Mandolin : A Beginner's Guide, Featuring Step-by-step Lessons With Audio, Video, and Popular Songs!

Folk/Country Guitar/Fretted Instrument Solos

(Mandolin). The First 15 Lessons series provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and real songs! Designed for self-teaching or for use with an instructor, you''ll build a solid foundation as you work through each lesson, learning the basics of the instrument and music reading while practicing the many exercises, concepts and song excerpts within. Must-know instruction so you can start playing right away, with a free online tuner and metronome! This mandolin book features video and print lessons by world-renowned author Fred Sokolow on: mandolin fundamentals; music reading; tuning; chords; scales & basic theory; strumming; arpeggios; double stops; moveable chop chords; sawing & tremolo; and chord/melody playing. You also get to strum & pluck along with 28 songs including: Ain''t Misbehavin'' * Hallelujah * Hey Jude * I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow * Knockin'' on Heaven''s Door * Maggie May * Rocky Top * Stand by Me * Wayfaring Stranger * and many more.