You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer (Book + Online Audio/Video)
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 t ...more
Product Number:
94304M
Format:
Book + Online Audio/Video
Skill Level:
Beginning
Notation Type:
Standard Notation and Tab
Pages:
100
Binding:
Squareback Saddle Stitched
Size:
8.75 x 11.75
ISBN:
0-7866-9330-4
ISBN13:
978-07866-9330-6
Series:
You Can Teach Yourself
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
1/12/2016
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.
Ah Poor Bird, Hey Ho, Rose Red      
Amazing Grace      
Arkansas Traveler      
Au Clair De La Lune      
Away In A Manger      
Boil That Cabbage Down      
Bonnie Tyneside       Arr. Seth Austen
Country Gardens      
Cripple Creek      
Down In The Valley      
Flop Eared Mule       Arr. Lorraine Lee
Goin To Boston      
Golden Slippers      
Greensleeves      
Harvest Home       Arr. Seth Austen
Home On The Range      
John Brown's Dream      
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming      
Ode To Joy       Ludwig Van Beethoven
Oh, Susanna       Stephen Foster
Shady Grove       Stephen Foster
She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain       Stephen Foster
Simple Gifts       Stephen Foster
Soldiers Joy       Stephen Foster
The Ash Grove       Stephen Foster
The Willow Song       Stephen Foster
Waterbound       Stephen Foster
When Johnny Comes Marching Home       Stephen Foster
Whiskey Before Breakfast       Stephen Foster
 
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