Product Number:
30665MEB
Format:
eBook + Online Audio
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Notation Type:
Standard Notation and Tab
Pages:
88
Binding:
eBook
ISBN:
1-5134-5912-0
ISBN13:
978-15134-5912-7
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
3/9/2022
With over 70 fiddle tunes arranged for Appalachian dulcimer, this book includes both common session tunes that everyone should know and a handful of obscure gems. The tunes include a representative collection of what people are playing in the current old-time music scene. The author has indicated the source of the tune when known, plus notes on achieving the proper feel and playing style.
Although a few of the arrangements are real finger-twisters, most are well within the reach of the intermediate dulcimer player. Some tunes are written for old-time “noter” style playing, some are best fretted with your fingers. All of the arrangements include suggested chords for guitar or other instruments. One or two include lyrics; most do not.
Old-time tunes tend to be played in fiddle-friendly keys like D, G, A (major and minor), and C. Although you can play in most of those keys out of DAD tuning, the music really comes alive when you re-tune and let those drones ring. Tunings include DAA, DAD, DGD, AAA and more. The author includes notes on how to re-tune your dulcimer, as well as alternative tunings for some of the tunes.
The author says, “This book represents the fruits of over fifty years spent chasing down a good tune.”
Includes access to online audio of all of the tunes played on solo dulcimer.
Introduction: “That’s the way I learned it…”
How to Play Old-Time Fiddle Tunes on the Dulcimer
D Tunes in DAA Tuning
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
Fortune
Jack Wilson
Julie Ann Johnson
Mississippi Sawyer
Old Molly Hare
D Tunes in DAD Tuning
Arkansas Traveler
Avalon Quickstep
Bonaparte Crossing the Rockies
Camp Meeting on the Fourth of July
Ducks on the Millpond
The Eighth of January (2-part version)
The Eighth of January (3-part version)
Fisher’s Hornpipe
Five Miles From Town
Keep the Old Ark a’Movin’
Kilby Snow’s Shady Grove
Little Bobby
On Christmas Eve
Rock the Cradle, Joe
Step Around Johnny
Sullivan’s Hollow
West Fork Gals
D Modal Tunes
Come Home With the Girls in the Morning
Old Shady Grove
Snake Chapman’s Tune
Sally in the Garden
G Tunes
Barlow Knife
Devil Eat the Groundhog
Drunken Sailor
The Duck’s Eyeball
Old Mother Flanagan (2-part version)
Sandy River Belle
Seneca Square Dance
Shove That Pig’s Foot a Little Further in the Fire
Waynesboro
Wild Horse at Stoney Point
A Tunes
Boatman
Breakin’ Up Christmas
Christmastime Will Soon Be Over
The Golden Chain Tree
Henry Reed’s Breakdown
John Brown’s Dream
June Apple
Little Rabbit
Newt Payne’s Tune
Old Horse and Buggy
Old Kentucky Whiskey
Old Mother Flanagan (3-part version)
Rock Andy
Sandy Boys
The Squirrel Hunters
Walk Along John to Kansas
A “Modal” Tunes
Betsy
Betty Likens
Cold Frosty Morning
Ducks on the Pond
The Falls of Richmond
Joke on the Puppy
Kitchen Girl
Old Greasy Coat
Pretty Little Dog
Santa Ana’s Retreat
Shelvin’ Rock
Texas
The Twenty Eighth of January
C Tunes
Hold Old Bald While I Dance With Josie
Indian Ate the Woodchuck
Lost Girl
Texas Gals
That’s My Rabbit My Dog Caught It
Dulcimer Tunings for Old-Time Fiddle Tunes
About the Author
Alphabetical Tune List
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