Fifty Irish Songs and Tunes

By Dallas Cline

Gorgeous arrangements of Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes, Airs, and Songs by longtime dulcimer player and teacher Dallas Cline. Includes  tabs in many tunings. From easy to advanced, including strumming, flatpicking, and fingerpicking arrangements. Favorites include: The Croppy Boy; Britches Full of Stitches; I'll Tell Me Ma; She Moved Through the Fair; Dawning of the Day; Lark in the Morning.

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A Classical Collection 

By Susan Trump

This is Susan Trump's Solo and Ensemble Arrangements for the mountain dulcimer for Novice, Intermediate and Advanced Players. This first edition is a collector's item! It contains some handwritten tab as well as some that has made it to the computer. Susan has tried to make each song as easy to read as possible. She has included a combination of tunes and harmonies which can be played with friends in dulcimer clubs or on your own. It is her hope that you enjoy the tunes and it will help expand your dulcimer repertoire."

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First Lessons - Dulcimer

by Joyce Ochs

While it's perfectly possible for DAD and DAA players to get along -- dulcimists being nice people, after all -- and to play any tune together, sharing tablature (that's the standard dulcimer notation) between the two tunings requires mental gymnastics that are beyond most of us! This book gets beginners going in the tuning that's fast becoming the favorite among Mountain Dulcimer players all over.

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Dulcimer Pocketbook

Poke this into the soundhole of your dulcimer and you're ready to pack it anywhere and have your basic lessons available for the beach, your office, your lawyer's office or the ballpark. Contains vital material for beginners and several essential basic tunes. 

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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 (good thing, too, because we don't understand 'em), transpositions, using a capo, playing dulcimer in jam sessions, and more. Special case size.

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Fingerpicking Dulcimer

by Janita Baker

A collection of 21 songs arranged in a fingerpicking style for the mountain dulcimer, this book offers a wide variety of musical genres and playing levels. Divided equally between arrangements for three and four equidistant strings, the songs progress in difficulty within each section from beginner to advanced level. Each piece is written in both standard music notation and dulcimer tablature, and is accompanied by performance tips for playing that song. Many arrangements utilize the 6 1/2 fret, and tunings range from standard modal tunings to four-string variations. The arrangements cover a wide range of song styles including traditional ragtime, blues, and classical standards. Songs include My Old Kentucky Home; Londonderry Air, All Through the Night, The Entertainer, Careless Love, House of the Rising Sun, Für Elise, and Bach's Minuet in G. There is an extensive introduction on playing techniques for both left and right hands, tunings, reading tablature, and dulcimer embellishments. The accompanying CD is an instrumental recording of solo dulcimer, designed to give the student a note-for-note reference to each written arrangement while providing a performance-quality listening experience.

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O'Carolan Harp Tunes for Mountain Dulcimer

by Shelley Stevens

Turlough O'Carolan is the most revered of all Irish harpers and composers. This collection, expertly transcribed in notation and tablature, presents 30 beloved O'Carolan melodies featuring a uniquely Irish collection of moods and meditations. The arrangements are designed for the intermediate to advanced player, performing on a dulcimer with a 6 and 1/2 fret. The book also includes playing tips and a biographical sketch of Turlough O'Carolan.

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Songs and Tunes of the Wilderness Road
Arrangements for Appalachian Dulcimer

by Ralph Lee Smith & Madeline MacNeil 

This collection of traditional music for the mountain dulcimer seeks to reunite this beautiful instrument with the people, the music, and the world from which it came. It tells the story of the Wilderness Road, a trail through the Appalachian Mountains from Gate City, Virginia, to Fort Boonesboro, Kentucky, blazed by Daniel Boone, and links it to the history and heritage of the mountain dulcimer. Numerous photographs and maps help tell the story, and each tune in the book includes a historical anecdote describing its origin. This book is a must for anyone interested in the history of the Appalachian Mountain region and its music. The sixteen tunes in this book are written in notation and tablature for the standard three-course mountain dulcimer (without the 6 1/2 or 1 1/2 fret in the fretboard), with chord symbols and complete lyrics. A knowledge of simple chording techniques is all that is needed to play the tunes. The tunings used are Ionian (DAA), Aeolian (DAC), and Dorian (DAG)

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Favorite Old-Time American Songs for Dulcimer

by Mark Nelson 

This giant book features over 100 of America's favorite folk songs, expertly arranged for the Appalachaian dulicmer. Children's songs, work songs, old Anglo-American ballads, songs of strife and freedom, love songs and much, much more are all gathered here in arrangements suitable for the beginning and intermediate player. The songs come from all over – old books and sheet music, transcriptions from field recordings, but mostly from the singing of countless folks in kitchens and festival hallways, street corners and concert stages.

