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learn to play MANDOLIN
Play mandolin in any style with our great selection of mandolins, instructional videos, books, CDs and tapes. Visit the Pickin' Parlor on-line catalog section for a complete list of what is available for the Mandolin player.
The perfect starter pack for the aspiring mandolin player. A
quality Bean Blossom BMS-4A mandolin with a punchy
"bluegrass" sound and good volume. Add the "You Can Teach
Yourself Mandolin" Video and Book and you will be playing bluegrass
mandolin before you know it.
Companion video to the best selling book. 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 humerous 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. With special guests, the Blue Grass Boys. The legendary 'Father of Bluegrass' plays over 25 tunes from his repertoire, demonstrating the amazing mandolin technique that has made him world-famous. A must for his fans and all mandolinists.
Veteran bluegrass musician Sam Bush dissects sixteen pieces as played by Bill Monroe. Split screens, close-ups and replays of Monroe's demonstrations make this video the learning method for bluegrass mandolin. Produced by Smithsonian/Folkways and Homespun Video.
One of the most versatile and powerful musicians playing today teaches 8 great repertoire tunes that will help mandolin players develop their style and technique. This lesson covers traditional bluegrass tunes as well as jazz-flavored new-grass originals: Cotton Patch Rag · Tom & Jerry · Leather Britches · Lime Rock · Banjalin · Diadem · Norman and Nancy · and Russian Rag. INCLUDES 40-PAGE MUSIC & TAB BOOK.
A bluegrass legend shares the secrets of his dynamic and innovative crosspicking style. Jesse breaks down some of the songs and instrumentals he made famous, including: Dill Pickle Rag • Banks Of The Ohio • Ridge Runner • Farewell Blues • Snowbird. A must for bluegrass mandolinists!
Steve Kaufman's amazing teaching method for mandolinists is now available on CD! His Parking Lot Pickers series, which has proved so popular with guitarists through the years, covers levels from beginners to advanced in a four-tiered system: (1.) Beginners will learn to pick the melody to become familiar with the tune in its most basic form. (2.) Intermediate players will develop facility with a series of great licks and runs that can be used in these or other tunes. (3.) More experienced pickers move on to advanced techniques, including full-blown solos for each tune. (4.) Each tune gets a final run-through, complete with hot endings. Mandolinists and fiddlers (the violin is tuned to the same pitches as a mandolin) can master these 20 must-play tunes from the standard bluegrass repertoire: Arkansas Traveler · Big Sandy River · Bill Cheatham · Billy in the Low Ground · Blackberry Blossom · Under the Double Eagle · Flop-Eared Mule · Fisher's Hornpipe · Forked Deer · Gold Rush · Old Joe Clark · Salt Creek · Soldier's Joy · St. Anne's Reel · Nothin' to It · Ragtime Annie · Red-Haired Boy · Sweet Georgia Brown · Turkey in the Straw · Whiskey Before Breakfast.
The latest installment in our popular Fretboard Roadmaps series is a unique book/CD pack for all mandolin players. The CD includes 48 demonstration tracks for the exercises that will teach players to: play all over the fretboard, in any key; increase their chord, scale and lick vocabulary; play chord-based licks, moveable major and blues scales, first-position major scales and double stops; and more! Includes easy-to-follow diagrams and instructions for all levels of players.
INCLUDES MUSIC TAB This is an easy and enjoyable introduction to old-time mandolin playing. Mike starts off with the basics how to hold the pick and the proper way to fret the notes. He then covers slightly more advanced techniques, including melody playing with tremolo picking, sliding and double-stops. Before long, the student will be strumming and singing 12 old-time favorites.
These 30 classic fiddle tunes will add depth to any player's repertoire and technical proficiency. Butch plays each piece both slowly and up-to-speed, and provides rhythm tracks (with mandolin and guitar) that allow for instant practice sessions, anytime. Songs: St. Anne's Reel · Fisher's Hornpipe · Whiskey Before Breakfast · Little Rabbit · Cherokee Shuffle · Fire on the Mountain · more. Includes music and tablature. Featured Items The Murphy Method is arguably the best learn to play series available to acoustic instrumentalists. The entire series is centered around learning how to "hear" what you are playing and how it applies to the instrument. Because of that you don't have to rely on music notation or tab. All the songs and techniques are taught in great detail but at a level of comfort that is astonishing. Beside that they are just plain fun to watch!
Five more great tunes to add to your repertoire! These
more complex arrangements are still easy to learn the Murphy Method way! Five
great tunes in the Key of D. Arkansas Traveler, Soldier's Joy, Eighth of
January, Liberty, and Whiskey Before Breakfast.
From the opening notes of his original instrumental "When Mandolins Dream," Chris Thile quickly establishes his total command of the instrument. He launches into the details of great right-hand technique: how to hold the pick, correct hand position and wrist action, how to get a good balance between up and down strokes, and numerous exercises for powerful practice sessions. Tunes such as "Hop the Fence," "Red-Haired Boy" and "Swallowtail Jig" give you the practical application you need to put all this into practice. In his approach to pick stroke theory—the proper way to use down and up strokes—Chris shows its importance in achieving a smooth, flowing style. He provides exercises for releasing hand tension and smooth cross-picking that will make all the difference when you are playing tunes in a jam session. The left hand gets the brunt of mandolin problems, often because of bad hand position. Chris shows you how to avoid stress at the wrist by keeping fingers close to the fingerboard, and correct scale playing to enhance speed and clarity. Using "Ode To A Butterfly" to illustrate smooth and efficient fretting, he teaches pull-offs and hammer-ons, position shifting and jumping, ornamentation, three-octave scales and arpeggio sets. You'll get exercises (such as playing major, minor and diminished triads up and down the neck) and scales that are perfect for warming up both hands and learning the notes on the fingerboard. Chris closes this unique video lesson with another astonishing performance, this time his original "Raining at Sunset," which will certainly inspire you to reach for higher levels on the mandolin.
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Bluegrass
Mandolin Solos That Every Parking Lot Picker Should Know
