Finally! A chord book written for the young beginner (or even beginners of any age) showing a creative and simple way to learn and play dulcimer chords in DAD tuning. Chords are taught beginning with the most essential to moreadvanced. Chords are presented with exercises that build upon each other and eventually lead the student to playing logical and common chord progressions. Chords are shown in chord diagram form with photographs showing fingerpositions in relationship to the fretboard. Examples and exercises are presented in strum bar notation. •

Bluegrass on Hammered Dulcimer is a collection of tunes commonly found in the standard bluegrass repertoire. Favorite vocal pieces such as 'A Man of Constant Sorrow ' 'Angel Band ' 'Keep on the Sunny Side ' and 'Will the Circlebe Unbroken ' are included along side hot instrumentals such as 'Jerusalem Ridge ' 'Rawhide ' 'Big Mon ' and 'Blue Grass Stomp.' Even traditional tunes that you think you know already such as 'Bill Cheatham ' 'Farewell toWhiskey ' 'Forked Deer ' and 'Salty Dog' are given a new twist when presented as a typical bluegrass 'break.' Intermediate players and above will enjoy the challenge of learning more complicated versions of common tunes andperforming them at the high-speed tempo that is expected in bluegrass music. Players are encouraged to use these examples of bluegrass breaks merely as a starting point. Improvisation is a key component in playing bluegrass styleand players will enjoy experimenting with their own creations. Each tune has guitar chords notated above the music staff. Standard notation only.

Par THUM RICK. Une merveilleuse collection pour violon américain traditionnel tunes arrangé pour le dulcimer martelé 12/11. Une connaissance pratique de l'instrument est utile pour apprendre les techniques dans ce livre. Sélections comprennent : Home Sweet Home - The Meeting House - Missouri - Joy du soldat - Ragtime Annie - Blackberry Blossom - et plus encore. Ecrit en notation standard uniquement. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Fiddle Tunes - Solos / Recueil / Dulcimer (Cordes frappées)

This sizeable collection of hammered dulcimer tunes brings together over 225 old-time and Celtic traditional tunes that are commonly heard at gatherings of old-time musicians. This is music that has been passed down vocally orlearned by ear instrumentally and derived from countries where many of our ancestors originated. Trying to separate American and Celtic traditional music is an impossible task as so many of the tunes we consider our own areadapted versions of tunes passed on to us from other countries and would fit into either category. This book therefore features favorite selections from both American and Celtic traditions. These instrumental arrangements arewritten in standard notation only with chord symbols.

Biggs Mark (Taught). Par BIGGS MARK. Toutes les chansons sur ce DVD sont dans le réglage de la mixolydian. Un des objectifs principaux de cette méthode sont à vous de prendre une ligne de la mélodie et de mettre la structure appropriée chord derrière lui enseigner. Ce DVD vous conduira à travers une série de faire chauffer le doigt moteur, pratique de l\'échelle, passerelles, la marche de l\'échelle et nombreux autres exercices. / Niveau : Débutant / All Styles - Methods / Méthode / Dulcimer des Appalaches (Cordes pincées)

A comprehensive chord encyclopedia for the mountain dulcimer in the common Mixolydian Ionian Dorian Lydian and Phrygian modal tunings. Three different tunings are presented for each mode!

This book provides 20 beautiful Anglo-American folk songs field-collected by two remarkable real-life 'song catchers ' Josephine McGill and Loraine Wyman in the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky in 1914 and 1916. Josephine andLoraine the latter accompanied by Howard Brockway a composer and arranger were among the first persons to search for folk songs in the Southern Appalachians. The musical adventurers traveled hundreds of miles on horseback andon foot through an inaccessible world to which radios roads and cars had not yet come. They made friends in isolated log cabins and transcribed some 200 song treasures some of which they published in complex arrangements inbooks that are now out of print and rare. This book contains a selection of the songs presented with simplified musical notation guitar chords and dulcimer tablature. It also includes glowing accounts of their mountainadventures published by Josephine and Howard in long-forgotten publications; a must for all lovers of American folk music.

For Appalachian Dulcimer-Mark Nelson's knowledge and love of Celtic music is immediately evident through his choice of tunes for this comprehensive book. Harp music the Piper's repertoire and Fiddle tunes from Ireland Scotland and Bretonare all well-represented here and a thorough historical foundation is carefully laid. Mark provides samples of Reels Jigs Hornpipes Strathspeys Polkas Mazurkas Slides Marches Piobaireachds Set Dances Airs Plaxties Country Dances Morris Dances as well as music from Breton in north-western France. The audio download available online contains 20 of the 109 songs from the book.

The arrangements in this book are based on the sixteen tunes found on the recording Southern Mountain Classics and are designed to be used with the recording. Although these arrangements are not exact transcriptions from the CD all of the tunes on the recording are included in the book. For each tune there is a song history and a page with the chord structure to help you follow the chords. Each piece is written out in notation and tablature in threeversions - beginner intermediate and advanced.

Ancient carols, Renaissance rhythms,and haunting medieval hymns recapturethe spirit of Christmas from antiquity.This book features note-for-notetranscriptions of hammered dulcimerarrangements from Ancient Noels byMaggie Sansone and Ensemble Galilei forthe beginning to advanced player. Innotation and tablature. Ancient carols, Renaissance rhythms,and haunting medieval hymns recapturethe spirit of Christmas from antiquity.This book features note-for-notetranscriptions of hammered dulcimerarrangements fromAncient Noels byMaggie Sansone and Ensemble Galilei forthe beginning to advanced player. Innotation and tablature./ Recueil / Dulcimer