For Mountain Dulcimer-A beginning method for the appalachian dulcimer with a unique new approach to solo melody and chord playing. Includes tuning modes and many beautiful folk songs all demonstrated on the accompanying CD.

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

Spiced with humor Anne Dodson?s Field Guide to the Mountain Dulcimer Book 1 is a beautifully structured and organized guide taking the beginning student step-by-step through a well-planned sequence oflessons.Friendly and encouraging Book 1 covers tips on buying and maintaining the instrument left and right hand techniques chords and accompaniment. Exercises lots of fun tunes to play and downloadable audio files tosupport the written instruction all make Field Guide to the Mountain Dulcimer Book I a lasting resource.

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.

A collection of songs jigs hornpipes airs polkas and arches from the Celtic lands of Scotland Ireland and England. The songs are arranged for mountain Dulcimer primarily in 1-5-8 (Mixolydian) tuning along with a fewtunes in 1-5-5 (Ionian) tuning. The arrangements make use of the capo as well as playing tunes in Em and Bm and include a Part II for a suggested harmony on selected songs.The book is accompanied by an audio recording ofeach tune. Song titles include: George Brabazon Off She Goes Irish Lamentation Keel Row Water Is Wide Loch Lomond Foggy Dew and many more. Intermediate playing level suggested. Audio download available online.

This book is designed to help fretted Dulcimer players at all levels grow in their technical abilities by developing strength precision control and flexibility in both the right and left hands. Acquiring a solid technicalfoundation provides a base upon which to build strong musicianship enabling one to play more satisfying music regardless of style. Explore flatpicking fingerpicking slurs chords strumming left hand precision and placement right hand strength and control volume tone articulation and more using both Dulcimer tablature and standard music notation.In this book Mike has used ideas drawn from classical Guitar study plus years of teachingDulcimer to develop exercises that will inspire and challenge players at all levels. The tunes and exercises are in the common Dulcimer tuning of D-A-D with a few exceptions. Some exercises are included for the four-string andfive-string Dulcimers and a 6+ fret is required. The accompanying online audio download demonstrates key exercises and most of the tunes in the book.

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.

This book presents fretted Dulcimer arrangements of 58 Stephen Collins Foster classics.Each song is written as a melody line in standard notation with Dulcimer tablature beneath plus complete lyrics historicalnotes and suggested Guitar chords. Cover graphics from the original nineteenth century sheet music publications lend grace and authenticity and songwriters and music historians will find much interest in this book.Thetunings used are DAD DAA DGD and DAA#D. Intended for experienced beginners to intermediate players many of these pieces require a 6 1/2 fret dulcimer and a capo. The author includes an insightful essay on the life ofStephen Foster (1826-1864)-a gifted once successful songwriter whose career decisions and abuse of alcohol lead to personal financial disaster a broken family and an early death. His legacy is a treasury of songsreflecting the social issues and romantic illusions of his time.Contains both well-known and lesser known tunes in notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio that contains 33 of the book's 58 tunes.

With Online Audio-First Lessons Hammered Dulcimer is designed to instruct beginning players on the instrument. The melodies in this collection include a variety of hymns holiday music and fiddle tunes written in standardnotation with instructions on how to read the notation. Lyrics and suggested chords for accompanying instruments are also included. The accompanying online recording offers two tracks for each selection: a performance track withrhythm Guitar and an instructional track with detailed phrase-by-phrase demonstration. The guided audio instruction at a slow tempo will prove invaluable for the 'by ear' player. This method provides a 'private lesson' approachfor success on the hammered Dulcimer.Designed to instruct beginning players.Includes a variety of hymns holiday music and fiddle tunes.Written in standard notation.Lyrics and suggestedchords included accompanying online recording including two tracks for each selection: a performance track and an instructional track.

This book and accompanying audio offer an in-depth look at how to add accompaniment and embellishments to melodies on the Hammered Dulcimer. The material covered in this book illustrates how to enhance simple melodies toshowcase their inherent musicality.Full of illustrations examples preparatory exercises and easy-to-play arrangements this book is sure to bring new character to your playing. It begins by explaining in simple terms how and why harmony works and teaches the solutions to the common exceptions you will encounter. By the end you will be able to apply the four most common methods Dulcimer players use to add accompaniments to melodies.Note-for-note transcriptions of fully arranged songs from the author's own repertoire are also included. Audio download available online.