For Hammered Dulcimer And Other Melody Instruments. Par SANSONE MAGGIE. This music book is a collection of 124 tunes arranged for the Hammered Dulcimer and other 'C' melody instruments (recorder, pennywhistle, fiddle, mandolin, guitar). Chords are included. The Music is transcribed from the playing of Maggie Sansone, America's premier hammered dulcimer player and teacher specializing in Celtic music, from six of her most popular recordings: Traditions, Mist and Stone, Dance Upon the Shore, A Traveler's Dream, Mystic Dance and Merrily Greet the Time. The music is in standard notation. All tunes and arrangements can be played easily on 12/11 as well as the larger extended range hammered dulcimer models. The music and arrangements cover a wide range of levels from experienced-beginner to advanced as many of the tunes are presented as a simple melody line with chords and others are transcribed with fuller arrangements and optional variations. This stunning collection of music will thrill both students of the hammered dulcimer and Celtic music lovers, as well as offer invaluable insight into Maggie Sansone's playing and arranging style. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Celtic/Irish - Solos / Recueil / Dulcimer (Cordes frappées)

Par NELSON MARK KAILANA. Put some aloha into your playing with Hawaiian and Polynesian Music for Appalachian Dulcimer! More than just a repertoire collection of classic Pacific island melodies, this book includes the history and background stories of the individual tunes and a brief language pronunciation guide. In addition, the author provides humorous and insightful observations on interpretation, fingerstyle technique, and Hawaiian slack-key guitar style as applied to the mountain dulcimer. Written in standard notation and tablature for the 3-course dulcimer with the 6 or 6½ fret, these fingerstyle arrangements are for intermediate to advanced mountain dulcimer players who are looking for a challenge and want to try something new. These arrangements sound best played fingerstyle, and make use of polyphony, harmonics, hammer-ons and pull-offs, and the sweet chords beloved by Island musicians. Some selections like \'Aloha \'Oe? are instantly recognizable, while others such as \'Wehiwehi \'Oe? or \'Pauoa Liko ka Lehua? may be unfamiliar outside of Hawaii. Includes access to online audio of all 22 examples and melodies in DAD, CGC and DGD tunings. To help the student master these arrangements, the author provides detailed performance notes for each tune. Includes access to online audio.Put some aloha into your playing with Hawaiian and Polynesian Music for Appalachian Dulcimer! More than just a repertoire collection of classic Pacific island melodies, this book includes the history and background stories of the individual tunes and a brief language pronunciation guide. In addition, the author provides humorous and insightful observations on interpretation, fingerstyle technique, and Hawaiian slack-key guitar style as applied to the mountain dulcimer. Written in standard notation and tablature for the 3-course dulcimer with the 6 or 6½ fret, these fingerstyle arrangements are for intermediate to advanced mountain dulcimer players who are looking for a challenge and want to try something new. These arrangements sound best played fingerstyle, and make use of polyphony, harmonics, hammer-ons and pull-offs, and the sweet chords beloved by Island musicians. Some selections like \'Aloha \'Oe? are instantly recognizable, while others such as \'Wehiwehi \'Oe? or \'Pauoa Liko ka Lehua? may be unfamiliar outside of Hawaii. Includes access to online audio of all 22 examples and melodies in DAD, CGC and DGD tunings. To help the student master these arrangements, the author provides detailed performance notes for each tune. Includes access to online audio / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Date parution : 2019-05-27/ 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.

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.

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.

Simple and unpretentious the diatonic musice of the Shakers lies well on the moutain dulcimer. The lyrics to these songs offer a universal message of love and understanding often with a joyous sense of humor. The author provideshistorical insights and program notes for the 30 tunes included here. This delightful informative book is illustrated with photos of craft work and period print reproductions depicting the Shaker way of life. Written in standardnotation and mountain dulcimer tab.

In folk tradition stories of love lost betrayal jealousy conflict emigration and the supernatural are often immortalised in songs of many traditions demonstrating that singing has been a universal vehicle for the humancondition. 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 asa song. All of the selections in the book appear on the companion audio online.