Strum sing and pick along with these 25 Beatles favourites arranged for Mandolin.This songbook includes Across the Universe And I Love Her Eight Days a Week Eleanor Rigby Here Comes the Sun Here There and Everywhere Hey Jude In My Life Let It Be Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Penny Lane Yellow Submarine Yesterday and more.

Travel back in time as acclaimed mandolinist Rich DelGrosso traces the history and music of America's rich blues tradition through the eyes of the mandolinist. Follow the lives of players like Yank Rachell Howard Armstrong and Charlie McCoy and then learn their timeless music with standard notation tablature and an accompanying full-band CD of all the tunes in the book.

20 favourite Beatles tunes in chord melody arrangements for Mandolin including: All You Need Is Love Blackbird Can't Buy Me Love Eight Days a Week Here Comes the Sun Hey Jude In My Life Let It Be Michelle Strawberry Fields Forever Twist and Shout We Can Work It Out Yesterday and more.

R?unir la mandoline et le piano pour faire de la musique de chambre pr?sente des attraits sonores tout particuliers: le timbre cristallin de la mandoline se m?le d?une mani?re tr?s originale ? celui du hammerclavier instrument autrefois couramment utilis?. Autour des ann?es 1800 des compositeurs comme Beethoven ou encore Hummel furent tent?s d??crire pour cette formation inhabituelle. Ainsi Beethoven composa-t-il plusieurs morceaux pour mandoline et hammerclavier pendant son s?jour ? Prague en 1796. Il les destina ? la comtesse Josephine von Clary-Aldringen qui jouait de la mandoline. L?g?ret? et plaisir du jeu se d?voilent ici sous de nombreuses facettes. Beethoven n?ayantutilis? aucune des sp?cificit?s de la mandoline et ?crit ces ?uvres pour un instrument ? cordes accord? en sol? r?? la?? mi?? celles-ci peuvent tout aussi bien ?tre interpr?t?es au violon. L??dition Henle urtext des ?uvres de Beethoven pour mandoline et piano reproduit la partition de l??dition compl?te des ?uvres de Beethoven.

Fine mandolin solo arrangements in notation and tablature reflecting styles of the great country and bluegrass soloists. Contains 53 solos. Selections include Soldier's Joy Chinese Breakdown Sandburgh Hornpipe Northlake Reel Send the Light Gospel Train Sonny's Side and more!

With Guitar Accompaniment-Duet arrangements of three well-known Vivaldi Concertos arranged for mandolin and guitar: Concerto in A (RV82) Concerto in C (RV425) and Concerto in D (RV93). Each arrangement in this collection has been reduced from soloistwith string orchestra to a duet for mandolin and guitar. The mandolin performs the solo part and the guitar part is a reduction of the strings. In the guitar part chords have been added above the staff to allow forembellishment-a common practice of the Baroque era. Another C instrument such as flute violin or another guitar can be easily substituted for the mandolin. Musicians will find these accessible arrangements excellent forperformance in any setting from the recital hall to the local café. The score (guitar/mandolin) and mandolin solo part are available in hard copy while the guitar accompaniment part is available as a free internet download.The mandolin and guitar parts are presented in notation.

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.

The German Baroque period featured three virtuosi—Biber Westhoff and Johann Jakob Walther. Walther (1650-1717) performed as a violinist in the orchestra of Cosimo III from 1670 to 1674 (Medici dynasty) and served asconcertmaster at the court in Dresden.Walther’s compositions are contained in two books: Scherzi da Violino solo con il basso continuo (1676) and Hortulus Chelicus (1688). This book presents six sonatas for violinfrom Hortulus Chelicus transcribed for the mandolin. The collection is a wonderful addition to the classical mandolin repertoire. All the sonatas are written in standard notation and tablature.

This book presents transcriptions of David Grisman’s solos and accompaniment patterns from the CD Shady Grove. The Shady Grove recording contains some wonderful performances of old-time American music by David Grisman and JerryGarcia two of American music’s greatest players. It is a vibrant collection of wonderful traditional American songs from a great variety of genres played in a style closely based on their traditional sources. All of the soloscan be played on the standard mandolin including one written for mandola and one for banjolin (mandolin-banjo). These transcriptions will provide insight into the art of accompaniment mandolin playing as well as soloing.Performance notes by the transcriber are included.

