American Mandolin Method Volume 1

Download or read book American Mandolin Method Volume 1 written by Brian Wicklund and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master teachers and performers of the mandolin, Brian Wicklund and BenWinship have crafted this beginning mandolin method book based on the solidsystem created by Wicklund for the best-selling books, The American Fiddle Method. Using clear illustrations and lucid explanations, the authors guidebeginning mandolin players through necessary skills such as efficiently holding the mandolin, fretting, picking technique, creating good tone, chop chord and open chord backup. Students learn the techniques while mastering over thirty common jam tunes, which they can practice with using the accompanying audio onlineavailable for download.