Bluegrass mandolin method books

[gtrplyr1]

I was hoping people could recommend a good mandolin bluegrass course/book ?

I'm a professional guitar player and have been playing and doubling on mandolin for a few years ... mostly musicals and some sessions but I've never dabbled in bluegrass .. my reading and chord knowledge on the mando are pretty good so I'm looking for more improv/vocabulary type things ... any recommendations ?

[grassrootphilosopher]

I was hoping people could recommend a good mandolin bluegrass course/book ?

I'm a professional guitar player and have been playing and doubling on mandolin for a few years ... mostly musicals and some sessions but I've never dabbled in bluegrass .. my reading and chord knowledge on the mando are pretty good so I'm looking for more improv/vocabulary type things ... any recommendations ?

Niles Hokkanen (mandocrucian on the café) has excellent information out: http://www.mandolin.myzen.co.uk/hokkanen.html

I cut my eyeteeth on "The Pentatonic Mandolin". This book is much more than what you read in the title. It´s excellent instruction.

[Pete Martin]

You might find my free PDF book on constructing and using double stops useful. At the website below.

[onassis]

This came out last year or earlier this year, got a lot of good reviews.

[gtrplyr1]

This came out last year or earlier this year, got a lot of good reviews.

Hi Guys, thanks for the replies. Went with Mitch's recommendation ... looks like what I need and I can get it quick.

Any good DVD's to recommend ??

Thanks again ..

[grassrootphilosopher]

Since you didn´t check into Pete Martin´s things, you might not be interested in his really good youtube videos.

DVDs are all over the place. What kind of music would you like to play on the mandolin. If it´s bluegrass, what style is it that you´re looking for. The Bill Monroe videos are absolutely essential (http://www.homespuntapes.com/Instruc...oe-two-dvd-set) but they are more than most bargain for. This is because DVD 1 is really difficult to follow even though Bill Monroe is captured late in his career and the "decomosition" of music has become more prevalent than before. DVD 2 is an excellent analysis of the Monroe style by Sam Bush. Yet this style is really complicated despite the fact that it looks easy. It is mostly about rhythm and the placement of the melody notes. More often than not the melody notes are shifted rythmically so they are not where you expect them to be (think Thelonious Monk or Turlough O´Carolan). It will do you good to study Bill Monroe on record in order to find out about his style in adition to the mentioned records.