Mandolin Play-Along Volume 10-This volume in Hal Leonard's popular Mandolin Play-Along series contains 8 traditional favourites in easy arrangements that are suitable for beginning Mandolin players. This book will help you to play these well-known tunes quickly and easily. Just follow the written music listen to the 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. The online audio files include Playback+ a mutli-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set loop points change keys and pan left or right.Songsinclude Amazing Grace Cripple Creek Devil's Dream Frankie and Johnny Frosty Morning Over the Waterfall Short'nin' Bread and Stone's Rag.

While the Mandolin is not as synonymous with the blues as the Guitar the Fiddle's fretted cousin was an important lead voice in many string blues bands of the 1920s through the 1940s including the Mississippi Sheiks theMemphis Jug Band and the Dallas String Band. In the hands of great players including Carl Martin Charlie McCoy Yank Rachell Howard Armstrong and Johnny Young the Mandolin was a convincing member of the bluesensemble.All of these player's styles are featured here as well as bluegrass music innovator Bill Monroe Jethro Burns (Homer and Jethro ) Tiny Moore (Bob Wills' Texas Playboys) and Johnny Gimble. Special sections coverbasic blues shuffle rhythm creating your own blues solos turnarounds and introductions. Music is written in tablature and standard notation. Includes access to online audio.

These 12 Divertimentos were published in 1759 by the prominent Scottish composer James Oswald. These pieces were originally composed for the popular wire-strung cittern known then as the 'guittar'. Thebody of work was intended to help meet the demand for easy to intermediate solo guittar music. Oswald's 12 Divertimentos have been arranged here by John Goodin for the modern Mandolin inboth standard notation and tablature each piece includes three or four short movements full of pleasant melodies and interesting ideas. Whereas the original compositions were published in the key native to the guittar tuning (anopen C major chord) this book offers the music in a variety of Mandolin-friendly keys. These transpositions adhere to Oswald's original intent that the music be easy to play and pleasant to hear. While suitablefor teaching and performance these divertimentos are above all fun and satisfying to study and play.

Comprehensive and easily understood this essential Mel Bay resource is arranged in photo notation and chord diagram form for maximum ease of use by mandolinists of all playing levels. Correct left-hand positions are picturedfor each chord as is proper right-hand picking position. Major minor seventh diminished augmented and ninth chords are shown in photo notation and chord diagram form; major seventh sixth minor sixth seventh augmentedfifth and seventh diminished fifth chords are shown in diagram form only. Tuning of the mandolin is also shown. A chart summarizing movable chord patterns completes the book. Includes access to online video. Videoduration 125 minutes.

Mandolin Play-Along Volume 11-The Mandolin Play-Along Series will help you play your favourite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the written music listen to the demo tracks 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. Includes online audio tracks for download or streaming. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include Playback+ a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch set loop points change keys and pan left or right.Piecesinclude: Blue Danube Waltz Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (“Serenade”) First Movement Excerpt Für Elise Humoresque In the Hall of the Mountain King La donna e mobile The Merry Widow Waltz and Spring First Movement.

Dix Bruce is a musician writer and 'journeyman Mandolinist' with a strong belief in teaching a wide range of material from bluegrass and jazz standards to classics waltzes polkas and other ethnicmusic.This book is not meant to be a Mandolin method but a collection of fun tunes to play including; All Through The Night Sally Goodin St. James Infantry The Girl I Left Behind Me and many more. Theselections in this book are in no particular order although the easier tunes are grouped toward the front. Performance tips are given at the front of the book for each tune and all the tunes are in both standard notation andtablature.The accompanying online audio recording is set up so that you can play along with each tune at both regular and slow speeds. You can also adjust the balance control on your stereo to hear both Mandolin lead andaccompaniment just Mandolin lead or just accompaniment. Includes access to online audio.