Mountain Dulcimer Instruction Books
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Folk Notes Music Books
First Lessons Dulcimer
by Joyce
Ochs
The easiest book for beginning lap dulcimer
players to learn
to play in DAD tuning. The author, a classroom music teacher, has
carefully layered the lessons to guide the student through familiar
songs while teaching skills and musical concepts. This not only
enables students to enjoy the lap dulcimer but also enhances their
music understanding. The accompanying CD provides instruction and
demonstrations of the techniques and songs included in the book.
Additional hints and exercises are presented in the conversational text.
$8.95 - First Lessons Dulcimer BCDBoil Them Cabbage, Hot Cross Buns, Go Tell Aunt Rhody, Merrily We Roll Along, London Bridge, Frere Jacque, Skip to My Lou, Down in the Valley, Three Jolly Fishermen, Polly Wolly Doodle, Simple Gifts, Kum Ba Ya, This Old Man, Michael, Row the Boat Ashore, Oh! Susanna, When the Saints Go Marching In, Little Liza Jane, Old Joe Clark, Camptown Races, Amazing Grace, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Home on the Range
My Teaching Book forAppalachian Dulcimer
by Maureen Sellers
Instructional text for beginning mountain dulcimer. Includes information on tuning, buying a dulcimer, chords, mnemonics (word clues) for timing help, basic music theory, strumming, beginning fingerpicking and flatpicking, and more. Contains 27 songs for beginners in DAD tuning. Standard notation and tablature with lyrics and chords. A good source of standard dulcimer repertoire for beginning players.
Amazing Grace, Billy Boy, Boil Them Cabbage, Camptown Races, Chiny Doll, Cripple Creek, Do Lord, Fiddle-i-fee, Friendly Beasts, Gray Cat, Harrison Town, Holy Manna, Hush, Little Baby, Kum-Ba-Yah, Liza Jane, Mississippi Sawyer, Oh! Suzanna, Old Chisholm Trail, Old Joe Clark, On Top of Old Smoky, Soldier's Joy, Spotted Pony, Susanna Gal, Twinkle Waltz, Waterbound, When the Saints Go Marching In, Wildwood Flower
My
Teaching Book One - $12.00My
Teaching Book Companion CD - $12.00
My Teaching Book forAppalachian Dulcimer Vol 2
by Maureen Sellers
Volume Two includes chord
charts, jamming
tips, memorization techniques, using a capo, chord arpeggiation, tips
for singing and playing, as well as fingerpicked and flatpicked
arrangements. Contains 27 more songs in a variety of styles. DAD
tuning
My Teaching Book Two - $12.00 Barbary Ellen, Boil Them Cabbage, Bury
Me Beneath The Willow, Crawdad Song, Cumberland Gap, Down In The
Valley, Froggie Went A-Courtin', Hog-eye, I've Been Workin' On The
Railroad, It Ain't Gonna Rain No More
Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane, Little Rosewood Casket, Liza Up In The 'Simmon Tree, My Dear Old Buffalo Boy, Oh, Dem Golden Slippers, Ol' Coon Dog, Old Folks At Home, Pretty Little Devilish Mary, Redwing, Sally Ann, Sandy River Belle, Shady Grove, She'll Be Comin' 'Round The Mountain, Skip To My Lou, Swanee River, There's A Hole In The Bucket, Ting-A-Lay-O
Dulcimer a La
Mode
by Lorinda Jones
You
Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer
You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer Book - $10.95
Teach
Yourself Dulcimer BCD - $18.95
Complete Dulcimer Handbook
by Mark Biggs
Complete Dulcimer Handbook BCD - $24.95
Dulcimer Basics: A Mountain Dulcimer Primer
by Joe Collins
Designed for beginners. The first 2/3 of the book contain simple, recognizable songs appropriate for beginners. The last 1/3 of the book contains the first eight lessons that a beginner needs to get started on the dulcimer. Learn about tuning with an electric tuner or by ear, the parts of the dulcimer, playing seated or standing, reading dulcimer tablature, developing your strum, developing your chord fingerings, coordinating several fretting fingers, jamming, and more. A companion CD is also included with this substantial 78 page book. New, 2006
Dulcimer Basics- $22.00
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DAd Songs
Boil 'em Cabbage Down - Aunt Rhodie -- Mary Had a Little Lamb - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - Junebug - Amazing Grace - Down by the Station - Liza Jane - When the Saints Go Marching In - Sweet Hour of Prayer - We Gather Together - London Bridge - Southwind - Kum Ba Yah - God Is So Good - This Old Man - Get Along, Little Dogies - We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder - On Top of Old Smokey - Itsy, Bitsy Spider - Hush, Little Baby
DGd Songs
Clementine - She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain - Down in the Valley - Father, I Adore You - Gentle Mary Laid Her Child -- Mary Had a Little Lamb - Simple Gifts - When I Survey the Wondrous Cross - Ain't Gonna Rain No More - O, My Dearest Augustine
DAC Songs
What Child is This? - O Come, O Come, Immanuel
Merrily Strum
Mountain Dulcimer for Children
by Mary Catherine McSpadden
An easy-to-follow book that takes the absolute beginner through all the steps to become a proficient dulcimer player in the traditional style. 23 favorite children's songs in bagpipes tuning 'Ccc', many illustrations. Instructions on strumming, fingerpicking, and 'playing by ear'. 28 pages.
