One of Ronnie Milsap's best known songs, this arrangement is intended for solo mountain dulcimer in 1-5-8 or DAD tuning. It is suitable for the intermediate level player with a knowledge of three finger chords and chord-melody style of playing. The primary challenge will be smoothing out the rough spots with numerous hammer-ons, pull offs, and slides.

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

This pop hit from 1971 is arranged for mountain dulcimer in 1-5-8 or DAD tuning. It is intended for the upper intermediate level player with a solid knowledge of three finger chords and chord-melody style of playing. The primary challenge will be the numerous syncopated rhythms found throughout the song. Listening to the original version by The Fortunes should help to understand these rhythms. The arrangement requires a 1 fret as well as a 0 fret.

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

This Rodgers and Hammerstein classic from "The Sound of Music" is arranged for solo mountain dulcimer in 1-5-8 or DAD tuning. Suitable for the intermediate level player, the arrangement makes use of a 1 fret. The primary challenge to learning the piece will be the numerous notes in the upper octaves and rhythms that vary from measure to measure.

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

FLATPICKING &FINGERPICKING ON THE MOUNTAIN DULCIMER shareswhat JM Bolton has learned not just from playing the mountain dulcimer but alsofrom some fifty-odd years of studying music and playing in small groups andorchestras. She developed this method of teaching flat-picking for herstudents, and the lessons are intended for the beginner as well as intermediateand advanced dulcimer players.

The classic bossa nova tune lays beautifully and elegantly on a mountain dulcimer in FAC Tuning. (One of the 1-3-5 open chord tunings that broadens our chromatic possibilities on this normally diatonic instrument.) This is a Solo arrangement but could also become an ensemble piece by using the chord shapes as back-up while another player adds the melody in the Larger Bold tablature numbers.

From the 1964 album "Meet The Beatles" this arrangement is intended for solo mountain dulcimer in 1-5-8 or DAD tuning.

The arrangement is suitable for the intermediate level mountain dulcimer player with a working knowledge of three finger chords and chord-melody style of playing. The primary challenge to learning the piece will be the frequent chord changes and the use of upper octave notes.

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

ISBN 9781619118881.

Melodies on the mountain dulcimer are wonderful. In this book, weall explore how to decorate melodies with chords to add variety and creativity to your playing in DAD and DAA tunings. Lessons begin with simple chords and show you when and how to progress. In addition, weall study how to play backup chords on our dulcimers for accompaniment in gatherings and jam sessions. Includes access to online audio.

ISBN 9781513454986.

This collection for mountain dulcimer players includes two dozen wedding pieces in DAD tuning derived from the folk traditions of the British Isles and Americas Appalachian community. The melodies appear in both dulcimer tablature and music notation with suggested backup chords. Arrangements for a second dulcimer player are also included. An original song entitled Many Butterflies is provided as a wedding gift from author Madeline MacNeil! Haste to the Wedding, and the marrying couple then asks each other to Give Me Your Hand.