Dulcimer Song Book

Par FORD BUD. Ce texte populaire allie la voix obsédante, sucrée du dulcimer de montagne avec l'Evangile précieusement et mélodies sacrées. Contient 37 accords exceptionnelles en notation standard et l'onglet avec les paroles et les accords de guitare suggérées. Diagrammes d'accords dulcimer sont également présentés. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Sacred - Songbooks / Recueil / Dulcimer des Appalaches (Cordes pincées)

Singing and Backup With The Mountain Dulcimer - With Online Audio-In this new addition to Mel Bay's popular 'School Of' series MacNeil explains how to sing and accompany on the dulcimer. The book explains different chord types and how to apply them to a variety of songs.Learningbackup will also help you hear chord changes and melodic movement which will help you contribute to the song's narrative. Includes access to online audio.

Ce livre handy, format de poche contient des informations sur les parties du dulcimer, les positions de la main gauche, tuning, pics et instructions sur la façon de jouer des chansons. Vingt-deux chansons sont inclus dans la notation avec les paroles et les numéros de fret. / Niveau : Débutant / Folk - Songbooks / Recueil / Dulcimer des Appalaches (Cordes pincées)

Par MARK NELSON. 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 Breton are 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 northwestern France. The CD contains 20 of the 109 songs from the book. / Niveau : Tous Niveaux / Celtic/Irish - 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.

Ancient carols, Renaissance rhythms,and haunting medieval hymns recapturethe spirit of Christmas from antiquity.This book features note-for-notetranscriptions of hammered dulcimerarrangements from Ancient Noels byMaggie Sansone and Ensemble Galilei forthe beginning to advanced player. Innotation and tablature. Ancient carols, Renaissance rhythms,and haunting medieval hymns recapturethe spirit of Christmas from antiquity.This book features note-for-notetranscriptions of hammered dulcimerarrangements fromAncient Noels byMaggie Sansone and Ensemble Galilei forthe beginning to advanced player. Innotation and tablature./ Recueil / Dulcimer

This instruction manual and song collection is a well-crafted collection of basic Dulcimer technique and traditional songs that might have been popular in Cripple Creek Colorado in the 19th Century-- plus a few modern daytunes by its current inhabitants. The techniques and songs have been transcribed from the performances of Bud and Donna Ford who have been collecting songs for their favorite instrument for some time. The Fords explain thebasics of playing the Dulcimer including instructions on strumming tunings and picking. Solos are offered in all of the various modes (Ionian Dorian Locrian etc.) in standard notation only with lyrics and chord symbols. Theend result is an attractive yet pragmatic book that offers a solid grounding in the art of Dulcimer playing. The recording features verbal instruction and performances of most of the tunes in the book on solo Dulcimer making learning easy and fun. The recording used tunings which are lower than those in the book but this will not affect players reading the tablature. Includes access to online audio.

Par THOMAS LINDA G.. This book and accompanying audio present a comprehensive array of ideas intended to add interest and decoration to basic melodies. Mastery of these embellishment techniques will also help in the development of complete arrangements. This project offers some familiar and possibly unfamiliar song titles. The accompanying audio is a valuable tool for learning both the melodies and embellishments, containing two versions of each song. The included techniques progress from basic to more challenging, and are varied to enhance the contrasting musical styles presented across eighteen songs. A variety of styles are covered, encouraging the player to apply new embellishment techniques to familiar repertoire. For someone who has completed Thomas' First Lessons Hammered Dulcimer (MB20066BCD), this would be a good next step. / Niveau : Facile / Méthode / 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 an audio CD with demonstrations of all the songs in the book.

This giant book features over 100 of America's favorite folk songs expertly arranged for the Appalachian dulcimer. Children's songs work songs old Anglo-American ballads songs of strife and freedom love songs and much muchmore are all gathered here in arrangements suitable for the beginning and intermediate player. The songs come from all over old books and sheet music transcriptions from field recordings but mostly from the singing ofcountless folks in kitchens and festival hallways street corners and concert stages. Songs include Poor Wayfaring Stranger Tenting Tonight Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Oh Death CarelessLove and many many more. Tunings used include D-A-D and D-A-A as well as C-G-C and C-G-G and several modal tunings. All are playable on any three or four-stringed dulcimer. Some use a 6 1/2 fret. Includes information onreading music and TAB notes on transposing and a useful index of songs by tuning. In standard notation and TAB with guitar chords.

Media Type : Book Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : Old Time Series : Native Ground Music Number of pages : 112 The arrangements in this book are based on the sixteen tunes found on the recording Southern Mountain Classics and are designed to be used with the recording. Although these arrangements are not exact transcriptions from the CD, all of the tunes on the recording are included in the book. For each tune there is a song history and a page with the chord structure to help you follow the chords. Each piece is written out in notation and tablature in three versions - beginner, intermediate, and advanced.

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.

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.

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.