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Galax Dulcimer

Author : Phyllis Gaskins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780983264873
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book Galax Dulcimer written by Phyllis Gaskins and published by . This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Galax Dulcimer book is a comprehensive, informative book dedicated to the unique playing and construction style of the Galax Dulcimer. Included are songs with playing instructions and Phyllis' own adapted notation showing the authentic playing style of the Galax Dulcimer. There is a section about the history and construction as well as some of the artists who defined this style. This book is a valuable resource for historians, musicians and dulcimer fans of all ability levels and interests.Also included is an instructional Audio CD of all the tunes in the book. Each tune is played slowly and then up tempo.

Appalachian Dulcimer Traditions

Author : Ralph Lee Smith
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810874121
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Appalachian Dulcimer Traditions written by Ralph Lee Smith and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-03-19 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Appalachian dulcimer is one of America's major contributions to world music and folk art. Homemade and handmade, played by people with no formal knowledge of music, this beautiful instrument entered the post-World-War-II Folk Revival with virtually no written record. Appalachian Dulcimer Traditions tells the fascinating story of the effort to recover the instrument's lost history through fieldwork in the Southern mountains, finding of old instruments, and listening to the tales of old folks. After reviewing the instrument's distinctive musical features, Ralph Lee Smith presents the dulcimer's story chronologically, tracing its roots in a Renaissance German instrument, the scheitholt; describing the early history of the scheitholt and the dulcimer in America; and outlining the development of distinctive dulcimer styles in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky. The story continues into the 20th Century, through the final group of tradition-based Appalachian makers whose work flowed into the national scene of the Folk Revival. This fully revised edition provides expanded information about the history of the scheitholt and the dulcimer before the Civil War and discusses traditions and types that are still being discovered and documented. Smith also adds his personal adventures in searching for the dulcimer's history. A new final chapter describes types and styles that do not fit conveniently into the mainstream development of the instrument. The book concludes with several appendixes, including measurements of representative dulcimers and listings of dulcimer recordings in the Archive of Folk Culture of the Library of Congress.

Appalachian Dulcimer Traditions

Author : Ralph Lee Smith
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810841352
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (413 download)

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Download or read book Appalachian Dulcimer Traditions written by Ralph Lee Smith and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Appalachian dulcimer is one of America's major contributions to world music and folk art. Homemade and handmade, played by people with no formal knowledge of music, this beautiful instrument arrived in the light of the 20th century with virtually no written record. Appalachian Dulcimer Traditions is a first-hand report to enlarge our knowledge of the dulcimer's history by searching the hills and "hollers" of Appalachia, looking at old instruments, and listening to the tales of old folks. After reviewing the instrument's special musical features, the book describes some related instruments, and reveals little-known facts about the dulcimer's origins on the early Appalachian frontier. The book then describes three major design traditions of the dulcimer, each centered in its own geographical area, and focuses on important makers in each of the three traditions--the Melton family of Galax, Virginia, Charles M. Prichard of Huntington, West Virginia, and "Uncle Ed" Thomas of Kentucky. A final chapter describes four Appalachian makers of the folk revival transition, who began making instruments the old-time way and modernized them to meet the needs of Post-World-War-II urban players. The book concludes with listings of dulcimer recordings in the Archive of Folk Culture of the Library of Congress.

Pig in a Pen

Author : Phyllis Gaskins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (856 download)

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Download or read book Pig in a Pen written by Phyllis Gaskins and published by . This book was released on 2022-05-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pig in a Pen is a comprehensive, informative book dedicated to the unique playing and construction style and history of the Galax Dulcimer. Included are songs with playing instructions and Phyllis's adapted notation showing the authentic playing style of the Galax Dulcimer.This volume is a continuation of Phyllis Gaskins's first book of Galax tunes and is a valuable primary resource for all styles of the mountain dulcimer. Alternate tunings and notation for fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and banjo are included.

Complete Children's Dulcimer Method

Author : Mara Wasburn
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
ISBN 13 : 161911710X
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Complete Children's Dulcimer Method written by Mara Wasburn and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2016-07-14 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This outstanding children's method for mountain dulcimer is the result of the author's many years of sharing the dulcimer with children and has been successful with children as young as 5 years old. In it you will find many traditional songs and folk tunes arranged for the mountain dulcimer. Each song has a simple strum pattern indicated above it with fret numbers for the melody notes and lyrics included where appropriate. There are instructions for strumming, chording, fingerpicking and for three modal tunings (Ionian, Aeolian and Mixolydian). Harmony is included for many of the songs so two or more dulcimers can play together.

