I like this book even though I am a beginner because it starts out at the beginning phase and works up. It moves up quite fast and into more complex material quickly but if you put the effort in to learn the material as you go along it will get you playing dulcimer at a level where you can join jams. Perhaps I am able to learn the material because I play other instruments and have a good grasp of music and just needed to apply it to the dulcimer.