Celtic World Collection - Ukulele contains 46 of the most requested session tunes and original ukulele tunes. Each tune has standard notation, chords and ukulele tablature. Ukulele recordings with guitar accompaniment available below. To facilitate learning, the recordings are played at a slower speed. Also included: a useful ukulele chord chart, commonly used ukulele scales charts, a page of warm-up technical exercises, strumming and picking patterns, and a fingerboard note chart. A good selection of Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton, Old-Time and a few original tunes included.

Take your blues mandolin playing to the next level with the Mandolin Blues Book. A collection of 101 blues riffs and solos ideal for all mandolinists looking to get a good grasp of jamming the blues. The book covers all the essential tools needed to play blues mandolin. Start by learning the 40 stylistic riffs and 25 one and two bar blues riffs in multiple keys, then move on to the longer 12 bar blues rhythm riffs and extended solos. Most of the longer rhythm riffs and solos follow the standard 12 bar blues form, so they are readily applicable to the many mandolin playing styles, including country, rock, jazz, and bluegrass, to name a few. To further deepen your mandolin skills, study the major, minor and blues scales and arpeggios as well as the library of mandolin chords and blues chord progressions in all 12 keys. No book covers everything, but with some practice, you will be ready to take your mandolin, jam the blues with confidence, and show off your new skills. Audio and Video online: https://brentrobitaille.com/product/mandolin-blues-book/

This book explores Celtic styles for the mandolin. It is a great addition for musicians looking to begin learning Celtic music or expand their repertoire. Traditional Irish and Scottish music as well as contemporary Celtic compositionsare presented. The book includes standard notation and tablature, with play-along tracks in the accompanying audio download online

The Ukulele Christmas Songbook has thirty of the most loved holiday favorites arranged for beginner to intermediate ukulelists. Each song is shown in lead sheet format, meaning the melody, lyrics, and chords are included. The melodies have both ukulele tablature and notation, and each song includes chord diagrams showing the finger placement. Twenty songs have a more advanced fingerstyle arrangement for players looking for a fuller-sounding chord melody with chords and melody together. There is also a useful 30+ page ukulele reference section for players wishing to expand their ukulele knowledge. This reference section includes a chord library of the most common ukulele chords, strumming and fingerpicking patterns, chord and arpeggio fingerboard diagrams in every key, and a collection of ukulele scales and scale patterns to warm-up your fingers.

Celtic World Collection - Mandolin contains 46 most requested traditional tunes plus new original mandolin tunes with standard notation, chords and mandolin tablature. Over 40 mandolin recordings with guitar accompaniment. The recordings are played at a slower speed to facilitate learning. Also included: a useful mandolin chord chart, commonly used mandolin scales charts, a page of warm-up technical exercises, strumming and picking, plus a full fingerboard chart for mandolin. The traditional music is of Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton and Old-Time origins and the original content follows in those same footsteps with a more contemporary approach and a few Middle-Eastern inspired tunes to spice it up.

Master the Blues in Open G Guitar Tuning (DGDGBD) 101 Blues Riffs & Solos in Open G Guitar Tuning is the most complete book ever written exclusively for blues in DGDGBD tuning. It is suitable for beginners and intermediate guitarists and an excellent reference for advanced guitarists. Guitarist Brent Robitaille has written over 50 instructional guitar books and is recommended by students worldwide. Brent is a well-known session guitarist who has recorded extensively and specializes in altered tunings and blues. His latest book, 101 Blues Riffs & Solos in Open G Tuning, is a complete course covering a wide range of essential blues styles, including traditional, Delta, rock, funk, and jazz blues. The 101 riffs and solos cover stylistic riffs, practical one- and two-bar riffs, blues rhythm guitar riffs, fingerstyle patterns, slide guitar, and solos, all designed to be immediately applicable to your playing, ensuring that your time and effort will be well-spent. Using a combination of slide, fingerstyle, and pick playing, you will cover all the bases needed to develop a solid blues technique in open G guitar. Refer regularly to the extensive scale charts, which show the blues, major, minor, modal, and pentatonic scales, chords and arpeggio patterns, essential blues chords and progressions presented in all keys. Additional material on slide guitar playing includes accompaniment with a bottleneck slide, chords with slide and fingers, and exercises to develop your steel skills further. Best of all, you can go to Brent’s website to listen to all the audio tracks and a selection of videos to enhance your learning (brentrobitaille.com). If you want to begin or continue exploring the world of open G, you are in the right place. Everything you need to master the blues with essential lessons in 6-string DGDGBD open guitar tuning!

Tuning your guitar to DADGAD compliments Celtic guitar music perfectly. It is easy to create drones and overlapping notes that sound reminiscent of a harp or bagpipe. The 30+ tunes represent some well-known Celtic session tunes and songs. There are jigs, reels, songs, hornpipes, waltzes plus instructions on how to read tablature and note rhythms. There are also some DADGAD chords, Celtic strumming patterns, major and minor scales, and a full DADGAD fingerboard chart. I hope you enjoy this collection! Please visit my website for audio and related books and sheet music: https://brentrobitaille.com/product/dadgad-guitar-celtic-flatpicking/ https://brentrobitaille.com