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 andtablature 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 'woventexture' 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 fullynotated) and a chapter 'Breaking Away From Block Chords' extending knowledge of the fingerboard. Audio tracks are included to download online.

Here's the Mandolin music and tab for 15 stirring and uplifting traditional hymns. The CD features gorgeous performances by Butch Baldassari along with other luminaries of the Nashville bluegrass scene.