Alfred A-14097 Alfred's Teach Yourself to Play Mandolin

Learn to play mandolin and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about the history of the mandolin, its components, picks, how to tune it, and getting acquainted with standard musical notation. You will then move right along to playing different notes, scales, and songs, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your ever-growing knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation. You will learn important mandolin techniques such as tremolo, cross picking, and more. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the mandolin, know how to read music, and play with a musical group in many different styles, including folk, blues, country, and even pop. The book features the following resources for reference during and after your lessons: Mandolin accompaniments Mandolin chord dictionary Mandolin fingering chart Series: Teach Yourself Series Author: Dan Fox Instrument: Mandolin Format: Book Page Count: 72 Item Number: 00-14097 ISBN 10: 0-7390-0286-4 ISBN 13: 978-0-7390-0286-5 UPC: 038081138589 Contents Getting Started A Short History of the Mandolin The Mandolin Picks Tuning Your Mandolin Starting to Play Getting Acquainted with Music Naming the Notes & Rhythm Naming the Notes on the 2nd String Playing the Notes on the 2nd String Mini Music Lesson: Time Signatures Naming the Notes on the 3rd String Playing the Notes on the 3rd String Just for Fun Merrily We Roll Along Beautiful Brown Eyes Jingle Bells Mini Music Lesson: Rests Naming the Notes on the 1st String Playing the Notes on the 1st String Rocky Country Naming the Notes on the 4th String Playing the Notes on the 4th String Mini Music Lesson: Pickups Mini Music Lesson: The Tie When the Saints Go Marching In; Down in the Valley Mini Music Lesson: The Fermata Reuben, Reuben; The Yellow Rose of Texas; Veni sul Mar (Come to the Sea); Ah! Marie Mini Music Lesson: Eighth Notes Exercises Using Eighth Notes Just for Fun Buffalo Gals; Canon Can-Can; Wildwood Flower Mini Music Lesson: The Sharp Rockin' the Bach Old Joe Clarke; Little Brown Jug Mini Music Lesson: The Flat My Melancholy Baby Mini Music Lesson: Tremolo O Sole Mio Mini Music Lesson: Three Major Scales Mini Music Lesson: Key Signatures Scale Studies Three Tunes in Three Keys Rakes of Mallow; Tiritomba; Ain't Gonna Rain Mini Music Lesson: Dynamics Exercise on Dynamics; Sippin' Cider Through a Straw Mini Music Lesson: Dotted Quarter Notes All Through the Night Oh Susanna!; America Mini Music Lesson: Chords Three-Note Chords in the Key of G; Plaisir D'amour Ode to Joy Mini Music Lesson: Tempo Polovetsian Dance No. 2; Hymn of St. Francis Key Signatures with Flats Two Songs in Two Keys: Melodie in F; Lolly Too-Dum Mini Music Lesson: Eighth Rests Opening Theme of the 5th Symphony La Bamba Mini Music Lesson: 6/8 Time Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes; Un Canadien Errant The Farmer in the Dell; The Irish Washerwoma Mini Music Lesson: 16th Notes The Drunken Sailor; Cripple Creek; Old Aunt Jenny Mini Music Lesson: The Dotted Eighth &16th Note Rhythm Toreador Song Straight Jig; Put Your Little Foot; Boogie Blues Mini Music Lesson: The Dotted Eighth &16th Note Rhythm (continued) Greensleeves; St. Patrick's Day Crosspicking Soldier's Joy; Cincinnati Hornpipe Mini Music Lesson: The Eighth Note Triplet Amazing Grace; Shave and a Haircut Mini Music Lesson: 1st and 2nd Endings Serenade Tremolo Study No. 2; Fascination Other Time Signatures (3/8 and 9/8) Old Rosin the Bow; Beautiful Dreamer The Key of D Minor; Scale Study in D Minor; Torna a Surriento Mini Music Lesson: Common Time and Cut Time The Stars and Stripes Forever Chords Mandolin Accompaniments Mandolin Chord Dictionary Mandolin Fingering Chart