Vince Gill\'s CMA Song of the Year in 1996 is arranged here for a standard and bass dulcimer duet in 1-5-8 or DAD tuning by Elaine Conger. It is intended for the intermediate level player with a solid knowledge of three finger chords in a chord-melody style of playing. The primary challenge will be playing the chorus in a higher octave, which is not as familiar and comfortable as the lower octave range. Don\'t have a bass dulcimer? A second standard dulcimer can be used.

Two pages. Tablature, standard musical notation, lyrics and guitar accompaniment chords are included.

Vince Gill\'s CMA Song of the Year in 1996 is arranged here for mountain dulcimer in 1-5-8 or DAD tuning by Elaine Conger. It is intended for the intermediate level player with a solid knowledge of three finger chords in a chord-melody style of playing. The primary challenge will be playing the chorus in a higher octave, which is not as familiar and comfortable as the lower octave range.

Two pages. Tablature, standard musical notation, lyrics and guitar accompaniment chords are included.

ISBN 9781610655774. This book presents fretted dulcimer arrangements of 58 Stephen Collins Foster classics. Each song is written as a melody line in standard notation with dulcimer tablature beneath plus complete lyrics, historical notes, and suggested guitar chords. Cover graphics from the original nineteenth century sheet music publications lend grace and authenticity, and songwriters and music historians will find much interest in this book. The tunings used are DAD, DAA, DGD, and DAA#D. Intended for experienced beginners to intermediate players, many of these pieces require a 6 1/2 fret dulcimer and a capo. The author includes an insightful essay on the life of Stephen Foster (1826-1864)-a gifted, once successful songwriter whose career decisions and abuse of alcohol lead to personal financial disaster, a broken family, and an early death. His legacy is a treasury of songs reflecting the social issues and romantic illusions of his time. Contains both well-known and lesser known tunes in notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio that contains 33 of the book's 58 tunes.

ISBN 9781610653916. An exciting collection of music for the hammered dulcimer as heard on Maggie Sansone's acclaimed recording A Celtic Fair. America's premier hammered dulcimer recording artist and player, Maggie has created a perfect collection for all levels of playing, including both a beginning "melody-only" version and challenging intermediate versions with variations, ornaments, flams and bass runs. Two early music pieces included present the melody and a version for duet and quartet with bass line. The music is drawn from jigs, reels and airs from Ireland, Scotland and Brittany, France and Renaissance dance manuscripts. The sheet music is presented as the basic melody with chords and many of the tunes include a variety of advanced techniques (ornamentation, flams, rolls, use of bass lines, use of unusual modes and scales and interesting chord substitution) to add spice to the arrangements and challenge the player to reach towards the next level of advanced performance. Audio download available online.