For Hammered Dulcimer-This collection of dances and songs comes from Peggy Carter???s 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 you???ll 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 you???ll find marches jigs reels polkas strathspeys waltzes and slow dances. The truth is when playing for dance a hammered dulcimer is all you???ll need!

Par BARRETT RUTH. Dulcimer Muse is a beautiful collection of fingerpicked and strummed tunes and songs arranged for the mountain dulcimer for players seeking to expand their repertoire. Thirty-one arrangements are gathered from Medieval and Renaissance eras, traditional folk music of Ireland, Scotland, England, Brittany and Spain, plus original compositions. Intended primarily for intermediate to advanced players and for some ambitious beginners, the pieces include melody lines in standard notation, mountain dulcimer tablature, with chords above most of the dulcimer tablature that can be shared with other musicians for accompaniment. Suggestions on how to play with greater musicality and ease are included. Set one-step lower than customary to bring out the dulcimer?s deeper tones; the majority of pieces are arranged in Mixolydian and Aeolian tunings. / Date parution : 2022-09-14/ Recueil / Dulcimer

For Mountain Dulcimer Dad Tuning-The music of Ireland has inspired us for centuries. The DAD tuning is a favorite of mountain dulcimer players and this book with accompanying audio combines beautiful Irish songs and tunes arranged for the dulcimer in DAD.Two melodies by the Irish harper Turlough O'Carolan are included along with well-known songs like 'Down in the Salley Gardens' and more rare treasures like 'The Lark in the Clear Air.' Standard notation and backupchords are included with the tablature. The accompanying audio helps you play through each tune at a moderate tempo.

Par . This new addition to the First 50 series is a one-of-a-kind collection of accessible, well-known traditional, folk and pop songs arranged expertly for dulcimer by Steven B. Eulberg. / Date parution : 2022-07-23/ Recueil / Dulcimer

This collection by Janita Baker contains 21 songs arranged in a fingerpicking style for the mountain Dulcimer. Fingerpicking Dulcimer offers a wide variety of musical genres and playing levels.Divided equally between arrangements for three and four equidistant strings the songs progress in difficulty within each section from beginner to advanced level. Each piece is written in both standard music notation and Dulcimertablature and is accompanied by performance tips for playing that song. Many arrangements utilize the 6 1/2 fret and tunings range from standard modal tunings to four-string variations. The arrangements cover a wide rangeof song styles including traditional ragtime blues and classical standards. Songs include: My Old Kentucky Home Londonderry Air All Through the Night The Entertainer Careless Love House of the Rising Sun FurElise and Bach's Minuet in G. There is an extensive introduction on playing techniques for both left and right hands tunings reading tablature and Dulcimer embellishments. The accompanying audio is aninstrumental recording of solo Dulcimer designed to give the student a note-for-note reference to each written arrangement while providing a performance-quality listening experience.

Par MARA WASBURN. This outstanding children's method for mountain dulcimer is the result of the author's many years of sharing the dulcimer with children, and has been successful with children as young as 5 years old. This single volume combines the best material from the author's two previous volumes, Children's Dulcimer Method Volumes One and Two. In it you will find many traditional songs and folk tunes arranged for the mountain dulcimer. Each song has a simple strum pattern indicated above it with fret numbers for the melody notes and lyrics included where appropriate. There are instructions for strumming, chording, fingerpicking, and for three modal tunings (Ionian, Aeolian, and Mixolydian). Harmony is included for many of the songs, so that two or more dulcimers can play together. / Niveau : Débutant / Acoustic Music - Methods / Méthode / Dulcimer des Appalaches (Cordes pincées)

Learn to play the lap Dulcimer. This instruction book for beginners is unique in two ways. First it instructs the beginning student in the increasingly popular DAD tuning. Secondly the author a classroom music teacher hascarefully and systematically layered the lessons to guide the student through familiar songs while teaching skills and musical concepts. This not only enables the student to enjoy the lap Dulcimer but also enhances total musicunderstanding and participation.The accompanying online audio provides instructional dialogue and demonstrations of the techniques and songs included in the book. Additional hints and exercises are presented inan inviting and encouraging conversational text.

This collection of sweet waltzes and lively two-steps presents an exciting new repertoire for Mountain Dulcimer players with playing techniques for authentic style. An online audio download of all the music is included andthe notation and chords in standard keys can also be used for other instruments.This music suits the Mountain Dulcimer well because it comes from the Cajun Accordion which has the same simple diatonic scale. The easymelodies and chord progressions in this repertoire can be played by less experienced Dulcimer players while the tips on improvisation and embellished versions offer creativity for more experienced players. Music includes songssuch as Abe La Valse (Abe's Waltz) Dans la Louisiane (In Louisiana) J'ai Passé Devant ta Porte (I Passed in Front of Your Door) Johnny Can't Dance and many more.

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Intermediate Musical Genre : Celtic/Irish Number of pages : 48 A collection of songs, jigs, hornpipes, airs, polkas, and marches from the Celtic lands of Scotland, Ireland, and England. The songs are arranged for mountain dulcimer primarily in 1-5-8 (Mixolydian) tuning, along with a few tunes in 1-5-5 (Ionian) tuning. The arrangements make use of the capo, as well as playing tunes in Em and Bm, and include a Part II for a suggested harmony on selected songs.. The book is accompanied by a CD recording of each tune. Song titles include: George Brabazon, Off She Goes, Irish Lamentation, Keel Row, Water Is Wide, Loch Lomond, Foggy Dew, and many more. Intermediate playing level suggested.