Merrily Strum - $3.95
The Farmer in the Dell, Mary Had a little Lamb, Row Row Row Your Boat, Old MacDonald, Jesus Loves Me, London Bridge Is Falling Down, Where Have You Been Billy Boy?, Clementine, Pop Goes the Weasel, This Old Man, Put Your Little Foot, Ten Little Indians, Twinkle Twinkle(The A-B-C Song), PussyCat PussyCat, B-I-N-G-O, Three Blind Mice, Yankee Doodle, Bill Grogan's Goat, Sleep,Baby,Sleep, Sleep,My Child, How Many Miles to Boston Town?, Hush,Little Baby, My Country Tis of Thee
TK O'Brien's Guide
To
Playing The Mountain Dulcimer
by Karin Lyle
Introduction to the mountain dulcimer in DAA tuning. Teaches how to use tablature to play the melody line of songs, and then how to add movable chord shapes. All songs are shown in standard notation and mountain dulcimer tablature.
$7.50 - TK O'briens Guide to Mountain
Dulcimer
Amazing Grace, Brahm's Lullaby, Down In The Valley, I'll Fly Away, Jingle Bells(Chorus), .Joy To The World, Kum'ba'Yah, Loch Lomond, Londonderry Air, Mary Had.a Little Lamb, My Country 'Tis Of Thee, My Wild Irish Rose, Ode To Joy, Oh Susanna, On Top Of old Smoky, Rock Of Ages, She'll be Coming Round The Mountain, Silent Night, Skip To My Lou, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Wearing Of The Green, When The Saints Go Marching In, Wildwood Flower
Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane, Little Rosewood Casket, Liza Up In The 'Simmon Tree, My Dear Old Buffalo Boy, Oh, Dem Golden Slippers, Ol' Coon Dog, Old Folks At Home, Pretty Little Devilish Mary, Redwing, Sally Ann, Sandy River Belle, Shady Grove, She'll Be Comin' 'Round The Mountain, Skip To My Lou, Swanee River, There's A Hole In The Bucket, Ting-A-Lay-O
Dulcimer a La
Modeby Lorinda Jones
Dulcimer a
La Mode
takes the mystery of out modal tuning and playing for the mountain
dulcimer player by presenting four common tunings (DAA, DAG, DAD, and
DAC) with instructions for tuning, finding the scales and chords, and
learning traditional tunes in each of four modes. This book will
encourage players to retune their instrument and learn more of its
versatility. Each tune is presented as a melody with drones in the
featured mode with strumming and rhythm guides. An optional arrangement
or accompaniment is also provided for most tunes, utilizing chords that
replace some of the drones with harmony notes. The accompanying CD
allows you to play along with the songs as presented in the book.
