Parking Lot Picker's Songbook - Mandolin

A collection of over 200 great Bluegrass Old Time Country and Gospel standards. Learn to play songs written and recorded by the giants of traditional American music: Bill Monroe The Stanley Brothers Flatt & Scruggs Ralph Stanley The Osborne Brothers Jimmy Martin Doc Watson and many more! Melodies are presented with a bass line lyrics and chords. Includes access to online audio that includes recordings of every song in the book! Also included: Valuable information on how to play bass plus step-by- step instruction on how to transpose any song to any key! We now have versions of The Parking Lot Picker's Songbook for every instrument in a typicalbluegrass band --- guitar mandolin banjo fiddle dobro and bass --- so every member no matter what instrument they play can work from the same collection of songs!      

The best way to learn an instrument is to play it as often as you can with other musicians. Trading songs and interacting with other instrumentalists and singers will foster learning at a faster pace and promote development ofan ensemble sound. This play-along series encourages this kind of fun collaborative approach to learning an instrument. Aspiring Mandolinists can practice chords and rhythm singing and lyrics melodies solos licksand backup playing along with a real band! The online audio includes Dix Bruce on the Guitar Mandolin and Vocals Bill Evans on the Banjo and Vocals Julie Cline on Vocals and Cindy Browne onthe string Bass. The recorded songs are performed with introductions (kickoffs) Vocals and solos-just how they would be at jam sessions and performances. Solo sections in the recordings allow you to play chords and solos from thebook. Create your own improvised solos or sing the lyrics while the band provides accompaniment. The book includes fifteen of the most popular bluegrass old-time and gospel songs recorded at slow and regular temposfor players of any skill level. Includes Mandolin tablature chords solos backup parts and more. Great for beginning to intermediate players. We'll jam ALL night long!

Banjo Edition-A collection of over 200 great bluegrass old time country and gospel standards. Melodies are presented with standard notation and tablature along with lyrics and chords. Learn to play songs written andrecorded by the giants of traditional American music: Bill Monroe The Stanley Brothers Flatt & Scruggs Ralph Stanley The Osborne Brothers Jimmy Martin Doc Watson and many more. Also included: step-by-stepinstruction on how to transpose any song to any key!Includes access to online audio containing recordings of EVERY song in the book with Bill Evans on banjo and vocals Dix Bruce on guitar mandolin and vocals.