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All books are printed on high quality paper with ring binding that allows you to open the book without fear of it closing on you in the middle of a song. The print is very readable, the book is well-indexed, the arrangements are well conceived, and accompaniment chords are included. For a description click on the title below.
Dulcimer Basics: A Mountain Dulcimer Primer
Christmas with the Mountain Dulcimer: Revised and Expanded
Simply Hymns (DAD, DAA and DGD Versions)
Around the World with the Mountain Dulcimer
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Dulcimer
Basics: A Mountain Dulcimer Primer.
(2006)
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. Each lesson covers several skills and has exercises designed
to help the beginner develop those skills. A companion CD is also included with this
substantial 78-page book. For a complete listing of the contents click on
the picture of the book.
book and CD - $22
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Christmas
with the Mountain Dulcimer: Revised and Expanded.
(1999, 2005) A collection of 38
Christmas tablatures, this book is intended for
beginner through intermediate players. It
includes many favorites like O Come, All Ye Faithful; Joy to the World;
Silent Night; Jingle Bells; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; and I
Wonder As I Wander. However,
it also includes some lesser known songs. This
new edition features 10 new songs and several brand new arrangements from the
previous edition. For a complete listing of songs included, click on the
picture of the book.
book - $15
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Simply Celtic.
(2000) Simply Celtic is designed for the beginning through
intermediate player. It includes 29
easy to read tabs for songs like Loch Lomond; Rosin, the Beau; Be Thou My
Vision; The Ash Grove; Barb'ra Allan; The Kesh Jig; Scotland the Brave, The
Silkie,and Cockles and Mussels.
For a complete listing of songs included, click on the picture of the
book. A companion CD is available for this book for students who would also prefer to hear
how the tab is played.
book - $12; companion CD - $8
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Simply
Hymns. (2002) Simply Hymns is a collection of 32
hymns that include many of my personal favorites. Most of these 42 pages
of hymns can be played at a beginner level, noting only one string at a
time. One unique aspect of this book is that it comes in three different
versions. One is for the popular DAD tuning. The other includes the
same or very similar arrangements for the DGD tuning. The newest addition
is a version for the DAA tuning. It's my hope that by
becoming familiar with different tunings for the same songs, players will be able to
discover the relationship between tunings and begin to discover which tuning
works better in different circumstances. Thus, they will become stronger
players with more choices at their disposal. For a complete listing of songs included, click on the picture of the
book.
DGD Version (book) - $12
DAD Version (book) - $12
DAA Version (book) - $12
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Around
the World with the Mountain Dulcimer (2003). This book started out
as a repertoire workshop that I was teaching, but I enjoyed the international
folksongs so much that I made a small book (13 songs- 20 pages). It's neat to find
tunes that fit on the dulcimer outside of the standards that a lot of people
play. There is a companion CD available with this book that plays through
every song three times on the piano. It's very simple; its purpose is only
to let someone hear how the tune goes. For a listing of the songs included
click the graphic.
book - $6; companion CD - $4
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