Watch & Learn Mandolin Primer Book with CD

Watch & Learn Video Primer produces some of the highest quality instructions with authors and performers, who are experienced teachers, who have taught beginners for several years and understand the needs and requirements of beginners.

Mandolin instruction book with audio CD by Bert Casey featuring mandolin tab, mandolin scales, mandolin chords chart and easy to follow mandolin lessons. Learning how to play beginning mandolin made easy.

Mandolin Primer Book with CD by Bert Casey is designed for the beginning mandolin student who desires an easy to follow, step by step instruction method for getting started on the mandolin. It starts with proper left & right hand technique and playing scales, then progresses to playing 14 popular bluegrass songs using techniques such as hammer-ons, slides, pull-offs and double stops. It also includes a complete chord chart and a section on how to play rhythm on the mandolin (the famous mandolin "chop").

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Contents Include:

Parts of the Mandolin
Holding the Mandolin
Tuning
Using the Pick
Proper Left and Right Hand Position
Playing Scales in 4 Different Keys (G, C, A, D)
Rhythm & Strumming (The Mandolin Chop)
Moveable Chords
Chord Chart

Songs:

Worried Man Blues
Wildwood Flower
Boil Them Cabbage Down
Cripple Creek
John Hardy
Red Haired Boy
Soldier's Joy
8th Of January
Billy In The Lowground
Blackberry Blossom
Bill Cheatum
Sally Goodin
Old Joe Clark
Salt Creek

Sample Pages

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All Watch & Learn DVDs & Videos meet the unique needs of the beginning student and feature:

Different camera angles and close-ups to demonstrate precise technique and hand positioning.
Split screen technology that shows both hands in detail and provides on-screen notation for all music.
Bouncing ball type pointer to show each note as it's being played.
Video Clock to quickly locate information in the companion book.
Broadcast quality equipment using state of the art editing facilities.

The companion books with CDs feature:

Many photographs and diagrams to illustrate technique.
Music written in both tablature and standard music notation.
Video markers for easy cross reference to the video.
Songs are played at 2 speeds on the CD (slow for practicing and up-tempo for performing).
Additional material that is not on the video, but included on the CD.

As an added bonus we will include our FREE Guitar 101 e-book.

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