Lively Mandolin Tunes is a collection of 38 lively up-tempo tunes arranged by Tommy Norris for mandolin. The collection includes fiddle tunes reels hornpipes jigs sea chanteys bluegrass and old-time melodiesâ??an ideal collection for adding to repertoire improving picking technique or just having fun playing the mandolin. Backup chords and tablature are included. These tunes are also great for jamming and for playing in bluegrass or old-time bands. Includes access to online audio.

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : Bluegrass & Country Series : Qwik Guide Series Number of pages : 64 Dix Bruce is a musician, writer, and 'journeyman namdolinist' with a strong belief in teaching a wide range of material, from bluegrass and jazz standards to classics, waltzes, polkas, and other ethnic music. The choice of material in this 5 1/2 by 8 QWIKGUIDE reflects that philosophy. This book is not meant to be a mandolin method but a collection of fun tunes to play. The selections 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. All the tunes are in notation and tablature. The accompanying CD 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 and accompaniment, just mandolin lead, or just accompaniment. Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.

Mandolin Play-Along Volume 9: Christmas Carols contains 8 classic Christmas carols presented with sheet music and full backing tracks on CD. Songs include Hark! The Herlad Angles Sing Joy To The World We Wish You A Merry Christmas and more.The Mandolin Play-Along Series will help you play your favourite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the written music listen to the CD to hear how the Mandolin should sound and then play along using the separate backing tracks. Both standard notation and tablature is provided.

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.

This collection of vibrant traditional and original tunes captures the variety of mandolin styles in America. The styles represented include old time country and bluegrass ragtime swing Irish Italian and neoclassical. Someof the techniques explored are cross-picking droning voice-leading double stops and pull-offs. Of special interest are tunes that make use of the chord solo potential of the mandolin. A discussion of each tune provides livelycommentary on the history and players behind the style an outline of the arranging and composing ideas that are employed and tips for practicing and honing technique. Tunes are shown in notation and tablature and a CD isincluded. This is the perfect anthology for intermediate and advanced players who want to build their skills while expanding their range of styles.

This collection includes 34 great gospel favorites well-known hymns and old-time spirituals especially arranged in standard notation and tablature for the Mandolin. Several of the tunes are arranged for solo Mandolin whileothers are designed to be played with Guitar accompaniment. Standard chord symbols are provided for accompaniment. The online audio presents all 34 tunes many with Guitar backup. Includes access to online audio.

This fantastic book teaches you everything you need to know to get started playing the Mandolin. Beginning with how to hold and tune the instrument read tablature and do some basic strumming you'll be guided all the way to reading music developing tremolo technique and improvising. With pieces ranging from folk to blues and rock and roll this book is the start you need to go in any direction you want with your mandolin.

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.

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.

French Baroque Mandolin Suite. Marin Marais (1656-1728) was a 17th-18th century French composer and viol player for the court of Louis XIV. He is primarily known for his five books for one, two and three bass viols and continuo. The Suite in D minor comes from his first book Premier livre de pièces une et deux violes (1689). The 27 solos contained in this collection are arranged for mandolin solo and are presented in notation and tablature.

Traditional, Old Time, Bluegrass And Celtic Solos. Par GESLISON MARK. 50 Tunes Volume 1 pour mandoline est un livre d'une série de 5-livre. La série de Tunes 50 est une collection de Bluegrass, Old Time et airs celtiques pour ensembles, les familles et les particuliers. Cet ouvrage contient les 50 airs les mêmes que ceux trouvés dans les 4 autres livres de la série, mais soigneusement conçus pour la mandoline. Les mélodies dans cette gamme de livre de simple à avancé. De nombreux morceaux contiennent une partie de l'harmonie pour correspondre à la mélodie. 50 Airs Volume 1 pour mandoline est conçu pour ' flatpicking ' sur la mandoline. Flatpicking est un style, qui prévaut dans la musique celtique et de Bluegrass, qui met en vedette rapide isolation avec un seul, flat pick. Toutes les pièces sont écrites en tablature de mandoline et notation standard. CD compagnon du inclus. Tunes enregistrées par le groupe entier, pas de tous les instruments présentés dans chaque chanson. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Fiddle Tunes - Solos / Recueil / Mandoline

The original O'Neill's Music of Ireland is a famed collection of well over 1000 tunes set in standard notation that is widely used in traditional music.This book contains a selection of one hundred tunes from thiscollection arranged into sets for mandolin in tablature and standard notation which can be used at sessions and for dancing.The book includes hints tips and comments for playing the tunes and some of the tunes also havealternative melodies and harmonies for added variety and interest. At the back of the book there are guitar chords with standard and open D tuning and a mandolin fretboard chart.