Alfred's Basic Mandolin Method 2
The Most Popular Method for Learning How to Play
By Greg Horne
Mandolin Book & CD
Level: Beginner
Item: 00-40947
$15.99
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The quickest, easiest, most enjoyable method for learning to play the mandolin! Alfred's Basic Mandolin Method is one of the many new additions to the Alfred's Basic family of methods, featuring clear, well-paced instruction. Learning to play has never been easier or more fun than with Alfred's Basic Mandolin Method---the best choice for today's beginning mandolin students.
Book 2 features:
* New major and minor scales and keys
* Solos and duets including American, German, Irish, Italian, Mexican, and Scottish folk songs
* Power chords, double unisons, and palm muting
* Additional chords and strumming patterns
* How to transpose
* Triplets, swing rhythms, and blues soloing
* Accents and staccato (chop) articulations
* Photos and diagrams
* Songs that include "The Entertainer," "Tarantella," "Greensleeves," and many others
* Great-sounding performances of lessons and examples on the CD.
Book 2 features:
* New major and minor scales and keys
* Solos and duets including American, German, Irish, Italian, Mexican, and Scottish folk songs
* Power chords, double unisons, and palm muting
* Additional chords and strumming patterns
* How to transpose
* Triplets, swing rhythms, and blues soloing
* Accents and staccato (chop) articulations
* Photos and diagrams
* Songs that include "The Entertainer," "Tarantella," "Greensleeves," and many others
* Great-sounding performances of lessons and examples on the CD.
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Contents
| Title | |
| What You Should Know Before Starting This Book | |
| Notes in 1st Position (Frets 1-6) Including Sharps and Flats | |
| Basic Rhythms | |
| Basic Chords | |
| Reviewing Alternate Picking | |
| Tuning with the CD | |
| Playing in the Key of C Major | |
| C Major Scale Review | |
| The Primary Chords | |
| The F Chord | |
| The Wildwood Flower | |
| Playing in the Key of G Major | |
| G Major Scale Review | |
| Backup Strumming in Waltz Time | |
| Barbara Allen (Lower Octave) | |
| Barbara Allen (Upper Octave) | |
| Beginning Bluegrass, Part 1 | |
| Strumming the Backbeat | |
| Cripple Creek | |
| First and Second Endings | |
| Name This Tune | |
| Shortnin' Bread | |
| Playing in the Key of E Minor | |
| Relative Major/Relative Minor | |
| The E Minor Scale | |
| The E Minor Chord | |
| Borrowing the Chords from the Relative Major | |
| Alternate Picking in 6/8 | |
| When Johnny Comes Marching Home | |
| Playing in the Key of D Major | |
| D Major Scale | |
| The A Chord | |
| Arkansas Traveler | |
| Folk and Rock Strumming | |
| The Syncopated Strum | |
| D.C. Al Coda and Coda | |
| Michael Row the Boat Ashore | |
| Playing in the Key of A Major | |
| A Major Scale | |
| The E and E7 Chords | |
| Scotland the Brave | |
| Cielito Lindo (Duet) | |
| Beginning Bluegrass, Part 2: Three-Finger G, C, and D Chords, and the Chop | |
| The Bluegrass Chop and Staccato | |
| Will the Circle Be Unbroken? | |
| Transposition | |
| Preparing to Transpose: Analyze the Chords | |
| Transpose to A Major Using Movable Chords | |
| Take This Hammer (In G Major) | |
| Take This Hammer (In A Major) | |
| Playing in the Key of A Minor | |
| The A Minor Scale | |
| The A Minor and D Minor Chords | |
| I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger | |
| Playing in the Key of F Major | |
| F Major Scale Review | |
| Row, Row, Row Your Boat | |
| The Bb, C7, and G Minor Chords | |
| Du, Du Liegst Mir Im Herzen | |
| Playing in the Key of D Minor | |
| The D Minor Scale | |
| Chords in D Minor | |
| Greensleeves (Duet) | |
| Getting the Blues, Part 1: Strumming Chords | |
| 12-Bar Blues in G | |
| Making It All Sevenths | |
| Lucky Seven Blues | |
| Making It Swing | |
| Straight Eighths | |
| Triplet Eighths | |
| Swing Eighths | |
| Shuffling the Deck | |
| Getting the Blues, Part 2: Rhythm and Riffs | |
| Uptown Downtown Shuffle | |
| Getting the Blues, Part 3: Playing Lead and Improvising | |
| G Minor Pentatonic Scale | |
| Burnin' Through the Blues | |
| Rocking Out Part 1: The G5, C5, D5, and E5 Power Chords | |
| New Technique: Palm Muting | |
| Fifth Street Chugalug | |
| Rocking Out Part 2: Playing Lead with Sixteenth Notes | |
| Tips for Building Speed | |
| Fifth Street Chugalug Solo | |
| Playing Notes with Your 4th Finger | |
| 3rd and 4th Finger Exercise | |
| 4th Finger Unison Double | |
| Billy in the Lowground | |
| D.S. Al Fine | |
| William Tell Overture | |
| Minuet in G Minor (Duet) | |
| Tarantella | |
| The Dotted Eighth & Sixteenth Note Rhythm | |
| Hava Nagila | |
| Playing Chromatically | |
| Duet: The Entertainer (Duet) | |
| The Four Finger G Chord | |
| More Moveable Chord Fingerings (E, E7, A, A7, D, D7) | |
| Blue Hound Dog Drag | |
| The Movable A Minor Fingering | |
| Sailor's Hornpipe |
Additional Information
| Series: | Alfred's Basic Mandolin Library |
| Author: | Greg Horne |
| Instrument: | Mandolin |
| Format: | Book & CD |
| Page Count: | 48 |
| Item Number: | 00-40947 |
| ISBN 10: | 0-7390-9572-2 |
| ISBN 13: | 978-0-7390-9572-0 |
| UPC: | 038081459516 |
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