Publisher's Synopsis
*** FAMILIAR, EASY TO PLAY SONGS *** DESIGNED FOR BEGINNERS AND INTERMEDIATE PLAYERS ALIKE *** PLAY THESE SONGS ON ANY MANDOLIN-FAMILY INSTRUMENT tuned GDAE*** Here is the latest tablature songbook from master songsmith Ben "Gitty" Baker, containing 284 pages and including new arrangements of 46 traditional favorites laid out just for mandolin and more! With his easy-to-follow song presentations, Ben shows you that it's not hard at all to pick out all sorts of great old tunes on your mandolin, Irish tenor banjo, tenor guitar, fiddle and more! This new songbook features the author's tried-and-true arrangement presentation, which includes easy-to-read tablature as well as lyrics and chords. He also includes written lessons (with photos and diagrams) on how to read tablature and chord forms, and how to apply that knowledge to playing the songs. Multiple arrangements of each song are included (basic melody and melody+chords), and all of the songs are presented in two different keys (C and G). So grab your mandolin and get ready to make some music! Here is a sampling of the songs included in this book: Aloha Oe, Amazing Grace, America the Beautiful, Auld Lang Syne, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Blow the Man Down, Camptown Races, Crawdad Hole, Down In the Valley, Git Along Little Dogies, Gospel Train, Happy Birthday, Hard Times Come Again No More, Home On the Range, I'll Tell Me Ma, Keep On the Sunny Side, Lullaby (Cradle Song), My Country 'Tis of Thee, Oh My Darlin' Clementine, Oh, Susannah, Polly Wolly Doodle, Red River Valley, She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain, Whiskey In the Jar
