Mel Bay

Author: Madeline MacNeil
Format: Book with Audio Online
Instrumentation: Hammered Dulcimer

The hammered dulcimer is a unique, great-sounding, fun-to-play instrument that arrived in America via England and Ireland. It appears throughout many countries over centuries and has contributed to the invention of the piano. So many tunes and songs we enjoy today sound wonderful when played on the hammered dulcimer. This book starts by teaching you how to hold the hammers and where notes are located on the instrument. Songs you will learn include Skip To My Lou, Oh! Susanna, Amazing Grace, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and Old MacDonald Had A Farm. In addition, the accompanying online audio allows you to play tunes with author, renowned hammered dulcimer performer and writer, Madeline MacNeil! Each recording includes count offs and access to the audio is included with the book.

Contents:

• Hammered Dulcimer Story
• Dulcimer Strings
• Your Dulcimer
• Tuning Your Dulcimer
• Holding Your Hammers
• Playing Tunes With Your Hammers
• Rhythm and Timing
• Music Friendship, Sharing Notes
• Dulcimer Playing Ideas
• Amazing Grace
• April Flowers
• Are You Sleeping?
• Away In A Manger
• Au Clair de la Lune
• Auld Lang Syne.
• Boil That Cabbage Down
• Buffalo Gals
• Come Follow
• Mary Had A Little Lamb (Key of D)
• Mary Had A Little Lamb (Key of G)
• