Mike Marshall mandolin transcriptions from Mel Bay
Mel Bay has a new book of mandolin transcriptions from virtuoso player Mike Marshall. Entitled The Mike Marshall Collection, the book contains 11 of Mike’s pieces, transcribed from his recordings.
Each tune is shown in both tab and standard notation, including Emu’s Blues and Zakir from Brand New Can, and Big Man From Syracuse, Hot Nickels and Shoot The Moon from At Home and On The Range.
The book will be available wherever bluegrass and acoustic music instructional materials are sold, and a complete list of tunes and a number of sample pages can be found on Mel Bay’s site.
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