Southern Mountain Mandolin is just one in an exciting series of 5 books exploring the music of the southern Appalachian region. Included in this series are Southern Mountain Banjo, Southern Mountain Dulcimer, Southern Mountain Fiddle, and Southern Mountain Guitar. Each book features vintage photos, history, instruction and music designed to accompany each instrument. the Mandolin edition offers a great selection of tunes in notation and tab, and is a great way to learn and play Southern Mountain music. A companion CD entitled Southern Mountain Classics is available, featuring the entire instrumental ensemble.

This friendly book is filled with clawhammer banjo instruction, tablature, lyrics, tune histories, chords, playing tips, vintage photos, and more. Includes such classid oldtime tunes as, Soldier's Joy; Cluck Old Hen; Arkansas Traveler; Leather Britches; Mississippi Sawyer; Chicken Reel; Shady Grove; Red Rocking Chair; John Henry; Uncle Joe; Little Rosewood Casket; the State of Arkansas; Hogeye; the Old Spinning Wheel; and When You and I Were Young Maggie. A companion recording, Southern Mountain Classics, is available on CD.

Southern Mountain Guitar is just one in an exciting series of 5 books. Included in this series are Southern Mountain Banjo, Southern Mountain Dulcimer, Southern Mountain Fiddle and Southern Mountain Mandolin (see Related Titles). Each book features vintage photos, history, instruction and music designed to accompany each instrument. A great way to learn and play Southern Mountain music! In notation and tablature.

This is the first of a new series of easy and fun books by Wayne Erbsen that teaches 31 bluegrass jam standards. It covers: how to jam with others, how to improvise, how to make up your own tasteful licks and fills, almost painless music theory, how to play harmony, how to transpose and play in different keys, and pretty much everything you'll need to march fearlessly into your next jam or picking session! The other books in the series will teach the same songs so you can jam with friends and family. You WILL learn how to play and jam on: All the Good Times Are Past & Gone, Back Up and Push, Black-Eyed Susie, Cherokee Shuffle, Columbus Stockade, Colleen Malone, Dark Hollow, Deep Elem Blues, East Virginia, Footprints in the Snow, Katie Dear, Hand Me Down My Walking Cane, High on a Mountain, I Am a Pilgrim, I've Just Seen the Rock of Ages, John Henry, Just Over in the Gloryland, Little Birdie, Lonesome Road Blues, Love of the Mountains, Mama Don't Allow, Man of Constant Sorrow, More Pretty Girls Than One, Pig in a Pen, Pretty Polly, Red Rocking Chair, Rocky Road Blues, Roll on Buddy, Run and Hide, Sittin' on Top of the World, Working on a Building.

(Mandolin). This collection of 130 mandolin solos is an invaluable resource for fans of bluegrass music. Each song excerpt has been meticulously transcribed note-for-note in tab from its original recording so you can study and learn these masterful solos by some of the instrument's finest pickers. From the legendary Bill Monroe to more contemporary heroes like Sam Bush and Chris thile, and even including some non-bluegrass greats like Dave Apollon and Jethro Burns, this book contains a wide variety of music and playing styles to enjoy.

This engaging book is filled with fiddle instruction, lyrics, tune histories, chords, playing tips, vintage photos, and more for learning to play the fiddle. A companion recording entitled Southern Mountain Classics is also available on CD.

The arrangements in this book are based on the sixteen tunes found on the recording Southern Mountain Classics and are designed to be used with the recording. Although these arrangements are not exact transcriptions from the CD, all of the tunes on the recording are included in the book. for each tune there is a song history and a page with the chord structure to help you follow the chords. Each piece is written out in notation and tablature in three versions - beginner, intermediate, and advanced.

Brings to life the distinctive "bluegrass" music made for hundreds of years with dulcimers, violins, jew harps, mouth bows, and such from the Appalachian mountain areas.

Beginning banjo lessons have never been more fun! Written for the absolute beginner, this FUN book is guaranteed to help you learn to play bluegrass banjo (How many books come with a personal guarantee by the author?). · Teaches the plain, naked melody to 23 easy bluegrass favorites without the rolls already incorporated into the tune. · Wayne shows simple ways to embellish each melody using easy rolls. · With Wayne’s unique method, you’ll learn to think for yourself! · Learn how to play a song in different ways, rather than memorizing ONE way. · Includes a link to download 99 instructional audio tracks off our website! You WILL learn to play: Bile ‘Em Cabbage Down, Blue Ridge Mountain Blues, Columbus Stockade Blues, Down the Road, Groundhog, Little Maggie, Long Journey Home, Lynchburg Town, Man of Constant Sorrow, My Home’s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains, Nine Pound Hammer, Palms of Victory, Pass Me Not, Poor Ellen Smith, Pretty Polly, Put My Little Shoes Away, Red River Valley, Roll in My Sweet Baby’s Arms, Shall We Gather at the River, Wabash Cannonball, When I Lay My Burden Down, When the Saints Go Marching In.

This comprehensive collection features over 100 note-for-note skillfully-crafted clawhammer banjo arrangements of “old-time” Southern fiddle tunes, in clear tablature - with suggested guitar chords at a wide variety of skill levels. It contains most of the tunes played in concert or recorded by author Ken Perlman and renowned Appalachian-style fiddler Alan Jabbour, plus over 50 more classic tunes from Ed Haley, Edden Hammons, John Salyer and many other iconic roots fiddlers. Also included: • Instruction on basic and advanced techniques • Tips on improving your musicianship • How to play syncopated rhythms and melodies in clawhammer style • Frameworks for dealing with crooked tunes and modal tunes • Historical notes and picturesque backstories • Ken Perlman demonstrates all tunes and most musical illustrations on 124 online audio tracks *Online Audio Includes: 24 tracks featuring excerpts from recordings of the author performing with the virtuosic fiddler Alan Jabbour, to whom the book is dedicated.