{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"eBook: The Bickford Mandolin Method","author_name":"DjangoBooks.com","author_url":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com","cache_age":"86400","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/media\/ecom\/prodlg\/bickford_cover.jpg","thumbnail_width":425,"thumbnail_height":255,"html":"<div class=\"koembedwrap\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/Item\/Test\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.djangobooks.com\/media\/ecom\/prodlg\/bickford_cover.jpg\" alt=\"eBook: The Bickford Mandolin Method\" class=\"koembedimg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"koembedtitle\"><strong>eBook: The Bickford Mandolin Method<\/strong>      <\/p>\r\n<p class=\"koembeddesc\">To see the Table of Contents click here:TOC I stumbled across this book while doing research on the right hand picking styles of pre-war guitarists, banjo players, and mandolinists. I had always suspected that the Gypsy Picking technique was employed by most plectrum players before WWII. Bickfords instruction clearly describes the same picking technique that Django and most other Gypsies use on the guitar. The use of predominately down strokes, all played as rest strokes, was the preferred te...<\/p><\/div>","width":425,"height":755}