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.

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.

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.

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

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.

First 50 Songs You Should Play on Mandolin

Author: Fred Sokolow
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1495072290
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 110

Book Description
(Mandolin). A fantastic collection of 50 accessible, must-know favorites for the beginner who's learned enough to start playing popular songs! This book features melody, lyrics, and chord diagrams. Includes: Amazing Grace * Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain * Crazy * Cripple Creek * Folsom Prison Blues * Friend of the Devil * Going to California * Hallelujah * Ho Hey * I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow * I Walk the Line * I'll Fly Away * Losing My Religion * Maggie May * Mr. Bojangles * Redemption Song * Ripple * Rocky Top * Take Me Home, Country Roads * Tennessee Waltz * Wagon Wheel * Wildwood Flower * Yesterday * Your Cheatin' Heart * and many more.

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".

Classical Music Themes for Easy Mandolin Volume One

Author: Robert Anthony
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781537675602
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106

Book Description
This book is intended to expand the beginning to intermediate mandolin player's Classical Music appreciation and repertoire. Each piece is arranged in standard notation and in tablature. I have included two versions of each piece: A simpler version with only the melody, and a chord-melody arrangement. The pieces vary in difficulty and are arranged in alphabetical order by the composer's name. You may work on these in any order. Featuring the music of: J.S. Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn, Leopold Mozart, W.A. Mozart, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Antonio Vivaldi, Richard Wagner, Georges Bizet, Friedrich Burgmuller, Muzio Clementi, Carl Czerny, Anton Diabelli, Jean-Jaques Dubois, Edvard Grieg, Cornelius Gurlitt, Johann Philipp Kimberger, Anatol Liadov, Carl Maria von Weber."

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

Author:
Publisher: Hal Leonard
ISBN: 1540092968
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 118

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.

The Complete Mandolinist, Volume 2

Author: Marilynn Mair
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1513455826
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
In this sequel to The Complete Mandolinist, world-renowned mandolinist Marilynn Mair expands on her previous method books, presenting over 100 compositions that span 5 centuries, works she has thoughtfully edited or arranged for mandolin. Each piece is accompanied by a paragraph or two of musical context, and the book also includes 24 short essays on the evolution of musical style, drawn from Marilynn’s decades as a Professor of Music History. Music by great composers like Bach, Vivaldi, Mozart, and Beethoven mixes with interesting compositions by little-known mandolin composers like Piccone, Barbella, Leone, and Gervasio, works Marilynn has discovered during her performing and recording career. Concert pieces range from quite easy to very advanced, with most lying between those two extremes. In addition to music of the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and 20th Century, Marilynn includes contemporary pieces by some of her favorite composers writing today. This book holds a musical world Marilynn has compiled and presents to you. The Complete Mandolinist, Volume 2: Music in Context, is a book you will reach for again and again.