Marilynn Mair is a world-renowned mandolinist with over a thousand concerts two dozen CDs and two previous Mel Bay books to her credit:Brazilian Choro and Complete Mandolinist. In The 100-Techniques

An easy-to-understand method teaching essentials of bluegrass Mandolin performance. Learn To Play Bluegrass Mandolin contains chord and scale forms technical insights plus both simple melodic andfull arrangements of 21 tunes in notation and tablature. The video includes performance versions of the Mandolin solos. As an added feature the Mandolin can be muted so that the student can play along with the recordedGuitar accompaniment. Access to online video available.

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

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.

The Mandolin is a great instrument for kids. These simple arrangements of all-time popular songs are ideal for younger learners and will get them playing in no time! This repertoire book is easy to read with classic songs suchas Scarborough Fair  Kum ba Yah  Frère Jaques  My Bonnie and much more. Chords are available for an accompanying instrumentalist and play-along tracks recorded bythe author are available online. The Mandolin part is written in both standard notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio.

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.

Mandolinists who wish to expand their improvisational vocabulary and spice up their rhythm accompaniment are invited to try some Jazz Mandolin Appetizers.This book and accompanying audio prepared by chef Don Stiernberg include a batch of etudes that address the challenges every improvising mandolinist faces. These include common issues such as selecting notes that sound good with chord progressions and finding them on the fretboard. In the firstsection new melodies are presented for chord progressions that are often played at swing and jazz jam sessions. These tunes will benefit players of any style. Concepts are discussed at the beginning of each tune such as harmonicanalysis and the effects of certain intervals (useful groups of tones). The tablature suggests fingerings for the melodies. The chordal section shows how chords and progressions can be made more interesting by adding color tension and movement. Chord substitution is also demonstrated. Working through this section will prepare the player with commonly played progressions and will expand their chord voicing vocabulary up and down the neck. Lastly astudy of chord-melody style playing is presented. Playing the melody and harmony at the sametime yields full sounding solo arrangements.Don Stiernberg is a leading proponent of the jazz Mandolin style. He has eightavailable recordings performs coast to coast and abroad writes a column for Mandolin Magazine and teaches at several Mandolin events. Audio download available online.

With Online Audio-A new collection of 30 great tunes from a variety of Fiddle traditions. Each tune has been specially arranged for Mandolin and is presented in both standard notation and tablature. The accompanying audio downloadfeatures all 30 tunes. The tunes include a variety of styles including bluegrass Texas style Old Time Irish reels some underplayed gems and even a Joe Carr original! This tune book is perfect for building yourrepertoire.

The best way to learn an instrument is to play it as often as you can with other musicians. Trading songs and interacting with other instrumentalists and singers will foster learning at a faster pace and promote development ofan ensemble sound. This play-along series encourages this kind of fun collaborative approach to learning an instrument. Aspiring Mandolinists can practice chords and rhythm singing and lyrics melodies solos licksand backup playing along with a real band! The online audio includes Dix Bruce on the Guitar Mandolin and Vocals Bill Evans on the Banjo and Vocals Julie Cline on Vocals and Cindy Browne onthe string Bass. The recorded songs are performed with introductions (kickoffs) Vocals and solos-just how they would be at jam sessions and performances. Solo sections in the recordings allow you to play chords and solos from thebook. Create your own improvised solos or sing the lyrics while the band provides accompaniment. The book includes fifteen of the most popular bluegrass old-time and gospel songs recorded at slow and regular temposfor players of any skill level. Includes Mandolin tablature chords solos backup parts and more. Great for beginning to intermediate players. We'll jam ALL night long!

With Online Audio and Video-First Lessons Mandolin teaches the absolute basics of learning to play Mandolin from holding the pick to performing easy Mandolin tunes. It doesn't get any easier than this! Students learn how to hold theMandolin correctly how to read Mandolin tablature basic note reading the most popular Mandolin chords how to play easy melodies in several musical styles basic picking technique how to tune the Mandolin and much more. Alongthe way students will learn about the greatest Mandolin players and their music. The main emphasis of First Lessons Mandolin is to get the student up and playing immediately and to have fun doing it! A companiononline audio and video are available online. DVD 139:00 minutes.

With Online Audio-Compiled by John LaBarbera this enjoyable collection of Mandolin music features pieces from various parts of northern central and southern Italy. Italian Folk Music For Mandolin includescomplete texts and translations of the songs with accurate accompanying arrangements for two Mandolins or Violin and Guitar. The selections include medieval and Renaissance instrumental folk dances sixteenth-century NeapolitanVillanelle work songs lullabies narrative ballads prisoner songs and popular dances including tarantellas pizzica Sardinian ballo tondo quadrille waltz and saltarello. The price of this book includes access toonline audio of all the featured pieces.

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.

50 Celtic Reels A-L For Mandolin-Steve Kaufman Three Time National Flatpicking Champion does it again. This first installment of a four part series brings us Kaufman's's favorite Celtic Reels transcribed for the Mandolin (and Fiddletoo). Though the title says 'Fifty' reels there are actually quite a few more. This is a large collection of reels will build your repertoire as well as help you develop more ideas licks and runs for arranging your ownmelodies. All the songs in the book are played note for note on the accompanying audio at about - speed. Your goal is to learn the song memorise it and then race with the Champ. Includes access to online audio.

Wedding Music for Mandolin includes 23 of the most popular and best-loved wedding hits for intermediate and advanced mandolinists. Traditonal wedding songs, Easy classical pieces, Two ?Ave Maria? melodies, Favorite Italian, Irish, Jewish, and English songs, The music includes standard notation, mandolin tablature, chords for mandolin and guitar, plus access to online play-along audio recordings of all the songs!