Dulcimer Songbook

Dulcimer Songbook
Author: Thomas Balinger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2017-06-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9781547289240

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Thomas Balinger Dulcimer Songbook 70 popular songs for dulcimer in D-A-D tuning Revised Edition 2017/2018 (TAB fret numbers: 1 2 3 4 5 6 6+ 7) 70 popular tunes arranged for dulcimer in standard mixolydian tuning D-A-D (6 1/2 fret models). Progressively graded from simple melody playing on one or two strings to easy fingerpicking arrangements of 10 popular songs, this collection is aimed at the beginning player. Plus chord symbols, dulcimer chord diagrams and a collection of strumming patterns for song accompaniment. Songs: 1. Amazing grace 2. America (My country 'tis of thee) 3. America the beautiful 4. Auld lang syne 5. Aura Lee 6. Away in a manger 7. Banks of Allan Water 8. Banks of Sacramento 9. Banks of the Ohio 10. Barbara Allen 11. Bound for the Rio Grande 12. Buffalo gals 13. Bury me not on the lone prairie 14. Camptown races 15. Can the circle be unbroken 16. Careless love 17. Cindy 18. Clementine 19. Cotton-eyed Joe 20. Danny Boy 21. Deck the halls 22. Down by the riverside 23. Down in the valley 24. Finnegan's Wake 25. Give me that old time religion 26. Good night, ladies 27. Go, tell it on the mountain 28. He's got the whole world in His hands 29. Home on the range 30. Home! Sweet Home! 31. House of the rising sun 32. I'm on my way 33. I once loved a lass 34. Jingle bells 35. John Brown's body 36. Jolly good fellow 37. Kum ba yah 38. Little brown jug 39. Michael, row the boat ashore 40. Morning has broken 41. My Bonnie lies over the ocean 42. Nobody knows the trouble 43. Oh! Susanna 44. Old folks at home 45. Old MacDonald had a farm 46. On top of Old Smokey 47. Over the river and through the woods 48. Poor Paddy works on the railrway 49. Scarborough fair 50. She'll be coming round the mountain 51. Shenandoah 52. Shortnin' bread 53. Skibbereen 54. Skip to my Lou 55. Swing low, sweet chariot 56. The John B. sails 57. The minstrel boy 58. The Wabash Cannon Ball 59. The water is wide 60. The wild rover 61. The yellow rose of Texas 62. Tom Dooley 63. Twinkle, twinkle, little star 64. Up on the housetop 65. Waltzing Matilda 66. Wayfaring stranger 67. What shall we do with the drunken sailor 68. When the saints go marchin' in 69. Whiskey in the jar 70. Yankee Doodle

The Dulcimer Hymn Book

The Dulcimer Hymn Book
Author: Bud Ford
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2017-05-25
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1609748263

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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.

Join the Jam, Ukulele Edition

Join the Jam, Ukulele Edition
Author: Stephen Seifert
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781964725079

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Method for Beginning Mountain Dulcimer

Method for Beginning Mountain Dulcimer
Author: Bing Futch
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2013-09-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781481163194

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Bing Futch's "Method For Beginning Mountain Dulcimer" is the most comprehensive how-to-learn-the-dulcimer book available. You'll learn the basics, sure, and start playing songs right away. Even better, though, is the depth of content that Bing provides for you in this one incomparable volume - technique, repertoire, theory, history, and FUN! Once you've worked your way through this book, you'll be a competent dulcimer player that can enjoy playing with any group. You'll have a great time honing your skills with Bing, and you'll end up with a wealth of technical skills, music fundamentals, and dulcimer repertoire!

You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer

You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer
Author: Madeline MacNeil
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2016-01-12
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1609747143

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Madeline MacNeil's performances are characterized by her effortless vocals and impeccable mountain and hammered dulcimer playing. In this book she reveals some of the secrets of her success with the mountain dulcimer. Early on, she reminds the reader that the dulcimer is not a toy or a stringed kazoo but a serious, expressive musical instrument capable of stretching as far as the imagination. She endorses both playing by ear and learning to read standard notation. In easily-understood language she manages to explore some very complex, even esoteric concepts, making this a particularly valuable book for the beginning instrumentalists. You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer is simply a great fundamental book. Twelve intensive lessons in 95 pages. Standard notation and tablature. Illustrated with photographs and drawings.

Music of the World for Mountain Dulcimer

Music of the World for Mountain Dulcimer
Author: Neal Hellman
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2014-02-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1480385980

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(Dulcimer). Music of the World for Mountain Dulcimer contains 38 beautiful songs from around the globe, all specially arranged for mountain dulcimer. This unique songbook features standard notation and tablature, song notes, a variety of tunings and styles, plus audio tracks with demonstrations of all the songs in the book.

Cajun Favorites for Mountain Dulcimer

Cajun Favorites for Mountain Dulcimer
Author: Lois Hornbostel
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2005-06-09
Genre: Music
ISBN: 161065675X

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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 audio download online is availableof all the music is included, and the 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 easy melodies 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 Jolie Blon, Mardi Gras Dance, J'ai Pass, Devant ta Porte, Allons a Lafayette, MadameSosthne, The Back Door

Dulcimer Jam

Dulcimer Jam
Author: Bonnie Carol
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2011-02-24
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1609744993

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Dulcimer Jam takes common and obscure tunes heard in jam sessions and arranges them for hammered dulcimer, fretted dulcimers (with tablature), and other instruments to play in a jam session setting.

Celtic Songs and Slow Airs for the Mountain Dulcimer

Celtic Songs and Slow Airs for the Mountain Dulcimer
Author: Neal Hellman
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 105
Release: 2015-12-02
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1610657993

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In folk tradition, stories of love lost, betrayal, jealousy, conflict, emigration, and the supernatural are often immortalized in songs of many traditions, demonstrating that singing has been a universal vehicle for the human condition. the criteria for this wonderful collection of prose and melodies is from Celtic traditions that have been with us for hundreds of years. These compositions have been arranged so that each will work both as an air and as a song. All of the selections in the book appear on the companion CD.