Field Guide to the Mountain Dulcimer, Book 1 (Book + Online Audio)
by Anne Dodson
Spiced with humor, Anne Dodson’s Field Guide to the Mountain Dulcimer, Book 1 is a beautifully structured and organized guide, taking the beginning student step-by-step through a well-planned sequence of lessons. Friendly and encouraging, Book 1 covers tips on buying and maintaining the instrument, left and right hand techniques, chords, and accompaniment. Exercises, lots of fun tunes to play, and downloadable audio files to support the written instruction all make Field Guide to the Mountain Dulcimer, Book I a lasting resource.
Contents
Dedication .......... 4
Acknowledgements and Credits ......... 5
Introduction to Book 1
Background ..... 6
How this book works ................. 6
Audio downloads ....................... 7
Differences between instruments .......................... 7
Tuning ..... 9
Styles of playing, and what makes this book unique .. 10
Buying a dulcimer .................... 11
Left-handed players ................. 11
Care and Feeding of Your Dulcimer: how to keep your instrument healthy .. 14
Blank TAB for three-string and four-string instruments 17
Level I – The Basics
Introduction to Level I: a pep talk ..... 22
Chapter 1: The Basics: body position, fingering, first tunes 24
Chapter 2: Recognizing Frets: finding your way around the fretboard .......... 34
Chapter 3: Basic Right Hand Techniques: strumming, picking and plucking ......................... 36
Chapter 4: Playing on All Three Strings: becoming dimensional ................. 51
Chapter 5: Chords and How They Work on the Dulcimer:
positions, majors, minors, “undefined” chords and charts .................... 60
Chapter 6: Combining Chords with Basic Right Hand Techniques:
putting it all together ................ 84
Chapter 7: Basic Left Hand Techniques: pull-offs, hammer-ons and slides . 91
Chapter 8: Take a Break – Level I: some tunes for you to play ................... 110
Index of Tunes and Songs ................ 119
About the Author .. 120
Product Number:30608M Format:Book + Online Audio Skill Level:Beginning Notation Type:Standard Notation and Tab Pages:120 Binding:Squareback Saddle Stitched Size:8.75 x 11.75 ISBN13:978-15134-6066-6 Publisher:Mel Bay Publications, Inc. Date Published:2/16/2018