Par SMITH RALPH LEE. Cette collection de musique traditionnelle pour le dulcimer montagne cherche à réunir cet instrument magnifique avec les gens, la musique et le monde d'où elle provient. Il raconte l'histoire de la route de la nature sauvage, un sentier à travers la chaîne des Appalaches de City Gate, Virginie, à Fort Boonesboro, Kentucky, marqué par Daniel Boone et elle est liée à l'histoire et le patrimoine du dulcimer de montagne. Nombreuses photos et cartes aident à raconter l'histoire, et chaque morceau dans le livre comprend une anecdote historique décrivant son origine. Ce livre est un must pour quiconque s'intéresse à l'histoire de la région des montagnes des Appalaches et sa musique. Les seize tunes dans cet ouvrage sont écrites en notation et tablature pour le dulcimer de montagne de trois plats standard (sans le fret 6 1/2 ou 1 1/2 dans l'idéogramme,) avec les symboles de la corde et paroles complètes. Une connaissance des techniques simultanées simples est tout ce qui est nécessaire pour jouer de la musique. Les ajustements apportés utilisées sont Ionie (DAA), éolien (DAC) et Dorian (DAG). / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Acoustic Music - Solos / Recueil / Dulcimer des Appalaches (Cordes pincées)

Media Type : Book CD DVD Level : Beginning Musical Genre : All Styles Series : You Can Teach Yourself Number of pages : 100 In this book master dulcimer player Madeline MacNeil teaches beginning players tuning, scales, strumming, fingering, chord studies, alternate tunings, use of the capo, and how to use the noter. She endorses both playing by ear and learning to read standard notation. In twelve intensive lessons, she explains everything from the basics to some very complex concepts in easily understood language, making this a particularly valuable book for the beginning instrumentalist. The lessons and songs are written in both standard notation and tablature. This package also includes the companion DVD in which MacNeil demonstrates the techniques and songs taught in the book. CD also included.

Media Type : Book Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : Folk Number of pages : 96 Visit the Greenwich Village folk music scene of the 1960s - and bring your dulcimer! Ralph Lee Smith was there and saw it all. He was the only dulcimer player in the Village's old-timey string bands during the Folk Revival's glory days. A fascinating text and rare photographs bring you to Washington Square, the coffeehouses and the music gatherings at the Folklore Center and in Allan Block's Sandal Shop, where young enthusiasts created a musical revolution. The book contains a selection of the songs and tunes that they played and swapped as they reclaimed a lost American heritage. If you can't play old tunes such as Finger Ring, Dance All Night with a Bottle in Your Hand, and Chickens are a-Crowin', get this book, light a candle and bring the Greenwich Village folk scene to your home or coffeehouse! Includes dulcimer tab in DAA and DAD, musical notation and guitar chords.

Par MARK NELSON. Ce livre géant présente plus de 100 de folk chansons préférées l'Amérique, habilement arrangés pour la dulicmer de Appalachaian. Chansons pour enfants, travail chansons, vieilles ballades anglo-américain, chansons de querelles et de liberté, chansons d'amour et beaucoup, beaucoup plus sont tous réunis ici en arrangements appropriés pour le joueur de début et intermédiaire. Les chansons viennent de partout - vieux livres et partitions, des transcriptions de field recordings, mais principalement par le chant des innombrables folks dans les cuisines et les couloirs festivals, les coins des rues et les salles de concert. Chansons comprennent 'Pauvres Wayfaring Stranger,' 'Tentes ce soir,' ''Don T Let Your Deal Go Down,' ' Oh, mort, ' 'Careless Love' et beaucoup plus. Ajustements apportés utilisées notamment D-A-D et D-A-A, ainsi que C-G-C et C-G-G et ajustements apportés modales plusieurs. Tous sont jouables sur toute dulcimer à trois ou quatre cordes. Certains utilisent une frette 6 1/2. Comprend des informations sur la lecture de musique et onglet, notes sur la transposition et un indice utile de chansons par réglage. Dans la notation standard et onglet, avec interface graphique... / Niveau : Débutant / Old Time - Solos / Recueil / Dulcimer des Appalaches (Cordes pincées)

This book and accompanying audio offer an in-depth look at how to add accompaniment and embellishments to melodies on the Hammered Dulcimer. The material covered in this book illustrates how to enhance simple melodies toshowcase their inherent musicality.Full of illustrations examples preparatory exercises and easy-to-play arrangements this book is sure to bring new character to your playing. It begins by explaining in simple terms how and why harmony works and teaches the solutions to the common exceptions you will encounter. By the end you will be able to apply the four most common methods Dulcimer players use to add accompaniments to melodies.Note-for-note transcriptions of fully arranged songs from the author's own repertoire are also included. Audio download available online.

This book was written as a basic guide and source book for all Dulcimer players from the absolute novice to the most advanced picker. With its 53 songs in various modes and tunings The Complete DulcimerHandbook is meant to be used as a songbook a lesson plan book and a step-by-step guide from beginner to intermediate or advanced level.The author's basic premise is that given this instrument's relatively briefpedagogical history 'There are no right or wrong ways to play the mountain Dulcimer only harder or easier means of reaching the same ends'. The stereo audio recording features the author's outstanding performance of 17 tunesfrom the book. Includes access to online audio.