Mandolin Instructional Book

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 Lessons Book 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"). $14.95 Sample Pages

This is the companion book to Introduction to Mandolin DVD.

 Mandolin Lessons mp3

Click Here for sample page of the book & mp3 clip of Blackberry Blossum.

Mandolin Primer Contents

  • 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

Mandolin Primer 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
All Watch & Learn books feature:
  • Many photographs and diagrams to illustrate left and right hand technique.
  • Music written in both tablature and standard music notation.
  • DVD markers & CD markers for easy cross reference .
  • Songs are played at 2 speeds on the CD (slow for practicing and up-tempo for performing).
  • Additional material that is not on the DVD, but included on the CD.

Sample Pages from the Mandolin Primer
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Blackberry Blossom
Watch this lesson from the Mandolin Video