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 CD (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. Unique to the book are 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.

Mel Bay A Guide to Octave Mandolin & Bouzouki

Arts & Photography

McGann, John

Music

Mel Bay Pubns

This book presents standard fiddle tunes in basic form, then shows you how, on a phrase-by-phrase basis, the tunes can become vehicles for your own improvisations. It is designed to open the door to creating spontaneous variations, or improvisations, based on the melodic structure unique to each tune. Each tune in the book is presented first in its basic form, then with four variations. The variations are printed directly beneath the melody with the corresponding measures aligned, so that you can easily compare them to the original melody and to each other. Includes access to online audio featuring mandolin and rhythm guitar on separate channels, so you can turn off the lead and play along with the rhythm, or vice versa. Intermediate in difficulty.

John McGann's Developing Melodic Variations on Fiddle Tunes: Mandolin Edition

Mel Bay Publications,Inc.

(Berklee Guide). Improvise with more expression and freedom in bluegrass and related styles. These ideas, exercises, and etudes will help you expand your palette of improvisational techniques and sounds. Develop your versatility over the fingerboard, and master harmonic and rhythmic ideas on the mandolin. The CD has demonstration and play-along tracks, performed by an all-star band.

Beyond Bluegrass Mandolin: Etudes and Ideas for the Modern Mandolinist

Glaser, Matt

Humor & Entertainment

HAL LEONARD CORPORATION

Rhythm Mandolin: From Bluegrass to Celtic to Swing

McGann

John McGann's Sound Fundamentals DVD: Touch, Tone & Technique for Mandolin

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 recording (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. Unique to the book are 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 download available online.

Guide to Octave Mandolin and Bouzouki

John McGann's Developing Melodic Variations on Fiddle Tunes: Guitar Edition

This book presents transcriptions of David Grisman's solos and accompaniment patterns from the “Shady Grove” recording. The “Shady Grove” recording contains some wonderful performances of old-time American music by David Grisman and Jerry Garcia, two of American music's greatest players. It is a vibrant collection of wonderful traditional American songs, from a great variety of genres, played in a style closely based on their traditional sources. All of the solos can be played on the standard mandolin, including one written for mandola and one for banjolin (mandolin-banjo). These transcriptions will provide insight into the art of accompaniment mandolin playing as well as soloing. Performance notes by the transcriber are included.

Shady Grove: Mandolin Solos by David Grisman: with Melodies and Chords

Grisman, David

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