Mel Bay Mandolin Picking Tunes: The Joyful Gospel - Norris - Mandolin - Book/Audio Online

Author: Tommy Norris
Format: Book with Audio Online
Instrumentation: Mandolin
Level: Intermediate-Advanced

This collection presents intermediate to advanced settings of 16 traditional gospel tunes arranged for solo mandolin in standard notation and tablature. With the mandolin tuned in perfect fifths and frequent drones, the harmony in these arrangements is often reminiscent of shape note singing, disarmingly followed by fluid, modern sounds.

The table of contents reads like an album of greatest gospel hits with songs like Angel Band, I Am a Pilgrim, In the Sweet By and By and Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John. Will the Circle Be Unbroken and Keep on the Sunny Side round out a repertoire of joyful gospel.

For ease of learning, the author has provided online recordings of each selection.

Contents:

• A Beautiful Life
• Ain't Gonna Lay My Armor Down
• Angel Band
• As I Went Down to the River to Pray
• Be Still My Soul
• I Am a Pilgrim
• I Feel Like Traveling On
• In the Sweet By and By
• Just a Closer Walk with Thee
• Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
• Walk in Jerusalem Just Like John
• What Wondrous Love Is This?
• When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder
• Where the Soul Never Dies
• Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
• Keep on the Sunny Side