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You Can Teach Yourself to Play
Dulcimer; (VIDEO) Contents:
Following a carefully worded introduction, Madeline sets to
work in earnest. Section headings include: Exploring the
Dulcimer, Dulcimer Problems, Holding the Dulcimer, Tuning,
Strumming, Picks, Reading Tablature, Fingering, Picking and
Strumming/Fingerstyle Playing, Singing While You Play,
Tuning/Retuning and Why, D A D Tuning, Playing While Others
Play, Using a Noter, Changing Strings, Interpretation,
Harmonics, and Using a Capo.
The balance of the book is directed towards teaching songs
that illustrate a musical point the author wishes to make.
Extensive performance notes are included for such tunes as:
Are You Sleeping, Boil that Cabbage Down, Waterbound,
Soldier's Joy, Cripple Creek, John Brown's Dream, Down in
the Valley, Ode to Joy, Oh, Susanna, Au Clair de la Lune,
Flop-eared Mule, Golden Slippers, Simple Gifts, Amazing
Grace, She'll Be Comin 'Round the Mountain, Home on the
Range, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Away in a Manger,
The Ash Grove, Arkansas Traveler, Shady Grove, Greensleeves,
The Willow Song, Goin' to Boston, Bonnie Tyneside, Home on
the Range, Whiskey Before Breakfast, Harvest Home, Country
Gardens, and others.
Author: Madeline MacNeil
Price: $29.95
Item Name:
You Can Teach Yourself to Play Dulcimer (VIDEO) by Madeline MacNeil
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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.
Tweleve intensive lessons in 95 pages. Standard notation and
tablature. Illustrated with photographs and drawings.
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