Mair lays out a mandolinist's essential discoveries and theories developed over the course of her career; unique and thought-provoking techniques used in her private lessons and workshops.
Fifty recorded examples tailored for this book are included to illustrate these exercises and ideas. The 100 is a master class in musicianship for mandolinists.
Music is presented in standard notation and tablature.
About the Author
Marilynn Mair is a world-renowned mandolinist with over a thousand concerts, two dozen CDs and two previous Mel Bay books to her credit: Brazilian Choro and The Complete Mandolinist.
Contents
- Right hand
- Tremolo prep
- Left hand
- Left hand
- Melody
- Melody
- The Girl I Left Behind Me
- Melody
- Sarabanda - Corelli
- La Folia - Corelli
- 4 cadences for Devil's Dream
- Cadence - Beethoven
- Tremolo
- Tremolo
- Tricky bits
- Back up to move ahead
- Rhythm
- Grace notes
- Triplets
- Odd meters
- Changing meters
- Swing & snap
- Apply the techniques
- Apply the techniques
- Metronome
- Texture
- Moveable major chords
- Moveable minor chords
- Moveable 7th chords
- Chord progression
- Arkansas Traveler
- Dynamics & tremolo
- Right-hand mute
- Tone color
- Schiarazula Marazula - Maineiro
- Baroque ornamentation
- Return to Sorrento - De Curtis
- Brazilian Choro
- Corriente - Falconieri
- Hare
- Devil's Dream
- Escovado A-section
- Escovado B-section
- Escovado C-section
- Sonatina - Beethoven
- Sonatinha - Marilynn Mair
- Air - Bach
- Perigoso - Nazareth
- Enrolado 1 - Marilynn Mair
- Enrolado 2 - Marilynn Mair
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