Tom Bekeny Beginning Mandolin. Learn Bluegrass Mandolin! The proper fundamentals are explained in easy to follow step by step details by instructor Tom Bekeny. Tom Illustrates many essential techniques and patterns for any aspiring Mandolin player. Learn Tuning, Hand Placement, Pick Techniques, Scales, Syncopation, Double Stops, Chords, Tremolo and more.
Tom Bekeny has played bluegrass mandolin for over 30 years. During that period he has recorded, taught and toured worldwide with various nationally known Bluegrass bands such as the Kathy Kallick Band, Laurie Lewis. He has also performed with Peter Rowan and the Rowan Brothers. He currently plays fiddle with High Country and his mandolin playing can be heard on the Kathy Kallick Band's latest Copper Creek release "A Warmer Kind of Blue".
Tuning technique is the old fashioned reference pitch way. He then goes over chord structures, strumming techniques, and rhythm.
It's a fundamentals disk. It's a good running start for playing, but it is agonizingly slow paced in the begining considering it's only about an hour long. The DVD is broken into chapters but it takes him a while to get to the good stuff. You will find yourself saying "Get on with it!" But don't worry, he does get to the instruction.
A nice feature is that the short chord book and song guide is on the DVD in a PDF file for your computer or as a chapter for your DVD player. Good for people who loose things. But there wasn't a lot of substance. Three chords were fretted out for you. There was no tablature explanation or descriptions. A handful of simple songs was it. A little more to this feature could have been the package shine.
All in all it's not a bad choice for beginners
Language: English
Year: 2006
Running time: 85 min
Quality: DVD5
Video: mpeg2 720x480, 29.97 fps
Audio: ac3, 2ch, 48Khz
Booklet: Yes (PDF)
Size: 3.73 Gb
