Tips, tunes & technique for the early stages of mandolin playing.

A learn-as-you-play approach for those in the early stages of mandolin playing. Simon’s informal and encouraging style gets you playing five easy tunes in a variety of musical idioms, taking a detailed look at left hand fingering, right hand techniques, tips for making simple tunes sound more interesting, and lots, lots more.
Music & tab booklet included.

Tunes featured

Wildwood Flower (American trad arr Mayor)
Mandolin Minuet (Mayor)
Limehouse Blues (arr Mayor)
Waltz On A Still Lake (Mayor)
Soldier's Joy (trad arr Mayor)

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!