Steve James - Roots and Blues Mandolin

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Steve James - Roots and Blues Mandolin
By Mandolin Cafe
July 29, 2010 - 8:30 am

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