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Gkar66
Oct-22-2009, 12:21pm
I have been playing mandolin for about 8 weeks. I started with Caplinger's bluegrass basics and have gotten thru that. I also have Rick William's Bluegrass Mando Jam Tunes to learn some more songs and have gotten thru alot of that. What book would people recommend to keep learning the fundamentals of the instrument to follow up on Caplinger's book? Thanks for any help.
mandroid
Oct-22-2009, 3:06pm
Music theory for modern mandolin, is a good one to have .
they are fairly modest ring bound publication with a paper cover ,
for a couple Bux the local photo copy shop put a clear stiff plastic cover sheet front and back.
So are you sight reading standard notation? How about MM Cole's 'one thousand fiddle tunes'?
Jethro Burns' Complete mandolinist?
fretboard roadmaps, Hal Leonard Publ
Mandolin scales and studies, mel bay publ
Ted E's book
Cathal Whelehan
Oct-22-2009, 5:09pm
I have been playing mandolin for about 8 weeks. I started with Caplinger's bluegrass basics and have gotten thru that. I also have Rick William's Bluegrass Mando Jam Tunes to learn some more songs and have gotten thru alot of that. What book would people recommend to keep learning the fundamentals of the instrument to follow up on Caplinger's book? Thanks for any help.
I don't know Caplinger's book or what would be a good one to follow it up, but can I assume you're a beginner?
I've been working through "Easy Music Theory for Fiddle and Mandolin"
By Pete Martin after seeing a link in another thread here (do a search for 'music theory') and it's fantastic.
I've put aside the tune books for a while until I get the PROPER basics into my head. When I was learning tunes that was all I ended up with, a new tune - I had no idea of the reason why so many tunes were possible without having to venture beyond the fifth fret.
I can only advise that you learn things like scales as early as possible if you haven't started already. There's nothing nicer than sound of a G major arpeggio (or any one of dozens of others) going up and down and up and down, and - more importantly - knowing that you understand why it is so, and always so.
I find his style of drilling in the fundamentals that you should always be doing to be exactly what I need. The trick is to read exactly what he has written - he couldn't be more clear in his instructions if he tried, IMHO - and to do exactly what he says.
It's free to test on this site (http://www.petimarpress.com) and if you like it you can make a voluntary payment.
He's definitely getting $10 off me.
Mike Bunting
Oct-22-2009, 5:21pm
That is very good advice.
Cathal Whelehan
Oct-22-2009, 5:56pm
I only wish I had proof-read it for grammatical errors before I posted it. As a translator (a large part of which is proof-reading) I ought to be ashamed.
I've edited the previous post now for the benefit of English-speakers among you. Content is the same. :)
Gkar66
Oct-23-2009, 7:00pm
Thanks so much for the replies. Downloaded Pete Martin's book today.
Might I recommend Beginner's The Complete Mandolin Method by Bruce Horne?
Patrick Gunning
Oct-23-2009, 10:54pm
Mike Marshall's Mandolin Fundamentals DVD's.
http://elderly.com//videos/items/300-DVD337SET.htm
Just an aside, are you taking opportunity to play with others as much as humanly possible?
Books are great, very helpful, but playing with others is amazing.
yankees1
Oct-24-2009, 9:51am
I don't know Caplinger's book or what would be a good one to follow it up, but can I assume you're a beginner?
I've been working through "Easy Music Theory for Fiddle and Mandolin"
By Pete Martin after seeing a link in another thread here (do a search for 'music theory') and it's fantastic.
I've put aside the tune books for a while until I get the PROPER basics into my head. When I was learning tunes that was all I ended up with, a new tune - I had no idea of the reason why so many tunes were possible without having to venture beyond the fifth fret.
I can only advise that you learn things like scales as early as possible if you haven't started already. There's nothing nicer than sound of a G major arpeggio (or any one of dozens of others) going up and down and up and down, and - more importantly - knowing that you understand why it is so, and always so.
I find his style of drilling in the fundamentals that you should always be doing to be exactly what I need. The trick is to read exactly what he has written - he couldn't be more clear in his instructions if he tried, IMHO - and to do exactly what he says.
It's free to test on this site (http://www.petimarpress.com) and if you like it you can make a voluntary payment.
He's definitely getting $10 off me. Thanks for information! Very impressed with Pete Martin's instruction!
Nice information on the Pete Martin site. Thanks for that.