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.

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.

Spiced with humor, Anne Dodsons Field Guide to the Mountain Dulcimer, Book 1 is a beautifully structured and organized guide, taking the beginning student step-by-step through a well-planned sequence of lessons. Friendly and encouraging, Book 1 covers tips on buying and maintaining the instrument, left and right hand techniques, chords, and accompaniment. Exercises, lots of fun tunes to play, and downloadable audio files to support the written instruction all make Field Guide to the Mountain Dulcimer, Book I a lasting resource.

ISBN 9781619119352.

Put some aloha into your playing with Hawaiian & Polynesian Music for Appalachian Dulcimer! More than just a repertoire collection of classic Pacific island melodies, this book includes the history and background stories of the individual tunes and a brief language pronunciation guide. In addition, the author provides humorous and insightful observations on interpretation, fingerstyle technique, and Hawaiian slack-key guitar style as applied to the mountain dulcimer. Written in standard notation and tablature for the 3-course dulcimer with the 6+ or 6 1/2 fret, these fingerstyle arrangements are for intermediate to advanced mountain dulcimer players who are looking for a challenge and want to try something new. These arrangements sound best played fingerstyle, and make use of polyphony, harmonics, hammer-ons and pull-offs, and the sweet chords beloved by Island musicians.Some selections like aAloha aOea are instantly recognizable, while others such as aWehiwehi aOea or aPauoa Liko ka Lehuaa may be unfamiliar outside of Hawaii. Includes access to online audio of all 22 examples and melodies in DAD, CGC and DGD tunings. To help the student master these arrangements, the author provides detailed performance notes for each tune. Includes access to online audio.

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.

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.

ISBN 9781609748265.

This popular text blends the haunting, sweet voice of the mountain dulcimer with treasured gospel and sacred melodies. Contains 37 outstanding arrangements in standard notation and tab with lyrics and suggested guitar chords. Dulcimer chord diagrams are also shown.

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.

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.

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.

ISBN 9781619119833.

Traditional English folk music is presented here arranged for the mountain dulcimer. These selections depict the trials and tribulations of everyday life, including: courtship, marriage, work, crime, lost love, changing of seasons, songs of children and songs songs for sailors. There are also examples of the old ballads. Includes access to online audio.