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)

This collection contains 25 beautiful traditional tunes from England Ireland Scotland and Wales as well as five original compositions by Martha Einan. Most of the arrangements include multiple parts formelody simple melody harmony bass and/or fingerpicking. All of the melody parts are also suitable for solo Dulcimer. Twenty-eight of the arrangements are for three-string Dulcimer in DAD tuning and two arrangements are forfour-equidistant-string Dulcimer in DADD tuning. All of the tunes featured in Melodies And More For Mountain Dulcimer are written in standard notation and tablature for intermediate to advanced players.

for the Mountain Dulcimer-This collection for mountain dulcimer players includes two dozen wedding pieces in DAD tuning derived from the folk traditions of the British Isles and America???s 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.

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.

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 backup chords are included with the tablature. The accompanying audio helps you play through each tune at a moderate tempo. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Recueil / Dulcimer

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.

An exciting collection of music for the Hammered Dulcimer as heard on Maggie Sansone's acclaimed recording A Celtic Fair. America's premier Hammered Dulcimer recording artist and player Sansone has created a perfect collection for all levels of playing including both a beginning 'melody-only' version and challenging intermediate versions with variations ornaments flams and bass runs. Two earlymusic pieces included present the melody and a version for duet and quartet with bass line. The music is drawn from jigs reels and airs from Ireland Scotland and Brittany France and Renaissance dance manuscripts. The sheetmusic is presented as the basic melody with chords and many of the tunes include a variety of advanced techniques (ornamentation flams rolls use of bass lines use of unusual modes and scales and interesting chord substitution)to add spice to the arrangements and challenge the player to reach towards the next level of advanced performance. Audio available online.

Two Song Catchers In The Kentucky Mountains 1914 And 1916 - Arrangement: Smith Ralph. Par SMITH RALPH LEE. Ce livre offre 20 belles anglo-américain chansons folkloriques, récoltées par deux remarquables real-life ' chanson catchers, ' Josephine McGill et Loraine Wyman, dans les montagnes de Cumberland du Kentucky en 1914 et 1916. Josephine et Loraine, ce dernier accompagné par Howard Brockway, compositeur et arrangeur, ont été parmi les premières personnes à la recherche de chansons folkloriques dans le sud des Appalaches. Les aventuriers musicales parcouru des centaines de milles à cheval et à pied à travers un monde inaccessible à laquelle des radios, des routes et des voitures ne étaient pas encore. Ils s'amis dans des cabanes en rondins isolés et transcrit quelques trésors de la 200 chanson, que dont certains ils publiés dans les arrangements complexes dans les livres qui sont maintenant épuisés et rares. Cet ouvrage contient une sélection de chansons, présenté avec la notation musicale simplifiée, accords de guitare et tablature dulcimer. Il comprend également des /accounts éclatant de leurs aventures de montagne, publié par Josephine et Howard en publications oubliés depuis longtemps - un must pour al... / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Old Time - Solos / Recueil / Dulcimer des Appalaches (Cordes pincées)

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.