Songs include "Poor Wayfaring Stranger," "Tenting Tonight," "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down," "Oh, Death," "Careless Love," and many, many more.

Tunings used include D-A-D and D-A-A, as well as C-G-C and C-G-G and several modal tunings. All are playable on any three- or four-stringed dulcimer. Some use a 6 1/2 fret. Includes information on reading music and TAB, notes on transposing, and a useful index of songs by tuning. In standard notation and TAB, with guitar chords.

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Front Porch Old-Time Songbook

by Wayne Erbson

Forty-eight all-time favorite traditional songs selected by Wayne Erbsen. Each selection is ideal for "singing and pickin" and is presented with melody line, lyrics, and guitar chords. A special feature is the inclusion of folk stories, jokes and photos.

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Deluxe Tinwhistle Songbook

by Patrick Conway

Ireland's Patrick Conway has collected 71 favorite Irish ballads, hornpipes, jigs, and reels and transcribed them for the D tinwhistle. Guitar chords are shown for each piece.
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A Celtic Tinwhistle Christmas

Arranged and Edited by James Tanguay

Here's a book you'll be pulling off the shelf for many Christmases to come. A Tinwhistle Christmas is a treasury of 24 Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English holiday carols all suitably adorned with Celtic calligraphy. Simple duets for two whistles, a round for three, and arrangements for solo whistle with guitar chords are all printed on a large, easy to read staff. From the hauntingly beautiful melodies of the Hebrides, to the ancient airs of Ireland, to the familiar Yuletide tunes of Wales, England and Scotland, these songs are sure to warm your heart and rouse the spirit of this giving season in a way no other music can.

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	All You That In This House Child in the Manger
	Christmas Day is Come
	Christmas is Coming
	Deck the Halls
	Gloucestershire Wassail
	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
	Here We Come Awassailing
	I Saw Three Ships Asailing In
	Joseph and Gentle Mary
	Joy to the World
	Righteous Joseph
	Sans Day Carol
	The Christ Child's Lullaby
	The Coventry Carol
	The Darkest Midnight in December
	The Eeny Round
	The Furry Day Carol
	The Holly and the Ivy Girl
	The Wexford Carol
	This New Christmas Carol
	Wassail! Wassail!
	We Wish You A Merry Christmas
	While Shepherds Watched

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Whistler's Pocket Companion

by Dona Gilliam & Mizzy McCaskill 

The most comprehensive tinwhistle tutor available! Contains over 150 delightful tunes in a colorful variety of music styles. Classical, folk, and Irish melodies are presented with guitar chords shown. The carefully sequenced pedagogy guides the player through note reading while introducing the full range of the instruments. Ensemble music is also introduced. Also works well for fife or flute. Key of D. The companion CD includes selected pieces and exercises performed with guitar accompaniment in stereo.

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Instant Tin Whistle 

The Instant Tin Whistle series is designed to nurture the initial surge of enthusiasm you may experience when first playing the instrument, and has been carefully designed to substantially increase your chances of success. Pick the book - Folk, Popular, Irish or Scottish - in which you know the most tunes. Each book features 26 well-known melodies with every single note shown by a special, easy-to-learn whistle tablature as well as conventional notation. The lessons are realistically and steadily graded so as not to overwhelm the student. Difficult traditional dances tunes, music particularly suited to the tin whistle, are introduced only on the last few pages to give a taste of things to come. Perfect for individuals, groups, or schools wanting to incorporate traditional music into their curriculum. These tunes are suitable for any melody instrument, but the D tinwhistle is preferred. Lyrics, guitar chords, illustrations, rudiments of music (using the British naming system) and chord charts are also included.

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Mandolin Tablature Pad

by William Bay 

Here's a handy notation and tablature pad for Tabbing out tunes for the increasingly popular style of playing four equally spaced strings. It features six systems per page consisting of a standard notation staff with a 4-line tablature staff beneath. In each system, the standard 5-line staff is denoted by the usual treble clef sign; the uppermost tab staff on each page is distinguished by a stylish mandolin headstock graphic plus string numbers, with the same bold numbers highlighting the other five tab staves on each page. While intended expressly for the mandolin, this manuscript paper would serve equally well for the tenor or plectrum banjo or any 4-course fretted instrument whose music is written in the treble clef. 48 sheets, printed on both sides.

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Music Pocketbooks

Quick introductions to various instruments, and handy tunebooks. Excellent for beginners and dabblers, especially those with some experience with other instruments. Most contain instruction and tunes, while some contain only tunes: which is which is noted below.

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