Favorite Mandolin Picking Tunes Qwikguide (DIX BRUCE)

Dix Bruce is a musician writer and 'journeyman Mandolinist' with a strong belief in teaching a wide range of material from bluegrass and jazz standards to classics waltzes polkas and other ethnicmusic.This book is not meant to be a Mandolin method but a collection of fun tunes to play including; All Through The Night Sally Goodin St. James Infantry The Girl I Left Behind Me and many more. Theselections in this book are in no particular order although the easier tunes are grouped toward the front. Performance tips are given at the front of the book for each tune and all the tunes are in both standard notation andtablature.The accompanying online audio recording is set up so that you can play along with each tune at both regular and slow speeds. You can also adjust the balance control on your stereo to hear both Mandolin lead andaccompaniment just Mandolin lead or just accompaniment. Includes access to online audio.

With the Brad Davis' Flatpick Jam series you are never without a jamming partner! This two-hour DVD is packed with flatpicking jam session favorites (11 tunes on each DVD). Brad plays each tune at four different tempos (slow slow/medium medium/fast and fast) so that you can work on your tone timing note clarity and fluidity at the slower tempos and then work to develop your speed at the higher tempos. At each tempo Brad takes a solo then playsrhythm so you can take your solo. At the three higher tempos Brad swaps solos and rhythm with you twice. This gives you the opportunity to practice your solo and rhythm seven times on every tune! On each tune Brad plays a varietyof rhythmic and lead styles. A bass line and mandolin chop accompany every song at every tempo and chord changes are indicated on-screen (for the slow tempo). Songs include: Ragtime Annie Redwing Lonesome Road Blues Liberty Katy Hill Over The Waterfall Coo Coo's Nest Cherokee Shuffle Cattle In The Cane and Fisher's Hornpipe.

With the Brad Davis' Flatpick Jam series you are never without a jamming partner! This two-hour DVD is packed with flatpicking jam session favorites (11 tunes on each DVD). Brad plays each tune at four different tempos (slow slow/medium medium/fast and fast) so that you can work on your tone timing note clarity and fluidity at the slower tempos and then work to develop your speed at the higher tempos. At each tempo Brad takes a solo thenplays rhythm so you can take your solo. At the three higher tempos Brad swaps solos and rhythm with you twice. This gives you the opportunity to practice your solo and rhythm seven times on every tune. On each tune Brad plays avariety of rhythmic and lead styles. A bass line and mandolin chop accompany every song at every tempo and chord changes are indicated on-screen (for the slow tempo). The tunes presented in Volume 4 are: Flowers ofEdinburgh Shady Grove John Henry Texas Gales Home Sweet Home Crazy Creek Leather Britches Cotton Patch Rag Eighth of January and Flop-Eared Mule.