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

• Advice on plectrum technique: make the most of that little piece of plastic
• Use the right finger in the right place.  Tips for making that left hand work more smoothly
• You can make a better sound, how to coax a good tone from the humblest mandolin
• Explore the fingerboard, learn tunes in different octaves, experiment with some simple harmonisations
• Learn how to make even the simplest tunes sound dynamic and interesting

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)

DISCS:	1 DVD
DVD REGION:	ALL
FORMAT:	PAL
DURATION:	53 mins
BOOKLET:	YES