"Pig In A Pen" follows Phyllis's first book, A Job Of Journey Work, and is also a comprehensive, informative book dedicated to the unique playing and construction style of the Galax Dulcimer. Included are songs with playing instructions and Phyllis' own adapted notation showing the authentic playing style of the Galax dulcimer. History and construction as well as some of the artists who defined this style are also included.
Phyllis has illustrated this book around the title theme. Her magic as an artist and illustrator abound as the book is not only informative but beautiful.
All songs in this book assume that all strings are tuned to D. Songs noted below as D tunes have the "Do" starting at fret zero. Songs noted below as G tunes have the "Do" starting at fret three. Songs noted below as A tunes have the "Do" starting at fret four, and recommend that you use a partial capo (drone strings only) at fret one. Songs noted below as E minor tunes have the "Do" starting at fret one, and suggest either tuning the drone strings to E's, or using a partial capo at fret one. (Phyllis talks about how to make a partial capo - false nut - on page nineteen of her book "A Job Of Journey Work".)
Instructions are also included for playing these songs in DAD tuning.
This book is published by Folkcraft® Instruments, under the Fingers Of Steel® imprint.
Songs included:
D Tunes
Can You Dance A Tobacco Hill?
Cheat River
Cousin Sally Brown
Down By The Salley Gardens
The Eighth Of January
Grasshopper Sittin' On A Sweet Potato Vine
Lifting Fog
Lily Of The Valley
Morpeth Rant
Nancy Blevins
Needlecase
Rocking My Babies To Sleep
Rock That Cradle, Joe
Trude Evans
Tucker's Barn
Twin Sisters
Home Now
G Tunes
Barlow Knife
Billy In The Lowland
Cotton-Eyed Joe
Gentle Maiden
The Irish Washerwoman
Jamie Allen
Lost Girl
Magpie
Mulvahill's Polkas #1
Mulvahill's Polkas #2
Old Dad
Old Yeller Dog Came Trottin' Through The Meetin' House
Pear Tree
Pig In A Pen
Piney Woods Gal
Prettiest Little Girl In The County
Roscoe
Walking That Pretty Girl Home
Waves On The Ocean
The Deaf Woman's Courtship
A (A-ish) Tunes
Betty Likens
Callahan
June Apple
Little Dutch Girl
Little Rabbit
Oh, Miss Liza, Poor Gal
Old Mother Flannagan
Ole Time John Henry
Red Haired Boy
Santa Anna's Retreat
Sourwood Mountain
Sullivan's Polka
Tater Patch
Undaunted Noter
Walsh's Hornpipe
Two-Key Tunes
Belfast Polka
Little Black Dog Came Trottin' Down The Road
Puncheon Floor
E Minor Tunes
Lanigan's Ball
Scollay's Reel
The Butterfly
