Features
- Cover Type: Spiral Bound with 304 pages
- Published by: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.; Spi edition August 21, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 078667492X
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0786674923
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Book Dimensions:
11.4 x 9.1 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 3.4 pounds
Product Description
A collection of over 225 great Bluegrass, Old Time, Country and Gospel standards; Melodies are presented with standard notation and tablature along with lyrics and chords. Learn to play songs written and recorded by the giants of traditional American music: Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, Flatt & Scruggs, Ralph Stanley, The Osborne Brothers, Jimmy Martin, Doc Watson and many more. Also included: Step-by-Step instruction on how to transpose and song to any key! The two CDs include recordings of EVERY song in the book.
About The Author
Dix Bruce, a musician, composer, and writer from the San Francisco Bay Area, was born and raised in the Midwest. His interest in American folk music, jazz, and original composition are blended into a unique vocal and instrumental sound. His compositions are fresh and his energetic, exuberant stage personality, along with his driving rhythm and lead work, set the tone for a warm and exciting performance. He began playing guitar at age twelve. After college, he relocated to the Bay Area where his interest in hybrid acoustic string music led him to David Grisman's prototype quintet in the mid-1970's. Bruce eventually teamed up with the mandolinist and edited the magazine Mandolin World News from 1978 until 1984. In 1978 Bruce formed the band Back Up and Push to explore the emerging possibilities of swing and jazz on acoustic stringed instruments. The band toured the west coast throughout the 1980s and accompanied Bruce on his release Tuxedo Blues, which features many of his original instrumental and vocal compositions. Dix Bruce has done studio work on guitar, mandolin, and banjo and has recorded two albums with mandolin legend Frank Wakefield, six big band CDs with the Royal society Jazz Orchestra, and his own collection of American folk songs entitled My Folk Heart on which he plays guitar, mandolin, and autoharp as well as sings. In 1991 he contributed two original compositions to the soundtrack of Harrod Blank's acclaimed documentary Wild Wheels. he has released two CDs of traditional American songs with and originals with guitarist Jim Nunally. Dix arranged, composed, played mandolin, and recorded music for the CD-ROM computer game "The Sims" for the Maxis Corporation. His music is featured on a virtual radio station within the game. Mr. Bruce currently has over twenty publications in print with Mel Bay. He has also written for Acoustic Guitar Magazine, FRETS, Bluegrass Unlimited, and The Fretted Instrument Guild of America.
Reader Reviews
This is one of the best mandolin music books in existence with a wonderful selection of songs with music, chords, and tablature. It is arranged so that you can avoid the problem of turning pages, and the format easily stays open on a music stand. The CD only goes through a single verse of everything so it is not a play along, but it helps you know how things sound. There's also valuable information for transposing songs. This has become indispensible for me and my husband too, as he has a tenor guitar tuned like a mandolin. I play the mandolin. Of all my mandolin books, this is the very best value for the money. I highly recommend this as a must-have book for a mandolin library. Interestingly, I have not seen it in any stores around here and had to order it online.
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