Mandolin Picking Tunes - An Early American Christmas
Mandolin Picking Tunes - An Early American Christmas

Author: Tommy Norris

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2020-08-14

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 151345546X

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A wealth of beautiful and joyous music has been written for the Christmas season. Some of the most enchanting melodies can be found in this solo mandolin edition of the Early American holiday repertoire. For this collection, Tommy Norris has selected eighteen lesser and better-known carols and songs from the folk, shape-note, sacred, Native American, African American spiritual, and European hymnody traditions, and arranged them for solo mandolin. Each intermediate to moderately advanced arrangement is shown in standard notation and mandolin tablature. As a learning aid, a downloadable recording of the author's performance of each piece is available online. We hope these arrangements bring the joy of the Christmas spirit to your holiday season.

Mandolin Picking Tunes - Beautiful American Airs & Ballads
Mandolin Picking Tunes - Beautiful American Airs & Ballads

Author: Dix Bruce

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2022-11-07

Total Pages: 73

ISBN-13: 1513471686

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26 historic and well-loved American melodies arranged for intermediate and advanced mandolinists. These beautiful airs and ballads in many different major and minor keys have been taught and performed since the very beginnings of the American experience, expressing good times and bad, joy, sorrow, and everything in between. The printed music includes standard notation, accompaniment chords, and tablature. The arrangements use several different playing techniques including double stops, crosspicking, chord melody, up-and-down eighth note picking, and tremolo. Includes access to online audio.

Guitar Picking Tunes-An Early American Christmas
Guitar Picking Tunes-An Early American Christmas

Author: William Bay

Publisher:

Published: 2020-08-12

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9781733716932

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The joyous Christmas season has inspired musicians in many countries and in many eras to compose beautiful songs. This book contains 18 Christmas carols and songs from the American Christmas repertoire arranged for solo plectrum/flatpick guitar. Each solo can also be played by the classical or fingerstyle guitarist. All of the solos are in notation and tablature. Includes access to an online audio recording of each solo.

Mandolin Picking Tunes - Early Music Gems
Mandolin Picking Tunes - Early Music Gems

Author: Dix Bruce

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2020-12-29

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 1513455850

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Mandolin Picking Tunes: Early Music Gems by Dix Bruce is a collection of 34 wonderful songs from the 1200s to the 1600s especially arranged for intermediate and advanced mandolinists. The titles span the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque eras and the sounds of the individual songs reflect those years. The music includes standard notation, accompaniment chords, and tablature. Includes access to online audio recordings of each piece for listening and playing along.

Mandolin Picking Tunes - The Joyful Gospel
Mandolin Picking Tunes - The Joyful Gospel

Author: Tommy Norris

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2024-09-09

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 1513479660

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This collection presents intermediate to advanced settings of 16 traditional gospel tunes arranged for solo mandolin in standard notation and tablature. With the mandolin tuned in perfect fifths and frequent drones, the harmony in these arrangements is often reminiscent of shape note singing, disarmingly followed by fluid, modern sounds. The table of contents reads like an album of greatest gospel hits with songs like Angel Band, I Am a Pilgrim, In the Sweet By and By and Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John. Will the Circle Be Unbroken and Keep on the Sunny Side round out a repertoire of joyful gospel. For ease of learning, the author has provided online recordings of each selection.

Mandolin Picking Tunes - Christmas in the British Isles
Mandolin Picking Tunes - Christmas in the British Isles

Author: Tommy Norris

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2021-06-11

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 1513459651

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Versatile mandolinist Tommy Norris presents this collection of 20 intermediate to advanced melody/chord arrangements of familiar and lesser-known Christmas melodies, all in both standard notation and tablature. Expand your holiday repertoire and general musicianship with these idiomatic settings of Christmas classics from the British Isles! Includes access to online audio for all selections.

Mandolin Picking Tunes - Old-Time Gems
Mandolin Picking Tunes - Old-Time Gems

Author: Tommy Norris

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2022-10-01

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13: 1513471147

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Written in standard notation and tablature for the intermediate to advanced mandolinist, “Angeline the Baker,” “Darlin’ Corey,” and 16 other classic old-time tunes never sounded so good as in these solo arrangements by Tommy Norris. The author himself performs each tune flawlessly on the companion online audio tracks. Suggested chords are provided for optional accompaniment. Care has been taken to select the most popular tunes of this genre for inclusion in this book. “Don’t Let Your Deal Go Down” without it!

Banjo Picking Tunes - An Early American Christmas
Banjo Picking Tunes - An Early American Christmas

Author: Lluis Gomez

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2022-10-01

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 1513470442

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This collection includes intermediate to advanced arrangements of 17 Early American carols for the 5-string banjo in 3-finger style. These melody/chord arrangements are in tablature only in gDGBD tuning using common chord shapes for the most part. The author’s experience with the classic guitar shines through in these tasteful settings, which include imaginative introductions, occasional key modulations and even a carol attributed to the Huron tribe. Fingering and interpretation are left up to the player’s discretion, trusting that along with the author’s online audio recordings, you will make some meaningful discoveries of your own. Includes access to online audio.

Mandolin Tunes Made Easy, Big Note/Large Print Edition
Mandolin Tunes Made Easy, Big Note/Large Print Edition

Author: William Bay

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2012-03-02

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 161911187X

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A comprehensive 96-page, large print/big note perfect-bound collection of over 90 favorite mandolin picking tunes. Includes American fiddle tunes, Celtic reels, gospel favorites, jazz tunes and more. Guitar chords are included. All tunes may be played as solos and are shown in notation and tablature.

Mandolin Picking Tunes - Lyrical Gospel Solos
Mandolin Picking Tunes - Lyrical Gospel Solos

Author: Dix Bruce

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2021-07-14

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 1513459619

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Thirty-four well-loved gospel tunes especially arranged for intermediate and advanced mandolinists. These beautiful, meditative melodies have been played and cherished for generations. The music is written in standard notation, with accompaniment chords, tablature and performance notes on the techniques used in each arrangement. Includes access to online recordings of each piece for playing along and listening. You will enjoy playing these historic and engaging melodies which lend themselves especially well to the mandolin.