Bluegrass Mandolin for the Complete Ignoramus!
Bluegrass Mandolin for the Complete Ignoramus!

Author: Wayne Erbsen

Publisher: Native Ground Music

Published: 2008-08-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781883206550

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Wayne's friendly and FUN approach to learning to play has taught tens of thousands of total beginners to play bluegrass music. Join the club! In this, his 26th book, Wayne cuts through the clutter and confusion of learning to play with his SIMPLE approach to playing the melody. He then leads the beginner down the path of being able to IMPROVISE on the melody by adding several simple rhythms. With Wayne s help, you will soon be jamming up a storm. Guaranteed. This book is guaranteed to help you learn to play bluegrass mandolin. (How many books come with a personal guarantee by the author?) You WILL learn to play and improvise on: Amazing Grace, Angel Band, Banks of the Ohio, Bury Me Beneath the Willow, Cripple Creek, Cryin Holy Unto the Lord, Dig a Hole in the Meadow, Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky?, Down the Road, East Virginia, Handsome Molly, In the Pines, I've Been All Around This World, I've Just Seen the Rock of Ages, John Hardy, Keep on the Sunny Side of Life, Knoxville Girl, Little Maggie, Midnight on the Stormy Deep, My Home s Across the Blue Ridge Mountains, Nine Pound Hammer, Paul and Silas, Shady Grove, Soldier s Joy, Roll in My Sweet Baby s Arms, Wildwood Flower, Will the Circle Be Unbroken? You Will Also Learn... How to Tune, How to Hold the Mandolin, The Best Way to Hold the Pick, How to Read Tablature, Harmony Chord Positions, Simple Rhythm Chord Positions, How to Play Harmony, Playing in the Dreaded Key of F, How to Jam, Playing Different Rhythms, How to Play Simply but RIGHT! Included Vintage Photos and lots of Friendly Advice.

Bluegrass Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus!
Bluegrass Banjo for the Complete Ignoramus!

Author: Wayne Erbsen

Publisher: Native Ground Books & Music

Published: 2014-05-26

Total Pages: 131

ISBN-13: 1883206677

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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.

Bluegrass Jamming on Mandolin
Bluegrass Jamming on Mandolin

Author: Wayne Erbsen

Publisher: Bluegrass Jamming

Published: 2011-08-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781883206611

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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.

Bluegrass mandolin basics [flatpick technique, playing backup, chord basics and rhythm chop, more than 90 complete music examples and songs, 16 complete arrangements fully correlated to other books in the series]
Bluegrass mandolin basics [flatpick technique, playing backup, chord basics and rhythm chop, more than 90 complete music examples and songs, 16 complete arrangements fully correlated to other books in the series]

Author: Dennis Caplinger

Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing

Published: 2005-06

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9780769285412

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Covers all the fundamentals and will have you playing bluegrass favorites in no time. Beginning with right and left handed techniques, then moving through traditional mandolin basics, learn how to develop great backup parts or solos and how to play within the context of a bluegrass band.

The Complete Mandolin Method -- Beginning Mandolin
The Complete Mandolin Method -- Beginning Mandolin

Author: Greg Horne

Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing

Published: 2005-04

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780739037324

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Comprehensive instruction for the serious mandolinist. One of America's leading schools for contemporary music-The National Guitar Workshop-teaches you the concepts, techniques and theory you need to become a virtuoso performer. 96 pages each.

Flatpicking Guitar for the Complete Ignormaus!
Flatpicking Guitar for the Complete Ignormaus!

Author: Wayne Erbsen

Publisher: Native Ground Music

Published: 2010-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781883206581

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Book & CD. This FUN instruction book will get you playing forty old-time and bluegrass guitar tunes in no time flat! Wayne's many years of teaching guitar are evident on each page of this book. The instruction audio CD is complete with a whopping 91 tracks and the complete lyrics to all forty songs found in the book. This book is guaranteed to help the beginning and intermediate guitarist.

Bluegrass Jamming on Banjo
Bluegrass Jamming on Banjo

Author: Wayne Erbsen

Publisher: Native Ground Music

Published: 2013-01-06

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781883206659

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Bluegrass Jamming on Banjo is the third in a 4-part series of fun books that teach the tools, tricks and tunes to jam in bluegrass style. It covers: 31 bluegrass jam standards, how to jam with others, how to improvise and 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! This FUN book is fully illustrated with almost 200 vintage photos. Includes an audio instructional CD.

Guitar for Kids - Book 2
Guitar for Kids - Book 2

Author: Chad Johnson

Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation

Published: 2015-07-01

Total Pages: 58

ISBN-13: 1495035654

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(Guitar Method). Guitar for Kids is a fun, easy course that teaches children to play guitar faster than ever before. Continuing where Book 1 left off, popular songs in this volume, such as "Eight Days a Week," "Let It Go," "Rock Around the Clock," "Fields of Gold," "Oye Como Va," and "Dust in the Wind" keep kids motivated, while the clean, simple page layouts ensure their attention remains focused on one concept at a time. The method is equally suitable for children using electric or acoustic guitars. It can be used in combination with a guitar teacher or parent, even if they've never had any musical training themselves. The price of this book includes access to over 30 audio demonstration tracks online, for download or streaming.

Bluegrass Banjo Basics
Bluegrass Banjo Basics

Author: Dennis Caplinger

Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 9780769285443

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Beginning with basic left- and right-hand techniques, Dennis Caplinger guides you through developing great backup parts and playing all over the neck. You'll learn the classic Scruggs style of picking along with the melodic style." Plus you'll study over 20 classic bluegrass standards, and you'll learn how to play them in several different styles. All books in the Ultimate Beginner Bluegrass Basics series are fully correlated to work together. This is the ideal method for the family that wants to play music together!"