| Ionian (DAA tuning) Rosewood Casket (Melody) Rosewood Casket (Optional Arrangement) Bendemeer's Stream Bendemeer's Stream (Optional Arrangement) Careless Love (Melody) Careless Love (Optional Arrangement) Flow Gently, Sweet Afton (Melody) Flow Gently, Sweet Afton (Optional Arrangement) Burden Down (Melody) Burden Down (Optional Arrangement) |
Dorian (DAG tuning) Cluck Old Hen (Melody) Cluck Old Hen (Optional Arrangement) Pretty Polly (Melody) Pretty Polly (Optional Arrangement) Scarborough Fair (Melody) Scarborough Fair (Optional Arrangement) Drunken Sailor (Melody) Drunken Sailor (with Optional Accompaniment) She's Like A Swallow (with Optional Accompaniment) |
| Mixolydian (DAD tuning) Hurree, Hooroo (with Optional Accompaniment) Rock-A-My Soul (Melody) Rock -A-My soul (with Optional Accompaniment) Little Maggie (with Optional Accompaniment) Over the Waterfall (Melody) Over the Waterfall (with Optional Accompaniment) June Apple (Melody) June Apple (Optional Arrangement) |
Aeolian (DAC tuning) The Butcher Boy (Melody) The Butcher Boy (with Optional Accompaniment) Nine Hundred Miles (with Optional Accompaniment) Wayfarin' Stranger (with Optional Accompaniment) Bound For the Promised Land (Melody) Bound For the Promised Land (Optional Arrangement) Shady Grove (Melody) Shady Grove (with Optional Accompaniment) |
You
Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer by Madeline
MacNeil
Maddie MacNeil manages to
explore some
very complex, even esoteric concepts in easily-understood language,
making this a particularly valuable book for the novice player with
some musical and instrumental background.. Tweleve intensive lessons in
95 pages. Standard notation and tablature. Illustrated with photographs
and drawings. Section headings include: Exploring the Dulcimer,
Dulcimer Problems, Holding the Dulcimer, Tuning, Strumming, Reading
Tablature, Chord Shapes, Fingering, Picking and Strumming, Fingerstyle
Playing, Singing While You Play, Tuning & Retuning and Why, DAD
Tuning, Playing While Others Play, Using a Noter, Changing Strings,
Interpretation, Harmonics, and Using a Capo. Songs in D-A-A,
D-A-D, and D-A-C tunings.
You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer Book - $10.95Teach
Yourself Dulcimer BCD - $18.95
Teach Yourself Dulcimer Set (book/CD/DVD) - $24.95
Teach Yourself Dulcimer DVD - $13.95
Are You Sleeping, Boil that Cabbage Down,
Waterbound, Soldier's Joy, Cripple Creek, John Brown's Dream, Down in
the Valley, Ode to Joy, Oh, Susanna, Au Clair de la Lune, Flop-eared
Mule, Golden Slippers, Simple Gifts, Amazing Grace, She'll Be Comin
'Round the Mountain, Home on the Range, When Johnny Comes Marching
Home, Away in a Manger, The Ash Grove, Arkansas Traveler, Shady Grove,
Greensleeves, The Willow Song, Goin' to Boston, Bonnie Tyneside, Home
on the Range, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Harvest Home, Country Gardens,
Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming, and more
Complete Dulcimer Handbookby Mark Biggs
This book
is a complete
method and source book that can bring dulcimer players from beginner up
to advanced level. With its 53 songs in various modes and tunings, The
Complete Dulcimer Handbook is meant to be used as a songbook, a lesson
plan book, and a step-by-step guide. The author's basic premise is
that, given this instrument's relatively brief history, "There are no
right or wrong ways to play the mountain dulcimer, only harder or
easier means of reaching the same ends". The CD features 17 tunes from
the book.
Complete Dulcimer Handbook BCD - $24.95 Mixolydian Songs - Oh
Susanna, The Camptown Races, Swanee River, Wildwood Flower, La Paloma,
Sonya's Song, Jacky Tar, Silent Night, Sweet Betsy from Pike, Johnny, I
hardly Knew You/ When Johnny Comes Marching Home, The Road to
Lisdoonvarna, Minuet in G (Bach), Hard Times Come Again No More, My Old
Kentucky Home, Red River Valley, Red-Haired Boy, Arkansas Traveler
Twenty-two Songs (Intermediate to advanced) - Maid of Amsterdam, Irish Washerwoman, Lady Owen's Delight, The Lass of Gowrie, The Lass of Richmond Hill, The Lass of Patie's Mill, The Shepherd's Hey, The Handsome Couple, Linnen Hall, The Golden Star, La Paloma, Blue Mood (M. Biggs), Fugue (for Lute), What if a Day, Wilson's Wilde, Two Renaissance Lute Pieces, Meagan Jayne, Planxty Irwin, Planxty Morgan Magan, Lord Inchiquin, Give Me Your Hand, Maybe You'll Wander
