Sandbridge Waltz and Slow Air: Arranged for Hammered Dulcimer
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......................................................................................................................................6
INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................................................7
How I chose the tunes...............................................................................................................................................7
Backup and harmony parts........................................................................................................................................7
My three arranging approaches: individual techniques, the full model, and the kitchen sink..................................8
Caution: always learn just the melody and keep moving!........................................................................................8
Using the arrangements.............................................................................................................................................8
THE TUNES
Avenging and Bright (Ireland): melody, accompaniment.......................................................................................10
Avenging and Bright (Ireland): arrangement..........................................................................................................11
Bethany Beach (Ken Kolodner): melody................................................................................................................12
Bethany Beach (Ken Kolodner): arrangement #1...................................................................................................13
Bethany Beach (Ken Kolodner): arrangement #2...................................................................................................14
Black Tail Canyon Waltz, The (Ken Kolodner): melody........................................................................................15
Black Tail Canyon Waltz, The (Ken Kolodner): arranging ideas...........................................................................16
Bonny at Morn (Northumberland, England): melody, harmony, arpeggio accompaniment..................................17
Bonny at Morn (Northumberland, England): arrangement.....................................................................................19
Carolan’s Draught (O’Carolan, Ireland): melody...................................................................................................20
Carolan’s Draught (O’Carolan, Ireland): arranging ideas.......................................................................................21
Caspian Lake (Ken Kolodner): melody, harmony..................................................................................................23
Caspian Lake (Ken Kolodner): arrangement..........................................................................................................25
Clock Waltz, The (“Valse Clog Guillemette”) (Joseph Guillemette, Quebec): melody.........................................26
Clock Waltz, The (“Valse Clog Guillemette”) (Joseph Guillemette, Quebec): arrangement.................................27
Coleman’s March (U.S.): melody...........................................................................................................................28
Coleman’s March (U.S.): arrangement #1..............................................................................................................29
Coleman’s March (U.S.): arrangement #2..............................................................................................................30
Cowboy Waltz (U.S.): melody................................................................................................................................31
Cowboy Waltz (U.S.): arranging ideas...................................................................................................................32
Cradle Song, The (Scott Skinner, Scotland): hand separation................................................................................33
Da Auld Resting Chair (Tom Anderson, Shetland Islands): melody......................................................................34
Da Auld Resting Chair (Tom Anderson, Shetland Islands): arrangement #1.........................................................35
Da Auld Resting Chair (Tom Anderson, Shetland Islands): more arranging ideas................................................36
Da Slockit Licht (Tom Anderson, Shetland Islands): melody, harmony................................................................37
Da Slockit Licht (Tom Anderson, Shetland Islands): arrangement........................................................................39
Dermott O’Dowd (O’Carolan, Ireland): melody, accompaniment.........................................................................40
Dermott O’Dowd (O’Carolan, Ireland): arrangement #1.......................................................................................41
Dermott O’Dowd (O’Carolan, Ireland): more arranging ideas..............................................................................42
Down Home, The (Buck White): melody, arrangement, accompaniment..............................................................43
Emma (Finland): melody, arrangement, accompaniment.......................................................................................45
Evening of Roses (Hadar/Dor, Israel): melody, harmony, arpeggio accompaniment.............................................47
Evening of Roses (Hadar/Dor, Israel): hand separation.........................................................................................48
Evening of Roses (Hadar/Dor, Israel): arrangement #1..........................................................................................49
Evening of Roses (Hadar/Dor, Israel): more arranging ideas.................................................................................50
Fair Hills of Killen (Peadar O’Doirnin, Ireland): melody......................................................................................51
Fair Hills of Killen (Peadar O’Doirnin, Ireland): arrangement..............................................................................52
Fanny Power (Turlough O’Carolan, Ireland): melody with harmony....................................................................53
Fanny Power (Turlough O’Carolan, Ireland): arrangement with two note chords.................................................55
Fanny Power (Turlough O’Carolan, Ireland): arrangement using fills...................................................................56
Fanny Power (Turlough O’Carolan, Ireland): more arranging ideas......................................................................57
Far Away (Peter Jung, U.S.): melody, harmony, accompaniment, arrangement.....................................................58
For Ireland I’d Dare Not Tell Her Name (Ireland): melody...................................................................................60
For Ireland I’d Dare Not Tell Her Name (Ireland): arrangement...........................................................................61
Forvantan (Hasse Jonnson, Sweden): melody, accompaniment.............................................................................62
Forvantan (Hasse Jonnson, Sweden): arrangement #1...........................................................................................63
Forvantan (Hasse Jonnson, Sweden): arrangement #2...........................................................................................64
Gentle Eily O’Carol (Eily Gheal Chiun; Dominick Mongan, Ireland): melody.....................................................65
Gentle Eily O’Carol (Eily Gheal Chiun; Dominick Mongan, Ireland): accompaniment.......................................66
Gentle Eily O’Carol (Eily Gheal Chiun; Dominick Mongan, Ireland): arrangement.............................................67
Give me Your Hand (Rory O’Dall, Ireland): melody.............................................................................................68
Give me Your Hand (Rory O’Dall, Ireland): arrangement #1................................................................................69
Give me Your Hand (Rory O’Dall, Ireland): more arranging ideas........................................................................70
