This beginner's method presents clear, concise instruction for learning to play the traditional three-stringed mountain dulcimer. Thirty-eight songs are taught with notation and fret numbers for each note. Chord symbols are also included for playing with guitar, banjo, or another chording instrument. Melody playing with drones and basic chord playing are both taught. Lyrics are included with the songs for added fun. From the time this text was first published, it has been a steady best seller.
Songs included:
Amazing Grace
Aura Lee
Battle Hymn Of The Republic
Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair
Blue Tail Fly
Brother John
Careless Love
Cockles And Mussels
Come All Ye Fair And Tender Maidens
Down In The Valley
Frankie And Johnny
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Good King Wenceslas
Greensleeves
I Ride An Old Paint
John Henry
Joy
Kum Ba Ya
Loch Lomond
Michael, Row The Boat Ashore
O Tannenbaum
Old Joe Clark
On Top Of Old Smokey
Oranges And Lemons
Pass Me Not
Red River Valley
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Shenandoah
Skip To My Lou
Streets Of Laredo
Sweet By And By
The Blue Bells Of Scotland
The Wearing Of The Green
This Train
Worried Man Blues
