Alfred's Basic Mandolin Method 1
The Most Popular Method for Learning How to Play
By Ron Manus and L. C. Harnsberger
Mandolin Book & CD
Level: Beginner
Item: 00-38919
$15.99
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Alfred's Basic Mandolin Method 1 features clear, well-paced instruction that makes learning the mandolin easy and fun. This book covers all the basics, including how to hold your mandolin, tuning your mandolin, right- and left-hand techniques, reading music, chords, strumming patterns, songs, and how to read TAB. The CD includes demonstrations of songs and examples.
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Contents
| Title | |
| THE PARTS OF YOUR MANDOLIN | |
| Courses and Strings | |
| Caring for Your Mandolin | |
| HOW TO HOLD YOUR MANDOLIN | |
| THE RIGHT HAND: STRUMMING THE STRINGS | |
| Strumming with a Pick | |
| Picking Individual Notes | |
| THE LEFT HAND | |
| Hand Position | |
| Placing a Finger on a String | |
| HOW TO TUNE YOUR MANDOLIN | |
| Tuning with the CD | |
| Tuning without the CD | |
| GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE MUSIC | |
| The Staff | |
| Measures | |
| Clefs | |
| READING TAB | |
| Chord Diagrams | |
| THE FIRST STRING E | |
| Playing with E, F, G | |
| Extra Credit | |
| SOUND OFF: HOW TO COUNT TIME | |
| 4 Kinds of Notes | |
| Time Signatures | |
| REPEAT SIGNS | |
| Blues in C | |
| THE SECOND STRING A | |
| Jammin' on Two Strings | |
| Hot Cross Buns | |
| Blues in F | |
| Rockin' Mandolin | |
| THE THIRD STRING D | |
| Old MacDonald Had a Farm | |
| Largo | |
| Jingle Bells | |
| Beautiful Brown Eyes | |
| INTRODUCING HIGH A | |
| Rockin' in Dorian Mode | |
| My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean | |
| THE FOURTH STRING G | |
| Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes | |
| Four-String Rock | |
| Aura Lee | |
| Au clair de la lune | |
| The Wearing o' the Green | |
| TEMPO SIGNS | |
| Quarter Rest | |
| Three-Tempo Rockin' Mandolin | |
| INTRODUCING CHORDS | |
| Two-Note Exercise | |
| Three-Note Exercise | |
| Four-Note Exercise | |
| THE C CHORD | |
| Ode to Joy | |
| The Riddle Song | |
| THE G7 CHORD | |
| Two-Chord Waltz | |
| Love Somebody | |
| THE G CHORD | |
| Three-Chord Stomp | |
| INCOMPLETE MEASURES | |
| A-Tisket, A-Tasket | |
| TIES | |
| Tom Dooley | |
| EIGHTH NOTES | |
| Jammin' with Eighth Notes | |
| Go Tell Aunt Rhody | |
| DOTTED QUARTER NOTES | |
| Preparatory Drill | |
| Auld Lang Syne | |
| Clementine | |
| SHARPS, FLATS, AND NATURALS | |
| The Chromatic Scale | |
| My Melancholy Baby | |
| THE D CHORD | |
| THE D7 CHORD | |
| Bach Minuet | |
| Buffalo Gals | |
| DYNAMICS | |
| Echo Waltz | |
| EIGHTH RESTS | |
| Eighth Rest Exercise No. 1 | |
| Eighth Rest Exercise No. 2 | |
| Bill Bailey | |
| THE DRONE | |
| Amazing Grace | |
| SIXTEENTH NOTES | |
| Drunken Sailor | |
| THE TREMOLO | |
| Shenandoah | |
| THE MAJOR SCALE | |
| KEY SIGNATURES | |
| The Key of C Major | |
| The Key of G Major | |
| The Key of F Major | |
| Accidentals | |
| She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain | |
| DOWNSTROKES AND UPSTROKES | |
| The Streets of Laredo | |
| 6/8 TIME | |
| The Irish Washerwoman | |
| The A7 Chord | |
| Over the Rainbow | |
| CERTIFICATE OF PROMOTION |
Additional Information
| Series: | Alfred's Basic Mandolin Library |
| Author: | Ron Manus, L. C. Harnsberger |
| Instrument: | Mandolin |
| Format: | Book & CD |
| Page Count: | 64 |
| Item Number: | 00-38919 |
| ISBN 10: | 0-7390-8613-8 |
| ISBN 13: | 978-0-7390-8613-1 |
| UPC: | 038081432038 |
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