Record details

• ISBN: 1119736641
• ISBN: 9781119736646
• Physical Description: xvii, 388 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
• Edition: 2nd edition.
• Publisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2021]
• Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Becoming acquainted with your mandolin -- Getting to grips with tuning and terminology -- Getting a handle on your mandolin -- Making music on the mandolin -- Picking with the right hand -- Fretting notes and chords with the left hand -- Playing 'Jethro'-style three-string chords -- Playing mandolin music : scales and melody -- Playing music from yesteryear : old time, rags and blues -- Giving your mandolin a speedy workout : bluegrass -- Travelling to the Emerald Isle : Irish mandolin -- Taking a quick world tour -- Swinging to those jazzy rhythms -- Blending styles : Dawg music -- Selecting and buying a mandolin -- Building your accessories kit -- All change : replacing your mandolin's strings -- Caring for and repairing your mandolin -- The part of tens. Ten (or so) tips on becoming a good mandolin player ; Ten mandolin players you need to know ; Ten ways of tapping into the mandolin subculture.

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Subject:

Mandolin > Methods > Self-instruction.
Mandolin > Instruction and study.
Mandolin.

Genre:

Programmed instructional materials.

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