‘Tis the Season is a hammered dulcimer collection of tunes for holidays and other celebrations throughout the year. You may celebrate the New Year with “Auld Lang Syne ” and Valentine’s Day with“My Love is Like a Red Red Rose.” Play “St. Patrick’s Day” in March and for Easter you might choose the hymn “Christ the Lord is Risen Today.” Show your patriotism on the Fourth of Julywith these versions of “America the Beautiful ” or “The Star Spangled Banner.” Complete the calendar year with the Thanksgiving anthem “We Gather Together ” and Christmas favorite “Deckthe Halls.” This collection will carry you through the entire year with options for all of your favorite holidays and celebrations. ‘Tis the Season is accessible to all levels of players including both a beginning'melody-only' version and an intermediate arranged version for each song. In addition each tune has guitar chords notated above the music staff. Standard notation only.

Media Type : Book Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : Folk Number of pages : 96 Visit the Greenwich Village folk music scene of the 1960s â?? 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 Ringâ?, Dance All Night with a Bottle in Your Handâ?, and Chickens are a-Crowin'â?, 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.