manhã De Carnaval appeared as a principal theme in the 1959 Portuguese-language film Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus). Manhã De Carnaval became one of the first compositions identified with Bossa Nova to gain popularity outside Brazil. The title was particularly popular in the United States where the song is considered to be one of the most important Brazilian Jazz/Bossa songs that helped establishthe Bossa Nova movement in the late 1950s. Here it has been arranged for Mandolin Orchestra. This is the part for Mandolin 2.

Arranged for Mandolin-Franz Wohlfahrt (1833 ??? 1884) a violin teacher in Leipzig Germany wrote several series of etudes including 60 Studies for Violin Opus 45 from which this book of mandolin studies was derived. Originally composed for his own teaching purposes over the past 100 years Wohlfahrt???s etudes have become standard works for beginning violin study the world over. Adapted for mandolin in standard notation and tablature some violin techniques had to be altered to make these studies accessible to mandolinists. The resulting book contains progressively arranged compositional gems that include scale tremolo arpeggio and position studies plus grace notes double-stops and other techniques???all terrific sight-reading material at an intermediate to advanced level.

These pocket-sized swatch-packs are great for quick reference at home or on the go.Each Notecracker contains 70 handy reference cards printed on both sides for quick access to chord diagrams generalmusic theory jokes quotes and snippets of musical trivia.Notecracker Mandolin Chords includes all the essential chords presented on easy to read cards with clear fingering diagrams and a display of eachnote played.Whether you want to learn them one at a time or use as a quick reference guide this handy little pack is the perfect companion for the Mandolin player.

These fabulous collections for players of all levels feature 21 must-know bluegrass songs & instrumentals created especially for learning players by the genre's leading artists.The artist plays a basic solo that states the melody of the tune then a more adventurous improvisation and each solo is transcribed in detail.The CD provides the audio versions of the solos plus multiple rhythm tracks performed at moderate tempo for easy play-along.This great series will help you build your repertoire & get your licks in shape so you can shine in your next performance or jam session!

This beginning Mandolin method book is based on the solid system created by Brian Wicklund for the best-selling books The American Fiddle Method. Master teachers and performers of the Mandolin BrianWicklund and Ben Winship use clear illustrations and lucid explanations to guide beginning Mandolin players through necessary skills such as efficiently holding the Mandolin fretting picking technique creatinggood tone chop chord and open chord backup. Students learn the techniques while mastering over thirty common jam tunes which they can practice with using the included audio online.

This publication contains 20 classical mandolin pieces compiled edited and performed by world-renowned virtuoso Carlos Aonzo. The music is arranged in order of difficulty beginning with exercises by Giuseppe Branzoli and finishing with complete concert pieces using the most advanced mandolin techniques. Pieces include: Andante Pizzicato on the Left Hand (Carlo Munier) Exercise in A Major (Giuseppe Branzoli) La Fustemberg (Antonio Riggeiri) Partita V in G minor Overture (Filippo Sauli) Theme with Variations in A Major (Bartolomeo Bortolazzi) and more.

Sonata In B Flat is a beautiful chamber work for Two Mandolins and Basso Continuo composed by Carlo Giovanni Testori (1714-1782) and edited by Lino Totaro. The solo mandolin 1 and 2 parts along with the single basso continuo part are also included on separate inserts. There is also a keyboard realisation of the basso continuo in the main score.

Many great Scottish traditional tunes such as Flowers Of The Forest can be traced back to the 17th century—a period when writing down tunes in manuscript collections for the Lute was of high interest. Rob MacKillop hascreated very playable arrangements for the Mandolin featuring 25 popular tunes from the Skene Balcarres Panmure and Straloch manuscripts. This is a wonderful collection of dance tunes and airs most of which have not beenavailable for the Mandolin until now. The notation is in treble clef with tablature for GDAE tuning. Includes access to online audio featuring Rob Mackillop’s performance of each piece. Get ready to explore a brilliant newtake on old repertoire!

This book/2-CD pack delivers the meat & potatoes of bluegrass Mandolin way beyond just teaching fiddle tunes! Players will discover how to find their way around the neck using common double stops develop creative back-up skills play solos to vocal tunes in the style of Bill Monroe make up their own solos and a whole lot more. For the average learner this pack represents nearly two years' worth of lessons! Includes two instructional CDs: one plays every example in the book and the second contains 32 songs performed by a bluegrass band with the Mandolin parts separated on the right channel.

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

Bluegrass-style Mandolin requires a strong well-coordinated right-hand technique. In this new thirty-minute DVD bluegrass Mandolin master Joe Carr reveals his method for developing super fast strong and accurate picking. Specific play-along exercises concentrate on alternating combination and consecutive down picking. Also featured are Monroe style and two styles of Crosspicking.This DVD introduces the basic techniques of flatpicking andis a great workout warm-up or exercise tool for developing right-hand power and control. (30 min.)