MacNeil | Dirt Simple Mountain Dulcimer

by Madeline MacNeil

The mountain dulcimer has a long and interesting history in the southern Appalachian mountains, and it's an instrument that so many of us enjoy playing. The book begins with the basics of tuning, strumming and finding notes on the dulcimer. The songs and tunes include favorites of dulcimer players, such as Boil That Cabbage Down, Old Joe Clark, Waterbound, Amazing Grace, Aura Lee and Are You Sleeping. The tracks in the accompanying audio include

Difficulty: Intermediate
Pages: 32
Binding: Saddle Stitched
Series: Dirt Simple
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published: 6/20/2013

Contents

Teaching

Dulcimer Fretboard
Tuning the Dulcimer
Holding the Dulcimer
Dulcimer Picks
Strumming
Playing Notes on the Dulcimer
Changing Strings
DAD Tuning
Where to Go From Here

Songs and Tunes

Amazing Grace
Are You Sleeping? (Instruction)
Are You Sleeping? (Tablature)
Auld Lang Syne
Aura Lee
Be Thou My Vision
Boil That Cabbage Down
Brahms’ Lullaby
Cockles and Mussels
Down In The Valley (Comparison of DAA and DAD Tunings)
Long, Long Ago
Mississippi Sawyer
Old Joe Clark
Red River Valley
Simple Gifts
Skip To My Lou (Stumming Choices)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (DAA Tuning)
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (DAD Tuning)
Waterbound

NOTE: Audio Available Online

• Model: 12544 / MB30362M
• Manufactured by: Mel Bay
• Condition: New
• ISBN: 9780786685196