Philip John Berthoud: Irish Music For Mandolin Made Easy Book: Mandolin
With Online Audio
Composer | Philip John Berthoud |
Publisher | Mel Bay Publications |
Instrumentation | Mandolin |
Grade of Difficulty | Easy |
Number of pages | 40 |
Product Format | Instrumental Collection |
Description Product Type | Book and Audio Online |
Genre | Folk British Isles |
Style | Irish |
Year of Publication | 2016 |
ISBN | 9780786694402 |
Series | Made Easy (Mel Bay) |
No. | MB21353M |
An exciting collection of 29 traditional tunes from Ireland, arranged for easy Mandolin. All tunes are written clearly in standard notation as well as Mandolin tablature. An accompanying online audio recording contains all thetunes, played at a manageable speed, with Guitar accompaniment.
The collection contains airs, well known songs, polkas, slip jigs, slides, double jigs, hornpipes and reels, all of which are specially arranged by the authorwith the beginning/intermediate mandolinist in mind. On the audio recording, the tunes are played 2 or 3 times, so you can really get into the feel of the tune, when playing along. The speed of the tunes is quite slow, but not soslow as to take away from the essential feel of the music.
Irish music is rightly popular all over the world. The haunting beauty of the slow airs and infectious foot-tapping rhythms of jigs and reels are here to bediscovered in this selection of great traditional music. This book includes access to online audio.
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1. Calioope House
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2. Carolan's Dream
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3. Factory Girl
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4. John Ryan's
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5. Kerry Polka
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6. Miss Mcleod'S Reel
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7. Oh! The Britches Full Of Stitches
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8. Paddy's Green Shamrock Shore
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9. Planxty Irwin
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10. Sergeant Early's Jig
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11. Tatter the Road
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12. The Boys of Malin
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13. The Butterfly
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14. The Cliffs of Moher
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15. The Derry Air