Hal Leonard Mandolin Method - Book 2: Mandolin: Instrumental Album

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.

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! ¦ ¦

Supplementary Songbook-Supplementary Songbook to the Hal Leonard Mandolin Method. 20 songs to play as you learn mandolin. Includes: Annie's Song · California Dreamin' · Let It Be · Puff the Magic Dragon · Scarborough Fair · Where Have All the Flowers Gone? · and more.

This songbook for the Mandolin is perfect to use on its own or as a supplement to the Play Mandolin Today! method. This book/audio package contains a selection of ten pop and folk favourites with downloadable professional-quality audio tracks featuring a full-band demo and play-along tracks for each song. Songs include Blackbird Blue Moon of Kentucky Dark Eyes I Hope You Dance Never on Sunday The Sound of Silence With or Without You Jolene The Kesh Jig My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme from Titanic) and more.

Concert Repertoire for Practice and Performance-Illustrations by Alex Timmerman New Solos for Classical Mandolin is a unique collection of original solo compositions for mandolin designed for both practice and performance. Composed in a richly-textured style this collection also provides a systematic study of several right-hand techniques drawn from the literature of classical mandolin as well as a framework for developing your own approach to interpretation and improvisation within classical music traditions. This book will help you to: extend the tone color and expressive range of your instrument - practice your technique by playing musical solos instead of exercises - dig deeper into classical techniques with a guidedmethod for study - consider strategies to improve your music reading skills and chord/melody concept - build your repertoire of modern solo works - cultivate your own way of interpretation and improvising with classical mandolin. Illustrations by Alex Timmerman New Solos for Classical Mandolin is a unique collection of original solo compositions for mandolin designed for both practice and performance. Composed in a richly-textured style this collection also provides a systematic study of several right-hand techniques drawn from the literature of classical mandolin as well as a framework for developing your own approach to interpretation and improvisation within classical music traditions. This book will help you to: extend the tone color and expressive range of your instrument - practice your technique by playing musical solos instead of exercises - dig deeper into classical techniques with a guidedmethod for study - consider strategies to improve your music reading skills and chord/melody concept - build your repertoire of modern solo works - cultivate your own way of interpretation and improvising with classical mandolin.