Découvrez la richesse des mélodies folkloriques celtiques des racines très de Bluegrass avec ce DVD très spécial de Norman et Nancy Blake. Le Blake certains des plus beaux et plus obsédantes mélodies de la celtique et le sud ont sélectionné les traditions de montagne, qui sont tous accessibles et faciles à apprendre pour le joueur de mandoline intermédiaire. À l'aide de plans rapprochés écran partagé, vous serez capable d'étudier la cueillette et usure de contact mains individuellement et le DVD est rempli de trucs et conseils concernant double-stops, tremelos, drones, split chaînes et autres éléments essentiels. / Mandoline / Dvd

DVD One: One-On-One with the Master-On this instructional session the late Bill Monroe - widely known as the 'father of bluegrass' - discusses and demonstrates the instrumental techniques that changed the course of American music. The camer's eye reveals up close and in detail Bill's incredible facility and inventiveness on the mandolin as he plays and sings both alone and backed up by his long-time band the Blue Grass Boys.You'll see and hear Bill Monroe play twenty-seven tunes (some recorded here for the first time) including favourites such as 'Rawhide' 'Wheel Hoss' 'Tennessee Blues' 'Dusty Miller' 'Roanoke Pike' 'Country Breakdown' 'Blue Grass Stomp' 'Get Up John' 'Katy Hill' and 'Rocky HeadBlues'.In an intimate coversation will fellow musician John Hartford Bill discusses a wide variety of topics: His musical development ideas about performing and songwriting memories of childhood early touring days his years on the Grand Ole Opry and much more.

An in-depth study of mandolin technique. Included are chapters on arpeggios shifting triplets and chromatics. Each chapter contains numerous practice studies and concludes with a fiddle tune arrangement showcasing the skillsdiscussed in that chapter. A great resource for intermediate to advanced mandolin players of all styles. Ideal for those who want to take their playing to the next level.

If you've heard jazz guitarists like Joe Pass play chord melody you may think that the style requires an encyclopedic knowledge of music theory musical super-powers or making a deal with the devil. But fear not! This bookwill show you how to create your own satisfying chord melody arrangements on the Mandolin...and will do so in a practical applicable way.'Aaron Weinstein has many musical accomplishments. I am very proud to have playeda small part with some of them. When he was only 12 he made his first recordings and asked me to play Mandolin on them. I was knocked out to encounter someone that young that was conversant in both old-time or contest fiddling andJoe Venuti style jazz. Not long after that Aaron became interested in the Mandolin and chords and he came by every so often to play and discuss voicings improvisation and the like. I showed him some of the Jethro Burns chordmelody arrangements that Jethro showed me. I've been teaching those for decades in hopes of one day playing them smoothly myself!Fast forward a few more years and Aaron has a Berklee degree traveled the worldplaying hot Violin music and is hobnobbing with the greatest NYC jazz stars. And oh yeah one other thing: he took the art of chord-melody Mandolin style to an entirely new level! The rich harmonies of the standard jazz and showtune repertoire the swinging bass lines and connecting chords and independent voice movements (doing more than one thing at a time) are all present in Aaron's style thanks to his great ear open mind and gift at locating thingson the fretboard. And now Aaron has documented explained and shared his discoveries and approach with all of us in this book. Thank you Aaron!This is truly a step-by-step method that you will enjoy. You'll findyourself saying 'oh of course!' as the author gets you playing and understanding things that sound very detailed and complex. The first section I would call the mandolinistic stuff: the how-to on getting things moving and

Mandolin Solos-This book and accompanying audio are an essential compilation of songs solos and techniques that every Mandolin player should know. The book is aimed at beginning and intermediate mandolinists and contains 40 Mandolin solosof all-time favorite Bluegrass Old-Time and Gospel songs. The written music includes melodies tablature chords and all thesolos can be heard at both slow and regular speeds on the accompanying audio.Included are easyopen string solos closed position moveable andtransposable solos solos with tremolo double stops bluesy solos crosspicking solos and backup Mandolin parts. This book has everything you need to play great solos in jamsessions and performances!

Great for mandolinists who have learned the basics and are ready to take the next step. Important techniques are introduced like hammer-ons and pull-offs, different styles of tremolo, slides, cross-picking and rolls. Also included are in-depth discussions of how to learn tunes, introductions to new time signatures, and a more in-depth look at important musical styles.