Download or read book Backup Trax Old Time Fiddle Tunes for Fiddle and Mandolin written by Dix Bruce and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2015-10-21 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 14 Fiddle tunes carefully chosen to represent a variety of keys and types of tunes. All are standards played whenever bluegrass, country, and old time musicians gather. The melodies and chord progressions to all the tunes are on the recording at both regular and slow speeds. Learn this repertoire and you'll have a great introduction to fiddle tunes. Tunes include: Temperance Reel; Sally Goodin; Blackberry Blossom; Over the Waves; Beaumont Rag; Red Haired Boy; JuneApple; Salty Dog; Old Joe Clark; Billy in the Lowground, and more! Notation and tablature. Audio available for download online
Download or read book Backup Trax Old Time Fiddle Tunes for Fiddle Mandolin written by Dix Bruce and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to play 14 classic blues the best way--by doing! This book and online audio recording provide your backup band as you explore Country and Urban, Acoustic and Electric, Delta, Texas, Chicago, Slide Guitar, Alternate Tuning, Traditional, and Modern styles in many different major and minor keys and in a variety of tempos. Melodies are first presented on the recording at a slow speed with just guitar, then repeated at regular speed with the band. Finally, you can play along with the hot blues rhythm section alone, and you've got the makings of a dynamite blues jam session. You'll play all the leads and solos! Repeat a tune or passage as many times as you want at slow or regular speed. We'll jam all night long! Beginners and intermediate players can practice basic skills. Advanced players can hone their improvisation chops. The split track recording allows you to hear either just the melody from one speaker, just the rhythm section from the other, or both for maximum flexibility and specific study. The book includes melodies, chord diagrams and guitar tablature.
Download or read book Backup Trax Old Time Fiddle Tunes for Cello written by DIX BRUCE and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2011-08-18 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn melodies and practice soloing on fourteen of the most popular old time and fiddle tunes. Play along with a great string band rhythm section: guitar, mandolin, and string bass. the audio recording has all of the tunes at slow and regular speeds with melodies, and allows you to hear just rhythm, just lead, or both. Great for cello, string bass, bass guitar, or any bass clef instrument. We'll jam all night long!
Download or read book Backup Trax Old Time and Fiddle Tunes Volume 1 written by Dix Bruce and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 1995-10 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 14 Fiddle tunes carefully chosen to represent a variety of keys and types of tunes. All are standards played whenever bluegrass, country, and old time musicians gather. The melodies and chord progressions to all the tunes are on the recording at both regular and slow speeds. Learn this repertoire and you'll have a great introduction to fiddle tunes. Tunes include: Temperance Reel; Sally Goodin; Blackberry Blossom; Over the Waves; Beaumont Rag; Red Haired Boy; June Apple; Salty Dog; Old Joe Clark; Billy in the Lowground, and more! Notation and tablature.
Download or read book Old Time Festival Tunes For Fiddle Mandolin written by Dan Levenson and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2015-10-29 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book and two CD set is intended to be a tune repertoire book. It includes over 100 Old-Time festival favorites. Some are cliche', others unusual, some easy, some difficult. This mandolin book includes two lines of standard notation - basic and advanced - as well as a mandolin tab line that can be interpreted for fiddle also. the basic version should be playable by those with general skills. the advanced version will require more time and finesse as it is more ornamental (often more than just melodic) and may include less than intuitive ways of playing some passages.Download the free mandolin versions of the songs from this book.Download the free fiddle versions of songs from this book.
Download or read book Backup Trax Swing Jazz written by Dix Bruce and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-13 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With this book/CD package you'll learn melodies and practice soloing on 12 of the most popular and important chord progressions in the swing and jazz repertoire - cycle of fifths; major and minor progressions with II-V-I, I-VI-II-V-I, I-III-VI-II-V chord changes; major, minor, and 6/8 blues; and much more- all based on favorite swing and jazz hits. Play along with a hot string rhythm section: featuring guitar, mandolin and bass with lead melodies played on tenor sax. Each melody appears in standard notation for C instruments, guitar tablature, and mandolin tablature. the recording features all of the tunes at slow and regular speeds. Melodies to the tunes are recorded at about one-half speed with only guitar accompaniment before each track with the full band. Instruments are isolated for maximum flexibility. By adjusting the balance control on your stereo you can hear 1) the full band; 2) guitar and bass only (you play the lead melody from the book); or 3) mandolin, melody, and bass only (you play rhythm).
