| Mel Bay's School Of Dulcimer: A Musical Notation Journey With Modes, Tunings & Scores
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Item 1303807HB, 32 pages, $14.95
The dulcimer is a unique instrument in many ways, with the modal layout of the fretboard prime among them. Early in its days in the Appalachian Mountains players would retune a string, bringing the dulcimer from major to minor and other modes. Today's players work in different tunings also, and this book shows why and how all of this happens.
Music is a language that comes from the soul rather than solely from the dots and line. However, the dots and lines have their own stories. Learn where the notes fall on the fretboard and how they fit into the modes most dulcimer players know: Ionian/Major, Aeolian/Minor, Mixolydian and Dorian. Scale variations, pentatonic and hexatonic, are also outlined. Fifteen songs and tunes are written in musical notation as well as dulcimer tablature. A CD, with the tunings and count-offs, enable one to play all of the songs in the book along with the recording.
* Location of musical notes on the dulcimer.
* Study of modes: Ionian/Major, Aeolian/Minor, Mixolydian and Dorian.
* Study of scale variations: pentatonic and hexatonic
* Songs and tunes written in musical notation and tablature.
* Accompanying CD with which students can play.
By Madeline MacNeil
Overall Difficulty: Beginning-Intermediate
Instrument: Dulcimer (Mountain)
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Series: School Of
| Song Titles | | Blackbirds And Thrushes - © MMVIII
All The World Is Sleeping - © MMVIII
Goin' To Boston - © MMVIII
John Brown's Dream - © MMVIII
Greensleeves - © MMVIII
Fortune My Foe - © MMVIII
Geordie - © MMVIII
The Shepherd And His Fife - © MMVIII
Amazing Grace - © MMVIII
Auld Lang Syne - © MMVIII
At The Foot Of Yonder Mountain - © MMVIII
Angels Watchin' Over Me - © MMVIII
Spanish Ladies - © MMVIII
Bethel - © MMVIII
The Rolling Stones - © MMVIII
No Body's Jig - © MMVIII |
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Book Format: Dulcimer Solo | |
  This book has a difficulty rating of 2-3 on a scale of 1 to 6 with 6 being the hardest.
 Chord symbols are included in this book.
 A CD is included with this book.
 Guitar tablature is included with this book.
 Song lyrics are included in this book.
Publisher: "Mel Bay's School Of Dulcimer: A Musical Notation Journey With Modes, Tunings & Scores" was published by Mel Bay Publications. |
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