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If you are new to the mandolin, I humbly recommend my book, < Mandolin for Beginners.
If you have been playing for a while, here are a few lessons in pdf form: (check back periodically for new entries)
--Lesson on picking technique for Irish Jigs coming soon]
--Introduction to "Duo-style" mandolin. (Solo mandolin giving the impression of a duo.) There are two files:
An arrangement for three mandolins that was played by my Renaissance and Baroque ensemble at the Cape Cod Mandolin Camp: --Kemp's Jig
Here is an arrangement for 4 mandolins of a lute piece by Anthony Holborne -- The New Year's Gift
A Duo Style arrangement of Stille Nacht! heilege Nacht!
from my new book Ten Christmas Songs for Solo Mandolin (published by Singing String Music Publications)
I have written a number of compositions for mandolin including:
Gifts of the Bard (published by Wolfhead Music)
Go here for a more complete mp3 of each movement
Inspired by Irish mythological tales which relate the three skills a bard must possess, the work is structured in three movements that bear the names and character of these gifts: GoltraÌ (sorrowful music), GeantraÌ (mirthful music), and SuantraÌ (sleep-inducing music). The three movements are played without pause.
Three Inventions for Two Mandolins (published by Singing String Music Publications)
These works were inspired by the Two Part Inventions of J.S. Bach and represent something of a contemporary response to them. Technically, they are fairly easy and suitable for informal music making as well as performance.
Etudes Book 1 (published by Singing String Music Publications)
These etudes for mandolin are part of an ongoing project which will explore and expand the tonal and technical resources for the 21st century mandolinist.
More information on Etude #6 can be found here.I own several mandolins.
My favorite and main performing instrument is the Phoenix Neoclassical.
Listen to the mp3 of Gifts of the Bard to hear me play on this fine instrument.
SINGING STRING MUSIC PUBLICATIONS
Follow these links to some free lessons, publications and other information about some of the instruments that I play.
If you are interested in private lessons on plucked string instruments, music theory, ear training, improvisation and/or composition, please contact me at our SSM Studio.
About Jim Dalton
Jim is on the faculty of The Boston Conservatory, teaching music theory, ear training and world music courses for both the Music Theory and Music Education Departments.
He maintains a private teaching studio in Salem, MA.
He has written articles for Blues Revue Magazine and is the author of Mandolin for Beginners, published by Workshop Arts, Inc./Alfred Publishing. He is a frequent guest lecturer on topics such as composition, choral arranging and Irish traditional music.
He recently (2004-2005) received a MACRO research grant (Univ. of Wisconsin) to study and analyze palindromic compositions in the concert music repertoire and presented this work at the 2005 Macro Musician's Workshop in Madison WI.
Jim Dalton endorses and plays the Phoenix Neoclassical Mandolin
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