Download or read book Mandolin Picking Tunes Old Time Gems written by Tommy Norris and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2022-10-01 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in standard notation and tablature for the intermediate to advanced mandolinist, “Angeline the Baker,” “Darlin’ Corey,” and 16 other classic old-time tunes never sounded so good as in these solo arrangements by Tommy Norris. The author himself performs each tune flawlessly on the companion online audio tracks. Suggested chords are provided for optional accompaniment. Care has been taken to select the most popular tunes of this genre for inclusion in this book. “Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down” without it!
Download or read book Tunes For Old Time Fiddle written by Humberto Lothian and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-07 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiddle tunes are primarily instrumental melodies, though some have words that can be sung optionally. Most originated as tunes for dancing, but people often play them today in social settings and performances that do not include dancing. Most fiddle tunes consist of two melodic parts, often referred to as the A and B parts. This book teaches twelve Appalachian fiddle tunes arranged for the mandolin. This book presents the arrangements both in standard notation and tablature, access to download the tunes online, as well as original artwork, photos, and valuable commentary. This collection also provides links to online sources containing information about the legendary fiddlers whose music is featured. As a fiddle and mandolin player, the author provides unique insights into old-time fiddle techniques and how they can be transferred to the mandolin. The book includes: -Folding Down the Sheets -Kitty Puss/Frankie/9 Miles Outside of Louisville -Polly Put the Kettle On -Catlettsburg -The Cuckoo's Nest -Bob Walker/Lundy's Durang's Hornpipe -Big Hoedown -Georgia Belle -16 Days in Georgia -Chinquapin Hunting -Lost John
Download or read book Old Time Favorites for Fiddle and Mandolin written by Dan Levenson and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2014-04-09 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You asked for it and you got it! More tunes to play at festivals and jams or just sittin' at home with a friend or two. 62 more tunes with both basic and advancedstandard notation lines with suggested chords as well as a mandolin tablature line to get you going in the right direction and playing these old-time favorites. As in Old-Time Festival Tunes for Fiddle and Mandolin (MB21023BCD), you will find some of the tunes to be straightforward while others promise to be genuine finger twisters! The book revisits some of the author's old favorites and some time -tested standards. Includes access to online audio. The accompanying audio includes each tune on both fiddle and mandolin, with a separate CD for each instrument. There is also a clawhammer banjo companion to this book titled Old-Time Favorites for Clawhammer Banjo (MB30224BCD), which shares the same basic standard notation line in this volume
Download or read book First Lessons Mandolin written by Dix Bruce and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2011-12-06 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Lessons Mandolin teaches the absolute basics of learning to play mandolin from holding the pick to performing easy mandolin tunes. It doesn't get any easier than this! Students learn how to hold the mandolin correctly, how to read mandolin tablature, basic note reading, the most popular mandolin chords, how to play easy melodies in several musical styles, basic picking technique, how to tune the mandolin, and much more. Along the way students will learn about the greatest mandolin players and their music. the main emphasis of First Lessons Mandolin is to get the student up and playing immediately and to have fun doing it!
Download or read book Lively Mandolin Tunes written by Tommy Norris and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2020-01-29 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lively Mandolin Tunes is a collection of 38 lively, up-tempo tunes arranged by Tommy Norris for mandolin. The collection includes fiddle tunes, reels, hornpipes, jigs, sea chanteys, bluegrass and old-time melodies–an ideal collection for adding to repertoire, improving picking technique or just having fun playing the mandolin. Backup chords and tablature are included. These tunes are also great for jamming and for playing in bluegrass or old-time bands. Includes access to online audio.
Download or read book Old Time Tunes for Fiddle and Mandolin written by Pete Martin and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of 50 American Old Time Fiddle tunes, arranged for both fiddle and mandolin. In music notation and mandolin tablature.
