This American folk song was made popular by The Animals in 1964. It is arranged for solo mountain dulcimer in 1-5-8 or DAD tuning. The arrangement requires a capo and a 1 fret. It is best suited to the upper intermediate level player with a working knowledge of three finger chords and chord melody style of playing. The primary challenge will be mastering the triplets that make up the rhythm of the song. Listening to the short audio sample included here will help to understand the rhythm.

Two pages. Tablature and guitar accompaniment chords are included.

This traditional American blues song is arranged for solo mountain dulcimer in 1-5-8 or DAD tuning. It makes use of a 1 fret on all three strings. Suitable for the intermediate level player with a knowledge of chord-melody style, the primary challenge to learning this song will be the numerous "filler notes" involving hammer-ons and pull-offs.

Two pages. Includes tablature, standard musical notation, lyrics, and guitar accompaniment chords.

ISBN 9781619119864.

This collection of dances and songs comes from Peggy Carteras repertoire of hammered dulcimer arrangements, drawing from years of playing live string-band music for contra dancing, Irish dancing and Royal Scottish country dancing. If you like to dance and sing, youall LOVE this book. Dances and Songs to Play and Sing for Hammered Dulcimer includes pieces from many parts of the world, arranged for solo performance or dance accompaniment. It includes songs for voice and dulcimer, which can also be played as solo arrangements. In addition, youall find marches, jigs, reels, polkas, strathspeys, waltzes and slow dances. The truth is, when playing for dance, a hammered dulcimer is all youall need!

ISBN 9781609745554. This giant book features over 100 of America's favorite folk songs, expertly arranged for the Appalachaian dulicmer. Children's songs, work songs, old Anglo-American ballads, songs of strife and freedom, love songs and much, much more are all gathered here in arrangements suitable for the beginning and intermediate player. The songs come from all over - old books and sheet music, transcriptions from field recordings, but mostly from the singing of countless folks in kitchens and festival hallways, street corners and concert stages.Songs include "Poor Wayfaring Stranger," "Tenting onight," "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down," "Oh, Death," "Careless Love," and many, many more.Tunings used include D-A-D and D-A-A, as well as C-G-C and C-G-G and several modal tunings. All are playable on any three- or four-stringed dulcimer. Some use a 6 1/2 fret. Includes information on reading music and TAB, notes on transposing, and a useful index of songs by tuning. In standard notation and TAB, with guitar chords.

\"Aura Lee\" is a Civil War era song arranged for solo mountain dulcimer in the style of Elvis Presley\'s \"Love Me Tender.\" It is arranged in two different keys - they key of D and the key of G. The arrangement makes use of a 1 fret as an optional note. If you do not have a 1 fret on your dulcimer, simply substitute an open string wherever you see the 1 fret indicated.

The arrangement is suitable for the early intermediate level player and beyond. The primary challenge to playing the song will be the \"pinching\" technique found throughout the arrangement.

Two pages. Tablature, standard musical notation, and guitar accompaniment chords are included. No lyrics provided.