CD’s and Books

CDs

 

skehancollins

John Skehan and Todd Collins
“Perform Mandolin Duets of Emanuele Barbella”

Released 2009

Songs:

Duet V in G major
1. Comodo
2. Alla maniera Siciliana
3. Allegro assai e con brio
Duet I in C major
4. Andante con moto
5. Furioso staccato
6. Andantino amoroso
Duet III in Bb major
7. Allegretto comodo e spiccato
8. Andantino amoroso
9. Rondo presto assai
Duet IV in D major
10. Allegretto brilliante e staccato
11. Andantino e grazisoso
12. Taice in rondo presto


 

toddcollins

Todd Collins
“Blue Soul”

Released 2005

Songs:

Blue Soul
Burn
Heartbreak Blues
Are You Ready?
Muddy Water, Rising Tide
Cliff Hanger
The Great Escape
As the Crow Flies
Death Letter Blues
Three Empty Bottles
Rosine
I’m Going Home


 

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County College of Morris
CCM Student Recording Projects Volume 1

Released 2009

Various artists and songs recorded and mixed by students in the CCM Recording Program

FREE copies available in the music department office


 

overTheEdge

Over the Edge
“Over the Edge”

Released 1995

Currently Out of Print

Songs:

Hot Under the Collar
Because of Emily
Invocation
Walking Wounded
Rite of Spring/True Love Never Dies
The Richest One
Missin’ You
Windswept
The Rehab Song
She’s About a Mover
One Way Love
Testimonial
What You Need


Books

 

Classic B'grass Solos

Classic Bluegrass Solos for Mandolin
22 Classic Solos by Bill Monroe

Mel Bay Publication
Released 2007

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.

 


 

Monroe Instr

Monroe Instrumentals
25 “Heads” to Bill Monroe Favorites

Mel Bay Publication
Released 2002

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.


 

Beg Mando

Absolute Beginners Mandolin
The Complete Picture Guide to Playing the Mandolin

Amsco Publication
Released 2007

Songs:

Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Handsome Molly
My Long Journey Home
Cripple Creek
Wildwood Flower
Old Joe Clark
June Apple
Soldier’s Joy
I am a Pilgrim
Amazing Grace

Includes play-along CD, melodies, scales, chords and exercises


 Fretboard Studies photo
Fretboard Studies for the Improvising Mandolinist
Mel Bay Publication
Released 2013
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 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.

 Modes on Mandolin
Modes on Mandolin: Improving Your Improvisation
Mel Bay Publication
Released 2013
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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.