Trad
Irish and Scottish Session Tunebook
Tabs and sheet music for getting into trad sessions.
Dots and Tabs For All
Click a tune title to open its card with the relevant PDF, Musescore, MusicXML, and/or video links. Duplicate composers are grouped so Bach, Handel, etc. appear only once. IF you got ideas for a better system; lemme know! I've thought about this more than I should.
Books
These books are collections of tunes, often with additional context around the music itself.
Classical
Bach Cello Suites Arranged for Mandolin
A free version of the Bach Cello Suites arranged for mandolin.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Everyone's favorite baroque-era composer.
2 tunes
Johannes Brahms
Romantic-era composer that wrote a lot of really interesting music.
1 tune
Ludwig van Beethoven
A master at the edge of the Classical and Romantic periods who wrote a few tunes for mandolin.
1 tune
John Dowland
An English lutenist and songwriter. The most melancholy man on Earth.
1 tune
George Frideric Handel
Compact Baroque dance movements that sit nicely on mandolin. Great stepping stones into more complex sonatas and suites.
2 tunes
King Henry VIII
A monarch who enjoyed music with a side of murder.
1 tune
Junichi Masuda
One of the GOATs for video game music.
1 tune
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
A classical-era master that actually wrote a few tunes for mandolin.
1 tune
Henry Purcell
Baroque-era English composer.
1 tune
Tielman Susato
A Flemish Renaissance composer and music publisher.
1 tune
Georg Philipp Telemann
One of the baroque-era masters. Extremely prolific. Fairly awesome.
1 tune