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A very good fiddle tune oriented beginner method -- great for the aspiring bluegrass or old-time mandolinist. Covers: buying an instrument, tuning, music reading, single-note picking, chords, scales, modes, bluegrass chops, doublestops, tremolo picking, drones, bluegrass songs, old-time fiddle tunes, blues and folk songs, classical pieces, solos and duets, more. The 43 track audio includes demos and play-alongs. 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Picking styles include: tremolo, Monroe style, fiddle style, double stops, crosspicking, triplet style, jazz style and more. The songs are in various tunings and keys, and the lyrics and history are included for each. \"Alabama Jubilee,\" \"Autumn Leaves,\" \"The Entertainer,\" \"Great Balls of Fire,\" \"Limehouse Blues,\" \"Orange Blossom Special,\" \"Rawhide,\" \"Tennessee Waltz,\" \"Yesterday,\" and more. Note\/tab. 248 pp.","brand":"Hal Leonard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":26854074482752,"sku":"49-699913","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0147\/9412\/9472\/products\/00699913.jpg?v=1645720641"},{"product_id":"roland-white-s-approach-to-bluegrass-mandolin","title":"Roland White's Approach to Bluegrass Mandolin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"For Beginning and Intermediate Players\": Instruction from a master! Starts with holding the mandolin and takes you through learning 30 traditional tunes. 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The newest book by the popular instructor, who leavens his pedagogy with humor. It'll be fun, you'll see. 92 pp.","brand":"Skeptical Guitarist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":26854093815872,"sku":"578-19","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0147\/9412\/9472\/products\/578-19.jpg?v=1645720736"},{"product_id":"mike-marshall-s-mandolin-method-the-great-book-of-finger-busters","title":"Mike Marshall's Mandolin Method-The Great Book of Finger Busters","description":"Many, many exercises designed to help you find your way in and out of every possible twist and turn of the left and right hands. Covers: open string combinations, open string skipping, intervals, finger pairs, double note chromaticism, three finger exercises, four finger exercises, fourth finger crawl, lots more. Comb-bound. 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