Bernie Daniel
Jan-10-2008, 4:11pm
This is a tip for a mandolin beginner wanting to start building a fiddle tune (or just tune) repertoire.
The Joe Carr collection (Mel Bay series #MB20553BCD)) called (Great Mandolin Picking Tunes) published in 2003 is great. #
I was given a copy of it as a present last month by a well meaning friend. #Actually I know many of the songs in the collection so I bequeathed it to my niece.
But first I took a good look at it. #
It is a nice collection of 30 tunes (many traditional fiddle tunes) Angie the Baker, Texas Gales, Miss. Swayer, Cripple Creek, Whiskey before Breakfast. Paddy on the Turnpike etc. and some other tunes Celtic, Polka, Reels etc.
You get a book with standard notation Plus tablature and a CD with all of the tunes played by Carr at smooth, even pace.
I ripped the CD and put the mp3s's on my hard drive. Now she can play them back on her PC as fast or slow as she chooses using the Amazing Slow Downer.
Good deal!
The Joe Carr collection (Mel Bay series #MB20553BCD)) called (Great Mandolin Picking Tunes) published in 2003 is great. #
I was given a copy of it as a present last month by a well meaning friend. #Actually I know many of the songs in the collection so I bequeathed it to my niece.
But first I took a good look at it. #
It is a nice collection of 30 tunes (many traditional fiddle tunes) Angie the Baker, Texas Gales, Miss. Swayer, Cripple Creek, Whiskey before Breakfast. Paddy on the Turnpike etc. and some other tunes Celtic, Polka, Reels etc.
You get a book with standard notation Plus tablature and a CD with all of the tunes played by Carr at smooth, even pace.
I ripped the CD and put the mp3s's on my hard drive. Now she can play them back on her PC as fast or slow as she chooses using the Amazing Slow Downer.
Good deal!