A generous anthology of Celtic melodies collated and presented by Allan Alexander and Jessica Walsh and arranged for the Mandolin. From Cremonea to Planxty Burke every tune includes performance notes and historical information. Guitar chord symbols are provided to guide your accompaniments and a full CD of examples is included featuring Angelina Galashenkova-Reed playing the Mandolin. Melodies are provided in both notation and tablature.

Mandolin Play-Along Volume 2-This volume of the Mandolin Play-Along series features 8 traditional Celtic tunes all expertly arranged for Mandolin in standard and TAB notation. The Mandolin Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the written music listen to the online 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.  Songs include: A Fig for a Kiss ? The Kesh Jig ? Morrison's Jig ? The Red Haired Boy ? Rights of Man ? and more!

The mandolin delivers the clean sharp solo sound that defined some of the greatest bluegrass recordings of the 1950s. Now you can learn to play famous fiddle tunes specially arranged for mandolin. Each song includes performance notes which give you helpful hints and tips on playing slides double stops fiddle shuffles tremolos ornaments syncopations and much more! The accompanying CD features specially mixed tracks that let you hear the mandolin alone the mandolin with the backing track or just the backing track so you can play along! Get started flatpickin' now!

A fun-to-play collection of 62 favorite Fiddle and Irish tunes arranged in notation and tablature for Mandolin solo. Ideal music for intermediate level technical study in sight reading. The audio is in split-track format thusallowing the Mandolin student to play along with the Mandolin solo lively Guitar accompaniment or both. Due to time constraints the audio contains only 18 songs from the book. Access to audio available online.

With Online Audio-An exciting collection of 29 traditional tunes from Ireland arranged for easy Mandolin. All tunes are written clearly in standard notation as well as Mandolin tablature. An accompanying online audio recording contains all thetunes played at a manageable speed with Guitar accompaniment. The collection contains airs well known songs polkas slip jigs slides double jigs hornpipes and reels all of which are specially arranged by the authorwith the beginning/intermediate mandolinist in mind. On the audio recording the tunes are played 2 or 3 times so you can really get into the feel of the tune when playing along. The speed of the tunes is quite slow but not soslow as to take away from the essential feel of the music. Irish music is rightly popular all over the world. The haunting beauty of the slow airs and infectious foot-tapping rhythms of jigs and reels are here to bediscovered in this selection of great traditional music. This book includes access to online audio.

With Online Audio-This is an invaluable resource for anyone interested in Irish mandolin playing. As well as being a complete guide for the absolute beginner this book also contains a mine of information useful tips and ideas for theexperienced player. The book takes the reader from the basics of the mandolin right through to more advanced topics such as creating variations emphasis improvisation playing with other musicians practicing effectively andmuch more. All the tunes and key exercises in the book are included on the accompanying 63 track audio download available online. There is no need to read conventional music notation as all the music is written in easy-to-readmandolin tablature. However for those interested in learning about music notation there is a handy section on this subject tailored specifically to the mandolinist as well as a chapter on modes.

With Online Audio-This new manual intended for beginners contains all you need to begin playing authentic Irish jigs reels hornpipes and more on the mandolin. Starting with simple polkas and slides 26 common session tunes are included. Thetunes are all favorites a

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.

This book explores Celtic styles for the Mandolin. It is a great addition for musicians looking to begin learning Celtic music or expand their repertoire. Traditional Irish and Scottish music as well as contemporary Celticcompositions are presented. The book includes standard notation and tablature with play-along tracks in the accompanying audio.

John McGann's Guide To Octave Mandolin And Bouzouki contains twenty tunes in styles from Irish to American, in a variety of tunings, melody and accompaniment, presented in standard notation and tablature, with a stereo audio download (left channel melody, right channel accompaniment). Left and right hand techniques and chord voicings are thoroughly discussed. For the first time, the Celtic style "woven texture" accompaniment, unique to the instrument, is fully notated. The book also contains melodic Irish ornamentation, blues, jazz, American fiddle tunes with variations and improvisations (all fully notated), and a chapter "Breaking Away From Block Chords" extending knowledge of the fingerboard. Audio tracks are included to download online.

Ceux qui ont eu la chance de s'asseoir dans un pub irlandais convivial et une des sessions de musique informelles à assister, aura pour savoir ce qu'on entend par l'enthousiasme et la virtuosité des musiciens irlandais . Il est étonnant qu'ici vit sur une ininterrompue et toujours vivant , circa 5000 années vieille tradition musicale . Hans Landau a réuni dans le présent mélodies beiebte de volume et arrangé pour la mandoline.Hans W.F. Landau est né en 1946 dans la Ruhr . Ses premiers contacts avec la guitare - une guitare voyager - il avait même avant 1960. Cependant, l'événement clé drastique a été l'apparition du groupe Popgitarren britannique 'The Shadows ' , les guitaristiques ses inclinations spécifiques pour de nombreuses années. Seulement après des études , fonder une famille et le déménagement dans Oberbergische Hans Landau intensément consacré à la guitare classique. En raison de sa profonde passion pour l'instrument , il a également été très forte au cours de l'usage professionnel de nouveau le temps de jouer de la guitare . Après 1985, il a trouvé son fils Hannes un claviériste profonde , qui lui aussi dans de nombreux spectacles qui vont bien au-delà des limites de la Oberbergischemarcher , se tenait sur ??le côté. Hans Landau a également joué dans de nombreux groupes , groupes de musique et des formations . Ses modèles stylistiques sont Chet Atkins , Hank Marvin , Pepe Romero et Martin Taylor. Depuis sa rencontre avec des perspectives Clemm Volker ont ouvert de nouveaux hn . Hans Landau jouit aujourd'hui du Duoarbeit intense avec Volker Clemm . Il joue de la guitare , de la mandoline comme deuxième instrument. / Mandoline