Instructional
books and videos.
(See page 2 for song books.)
TK
O'Brien's Guide to Playing the Mountain Dulcimer Ionian Mode (DAA Tuning)
TK O'Brien's Guide to Playing the Mountain Dulcimer Mixolydian
Mode (DAD Tuning)
First Lessons Dulcimer: DAD Tuning
You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer
Learn to Play Mountain Dulcimer
Complete Dulcimer Handbook
Hands-On Dulcimer
Dulcimer Chord Book
Dulcimer Chords DVD
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TK
O'Brien's Guide To Playing The Mountain Dulcimer Ionian Mode (DAA
Tuning) by Karin Lyle
Easy beginners book in DAA tuning. Introduces some chord techniques.
In notation and tablature.
BOOK (AMD-IB) $7.95 $7.55
TK
O'Brien's Guide To Playing The Mountain Dulcimer Mixolydian Mode (DAD
Tuning) by Karin Lyle
Easy beginners book in DAD tuning. Introduces some chord techniques.
In notation and tablature.
BOOK (AMD-MB) $7.95 $7.55
First
Lessons Dulcimer: DAD Tuning by Joyce Ochs
Good beginners book for DAD tuning. Introduces chord techniques. In
notation and tabalture. BOOK (98388BCD) $7.95
$7.55
You
Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer by Madeline MacNeil
In this book master dulcimer player Madeline MacNeil teaches beginning
players tuning, scales, strumming, fingering, chord studies, alternate
tunings, use of the capo, and how to use the "noter." She
endorses both playing by ear and learning to read standard notation.
In twelve intensive lessons, she explains everything from the basics
to some very complex concepts in easily understood language, making
this a particularly valuable book for the beginning instrumentalist.
The lessons and songs are written in both standard notation and tablature.
This package also includes the companion DVD in which MacNeil demonstrates
the techniques and songs taught in the book. CD also included. BOOK/CD/DVD
(94304SET) $24.95 $23.70
Learn
to Play Mountain Dulcimer by Mark Biggs
All of the songs on this DVD are in the mixolydian tuning. One main
goal of this method is to teach you to take a melody line and put the
appropriate chord structure behind it. This DVD will lead you through
a series of finger warm-ups, scale practice, crossovers, walking the
scale and many other exercises.
90 minutes.
DVD (94385DVD) $19.95 $18.95
Complete
Dulcimer Handbook by Mark Biggs
This book was written as a basic guide and source book for all dulcimer
players, from the novice to the most advanced picker. With its 53 songs
in various modes and tunings, The Complete Dulcimer Handbook is meant
to be used as a songbook, a lesson plan book, and a step-by-step guide
from beginner to intermediate or advanced level. The
mountain dulcimer's history, stringing, tuning, and repair are all covered
along with finger exercises, chording, strumming, transposing keys and
bowing techniques. Songs and exercises are written in tablature and
standard notation. 195 pages.
BOOK/CD (94047BCD) $24.95 $23.70
Hands-On
Dulcimer by Mike Casey
Designed to help the dulcimer player grown in technical ability by developing
strength, precision, control and flexibility in both hands. Explores
flatpicking, fingerpicking, slurs, chords, strumming, left hand precision
and placement, right hand strength and control, volume, tone, articulation
and more. Most tunes and exercises are in DAD with a few exceptions.
Some exercises are included for four string and five string dulcimers.
6+ fret required. The accompanying CD demonstrates key exercises and
most of the tunes in the book. 176 pages.
BOOK/CD (98392BCD) $24.95 $23.70
Dulcimer
Chord Book by Neal Hellman
Over 500 mountain dulcimer chords for the five widely used modes --
Mixolydian, Ionian, Lydian, Dorian, and Aeolian--plus jazz and four-string
chromatic tunings. Includes an explanation and history of modes, transposition,
using a capo, playing dulcimer in jam sessions, and more. Special case
size (4½ in. by 12 in.). 64 pages.
BOOKLET (94662) $7.95 $7.55
Dulcimer
Chords DVD by Joe Carr
Shows clearly how to make different chords. Many experienced dulcimer
players are surprised to learn that they can change chrods just like
other instruments. Using the popular DAD tuning, Joe Carr shows step-by-step
for many useful chord forms.
DVD (96851DVD) $9.95 $9.45
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