Monroe Instrumentals

25 Bill Monroe Favorites - Todd Collins (Transcribed). Par COLLINS TODD. Comme Bill Monroe est couramment acclamé comme 'le père de la musique bluegrass', ses mélodies sont le répertoire standard et devraient être étudiés et mémorisés par n'importe quel étudiant sérieux de bluegrass. Ce livre est une collection des transcriptions en notation et tablature prélevés instrus classiques enregistrées sur une période de 40 ans, depuis le début des années 1940 au début des années 1980. Il fonctionne comme un ' livre de faux ' pour les étudiants de bluegrass d'apprendre la mélodie originale ou d'étudier son style de jeu de Monroe. Les mélodies sont joués par la mandoline, fiddle, jumeaux violons, ou triples violons et sont regroupées en conséquence. Généralement inclus avec la mélodie de violon est une transcription de la rupture de la mandoline. Ces transcriptions, avec la discographie, sera une ressource importante pour tous les étudiants de la musique bluegrass. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Bluegrass - Solos / Répertoire / Violon et Mandoline

DVD Two: A Detailed Analysis by Sam Bush-The companion lesson to 'The Mandolin Of Bill Monroe:One-On-One With The Master' is a hands-on teaching tool produced especially for the developing mandolin player who wants to learn the intricacies of Bill Monroe's powerful style and technique. Veteran mandolinist Sam Bush dissects eighteen of the pieces as played on Bill's groundbreaking lesson taking them apart in note-for-note detail. Split screens and close-ups as well as replays of Monroe's demonstrations aid the teaching process and make this the method for learning Monroe-style bluegrass mandolin.You'll get detailed instruction for all-time favorite Bill Monroe songs and instrumentals.

Mel Bay are proud to announce that they have a new DVD hot off the press entitled Bill Monroe Style Mandolin. On it Chris who is a mighty fine picker teaches five Monroe-style tunes literally note-by-note:Big Mon Bluegrass Breakdown Raw Hide Wheel Hoss and also a terrific bluesy break to Man of Constant Sorrow.Chris teaches the four Monroe compositions very close to the recorded versions and in facton Wheel Hoss he's practically mirroring every note of what Monroe played. These lessons are all taught carefully note-by-note showing every pick stroke and naming every note all the way through each tune. No Tab.DVD.

Finding Your Bluegrass Voice-Finding Your Bluegrass One of America's most renowned bluegrass musicians imparts wisdom and advice based on decades of experience playing in bands from Bill Monroe an d the Blue Grass Boys to Old And In The Way. With Peter Rowan's help you'll improve your lead singing and establish an authentic bluegrass guitar sound. Peter's invaluable tips on breathing phrasing vocal improvisation and his exercises to increase your power and range will help you excel as a lead singer. His guitar accompaniment techniques show you how to back up your singing wiht a strong sense of time add bluegrass style bass runs embellish with blues licks and pick simple but effectivesolos. Illustrating his lesson with concert style performances of well known songs from the bluegrass repertoire and first-hand accounts of his days on tour with Bill Monroe Peter teaches each arrangement phrase by phrase. He takes apart Bill Monroe's Blue Moon of Kentucky; the bluesy Walls of Time; the traditional gospel song Wayfaring Stranger and the powerful waltztime classic In The Pines. This is a lesson filled with lots of great instruction singing and playing and is a must-have for every bluegrass lover's library.

Expression is the essence of jazz improvisation and the starting point of ornamentation and creativity. As one of the lead instruments of Jazz the saxophone is often required to tackle a solo melody. Every tip trick and techniqueis provided here giving you an arsenal of musical tactics to set your solo playing on fire. With this DVD from the Berklee Workshop series you will develop your own style as you work with the building blocks of articulationand expression to craft your personal interpretation of a song. Featured lessons include aspects of vibrato articulation dynamics effects pitch and much more. With these tools your solos will become filled with characterand nuance as you develop your own style. Berklee Professor Larry Monroe will help you go beyond simply playing notes and start crafting your musical expression.

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 and recorded by thegiants 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-Step instruction on how to transpose anysong to any key!The online audio download include recordings of EVERY song in the book.

The perfect follow-up to Beginning Mandolin. Extensive lesson on chords and movable chord positions. Note-by-note explanation of 5 great tunes. Taught by Murphy Henry with guest teacher Christopher Henry who also teaches ourBill Monroe Style Mandolin DVD. No Tab.

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.

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.)

One of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys in the 1960s Tony Ellis is among the most renowned banjo players around.This superb book assembles songs from four highly acclaimed CDs - Dixie Banner Farewell My Home Quaker Girl and Sounds Like Bluegrass To Me- capturing his unique two- and three-finger playing techniques in the bluegrass style in standard notation and tab.

Doc's accompanists as well as his songs here are an eclectic group ranging from his 1950s musical partner pianist Jack Williams to his son Merle (seen playing exquisite slide guitar) to Rocky Skaggs (singing and playing mandolin in a Monroe Brothers style set) to a stellar stringband featuring Mark O'Connor Tony Rice Bela Fleck David Grisman and Jerry Douglas. This collection ends with a solo set from Doc which brings his music full circle to the straightforward simplicity with which it was first presented during the 1960s folk revival.

In music the term 'bluegrass' describes the hot string-band style pioneered by Kentuckian Bill Monroe which blends old-time country music with blues rhythms and jazz-influenced improvisation. This book contains 101 authenticbluegrass guitar licks in the favorite bluegrass keys of C G D and A minor. The licks are broken down into phrases of two four and eight bars. In addition several endings and crosspicking licks are included. Each lick isplayed to a chord progression that is standard in bluegrass country and folk music. All 101 examples are recorded on the companion CD with guitar accompaniment at a moderate tempo. Whether you are a fan of old-time countrymusic traditional bluegrass or newgrass you are sure to find lots of great ideas in this new collection of bluegrass licks. So grab your instrument put on the CD pull up a chair and let's start pickin'.