Description

This book contains melodious and energetic music arranged for the novice to experienced player in traditional keys, with musical notation so the selections can be played with other instruments. Accompaniment chords are included.

Contents:

• Introduction
• About the Author
• Playing Instructions
  Reading the Tablature
  Right-Hand Techniques
  Left-Hand Techniques
  Memorizing the Tunes and Building Speed
  Playing Your Mountain Dulcimer in a String Band Setting
  Volume Balance for Your Mountain Dulcimer
  Kick-Offs & Tags
  Personalizing the Tunes

Tunes in the Key of D Major

• Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine
• Bonaparte’s Retreat
• Chinese Breakdown
• Dixie
• Down Yonder
• Dubuque
• Fly Around, My Pretty Little Miss
• Forked Deer
• Julie Ann Johnson
• Midnight on the Water
• Rock the Cradle, Joe
• Single Footin’ Horse
• Spotted Pony
• Sugar Hill
• Year of Jubilo
• The Yellow Rose of Texas

Tunes in the Key of G Major

• Barlow Knife
• Dutch Girl
• Magpie
• Sail Away, Ladies
• Southern Aristocracy
• Tombigbee River
• Turkey in the Straw
• Westphalia Waltz

Tunes in A

• Boatmen
• Breakin’ up Christmas
• Cluck Old Hen
• Cotton-Eyed Joe
• Hangman’s Reel
• Little Billy Wilson
• John Brown’s Dream
• Sandy Boys