Dulcimer Songbook

Dulcimer Songbook

Author: Thomas Balinger

Publisher:

Published: 2017-06-11

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 9781547289240

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Thomas Balinger Dulcimer Songbook 70 popular songs for dulcimer in D-A-D tuning Revised Edition 2017/2018 (TAB fret numbers: 1 2 3 4 5 6 6+ 7) 70 popular tunes arranged for dulcimer in standard mixolydian tuning D-A-D (6 1/2 fret models). Progressively graded from simple melody playing on one or two strings to easy fingerpicking arrangements of 10 popular songs, this collection is aimed at the beginning player. Plus chord symbols, dulcimer chord diagrams and a collection of strumming patterns for song accompaniment. Songs: 1. Amazing grace 2. America (My country 'tis of thee) 3. America the beautiful 4. Auld lang syne 5. Aura Lee 6. Away in a manger 7. Banks of Allan Water 8. Banks of Sacramento 9. Banks of the Ohio 10. Barbara Allen 11. Bound for the Rio Grande 12. Buffalo gals 13. Bury me not on the lone prairie 14. Camptown races 15. Can the circle be unbroken 16. Careless love 17. Cindy 18. Clementine 19. Cotton-eyed Joe 20. Danny Boy 21. Deck the halls 22. Down by the riverside 23. Down in the valley 24. Finnegan's Wake 25. Give me that old time religion 26. Good night, ladies 27. Go, tell it on the mountain 28. He's got the whole world in His hands 29. Home on the range 30. Home! Sweet Home! 31. House of the rising sun 32. I'm on my way 33. I once loved a lass 34. Jingle bells 35. John Brown's body 36. Jolly good fellow 37. Kum ba yah 38. Little brown jug 39. Michael, row the boat ashore 40. Morning has broken 41. My Bonnie lies over the ocean 42. Nobody knows the trouble 43. Oh! Susanna 44. Old folks at home 45. Old MacDonald had a farm 46. On top of Old Smokey 47. Over the river and through the woods 48. Poor Paddy works on the railrway 49. Scarborough fair 50. She'll be coming round the mountain 51. Shenandoah 52. Shortnin' bread 53. Skibbereen 54. Skip to my Lou 55. Swing low, sweet chariot 56. The John B. sails 57. The minstrel boy 58. The Wabash Cannon Ball 59. The water is wide 60. The wild rover 61. The yellow rose of Texas 62. Tom Dooley 63. Twinkle, twinkle, little star 64. Up on the housetop 65. Waltzing Matilda 66. Wayfaring stranger 67. What shall we do with the drunken sailor 68. When the saints go marchin' in 69. Whiskey in the jar 70. Yankee Doodle


The Dulcimer Hymn Book

The Dulcimer Hymn Book

Author: Bud Ford

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2017-05-25

Total Pages: 73

ISBN-13: 1609748263

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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

Published: 2015-12-02

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 1610657993

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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.


Method for Beginning Mountain Dulcimer

Method for Beginning Mountain Dulcimer

Author: Bing Futch

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2013-09-09

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9781481163194

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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!


Dulcimer Songbook

Dulcimer Songbook

Author: Thomas Balinger

Publisher:

Published: 2019-01-08

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13: 9781793297075

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Thomas Balinger Dulcimer Songbook 50 Campfire Songs for dulcimer in D-A-D tuning Bluegrass Classics and American Folk Songs arranged for dulcimer in standard mixolydian tuning D-A-D (6 1/2 fret models / 6+). Progressively graded from simple melody playing on one or two strings to easy fingerpicking arrangements, this collection is aimed at the beginning player. Plus chord symbols, dulcimer chord diagrams and a collection of strumming patterns for song accompaniment. Songs: 1. A beautiful life 2. A horse named Bill 3. All the good times are past and gone 4. Alouette 5. Amazing grace (Arr.) 6. Annie Laurie 7. Au clair de la lune 8. Auld lang syne 9. Aura Lee 10. Billy Boy 11. Bluebells of Scotland 12. Bonnie George Campbell 13. Bound for the promised land 14. Buffalo gals 15. Bury me beneath the willow 16. Camptown races (Arr.) 17. Colorado Trail 18. Cumberland Gap 19. Don't this road look rough and rocky 20. Drink to me only with thine eyes 21. God moves in a windstorm 22. God of our fathers 23. Golden slippers 24. Goodbye, old paint 25. Green grow the lilacs 26. Hard times come again no more 27. I ain't gonna work tomorrow 28. I ride an old paint 29. Jacob's ladder 30. Loch Lomond 31. Lord Lovel 32. Morning has broken 33. My old Kentucky home 34. Oh! Susanna 35. Old Black Joe 36. Polly, put the kettle on 37. Roll in my sweet baby's arms 38. Sailor on the deep blue sea 39. Simple gifts 40. Softly and tenderly 41. Sweet Betsy from Pike 42. Swing low, sweet chariot 43. The streets of Laredo 44. The yellow rose of Texas 45. Twinkle, twinkle, little star (Arr.) 46. Waltzing Matilda 47. Way down the old plank road 48. Wayfaring stranger 49. Wreck of the old 97 50. Yankee doodle


Dulcimer Jam

Dulcimer Jam

Author: Bonnie Carol

Publisher: Mel Bay Publications

Published: 2011-02-24

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 1609744993

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Dulcimer Jam takes common and obscure tunes heard in jam sessions and arranges them for hammered dulcimer, fretted dulcimers (with tablature), and other instruments to play in a jam session setting.


Music of the World for Mountain Dulcimer

Music of the World for Mountain Dulcimer

Author: Neal Hellman

Publisher: Hal Leonard

Published: 2014-02-01

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1480385980

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(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 audio tracks with demonstrations of all the songs in the book.


You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer

You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer

Author: Madeline MacNeil

Publisher:

Published: 2016-01-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780786693306

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Madeline MacNeil's performances are characterized by her effortless vocals and impeccable mountain and hammered dulcimer playing. In this book she reveals some of the secrets of her success with the mountain dulcimer. Early on, she reminds the reader that the dulcimer is not a toy or a stringed kazoo but a serious, expressive musical instrument capable of stretching as far as the imagination. She endorses both playing by ear and learning to read standard notation. In easily-understood language she manages to explore some very complex, even esoteric concepts, making this a particularly valuable book for the beginning instrumentalists. You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer is simply a great fundamental book. Twelve intensive lessons in 95 pages with arrangements in both DAA and DAD tuning. Standard notation and tablature. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Includes access to online audio and video.