Playing the Mountain Dulcimer Made Easy

Author : Jeffrey A. Lambert
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1411666666
Total Pages : 39 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Playing the Mountain Dulcimer Made Easy written by Jeffrey A. Lambert and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You CAN play the mountain or lap dulcimer. This book makes it easy The mountain dulcimer is in the midst of a great revival It has found renewed popularity throughout the world. Persons of all nationalities are discovering the sweet music of this grand old instrument.

Dulcimer Jam

Author : Bonnie Carol
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
ISBN 13 : 1609744993
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Dulcimer Jam written by Bonnie Carol and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2011-02-24 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dulcimer Jam takes common and obscure tunes heard in jam sessions and arranges them for hammered dulcimer, fretted dulcimers (with tablature), and other instruments to play in a jam session setting.

Dirt Simple Mountain Dulcimer

Author : Madeline MacNeil
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
ISBN 13 : 1619114070
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Dirt Simple Mountain Dulcimer written by Madeline MacNeil and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 online audio include count-ins and are played at easy-to-follow moderate tempos. Includes access to online audio.

MusicHound Folk

Author : Neal Walters
Publisher : Visible Ink Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1110 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book MusicHound Folk written by Neal Walters and published by Visible Ink Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 1110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers discographies and reviews of recordings by hundreds of folk artists, with suggestions on what to buy and what to avoid.

American Fiddle Tunes for Mountain Dulcimer

Author : Lois Hornbostel
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
ISBN 13 : 1619114127
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book American Fiddle Tunes for Mountain Dulcimer written by Lois Hornbostel and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 1996-08-01 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains melodious and energetic music arranged for the novice toexperienced player in traditional keys,with musical notation so the selections can be played with other instruments. Accompaniment chords are included

The Story of the Dulcimer

Author : Ralph Lee Smith
Publisher : Charles K. Wolfe Music
ISBN 13 : 9781621902386
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Dulcimer written by Ralph Lee Smith and published by Charles K. Wolfe Music. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps no instrument better represents the music of Appalachia than the fretted dulcimer. The instrument was no longer confined to back porches and local music halls when Jean Ritchie so melodically thrust herself and her dulcimer into the national limelight during the folk revival of the 1950s. But where did the dulcimer, known to exist in no other folk culture in the world, come from? In The Story of the Dulcimer, Ralph Lee Smith traces the dulcimer's beginnings back to European immigration to America in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. As German immigrants settled in Pennsylvania and Appalachia, they brought with them scheitholts, a type of northern European fretted zither. As German immigrants intermingled with English and Scotch-Irish immigrants, the scheitholt, which was customarily played to a slower tempo in German cultural music, began to be musically integrated into the faster tempos of English and Scotch-Irish ballads and folk songs. As Appalachia absorbed an increasing flow of English and Scotch-Irish immigrants and the musical traditions they brought with them, the scheitholt steadily evolved into an instrument that reflected this folk music amalgamation, and the modern dulcimer was born. In this second edition, Smith brings the dulcimer's history into the twenty-first century with a new preface and updates to the original edition. Copiously illustrated with images of both antique scheitholts and contemporary dulcimers, The Story of the Dulcimer is a testament to the enduring musical heritage of Appalachia and solves one of the region's musical mysteries.

School of Dulcimer: Singing & Backup with the Mountain Dulcimer

Author : Madeline MacNeil
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
ISBN 13 : 1619113015
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book School of Dulcimer: Singing & Backup with the Mountain Dulcimer written by Madeline MacNeil and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2012-06-06 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new addition to Mel Bay's popular School Of series, MacNeil explains how to sing and accompany on the dulcimer. The book explains different chord types and how to apply them to a variety of songs. Learning backup will also help you hear chord changes and melodic movement, which will help you contribute to the song's narrative. The book includes accompanying audio

Field Guide to the Mountain Dulcimer, Book 1

Author : Anne Dodson
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
ISBN 13 : 161911786X
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Field Guide to the Mountain Dulcimer, Book 1 written by Anne Dodson and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2018-02-16 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spiced with humor, Anne Dodson’s Field Guide to the Mountain Dulcimer, Book 1 is a beautifully structured and organized guide, taking the beginning student step-by-step through a well-planned sequence of lessons. Friendly and encouraging, Book 1 covers tips on buying and maintaining the instrument, left and right hand techniques, chords, and accompaniment. Exercises, lots of fun tunes to play, and downloadable audio files to support the written instruction all make Field Guide to the Mountain Dulcimer, Book I a lasting resource.

