Painless Mandolin Melodies [With Instructional CD] Book

Some people have called 'Painless Mandolin Melodies' the simplest mandolin method ever written. Others argue that it is also the funniest. Designed for total beginners, the book promises to teach anyone to play well-known melodies using a few basic scales. Though written in a humorous, light-hearted style, the book is no nonsense in delivering up 20 simple arrangements that can be mastered in relatively short order. The book includes an instructional cassette that helps with tuning, and allows the student to hear the tunes played at a slow speed. The book and tape make a perfect learning combination for the first-time mandolinist. The tunes include "Shortening Bread," "Oh, Susanna," "Jimmy Crack Corn," "Cripple Creek," "Turkey In The Straw," "Golden Slippers," "Wildwood Flower," "Old Joe Clark," "When The Saints Go Marching In," plus more.Read More