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

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!

A Dulcimer Christmas

A Dulcimer Christmas
Author: Bud Ford
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2010-10-07
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1609748220

What could be more beautiful than mountain dulcimer arrangements of Christmas favorites spanning the centuries? This popular book brings the festive sound of the dulcimer to this joyous season. Creative, beautiful arrangements on 23 Christmas favorites, each with a notated melody line and tablature. Finger positions for each chord are included.

The Gift of Snow

The Gift of Snow
Author: Irma Reeder
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-09-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781737844105

The Gift of Snow mountain dulcimer TAB book features 18 fresh, unique arrangements of songs and carols for the Holiday season for the intermediate and advanced player. All selections have a stand-alone solo, with additional parts for standard, baritone, or bass dulcimers. Most include guitar chords and lyrics. Some selections require a 1.5 fret. Great for both solo performers and ensembles.

A Scottish Christmas for Hammered Dulcimer

A Scottish Christmas for Hammered Dulcimer
Author: Maggie Sansone
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2016-09-29
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1609741536

This text by one of America's finest hammered dulcimer players contains thepieces played on the Maggie's Music recording A Scottish Christmas, which features Scottish carols, wassail tunes, strathspeys and reels for the celebration ofChristmas, Hogmanay and the New Year. Arranged for the standard 12/11 hammered dulcimer. The recording was acclaimed by CBS Sunday Morning as Ancient and infectious

With Quiet Joy

With Quiet Joy
Author: Jessica Comeau
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2019-08
Genre:
ISBN: 9780998288123

A collection of Christmas music arranged for mountain dulcimer. It seeks to rediscover an aesthetic of Christmas that predates the domestic, hearth-bound Victorian vision. Pieces in this book are drawn mostly from the Old World, including some well-known favorites that I have reinterpreted as well as some forgotten treasures.

Complete Children's Dulcimer Method

Complete Children's Dulcimer Method
Author: Mara Wasburn
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2016-07-14
Genre: Music
ISBN: 161911710X

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. 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 two or more dulcimers can play together.

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

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.

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

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.