Ionian and New Ionian Songs - Hand Me Down My Walking Cain, Shenandoah, Go to Jane Glover, Cripple Creek, Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn), O'Keefe's Slide, Planxty Fanny Power, Farewell, Abaresque
Aeolian Songs - Black Hag, Shady Grove, Scarborough Fair, Packington's Pound, Greensleeves
Twenty-two Songs (Intermediate to advanced) - Maid of Amsterdam, Irish Washerwoman, Lady Owen's Delight, The Lass of Gowrie, The Lass of Richmond Hill, The Lass of Patie's Mill, The Shepherd's Hey, The Handsome Couple, Linnen Hall, The Golden Star, La Paloma, Blue Mood (M. Biggs), Fugue (for Lute), What if a Day, Wilson's Wilde, Two Renaissance Lute Pieces, Meagan Jayne, Planxty Irwin, Planxty Morgan Magan, Lord Inchiquin, Give Me Your Hand, Maybe You'll Wander
Ionian and New Ionian Songs - Hand Me Down My Walking Cain, Shenandoah, Go to Jane Glover, Cripple Creek, Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn), O'Keefe's Slide, Planxty Fanny Power, Farewell, Abaresque
Aeolian Songs - Black Hag, Shady Grove, Scarborough Fair, Packington's Pound, Greensleeves
Dulcimer Basics: A Mountain Dulcimer Primerby Joe Collins
Designed for beginners. The first 2/3 of the book contain simple, recognizable songs appropriate for beginners. The last 1/3 of the book contains the first eight lessons that a beginner needs to get started on the dulcimer. Learn about tuning with an electric tuner or by ear, the parts of the dulcimer, playing seated or standing, reading dulcimer tablature, developing your strum, developing your chord fingerings, coordinating several fretting fingers, jamming, and more. A companion CD is also included with this substantial 78 page book. New, 2006
Dulcimer Basics- $22.00
\ DAd Songs
Boil 'em Cabbage Down - Aunt Rhodie -- Mary Had a Little Lamb - Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - Junebug - Amazing Grace - Down by the Station - Liza Jane - When the Saints Go Marching In - Sweet Hour of Prayer - We Gather Together - London Bridge - Southwind - Kum Ba Yah - God Is So Good - This Old Man - Get Along, Little Dogies - We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder - On Top of Old Smokey - Itsy, Bitsy Spider - Hush, Little Baby
DGd Songs
Clementine - She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain - Down in the Valley - Father, I Adore You - Gentle Mary Laid Her Child -- Mary Had a Little Lamb - Simple Gifts - When I Survey the Wondrous Cross - Ain't Gonna Rain No More - O, My Dearest Augustine
DAC Songs
What Child is This? - O Come, O Come, Immanuel
Merrily StrumMountain Dulcimer for Children
by Mary Catherine McSpadden
An easy-to-follow book that takes the absolute beginner through all the steps to become a proficient dulcimer player in the traditional style. 23 favorite children's songs in bagpipes tuning 'Ccc', many illustrations. Instructions on strumming, fingerpicking, and 'playing by ear'. 28 pages.
Merrily Strum - $3.95
The Farmer in the Dell, Mary Had a little Lamb, Row Row Row Your Boat, Old MacDonald, Jesus Loves Me, London Bridge Is Falling Down, Where Have You Been Billy Boy?, Clementine, Pop Goes the Weasel, This Old Man, Put Your Little Foot, Ten Little Indians, Twinkle Twinkle(The A-B-C Song), PussyCat PussyCat, B-I-N-G-O, Three Blind Mice, Yankee Doodle, Bill Grogan's Goat, Sleep,Baby,Sleep, Sleep,My Child, How Many Miles to Boston Town?, Hush,Little Baby, My Country Tis of Thee
TK O'Brien's Guide
ToPlaying The Mountain Dulcimer
by Karin Lyle
Introduction to the mountain dulcimer in DAA tuning. Teaches how to use tablature to play the melody line of songs, and then how to add movable chord shapes. All songs are shown in standard notation and mountain dulcimer tablature.
$7.50 - TK O'briens Guide to Mountain
DulcimerAmazing Grace, Brahm's Lullaby, Down In The Valley, I'll Fly Away, Jingle Bells(Chorus), .Joy To The World, Kum'ba'Yah, Loch Lomond, Londonderry Air, Mary Had.a Little Lamb, My Country 'Tis Of Thee, My Wild Irish Rose, Ode To Joy, Oh Susanna, On Top Of old Smoky, Rock Of Ages, She'll be Coming Round The Mountain, Silent Night, Skip To My Lou, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Wearing Of The Green, When The Saints Go Marching In, Wildwood Flower
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