Learn at your own pace and open the door to the world of mandolin music with this beginner's book/CD/DVD instruction pack! Play Mandolin Today! is the ULTIMATE self-teaching method designed to offer quality instruction and terrific songs. All you have to do is follow along with the tips lessons and music provided as you listen to the CD or watch the DVD. The CD includes 84 professional quality full-demo tracks. The DVD features on-screen mandolin tablature so you can play all the music examples. This complete guide to the basics covers: songs chords and melodies • alternate picking and strumming • playing tips and techniques all in standardnotation and tablature.

Includes a Mandolin Method Book/CD Chord and Scale Finder DVD and Case-This pack includes everything you need to play the mandolin today! The high-quality mandolin is ready to pull out and play. It is finely constructed with quality tuners and a level playing bridge making it an ideal instrument to learn on. The pack also contains a padded case and a comprehensive easy-to-use beginner's book/CD that features many songs to play while you learn. The book includes information on tuning reading music melody playing strumming and scales and the CD is comprised of demonstration and play-along tracks. The pack also includes scale and chord books along with a DVD featuring on-screen musical examples¦and demonstrations to really hammer homeeverything you're learning in the book. Whether you're teaching yourself or a classroom¦of students this pack will get the job done! ¦ ¦ This pack includes everything you need to play the mandolin today! The high-quality mandolin is ready to pull out and play. It is finely constructed with quality tuners and a level playing bridge making it an ideal instrument to learn on. The pack also contains a padded case and a comprehensive easy-to-use beginner's book/CD that features many songs to play while you learn. The book includes information on tuning reading music melody playing strumming and scales and the CD is comprised of demonstration and play-along tracks. The pack also includes scale and chord books along with a DVD featuring on-screen musical examples¦and demonstrations to really hammerhomeeverything you're learning in the book. Whether you're teaching yourself or a classroom¦of students this pack will get the job done! ¦ ¦

Microjazz for Mandolin-The acclaimed Microjazz series by composer and pianist Christopher Norton has won worldwide popularity for its stimulating blend of contemporary genres and classical values. The series has now been expanded to provide new and engaging progressive repertoire for the beginner to intermediate level Mandolin player.Microjazz For Mandolin contains 20 entertaining and inventive solo pieces complete with a Guitar accompaniment and featuring hints and tips from leading Mandolin expert Barbara Pommerenke-Steel. This book provides an exciting and flexible resource suitable for both teaching and performance.An accompanying audioCD contains full demonstration and backing tracks to enhance practice and performance. Alternative Piano accompaniments for every piece are also available to download as PDFs.

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.

An extremely handy chord reference guide specifically for the mandolin showing basic major and minor chords in all keys. Relative minor chord relationships are also shown. A unique additional feature of this premium chart is theinclusion of a mandolin fingerboard diagram. This diagram is appropriate not only for the beginner but also as quick and ready reference for the more advanced player. A must for the left-handed mandolin enthusiast!

Just like Book 1 Book 2 of The Hal Leonard Mandolin Method is designed for anyone just learning to play mandolin. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide includes many fun songs of different styles to learn and play. Topics covered include: modes and scales · time signatures · transposing · fretboard positions · solos and duets · styles spanning blues bluegrass Celtic ragtime and more! Book/online audio edition is also available separately.

With Online Audio-This is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Irish mandolin playing. As well as being a complete guide for the absolute beginner this book also contains a mine of information useful tips and ideas for theexperienced player. The book takes the reader from the basics of the mandolin right through to more advanced topics such as creating variations emphasis improvisation playing with other musicians practicing effectively andmuch more. All the tunes and key exercises in the book are included on the accompanying 63 track audio download available online. There is no need to read conventional music notation as all the music is written in easy-to-readmandolin tablature. However for those interested in learning about music notation there is a handy section on this subject tailored specifically to the mandolinist as well as a chapter on modes.

Just like Book 1 Book 2 of The Hal Leonard Mandolin Method is designed for anyone just learning to play Mandolin. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide includes many fun songs of different styles to learn and play. The book includes access to audio tracks online for download or streaming using the unique code inside. The tracks provide an audio demonstration of each example in the book performed by the author.Topics covered include: modes and scales time signatures transposing fretboard positions solos and duets styles spanning blues bluegrass Celtic ragtime and more!

This book presents melodies lyrics and chord symbols for 22 songs to be enjoyed on the mandolin. Tuning and hand positions are briefly discussed. By the time you finish the book you will be comfortable playing 4/4 3/4 and 2/4rhythm chord accompaniments in the three major keys - C G and D. All chords are shown in picture-diagram form. Easy to comprehend even for the absolute beginner. So pick up your mandolin and have fun! Includes access to onlineaudio containing all the songs from the book in stereo play-along format and online video that teaches the material in the book.

This useful guide was created with the intention of teaching Mandolin players how to improvise in the bluegrass style. Based on the concept of learning by playing this 200 page book covers a wide range of improvisation toolsand how to implement them in your playing. A large number of examples are presented in both tablature and standard notation so that a theoretical background is not required. The small amount of theory needed is simply presentedand easily learned step by step.A series of exercises designed to help the player develop improvisational skills are included in the book. As an instruction tool the book can easily be combined with the instructor'sindividual philosophy or by a student wishing to study alone. The subject matter is varied in difficulty and can be used by both the beginner and more advanced player as an instructional guide and reference book. The major-themesin the book are: The pentatonic sound scale and major-chord based improvising with any Bluegrass-Tune Double-stop improvisation Minor chords and Keys The blues sound Melody oriented improvisation How to use: Monroe Style Cross picking Hot licks how to simplify a lick and more. An online audio recording accompanies this book and features all examples.

Beginning with basic left- and right-hand techniques, Dennis Caplinger guides you through developing great backup parts and playing all over the neck. You'll study over 20 classic bluegrass standards and you'll learn how to play them in several different styles. All books in the Ultimate Beginner Bluegrass Basics Series are fully correlated with each other. This is the ideal method for the family that wants to play music together!

The quickest, easiest, most enjoyable method for learning to play the mandolin. Alfred's Basic Mandolin Method has been updated, revised, and improved. It features clear, well-paced instruction for beginning mandolin students. 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. Features: * How to hold your mandolin * Tuning your mandolin * Right- and left-hand techniques * Basics of reading music * Chords and strum patterns * Playing tremolo and drones * How to read TAB * Photos and diagrams * Songs include 'Aura Lee,? 'Tom Dooley,? 'The Irish Washerwoman,? 'Over the Rainbow,? and many others * Great-sounding performances on the available CD and DVD * Available DVD features TNT 2 software Recognized for over 50 years as the best-paced and most comprehensive guitar method available, Alfred's Basic Guitar Method has introduced over 5 million beginners to the joy of playing guitar. / Mandoline