Tips, tunes & technique: New directions for the traditional player.

For those who already know their way round the mandolin and want some expert advice and new ideas to spice up their playing of Celtic music. Simon Mayor takes a fresh and detailed look at five traditional and modern Celtic tunes, introducing original ideas and techniques that will benefit all aspects of mandolin playing.
Music & tab booklet included.

Tunes featured

The Dark and Slender Boy (Irish trad)
Dance of the Waterboatmen (Mayor)
Athol Highlanders (Scottish trad)
The Butterfly (Irish trad)
Waynesborough (New England trad)

Simon Mayor has virtually single-handedly put the mandolin back on the UK map. His sparkling original compositions and arrangements of traditional music and the classics have been heralded across the media from Radio 4's Kaleidoscope, Radio 3, Classic FM, Radio 2 (Album of the Week) and BBC World Service (Recording of the Week) to Q, The Daily Telegraph, Rock 'n' Reel, Folk Roots and Cosmopolitan.. His busy touring schedule has taken in festivals and concerts from Vancouver to Singapore; he has worn dickie-bows to play Vivaldi and Levis to play bluegrass - and vice-versa!