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Mandolin instructional books - videos - tape and CD lessons     Click any title below or scroll down for complete descriptions on all.   Teach yourself mandolin Mandolin chords Beginner Mandolin  Mandolin method  Bluegrass mandolin 75 Sizzling Mandolin Licks video Complete Mandolin method book Mandolin chords book The mandolin of Bill Monroe #2 Sam Bush Essential mandolin techniques DVD Ron Greene's Mandolin solo dial The Sam Bush Mandolin Method Mandolin players guide to jamming Ultimate beginner series Mandolin 101 Red Hot Bluegrass Mandolin licks and solos You Can Teach Yourself Mandolin video You can teach yourself mandolin book and cd Anyone can play mandolin DVD       Main page of educational items View our mandolins Songwriting Acoustic guitar

You can teach yourself mandolin book or video  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. 104 pages. View picture here Book....You can teach yourself mandolin book click here for sales price Video....You can teach yourself mandolin video click here for sales price Ultimate beginner series Mandolin Maintenance and care for your instrument, correct posture and holding techniques, simple finger patterns and plucking methods, your first sounds, basic music theory, and helpful hints to get you started fast. video View picture here   Ultimate beginner series mandolin click here for sales price Bluegrass Mandolin 90 minute video There are certain important aspects of learning an instrument which must be seen to be understood. Incorrect technical habits severely limit speed, accuracy, and tone quality. Our specialized pick technique study will give you the skills necessary to become a good player quickly. Includes: all the details of right-hand and left-hand technique, hammer-ons, pull-offs, finger exercises, rhythm strumming, chopping, proper method for changing strings, using the cassette recorder as a learning aid, tuning, and much more... Songs include: Red Haired Boy, Fire On The Mountain Old Joe Clark, Bill Cheatham, Goldrush, Sugarfoot Rag, Road To Columbus View picture here Beginning and Intermediate levels, 90-minute video with tab #1273 Bluegrass mandolin click here for sales price   Mandolin chords Comprehensive and easily understood, this Mel Bay stand-by is arranged in photo-diagram form for maximum ease of use by mandolinists of all playing levels. Major, minor, seventh, diminished, augmented, and ninth chords are shown in photos and diagrams; major seventh, sixth, minor sixth, seventh augmented fifth, and seventh diminished fifth chords are shown in diagram form only. Mandolin chords click here for sales price Complete mandolin method With the thoroughness expected of a book by Mel Bay, this method presents mandolin technique and note-reading in a progressive, step-by-step fashion. Given the diverse applications of this versatile instrument, this method was carefully written to build the musicianship and technique needed to play both classical and contemporary mandolin styles. Music theory concepts and additional playing techniques are introduced as needed. Exercises and tunes are presented in all keys, many in duet format to be played by teacher and student. Notation only. 96 pages. Complete mandolin method click here for sales price 75 Sizzling Mandolin Licks video Dawn Watson, famous for her mandolin work with the Country Gazette, shows you how she plays 75 choice mandolin licks. Close-ups and slowed-down versions make learning these sample solos easy. Free tablature booklet included. VHS video View picture here  75 Sizzling Mandolin licks video click here for sales price Complete Mandolin method book With the thoroughness expected of a book by Mel Bay, this method presents mandolin technique and note-reading in a progressive, step-by-step fashion. Given the diverse applications of this versatile instrument, this method was carefully written to build the musicianship and technique needed to play both classical and contemporary mandolin styles. Music theory concepts and additional playing techniques are introduced as needed. Exercises and tunes are presented in all keys, many in duet format to be played by teacher and student. Notation only. 96 pages. View picture here  Complete Mandolin method book click here for sales price Mandolin chords book Comprehensive and easily understood, this Mel Bay stand-by is arranged in photo-diagram form for maximum ease of use by mandolinists of all playing levels. Major, minor, seventh, diminished, augmented, and ninth chords are shown in photos and diagrams; major seventh, sixth, minor sixth, seventh augmented fifth, and seventh diminished fifth chords are shown in diagram form only. View picture here Mandolin chords book click here for sales price The mandolin of Bill Monroe #2 Sam Bush THE MANDOLIN OF BILL MONROE - VIDEO # TWO: A DETAILED ANALYSIS BY SAM BUSH 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. 90-MINUTE VIDEO * INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB * LEVEL 2/3 View picture here  The mandolin of Bill Monroe #2 sam bush click here for sales price Essential mandolin techniques DVD 641545 Here's a lesson that will thrill and inspire mandolinists at all levels. Chris Thile, mandolin virtuoso for the hit band Nickel Creek, shares his own successful formula for developing right- and left-hand dexterity, improving speed and accuracy, and playing with heightened musicality. He provides numerous exercises that will make all the difference as aspiring players learn: Ode to a Butterfly · Hop the Fence · Red Haired Boy · Swallowtail Jig. As a bonus, you'll hear astonishing performances of Chris' original tunes When Mandolins Dream and Raining at Sunset. 85-MIN. DVD · LEVEL 3 · INCLUDES MUSIC + TAB View picture here  Essential mandolin techniques DVD click here for sales price     Please click here and view our new expanded on-line store with many more new items!