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Basics of Bluegrass Mandolin
and a Whole Lot More!
Following the successful format of his book, Basics of Bluegrass Banjo, Eddie delivers the meat and potatoes of bluegrass mandolin way beyond just learning another fiddle tune. Find your way around the neck using common double stops, develop creative back-up skills, play solos to vocal tunes in the style of Bill Monroe, begin the process of making up your own solos, and a whole lot more. For the average learner, this book represents nearly two years' worth of lessons. BBM is 112 pages and comes with two instructional CDs one plays every example in the book; the second is 32 songs performed by a bluegrass band with the mandolin parts separated on the right channel.
| CONTENTS (highlights) Chapter One Basic right- and left-hand techniques Beginning exercises Reading Tablature and Chord Diagrams Chapter Two The D Major Scale Single Note Melodies and Chord Rhythms Note Values Key of G Chapter Three Key of A Double Stops Down/up picking Enhancing a basic melody Appalachian and Blues Sounds Chapter Four Standard Music Notation Naming Notes on the Mandolin Playing in ¾ time Slides, Hammer-ons, Pull-offs Playing by Ear Key Signatures and Accidentals Playing with a Shuffle Chapter Five Reading Rhythm Charts Drone Strings in Monroe Style Dotted Notes Chord Arpeggios Cross Picking Playing Fills Tremolo in Back-up Chapter Six Basic Music Theory Naming Notes Sharps and Flats Moveable Chord Forms Playing Rhythm By Numbers Boom-Chick Rhythm Chop Chords Common and Cut Time Chapter Seven Key of G Fiddle Tunes Minor Scales Sequential Scale Practice Chapter Eight The 12 Bar Blues Moveable Blues Patterns Mountain Modal Sound The Blues in Bluegrass Swing Phrasing Chapter Nine Beginning and Ending Songs Lead-ins to Solos Final, Pre- and Tag Endings Turnaround Intros Chapter Ten Key of D Fiddle Tunes Modulations Improvising with the Pentatonic Scale Chapter Eleven Effective Practice Warm-up Exercises Using a Metronome Arranging Rhythm Syncopation Key of A Fiddle Tunes Chapter Twelve Embellished Back-up Vamp and Fill Back-up Varying the Strum Back-up in ¾ 3rds and 6ths Complete Song Arrangements Tablature Guide Basic Mandolin Chord Chart |
Songs in Basics of Bluegrass Mandolin All of the vocal songs in the book are accompanied by a complete set of lyrics. Click on a highlighted song title from the following list to hear a sound sample from the accompanying CD. Amazing Grace Angeline The Baker Annoying Banjos Aura Lee Banks Of The Ohio Bill Cheatham Billy In The Lowground Blackberry Blossom Boil 'Em Cabbage Down Bury Me Beneath The Willow Camptown Races Circle Be Unbroken Cripple Creek Dark Hollow Devil's Dream Eighth Of January Flopeared Mule Forked Deer Golden Wings Greensleeves In The Pines Long Journey Home Mando Boogie Mountain Modal Blues Nine Pound Hammer New River Train Oh! Susanna Old Joe Clark Ragtime Annie Red Haired Boy Sailor's Hornpipe Sally Goodin' Salty Dog Blues Soldier's Joy Temperance Reel Turkey In The Straw Wayfaring Stranger Whiskey Before Breakfast Worried Man Blues Yankee Doodle |
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