Are you ready to answer your call to adventure?
Just in time for CMSA 2026, I've completed Plucky Side Quests Vol 1, a collection of 21 minatures for two mandolins, available now at SheetMusicDirect.
These wee études for two mandolins dare you to take a tiny escapade, complete with rambling routes, tantalizing treasures, and the occasional wayward way (which might turn out to be the best part!).
Trade musical shenanigans with your fellow mandolin adventurers. Some of these ditties even come with a bonus third part (see the end of the book), which can magically transform your duo into a trio.
This book is the map. The destination is yours to uncover. Feel free to wander off the beaten path. Use tremolo whenever the fancy strikes you, change notes, twist a phrase, explore the hidden corners, or launch into an epic inspired improvisation!
- Ask a Snail for Directions
- Accept Your Gift from the Sea. †
- Befriend the Mythical Creature That No One Believes Exists
- Comfort a Lonely Chair †
- Borrow A Lemon
- Dance with Fireflies
- Escape Before the Volcano Erupts
- Fall Asleep Under the Weeping Willow †
- Apologize to the Moon †
- Find The Last Payphone
- Follow the Fox into the Fog
- Guard the Moonflowers
- Interview Your Shadow †
- Put That Feather in Your Cap
- Recruit a Garden Gnome
- Nestle Some Starlight in Your Pocket
- Rescue the Croissant †
- Take the Last Bus Home
- Take What the Night Gives You †
- Search the Abandoned Lighthouse
- Wear a Tiny Hat
† third part included (see end of book)
These petite frolics are to be played with curiosity, creativity, and a healthy sense of mischief. Make them your own, chase the shiny object, dig for the buried treasure, pluck a lovely flower from your radiant garden of sound, transform the world with melodious antics, get lost, then find your way home again.
After all, the whole point of a side quest is to have a ridiculously good time!