If you have tried and failed to learn to read standard music notation for the mandolin or fiddle using traditional methods or you have never tried and want to, this book is for you. Learn to play from music in the mandolin- and fiddle-friendly major keys of C, G, D, A, F, and B-flat and their relative minor keys. Also learn to play in various time signatures including 4/4 (common time), 2/2 (cut time), 3/4 (waltz), and 6/8 (jig). You will also be taught to recognize and play whole notes, half notes, quarter notes, and eighth notes. Audio Includes access to online audio. 

E, A, EA

3rd,

All Four

Lines,

Lines+

1st Tune

Review

Note Types

Keys

Really Simple Gifts

Fireball Mail

Dotted Notes

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Angeline

Key of D

Soldier’s Joy

Liberty

Inisheer

How To Memorize

Wind That Shakes the Barley

Accidentals

Key of A

Devil’s Dream

Miller’s Reel

Jole Blon and Mixolydian

Red Haired Boy

Fingering

The Black Rogue - Jig

Key of F

F Rag

Beaumont Rag

Fine and Other Directions

Key of Bf

Grey Eagle

Practice Tunes