Grisman: Shady Grove: Mandolin

This book presents transcriptions of David Grisman’s solos and accompaniment patterns from the CD Shady Grove. The Shady Grove recording contains some wonderful performances of old-time American music by David Grisman and JerryGarcia two of American music’s greatest players. It is a vibrant collection of wonderful traditional American songs from a great variety of genres played in a style closely based on their traditional sources. All of the soloscan be played on the standard mandolin including one written for mandola and one for banjolin (mandolin-banjo). These transcriptions will provide insight into the art of accompaniment mandolin playing as well as soloing.Performance notes by the transcriber are included.