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John Skehan and Todd Collins |
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Duet V in G major |
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Todd Collins |
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Blue Soul Click for more info |
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County College of Morris |
Various artists and songs recorded and mixed by students in the CCM Recording Program
FREE copies available in the music department office |
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Over the Edge Currently Out of Print |
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Hot Under the Collar Click for more info |
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Classic Bluegrass Solos for Mandolin |
As Bill Monroe is commonly lauded as “the father of bluegrass music,” his tunes are standard repertoire and should be studied and memorized by any serious student of bluegrass. This book is a collection of transcriptions taken from classic instrumentals recorded over a span of 40 years – from the early 1940’s to the early ‘80’s. It functions as a “fake book” for bluegrass students to learn the original melody or to study Monroe’s playing style. Some melodies were played by the fiddle or fiddles and are thus noted in the upper left-hand corner. Generally included with the fiddle melody is a transcription of the mandolin break. A comparison should be made with other recordings of the same tune to see different fiddlers’ variations on the melody. These transcriptions, along with the discography, will be an important resource for any student of bluegrass music.
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Monroe Instrumentals |
As Bill Monroe is commonly lauded as “the father of bluegrass music,” his tunes are standard repertoire and should be studied and memorized by any serious student of bluegrass. This book is a collection of transcriptions taken from classic instrumentals recorded over a span of 40 years – from the early 1940’s to the early ‘80’s. It functions as a “fake book” for bluegrass students to learn the original melody or to study Monroe’s playing style. Some melodies were played by the fiddle or fiddles and are thus noted in the upper left-hand corner. Generally included with the fiddle melody is a transcription of the mandolin break. A comparison should be made with other recordings of the same tune to see different fiddlers’ variations on the melody. These transcriptions, along with the discography, will be an important resource for any student of bluegrass music.
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Absolute Beginners Mandolin |
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken Includes play-along CD, melodies, scales, chords and exercises |
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 Fretboard Studies for the Improvising Mandolinist
Mel Bay Publication Released 2013 Buy Online > > |
Welcome to Fretboard Studies for the Improvising Mandolinist, a collection of scales/modes, arpeggios, patterns, intervalic exercises, and progressions to help you, the mandolin student, better understand the fretboard. This book is for all experience levels, but assumes basic understanding of keys and modes. It will serve as a valuable resource and a supplement to, but not a substitute for, a good teacher.We are dealing with two maps in this book: the physical fretboard map and the musical map. The exercises are tools. Take what you learn from them and build musical ideas. Connect the physical with the theoretical. Some exercises contain examples of common tune chord progressions with ideas applied to them. You should create your own musical ideas over the same progressions. In doing so, you will find that the practical information given (exercises) turns into functional use (playing and improvising). Once you gain a better understanding of the fretboard, you will notice more fluiditiy and creativity in your playing. | |
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 Modes on Mandolin: Improving Your Improvisation
Mel Bay Publication Released 2013 Buy Online > > |
Modes on the Mandolin; Improve Your Improvisation, a collection of scales/modes, arpeggios, patterns, intervalic and rhythmic exercises, progressions, and tunes to help you, the mandolin student, better understand the fretboard and expand your musicality. It will serve as a valuable resource and a supplement to, but not a substitute for, a good teacher. You do not need to follow the chapters in order, as all chapters will help you play and improvise over progressions. The exercises are tools to help you build muscle memory and musical ideas anywhere on the fretboard. Connect the physical with the theoretical. There are examples of common tune chord progressions with ideas applied to them. You need to create your own musical ideas over the same progressions. In doing so, you will find that the practical information given (exercises) turns into functional use (playing and improvising). Once you gain a better understanding of the fretboard, you will notice more fluiditiy and creativity in your playing. | |
