Teach Yourself to Play Mandolin [Paperback]

Dan Fox (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1996

This book teaches you how to play the mandolin with an easy-to-follow approach that will have you playing instantly. Different strumming techniques help you play in any style including folk, bules, pop and country. Great songs like La Bamba, Greensleves, and When the Saints Go Marching In and many more are included with lyrics. Upon completion of thie book, you will be able to play your favorite songs on the mandolin, play with a musical group in many different styles and know how to read music.

Product Details

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: Alfred Pub Co (June 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739002864
• ISBN-13: 978-0739002865
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,771 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #52 in Books > Arts & Photography > Music > Instruments & Performers

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great beginner's guide to the mandolin., September 25, 2002

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D. Denis (San Leandro, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself to Play Mandolin (Paperback)

I found "Teach Yourself to Play Mandolin" by Dan Fox to be a wonderful beginner's guide to the mandolin. It gradually introduces new concepts and techniques as it goes along, and it constantly reinforces previous ideas. The examples are very well done, and the music selections are very enjoyable. I had several other mandolin instruction books, but this one was clearly the best, and it was the one that I stuck with. I have since introduced two other people to the mandolin, and this is the book that I had them use. They have both since progressed nicely, and both have given very high praise to this book.

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful little book!, March 10, 2005

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Donald F. Proctor "Don Proctor" (Tampa, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself to Play Mandolin (Paperback)

Having played electric and acoustic guitars for more than 30 years, I was surprised at how different it was to learn the mandolin. Dan Fox's little book got me up and running in about a week. The author introduces the mandolin in a step-by-step manner that is quite easy to follow. The exercises grow more difficult as the book progresses, however, the instruction remains concise and clearly communicated. The book ends with a handy Chord Dictionary illustrating the proper frettings and a Mandolin Fingering Chart. All in all, this book is a great tool for those learning the mandolin. It can even be recommended to young readers looking for musical instruction.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book but no CD, November 9, 2006

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Flora Rosenbloom (East Side, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Yourself to Play Mandolin (Paperback)

This is an excellent book for learning mandolin except it does not come with a CD. At first I was discouraged but then used another mandolin book that included a CD and then went back to learn from this one, which worked out great. Great excercises for learning the fret board.