Joe Carr: Mandolin for Seniors (incl. CD)

This is a beginning mandolin method. The contents of this book present the fundamentals of playing mandolin in a sequence making the material logical and easy to learn. The primary difference between this method and many others is that this book is written for seniors wanting to learn to play the mandolin. While many would say that getting on in years is only a state of mind, the fact is that some of the body parts (including the eyes) don't function quite the same as they did in younger years. With this in mind, the font has purposely been enlarged. Care has been taken to select repertoire familiar and appealing to a more mature audience and attention has been given to the pacing of the material. Accompanying CD includes all songs taught in the book.

1. Introduction/Types of Mandolins
2. Tuning
3. First Warm Up
4. Chord Diagrams
5. First Chords
6. Brother John/Row Your Boat
7. Rock-a-my Soul
8. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
9. Down in the Valley
10. Measured Music
11. Marianne
12. Will the Circle be Unbroken?
13. The D Chord
14. Em Chord
15. This Little Light of Mine
16. Amazing Grace
17. Two New Chords - Am, D7
18. This Train
19. Molly Malone
20. Up Strum
21. Strum Patterns for 4/4
22. Oh, Sinner Man
23. Roll in my Sweet Baby's Arms
24. Up Strum Pattern
25. When the Saints Go Marching In
26. Repeat Sign - Midnight Special Blues
27. Strum Patterns for 3/4
28. Amazing Grace
29. 3/4 Strum Pattern 2
30. Silent Night
31. New Chords/Take Me Out to the Ballgame
32. Conclusion/About the Author