Old-Time Favorites for Fiddle and Mandolin

With Online Audio-This book and accompanying audio download include popular and lesser-known old-time tunes for the clawhammer banjo. This book is a followup to Dan Levenson's Old-Time Festival Tunes for Clawhammer Banjo (MB20313M) and includes62 more tunes of varying difficulty. Old favorites as well as new additions are presented including many time-tested standards. The material is presented in standard notation and basic/advanced tablature. Suggested chords arealso included to help you along the way. Fiddle players will enjoy the companion to this book Old-Time Favorites for Fiddle and Mandolin (MB30225BCD) which shares the same basic standard notation. Includes access to onlineaudio.

American folk country and bluegrass composer John Hartford was well-known for his quirky compositions as well as his ability to tap-dance whilst playing the Banjo. He also possessed an encyclopedic knowledge ofold-time fiddle tunes as evidenced by this collection. Included in this book are all 22 fiddle tunes from Hartford's Hamilton Ironworks album. Also featured are many of his variations suggested chords information on each song's origins and insights on how to approach them. This collection of fiddle tunes provides players with an accurate source so as to incorporate these great pieces into their repertoire. The difficultylevel of the pieces ranges from relatively basic fiddling to solos that employ a range of techniques such as slides alternate tunings and playing on up the fingerboard. Each tune is presented in standard notation and inMandolin tab. John Hartford's Old-Time Fiddle Favorites is a must-have for any fan of John Hartford's music and for all old-time musicians.

26 Favorite Songs-The Ultimate Mandolin Songbook contains multiple versions varying in difficulty of 26 of the most popular songs from bluegrass jazz ragtime rock pop gospel swing and other genres in both standard notation and mandolin tab.The songs are arranged by Janet Davis to appeal to players of all levels and the included online audio tracks feature her performing demos for listening and playing along. Arrangements in the book feature alternate licks endings segues and turnarounds for improvising.Picking styles include: tremolo Monroe style fiddle style double stops crosspicking triplet style jazz style and more. The songs are in various tuningsand keys and the lyrics and history are included for each.