20 Easy Fingerstyle Studies for Ukulele is a collection of pieces and exercises for fingerstyle ukulele, aimed at those who have strummed chords on the ukulele and wish to learn fingerstyle technique. Author Rob MacKillop introduces techniques for the left and right hand and explanations for each piece that help you along the way. The accompanying downloadable online audio contains both slow and up tempo versions of very tune in the book.

The ukulele is an extraordinary instrument with a remarkable history. Apart from its well-practiced use as a strummed accompaniment instrument, it is capable of real beauty and the most delicate expression. It has as much depth as Renaissance and Baroque guitars and lutes, and is worthy of serious study by all those who have a heart for music.This set of 20 fingerstyle arrangements is written for the beginning student seeking something a little more challenging to play. These 20 progressiv...

Gaspar Sanz (1640–1710), widely regarded as the most famous Baroque-period guitarist, published three influential volumes of music characterized by memorable melodies, lively Spanish cross-rhythms, and cascading scale passages. Due to shared characteristics, the Baroque guitar is a close relative of the modern ukulele; for instance, the smaller four-course Baroque guitar utilized a similar re-entrant tuning.Sanz frequently employed the campanella style, a technique where scale note...

Tuned a perfect fifth lower than the mandolin —CGDA low-to-high—the mandola takes the role of the viola in a mandolin orchestra or other ensemble. Given the mandola’s unique tessitura, the alto clef, with middle C on the third ledger line of the staff, is required. This collection of 40 pieces from the Classical through early Romantic periods aims to help you become proficient in reading the alto clef from easy to advanced levels, while simultaneously improving your technical abilities.

Bach's solo cello suites are essential studies for many instruments, and the great advantage of playing them on the Mandola is that both instruments share the same tuning: CGDA. In this edition, the bass clef has been transposed to the alto clef, commonly used for the mandola part in mandolin orchestras and other ensembles. This edition provides great practice in reading the alto clef, and TAB notation is also included. Both the Alto clef and the TAB are presented separately, thus avoiding...

This book contains thirty of the most requested Celtic session tunes, arranged for DADGAD tuning. Accompanying audio is available as an online download, which includes performances by Rob MacKillop. To assist playing these tunes, a technique primer and specific exercises are included. With the use of a capo you will be able to play these tunes in their traditional keys. The tunes can be played fingerstyle or with a pick. The repertoire includes classic tunes such as Drowsy Maggie, Soldier'...

Renaissance Lute Repertoire-Guitar Tablature Edition can be viewed as either a supplement to the popular Introduction to the Lute: for Lute and Guitar Players or as a standalone edition of 16th-century lute tablatures reset in guitar tab. Play from beautifully-typeset scores, music by John Dowland, Francesco da Milano, Vicenzo Galilei (father of the famous astronomer), and many others, including vihuela composers, Narváez and Milán. Together, this collection provides in guitar tab a beauti...

Most instrumentalists would agree with the author’s introductory statement that the six Bach cello suites are “…one of the greatest collections of solo instrumental music ever written.”Many amateur classical guitarists have endeavored to play favorite movements of the suites, and a few professionals have recorded all six in their entirety. The author himself has played them on various plucked-string instruments. Here, for the first time, Rob MacKillop and Mel Bay Publications prese...

Renaissance Lute Repertoire-Lute Tablature Edition can be viewed as either a supplement to the popular Introduction to the Lute: for Lute and Guitar Players or as a standalone edition of 16th-century lute tablatures. Play from beautifully-typeset scores, music by John Dowland, Francesco da Milano, Vincenzo Galilei (father of the famous astronomer) and many others, including vihuela composers Narváez and Milán. Together, this collection provides a beautiful and extensive overview of music f...

This book features twenty superb arrangements of traditional Old Time American tunes by ukulele maestro Rob MacKillop. Included are classics such as Wildwood Flower, Man Of Constant Sorrow, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Angeline The Baker, and many others. All the music is playable with a pick or finger style, and the tunes are presented in both tablature and standard notation. Includes access to online audio.

This book and accompanying audio provide unique insight into playing the music of Bach on the ukulele. Included are twenty duets for two ukuleles or ukulele with guitar. The first part in the duet can be played on either soprano, concert, or tenor ukulele, and the second part on either baritone ukulele or guitar. This collection contains beautiful arrangements of many of Bach's most popular pieces. Some arrangements are simple, some complex, but most are of intermediate difficulty....

In this book, multi-instrumentalist and music historian Rob MacKillop explores an unexpected aspect of the 5-string banjo repertoire with slower, expressive, and even sentimental qualities. Drawing upon various 19th and 20th century resources, MacKillop offers 27 engaging international melodies in gDGBD or gCGBD tuning that can be played on any 5-string banjo, whether old or modern, with either fingertips or picks.In contrast to the hard-driving bluegrass “Dueling Banjos” approach,...