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Steve James - Roots and Blues Mandolin

By Mandolin Cafe
July 29, 2010 - 8:30 am

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Steve James - Roots and Blues Mandolin

Steve James - Roots and Blues Mandolin

The mandolin has been heard from the earliest incarnations of blues to the contemporary roots music revival. Now learn the essentials of the style by playing 13 classic tunes.

Covers:
tuning & basic technique
blue notes & tremolo
songs in G
changing keys
moving to A
open tuning & slide mandolin

Songs include:
Corrina
Dupree Blues
Florida Blues
Short'nin' Bread
Trouble in Mind
You Don't Know My Mind
Careless Love
Gambler's Blues
Mandolin Boogie
Blues in A
Slide Mandolin
Slow Blues (in D, G & E)
Double-Stop Blues

Appropriate for guitarists who want to learn to double on mandolin, or mandolin players who want to add blues to their repertoire.

Standard notation and tablature.

Publishers: String Letter Publishing
Purchase: From Elderly

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