ISBN 9781513469218. 8.75x11.75 inches.
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 dulcimers deeper tones; the majority of pieces are arranged in Mixolydian and Aeolian tunings.
Acknowledgements and Dedication
Alphabetical Listing Of Music
Introduction To Dulcimer Muse
About The Tunings And More
My Left-Hand Technique:
About Chord Shapes
About Ornamentation: Slides, Pull-Offs And Hammers
My Right-Hand Technique For Fingerpicking and Strumming
Tips For Singing With The Mountain Dulcimer
Muse-Ical Tune and Song Notes
Tunes and Songs From Far-Flung Times and Places
Apples Of Avalon
Archibald McDonald of Keppoch
Ave Luna (Prayer To The New Moon)
Avenging and bright
Before The Snow
The Blarney Pilgrim
Branle Des Village
Breton Dances
Briget Oamalley (Brid Ag Na Mha!Ille)
The Butterfly
Carolanas Welcome
Chanteras Tune
Cider Song (Son Ar Chistr)
Dunmore Lasses
Give Me Your Hand (Tabhair Dom Do La!Mh)
Fhar Aa Bha Ta (The Boatman)
Into The Garden
Jaai Vu Le Loup, Le Renard Et La Belette
Kempas Jig
King Of The Faeries
Le Branle Des Chevaux
Leaving Rhu Vaternish
Loch Lovan Castle
Majorcan Dance
The Orange Rogue
Planxty Irwin
Romp Of The Canyon Kitties
Sheebeg And Sheemore
Song Of Brigid (Gabhaim Molta Brigid)
The Song Of Wandering Aengus
Southwind
