Mandolin Gold: 100+ of the Most Popular Selections
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (779 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0739024728 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 152 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This wonderful collection of music for the mandolin includes bluegrass; old-time fiddle tunes; classical music (including the complete solo part for the Vivaldi mandolin concerto and the "Canzonetta" from Mozart's "Don Giovanni"); American, Irish, Jewish, Russian and Italian songs; reels; jigs; hornpipes; hymns and gospel songs; minstrel songs; patriotic; blues and jazz; children's songs; and cowboy and country ballads. Also included are tremolo exercises, a guide to fingering, chord charts for guitar and mandolin, the history of the mandolin, and interesting comments about the history and performance of each song.. This collection consists of
Great book, especially for more towards beginners Cindy This is one of my first mandolin books. I got it when I had been playing a couple of weeks. It has many tunes that I had never heard, and many I have. The arrangements are easy, with easy double-stops, fun to play. I will probably outgrow it soon, but as I grow in mandolin, I will also grow in my ability to enhance simple arrangements more automatically. Nevertheless, it is a lovely and useful book, especially if your mandolin playing is fairly in the "new to intermediate" range.. "Decent selection but" according to D. Daugherty. I find most of Fox's arrangements of these songs really unattractive. Some are nice and fleshed out with double stops and broken chords, while others are just a barebones melody line. The versions Fox presents of these melodies often vary slightly from the standard tunes we know, which would be fine except I really don't care for his variations.There seems to be no rhyme or reason to when Fox chooses an open string over a fretted 7th string, though they are used interchangeably within some tunes.This book is most useful as a guide to making your own versions of these old tunes. It's also good for a broad exposure to different. Needs more verses Great book for the beginner. Easy to get the basic melody down for a lot of songs. There are several more advanced numbers also. The Only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that many of the songs only have a small sampling of the verses. I know that some have too many to print all of them, but it would be nice if they had enough to make the song last around 2 minutes. Some of them only have enough for about 1 minute.