Download or read book Old Times Fiddle Tunes written by Nicol Baites and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-07 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiddle tunes are primarily instrumental melodies, though some have words that can be sung optionally. Most originated as tunes for dancing, but people often play them today in social settings and performances that do not include dancing. Most fiddle tunes consist of two melodic parts, often referred to as the A and B parts. This book teaches twelve Appalachian fiddle tunes arranged for the mandolin. This book presents the arrangements both in standard notation and tablature, access to download the tunes online, as well as original artwork, photos, and valuable commentary. This collection also provides links to online sources containing information about the legendary fiddlers whose music is featured. As a fiddle and mandolin player, the author provides unique insights into old-time fiddle techniques and how they can be transferred to the mandolin. The book includes: -Folding Down the Sheets -Kitty Puss/Frankie/9 Miles Outside of Louisville -Polly Put the Kettle On -Catlettsburg -The Cuckoo's Nest -Bob Walker/Lundy's Durang's Hornpipe -Big Hoedown -Georgia Belle -16 Days in Georgia -Chinquapin Hunting -Lost John
Download or read book Parking Lot Picker s Songbook Fiddle Edition written by Dix Bruce and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-13 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection, for fiddle, of over 200 great bluegrass, old time, country and gospel standards played by jammers and performers all over the world! Melodies are presented with standard notation, lyrics and chords.Learn to play songs written and recorded by the giants of traditional American music: Bill Monroe, the Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, Ralph Stanley, the Osborne Brothers, Jimmy Martin, Doc Watson and many more. Also includes step-by-step instruction on how to transpose any song to any key plus tips on fiddling by co-author Gerald Jones!The two CDs include recordings of EVERY song in the book.
Download or read book Mandolin Picking Tunes The Joyful Gospel written by Tommy Norris and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2024-09-09 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection presents intermediate to advanced settings of 16 traditional gospel tunes arranged for solo mandolin in standard notation and tablature. With the mandolin tuned in perfect fifths and frequent drones, the harmony in these arrangements is often reminiscent of shape note singing, disarmingly followed by fluid, modern sounds. The table of contents reads like an album of greatest gospel hits with songs like Angel Band, I Am a Pilgrim, In the Sweet By and By and Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John. Will the Circle Be Unbroken and Keep on the Sunny Side round out a repertoire of joyful gospel. For ease of learning, the author has provided online recordings of each selection.
Download or read book Favorite Mandolin Picking Tunes written by Dix Bruce and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2016-05-27 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dix Bruce is a musician, writer, and 'journeyman namdolinist' with a strong belief in teaching a wide range of material, from bluegrass and jazz standards to classics, waltzes, polkas, and other ethnic music. the choice of material in this 5 1/2 by 8 QWIKGUIDE reflects that philosophy. This book is not meant to be a mandolin method but a collection of fun tunes to play. the selections in this book are in no particular order, although the easier tunes are grouped toward the front. Performance tips are given at the front of the book for each tune. All the tunes are in notation and tablature. the accompanying CD is set up so that you can play along with each tune at both regular and slow speeds. You can also adjust the balance control on your stereo to hear both mandolin lead and accompaniment, just mandolin lead, or just accompaniment.Also available in Japanese from ATN, Inc.
Download or read book John Hartford s Old Time Fiddle Favorites written by Austin Gregory and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Hartford was known for his quirky song writing and tap-dancing while he played the banjo, but he also possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of old-time fiddle tunes. Included in this collection are all 22 fiddle tunes from John's Hamilton Ironworks album. Each tune is presented in standard notation and in mandolin tab. Also included are many of John's variations, suggested chords, and information about the origins and insights on how to approach each tune. This collection of fiddle tunes played by John Hartford is to provide fiddle players with an accurate source so as to incorporate these great tunes into their repertoire.Difficulty ranges from relatively basic fiddling to solos that employ a range oftechniques such as slides, alternate tunings and playing on up the fingerboard. This collection is a must have for any fan of John Hartford's music and for all old-time musicians