Hard Times (Stephen Foster, U.S.): melody with harmony....................................................................................71
Hard Times (Stephen Foster, U.S.): arrangement...................................................................................................72
Ian Robertson (Tom Anderson, Shetland Islands): melody....................................................................................73
Ian Robertson (Tom Anderson, Shetland Islands): arrangement............................................................................74
Kevin Keegan’s (Ireland): melody..........................................................................................................................75
Kevin Keegan’s (Ireland): arranging ideas.............................................................................................................77
La Partida (The Parting) (Victor Jara, Chile): melody, arrangement......................................................................79
Lango Lee (Scotland): melody................................................................................................................................81
Lango Lee (Scotland): arrangement........................................................................................................................82
Light Sparrow, The (Quebec): melody...................................................................................................................83
Light Sparrow, The (Quebec): arrangement...........................................................................................................84
Lo Yisa Goy (Lay Down your Arms) (Israel): melody...........................................................................................85
Lo Yisa Goy (Lay Down your Arms) (Israel): arrangement...................................................................................86
Loftus Jones (O’Carolan, Ireland): melody............................................................................................................87
Loftus Jones (O’Carolan, Ireland): arranging ideas................................................................................................88
MacPherson’s Lament (James MacPherson, Scotland): melody, harmony............................................................89
MacPherson’s Lament (James MacPherson, Scotland): two note chords...............................................................90
MacPherson’s Lament (James MacPherson, Scotland): three note chords.............................................................91
MacPherson’s Lament (James MacPherson, Scotland): more arranging ideas......................................................92
March of the King of Laois (Ireland): melody........................................................................................................93
March of the King of Laois (Ireland): arrangement................................................................................................94
Margaret Anne Robertson (Jamieson, Scotland): melody......................................................................................95
Margaret Anne Robertson (Jamieson, Scotland): arrangement..............................................................................96
My Cape Breton Home (Jerry Holland, Cape Breton): melody.............................................................................97
My Cape Breton Home (Jerry Holland, Cape Breton): arrangement.....................................................................98
Orange Rogue, The (Ireland): melody....................................................................................................................99
Orange Rogue, The (Ireland): arrangement..........................................................................................................100
Polska (Sweden): arrangement.............................................................................................................................101
Polska (Sweden): melody.....................................................................................................................................102
Prince William’s March (English Country Dance): melody.................................................................................103
Prince William’s March (English Country Dance): arrangement #1....................................................................104
Prince William’s March (English Country Dance): more arranging ideas...........................................................105
Return from Fingal (Ireland): melody...................................................................................................................106
Return from Fingal (Ireland): arrangement...........................................................................................................107
Sir Sydney Smith’s March (James Hook, England): melody...............................................................................108
Sir Sydney Smith’s March (James Hook, England): arrangement.......................................................................109
Southwind (Ireland): melody, harmony, arpeggio accompaniment......................................................................110
Southwind (Ireland): two note chords...................................................................................................................113
Southwind (Ireland): three note chords.................................................................................................................114
Southwind (Ireland): fills......................................................................................................................................115
Southwind (Ireland): more arranging ideas..........................................................................................................116
Summer’s End (Ken Kolodner): melody..............................................................................................................117
Summer’s End (Ken Kolodner): arrangement #1.................................................................................................118
Summer’s End (Ken Kolodner): arrangement #2.................................................................................................119
Tennessee Waltz (King-Stewart, U.S.): melody....................................................................................................120
Tennessee Waltz (King-Stewart, U.S.): arrangement #1.......................................................................................121
Tennessee Waltz (King-Stewart, U.S.): arrangement #2.......................................................................................122
Tombigbee’s (U.S.): melody, harmony, accompaniment......................................................................................123
Tombigbee’s (U.S.): arrangement #1....................................................................................................................125
Tombigbee’s (U.S.): more arranging ideas...........................................................................................................126
24th of September (Ken Kolodner): melody........................................................................................................127
24th of September (Ken Kolodner): arrangement................................................................................................128
Un Canadien Errant (Canada): hand separation....................................................................................................129
Waltz of My Dreams (Quebec): melody...............................................................................................................130
Waltz of My Dreams (Quebec): arrangement.......................................................................................................132
APPENDICES
I. INDEX OF TUNES BY TYPE OF TUNE....................................................................................................134
II. INDEX OF TUNES RECORDED BY KEN KOLODNER..........................................................................136
III. SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY......................................................................................................................137
IV. ABOUT KEN KOLODNER.........................................................................................................................138