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Dave Haas - Beautiful Melodies

Item Number 1310103

Regular price $30.00

This workbook/CD set was written for the novice-intermediate player who desires to make beautiful melodies on the mountain dulcimer by playing notes on at a time (arpeggios).

The book is more than a collection of songs - it provides detailed written and audio instruction on how to play arpeggios on the mountain dulcimer. The workbook consists of 17 song arrangements and 15 arpeggio exercises which build the skills necessary to play beautiful, slow and melodic music on the dulcimer. All of the songs and exercises are referenced to the accompanying CD, which allows the listener to play along while learning how to bring forth beautiful melodies from the mountain dulcimer.

60 pages.

Songs included:

Fre-re Jaques - DAD Tuning
Amazing Grace (Melody And Chords) - DAD Tuning
Silent Night (Melody) - DAD Tuning
Silent Night (Melody And Chords) - DAD Tuning
Auld Lang Syne - DAD Tuning
In The Bleak Midwinter - DAD Tuning
Brown-Eyed Girl - DAD Tuning - Composed by: Dave Haas
How Can I Keep From Singing? - DAD Tuning
Danny Boy - DAD Tuning
Down By The Sally Gardens - DAD Tuning
Just As I Am - DAD Tuning
Morning Has Broken - DAD Tuning
What Child Is This? - DAD Tuning
Wild Mountain Thyme - DAD Tuning
Simple Gifts - DAD Tuning
Can You Hear Me Calling? - DAD Tuning - Composed by: Dave Haas - Copyright: 2003

Other content:

About The Instructor
Right Hand Technique
Left Hand Technique
Filler Notes - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 1 (Forward-Back Scale) - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 2 (Forward-Forward-Back-Back Scale) - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 3 (First Position Chords) - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 4 (Half-Slanted Chords - 4/4 Time) - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 5 (3/4 Time - Scale) - DAD Tuning
Amazing Grace - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 6 (First Position Chords - 3/4 Time) - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 7 (Half-Slanted Chords - 3/4 Time) - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 8 (3/4 Time - Chords) - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 9 (L-Shaped Chords) - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 10 (L-Shaped Chords, Quarter And Eighth Notes) - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 11 (D-G-A Chord Positions) - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 12 (L-Shaped Chords, With Moving Thumb) - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 13 (Backup Chords, Auld Lang Syne) - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 14 (Backup Chords, In The Bleak Midwinter) - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 15 (Fast Chords) - DAD Tuning
Backup Chords - DAD Tuning

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Greg Rohall
Dave Hass in your music room

This is an excellent book that covers in much detail the specifics of Dave's way of playing.
He is so personable and friendly sounding on the enclosed cd that it's almost as if he''s right there sitting next to you and helping you with one-on-one instruction!

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SL
Beautiful Melodies0great book

This book and CD provides written and audio instructions on how to play arpeggios to make beautiful melodies. It's a great teaching tool!

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Ann Shook

Dave Haas - Beautiful Melodies

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Donna Gooch
Beautiful melodies

The book is great and love, love the tunes. Worth the purchase.

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CG
Great Intro Book

The Beautiful Melodies book by Dave Haas is a step by step start to learning the arpeggio method. Using the CD is like have a mini class with the instructor.