Mandolin for Violinists

Author: Andrew Driscoll
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1619110113
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 85

Book Description
Learning the mandolin should be required for every violinist: it has the same tuning and is a chordal instrument. This book provides violinists with the skills and knowledge needed to master the mandolin; it also teaches ways in which mandolin concepts can open up one's violin playing. the book offers key insights into the similarities and differences between the two instruments so that violinists can quickly learn to play the mandolin. the book and companion CD cover basic fingering and picking techniques and then move through exercises and pieces drawn from the classical, swing and folk genres.

The Complete Mandolin Method -- Beginning Mandolin

Author: Greg Horne
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN: 9780739037324
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Comprehensive instruction for the serious mandolinist. One of America's leading schools for contemporary music-The National Guitar Workshop-teaches you the concepts, techniques and theory you need to become a virtuoso performer. 96 pages each.

Mandolin For Dummies

Author: Don Julin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119943973
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 408

Book Description
The fun and easy way to learn to play the mandolin The newest addition to the highly successful Dummies instrument-instruction line, Mandolin For Dummies gives you easy-to-follow, step-by-step instruction on learning to play the mandolin. Following the time-tested Dummies format, Mandolin For Dummies provides a level of content and instruction greater than anything currently available. Mandolin For Dummies breaks down the fundamentals of this instrument and provides the resources you need to practice and improve your ability over time. Packed with individualized instruction on key mandolin-friendly musical styles, including Irish and Celtic, "old time" American music, blues, bluegrass, swing, and jazz Files available via download provide audio tracks from the book and exercises so you can play along and build your skills -- almost 2 hours of music! Clear and useful photos and diagrams ensure you fret, strum, and pick with precision Includes a mandolin buying guide to help ensure you make the right purchases Tips on restringing mandolins and other DIY care and maintenance topics If you're an aspiring mandolin player, don't fret! Mandolin For Dummies has you covered.

The Classical Mandolin

Author: Paul Sparks
Publisher:
ISBN: 0195173376
Category : Mandolin
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
A "hidden" instrument in the classical music world, the mandolin's repertoire of original music remains largely unknown. This book examines the lives and works of the mandolin's great composers and, together with Sparks's earlier The Early Mandolin (Oxford 1989), provides the firstcomprehensive survey of the instrument's history. The book also explores aspects of technique and looks at present-day orchestras and soloists.

Complete Jethro Burns Mandolin

Author: Jethro Burns
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1610658752
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
Learn from the master of bluegrass mandolin - Jethro Burns. More than 70 tunes and two dozen exercises are found in this bluegrass bonanza. The Complete Jethro Burns Mandolin Book and online audio is an incomparable resource of bluegrass mandolin repertoire - all in standard notation and tablature, just the way the maestro played them - with chord symbols for an accompaniment instrument. Presents some of Jethro's finest and most challenging solos, in addition to a special section on Jethro's mandolin techniques. Ample performance notes and performance notes and mandolin lore are provided, along with many photographs of Jethro in the latter half of a career lasting more than half a century. The recording presents 52 of the tunes in the book available online for download

J.S. Bach for Fingerstyle Ukulele

Author:
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
ISBN: 9781458446039
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
(Ukulele). 15 solo ukulele arrangements in standard notes and tab of J.S. Bach works: Arioso * Be Thou with Me * Bourree * Chorale in C Major, BWV 514 * Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring * Little Prelude No. 2 in C Major * Minuet in G * Minuet 1, BWV 813 * Musette in D Major * Prelude (Cello Suite No. 1) * Prelude in C Major * Quia Respexit * Sheep May Safely Graze * Sleepers, Awake (Wachet Auf) * Violin Partita No. 1, BWV 1002 "Tempo Di Bourree".

Renaissance Solos for Mandolin

Author: John Holenko
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1609742958
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 65

Book Description
Most of the music in this book comes from editions or manuscripts from England in the late 1500's. There are also a few French pieces. the cittern was popular in Italy, England and France. Aside from various tunings, there were two main kinds of instruments being played during the 16th and 17th centuries: the 4 course (four sets of doubled strings), and the 6 course cittern with several editions of music to go along with both. the pieces I have chosen for this book were all written for the 4 course instrument and fall into three main categories: dance music, song arrangements and free pieces. the free pieces are basically preludes that explore the melodic range of the instrument. As the title suggests these pieces can be played very freely and need not have a very strict tempo. the dance pieces are not really meant to be danced to, but rather take their form and rhythm from the popular court dances of the time. These can be played with a wide range of overall tempo, but once a tempo is chosen, should be strictly adhered to. the song arrangements are settings of popular songs of the time as well as more formal vocal settings. Care should be taken in making the melody clear and singing. Since the range of the cittern and mandolin are the same, John Holenko has kept the melodies intact. Because of the difference in tuning however, the voicing of the harmonies have been changed so as to fit on the mandolin.

You Can Teach Yourself Mandolin

Author: Dix Bruce
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1609749987
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 105

Book Description
You Can Teach Yourself Mandolin is written as a teach-yourself text with play-along examples and tunes on the companion recording. In the author's words, It is aimed at helping you get started immediately on your way to mandolinhood by giving you the basics of the mandolin and mandolin playing. with this informal, often humorous text, Dix Bruce will guide you step-by-step through the basics of learning this versatile instrument. Learn all about accompanying yourself and others, common chords, and useful strums, reading simple melodies, playing a colorful assortment of mandolin folk songs, and more. All musical examples and tunes are written in both standard notation and tablature. Diagrams of all the principal chords used on the mandolin are shown in the Chord Appendix, making this book a particularly useful study aid for the beginning mandolinist. Illustrated with drawings and photographs of vintage instruments.

New Solos for Classical Mandolin: Concert Repertoire for Practice & Performance

Author:
Publisher: Hal Leonard
ISBN: 1540092968
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 169

Book Description
(Mandolin). Illustrations by Alex Timmerman New Solos for Classical Mandolin is a unique collection of original solo compositions for mandolin, designed for both practice and performance. Composed in a richly-textured style, this collection also provides a systematic study of several right-hand techniques drawn from the literature of classical mandolin, as well as a framework for developing your own approach to interpretation and improvisation within classical music traditions. This book will help you to: extend the tone color and expressive range of your instrument; practice your technique by playing musical solos, instead of exercises; dig deeper into classical techniques, with a guided method for study; consider strategies to improve your music reading skills and chord/melody concept; build your repertoire of modern solo works; cultivate your own way of interpretation and improvising with classical mandolin.

12 Divertimentos for Solo Mandolin

Author: John Goodin
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1619115735
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 49

Book Description
James Oswald, a prominent Scottish composer, music publisher and teacher, composed and published 12 divertimentos in London around 1759 for the popular wire-strung cittern known then as the guittar. The body of work was intended to help meet the demand for easy to intermediate solo guittar music. Arranged here for the modern mandolin in both standard notation and tablature, each piece includes three or four short movements full of pleasant melodies and interesting ideas. Whereas the original compositions were published in the key native to the guittar tuning (an open C major chord), this book offers the music in a variety of mandolin-friendly keys. The transpositions adhere to Oswald's original intent that the music be easy to play and pleasant to hear. While suitable for teaching and performance these divertimentos are, above all, fun and satisfying to study and play