Step by Step Lessons for Mandolin The First 15 Lessons series provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and real songs! Designed for self-teaching or for use with an instructor, you'll build a solid foundation as you work through each lesson, learning the basics of the instrument and music reading while practicing the many exercises, concepts and song excerpts within. Must-know instruction so you can start playing right away, with a free online tuner and metronome!This mandolin book features video and print lessons by world-renowned author Fred Sokolow on: mandolin fundamentals; music reading; tuning; chords; scales & basic theory; strumming; arpeggios; double stops; moveable chop chords; sawing & tremolo; and chord/melody playing. You also get to strum & pluck along with 28 songs including: Ain't Misbehavin' Arkansas Traveler Blue Moon Of Kentucky Careless Love The Godfather (Love Theme) Hallelujah Happy Birthday To You Hey Jude Home On The Range House Of The Rising Sun I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow I'll Fly Away Jamaica Farewell Knockin' On Heaven's Door Little Brown Jug Maggie May Mister Sandman Mr. Tambourine Man Rocky Top Sailors Hornpipe Stand By Me (They Call It) Stormy Monday (Stormy Monday Blues) Take Me Out To The Ball Game They're Red Hot Turkey In The Straw Wayfaring Stranger Wildwood Flower Will The Circle Be Unbroken