A Collection of Original Music for Hammered Dulcimer & other insts

Author : Sam Rizzetta
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
ISBN 13 : 1609744047
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book A Collection of Original Music for Hammered Dulcimer & other insts written by Sam Rizzetta and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically, music composed specifically for the hammered dulcimer has been rare. Here are 56 Rizzetta original pieces, including reels, waltzes, hornpipes, jigs, rags, blues, boogie, airs, and music for meditation and healing, that explore all the depth, power, versatility, and emotion of this ancient and expressive instrument. the book includes background about the people, places, and events that inspired each composition. While some pieces require a 16/15 chromatic dulcimer, many fit a 12/11. Melody lines are in standard notation with chord symbols. Many have variations with advanced ornamentation; some have alternate arrangements for four octave chromatic dulcimers. In addition to solos, there are six ensemble arrangements, including quartets, which are useful for groups and workshop teachers. While this collection is most appropriate for intermediate and experienced players, advanced beginners will be able to play some of the tunes. the collection includes originals from the Sam Rizzetta CDs Dulcimer Boogie, Saving Trees, Trapezoid, Flowing Waters, Ocean's Edge, Bucks & Does, and Seven Valleys.

Speed Bumps on a Dirt Road

Author : John Cohen
Publisher : powerHouse Books
ISBN 13 : 9781576879269
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (792 download)

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Download or read book Speed Bumps on a Dirt Road written by John Cohen and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Speed Bumps on a Dirt Roadis a living document of country music's founding fathers and mothers. John Cohen photographed musicians, at home, backstage at public events, from the wings at fiddlers' conventions, out in country music parks, and in the studio for live radio show performances and recording sessions. Back in 1961 it was still possible to know a few of America's original country musicians from the '20s and '30s. Renowned and celebrated musician and artist John Cohen came of age at the confluence of old time and early bluegrass music, the historic intersection of traditional and folk music. Cohen traveled the country playing music, recording, and documenting what was to be a generation of musicians who would influence American music and culture for decades to come. Traveling between the Union Grove fiddlers' convention to the Grand Ole Opry to a coal celebration in Hazard, Kentucky, Cohen made historic photographs of performers like Bill Monroe and Doc Watson, the country's very first all-bluegrass show, and a bluegrass bar in Baltimore, among much more.Speed Bumps on a Dirt Roadpresents old time music as the root of country music. Includes photographs of: Flatt & Scruggs, fiddler "Eck" Robertsonin Amarillo, Texas, Doc Watson, bluegrass fiddler "Tex" Logan, the Stanley Brothers at Sunset Park, Sara and Maybelle of the Carter Family, and Cousin Emmy, Alice & Hazel, and a dulcimer in a parking lot.

Anthology for the Fretted Dulcimer

Author : Lois Hornbostel
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
ISBN 13 : 1619114054
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Anthology for the Fretted Dulcimer written by Lois Hornbostel and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2016-08-04 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection presents a colorful array of music for the fretted dulcimer illustrating a wide variety of playing styles and techniques. Mel Bay Publications asked Loisto author this method book/collection because of the adventurous diversity of her playing techniques and musical interests. It is a tour de force of mountain dulcimer playing techniques, ranging from traditional southern Appalachian to Cajun music, cowboy songs, sea chanteys, black spirituals, traditional Irish, Scottish, and English music, camp-meeting songs, and European, Mexican, Israeli, and Oriental folk music. The book also offer basic instruction on reading music and tablature, right- and left-hand techniques such as hammer-ons and pull-offs, strumming, fingerpicking, flatpicking, various tunings, and accompaniment chords. The pieces themselves are arranged in notation and tablature for the three-string dulcimer in a variety of tunings with lyrics where appropriate

You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer

Author : Madeline MacNeil
Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
ISBN 13 : 1609747143
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer written by Madeline MacNeil and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2016-01-12 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Madeline MacNeil's performances are characterized by her effortless vocals and impeccable mountain and hammered dulcimer playing. In this book she reveals some of the secrets of her success with the mountain dulcimer. Early on, she reminds the reader that the dulcimer is not a toy or a stringed kazoo but a serious, expressive musical instrument capable of stretching as far as the imagination. She endorses both playing by ear and learning to read standard notation. In easily-understood language she manages to explore some very complex, even esoteric concepts, making this a particularly valuable book for the beginning instrumentalists. You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer is simply a great fundamental book. Twelve intensive lessons in 95 pages. Standard notation and tablature. Illustrated with photographs and drawings.