John McGann's Guide
To Octave Mandolin And
Bouzouki contains twenty
tunes
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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.