Mandolin Play-Along Volume 1-This volume of the Mandolin Play-Along series features 8 traditional Bluegrass 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: Angeline the Baker ? Billy in the Low Ground ? Blackberry Blossom ? Fisher's Hornpipe ? and more!

Authentic mandolin transcriptions of these classics by the Father of Bluegrass: Blue Grass Breakdown · Blue Grass Special · Can't You Hear Me Calling · Goodbye Old Pal · Heavy Traffic Ahead · I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky · It's Mighty Dark to Travel · Kentucky Waltz · Nobody Loves Me · Old Crossroad Is Waitin' · Remember the Cross · Shine Hallelujah Shine · Summertime Is Past and Gone · Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong · Travelin' This Lonesome Road · True Life Blues.

This is a beginning Mandolin method the contents of this book present the fundamentals of playing Mandolin in a sequence making the material logical and easy to learn.The primary difference between this method and manyothers is that this book is written for seniors wanting to learn to play the Mandolin. While many would say that getting on in years is only a state of mind the fact is that some of the body parts (including the eyes) don'tfunction quite the same as they did in younger years. With this in mind the font has purposely been enlarged. Care has been taken to select repertoire familiar and appealing to a more mature audience and attention has been givento the pacing of the material. Includes access to online audio containing all songs taught in the book.

This book is designed for mandolinists seeking to develop their left and right-hand technique. The exercises included help reinforce fundamental actions of playing and challenge the player to master the various permutationsand combinations of these fundamentals. Each hand is given primary focus working across all four strings or up and down the fretboard before both hands are challenged simultaneously. Through these exercises a player canimprove their functioning abilities and facilitate better control over the instrument. Practicing these workouts can help with the mechanics of playing as well helping a player improve accuracy speed and agility in bothhands.

Finally! A chord book written for the young beginner (or even beginners of any age) showing a creative and simple way to learn and play mandolin chords. Chords are taught beginning with the most essential to more advanced. Chordsare presented with exercises that build upon each other and eventually lead the student to playing logical and common chord progressions. Chords are shown in chord diagram form with photographs showing finger positions inrelationship to the fretboard. Examples and exercises are presented in strum bar notation. •

Telemann for Two Mandolins. As one of the most productive composers in history, Georg Philipp Telemann endeavored to supply a steady stream of new music for both professional and amateur musicians. The 64 compositions in this collection fall into three categories:Sonatas for two treble-clef instruments without bass accompaniment.Pieces for solo instrument and bass.Movements from Telemann?s many trio sonatas and overture-suites for two melody instruments and bass.Written in standard notation only for two mandolins, or mandolin with violin, flute, recorder, or any other instrument of similar range.

Fine mandolin solo arrangements in notation and tablature reflecting styles of the great country and bluegrass soloists. Contains 53 solos. Selections include Soldier's Joy Chinese Breakdown Sandburgh Hornpipe Northlake Reel Send the Light Gospel Train Sonny's Side and more!

An exciting and varied collection of 35 traditional tunes from around the world arranged for easy mandolin. All tunes are written clearly in standard notation as well as mandolin tablature. An accompanying CD contains all the tunes played at a manageable speed accompanied by a backing band of guitars bass fiddle and percussion.The tunes come from Africa North and South America Europe The Middle East Asia and Australia and are specially arranged by the author with the beginning/intermediate mandolinist in mind. On the CD 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 so slow as to take away from the essential feel of the music.There is a mine of great music to be discovered from around the world a sample of which can be found in this unusual and stimulating selection which may well prove to be a springboard to further studies of traditional styles.

Mandolin 2-Manhã De Carnaval is the title of the popular song by Brazilian composer Luiz Bonfá and lyricist Antônio Maria. Manhã De Carnaval appeared as a principal theme in the 1959 Portuguese-language film Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus). Manhã De Carnaval became one of the first compositions identified with Bossa Nova to gain popularity outside Brazil. The title was particularly popular in the United States where the song is considered to be one of the most important Brazilian Jazz/Bossa songs that helped establishthe Bossa Nova movement in the late 1950s. Here it has been arranged for Mandolin Orchestra. This is the part for Mandolin 2.

For The Modern Mandolinist - Volume 1-Theory and Improvisation for the Modern Mandolinist is a two book series that teaches improvisation in many musical styles along with theory concepts and how they apply to the mandolin. Each book provides access to differentbacking tracks and solo examples to help you learn. Every chapter includes scales presented in a variety of common formats: standard notation tablature and fretboard charts. Volume 1 Building a Foundation only requiresthat the reader can play notes and simple chords. It presents basic skills necessary for improvising over chord progressions found in all types of music. Sample solos and progressions are included at the end of each chapter topractice. Whether you play bluegrass rock pop or jazz this book will take your solos to the next level. Includes access to online audio.

This wonderful collection of festive favourites gives the Mandolin player a wide variety of material from which to choose. Well-known soloist Steve Kaufman includes beautiful meaningful carols arranged specificallyfor Mandolin.The book includes both a simple melody edition and an intermediate-advanced solo version all in both notation and tab. The Mandolin backup parts are discussed in the first section of the book and chord symbols as well as Guitar tablature are provided for the backup parts. A 'must-have' book for the Mandolin player! In notation and tablature.The companion audio is designed as a listening recording first and an instructional toolsecond. All 24 songs are played through at least three times. The first time is the basic melody as it appears in the book followed by the intermediate version and another improvised version making this both a listening tool andan ear training tool. Recorded Direct to Digital in true stereo sound. Access to audio available online.

Sonata In B Flat is a beautiful chamber work for Two Mandolins and Basso Continuo composed by Carlo Giovanni Testori (1714-1782) and edited by Lino Totaro. The solo mandolin 1 and 2 parts along with the single basso continuo part are also included on separate inserts. There is also a keyboard realisation of the basso continuo in the main score.

This book sets out to teach the reader how to play the mandolin by using inspiring music from some of the great musical traditions of the world especially arranged for the instrument. Includes CD!Ideal for the complete beginner there is no need for any previous musical knowledge.Invaluable for the existing player/improver looking for fresh ideas and exciting new tunes. By working through this unique book the reader will gain a sound knowledge of the mandolin plus a large and varied repertoire of traditional music from all over the world.By drawing on the music of countries such as Venezuala Rwanda Holland Trinidad Japan andAustralia as well as the more popular traditions of Ireland and North America this book will produce a more well-rounded mandolin player - a musician who will be inspired to look further into the exciting musical traditions of the world. Rather than being an exhaustive guide to all traditional styles of the world this book is a mandolin method which uses tunes from around the world to demonstrate the various techniques required to produce a competent musician. It is the sincere hope of the author that the student will be inspired by the music contained in this book and recording to look more deeply into styles of particular interest.

A handy and economical starter book chock-full of useful information. Teaches strumming rhythm by playing along with lyrics then teaches tablature reading for playing solos. The solos provide picking indications for up-pickingand down-picking. Contains 25 folk favorites for strumming and singing 13 songs in notation and tablature for solo picking and a mandolin chord reference chart.