eBlueJay: Medieval Music for Mandolin Book/CD TAB Notation SCA

Description

You can hear a few samples at SoundClick and then please read the eaby comments below.

You will be very glad you bought this book, and you will be back for more. 95 people have taken the time to let you know how much they like this book/cd. You won't make a mistake buying it. You will have this music for the rest of your life.

Comments from Buyers on Ebay:

If you play the mandolin, this is a must have book of solo pieces. The CD allows you to both hear the tunes, and turn one channel down and play along with the guitar accompaniment track.

These medieval pieces sound great on the mandolin. They also lay right under the fingers. There is both notation and TAB and no page turns for any of the pieces in this book. The reason? This book is made for musicians, by musicians. You can get the book with a CD and the guitar and mandolin are separate tracks. You can turn the mandolin totally off and play with the cd. There is no "Tick Tick" before the pieces, instead there are two measures of intro with the guitar, so you can sit and listen to the CD and become familiar with the pieces without it sounding like a learning CD. There are chords with the music and at the end of the book, there are examples of what the guitar is doing for many of the tunes in both tablature and notation. These tunes sound terrific, and are a great addition to any repertoire. You can use them for any kind of gig, or you can try doing some medieval fairs, medieval feasts or medieval weddings. The bowl back mandolin looks so much like the lute, most people would never know the difference. Often when I play the lute, they ask me if it's a mandolin. I play lute, guitar and more recently mandolin. I know the music. These pieces are particulary suited for the sound of the mandolin. I love playing them. The book is beautiful and scored professionally. The paper is heavy stock. The titles may not make a lot of sense, but these are great pieces. Many have variations to make them longer. Winder wie ist is an example of a piece with a variation added. You can hear Winder wie ist at Soundclick This one is mixed together so you can't hear the tracks separately, but on the CD, you can use the balance control to hear either the left or right channel only. I don't believe there is another book like this available.

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