Extensive mandolin method for beginners and career changers, language: German. With many pieces from pop and folk and a large repertoire of solo and accompanying techniques. 110 p., Notes / tab, with CD. The comprehensive standard work for mandolin playing with many well-known pieces from pop and folk and a large repertoire of solo and accompanying techniques. - Christian Veith lives and works as a musician in Regensburg. He plays guitar and mandolin in bluegrass and folk rock bands, in opera, theater and musical productions. Performances have taken him to Austria, Hungary and Great Britain, among others. In 1987 he and his band "Chambergrass" received the cultural promotion award of the city of Regensburg. In 1993 he won the coveted "Bavarian Blues Award" with the blues band "Muck's Blues Connection". Since 1981 the author has been teaching guitar and mandolin at the " Music Academy ”in Regensburg. He is also an author for various music magazines such as“ Solo ”,“ Musician ”and“ Akustik-Guitar ”- Contents: Basics: Posture, mood, type of attack. Melody play 1: Exercises on the open strings, first position, C major scale, G major scale, quarter and eighth notes: sequence exercises, evening song, David's tune, mandolin fingerings, keys of D, Am, Em, F, pieces: SWannee River, Sloop John B., Auld Lang Syne, The Girl I Left Behind, Sailor's Hornpipe, Blackberry's Blossom, Yankee Doodle, TRemaine's Reel, Las Mananitas, Devil's Dream, Poor Wayfaring Stranger, Whiskey in the Jar, El Noy de la Mare, St. James Infirmary, Greensleeves and others
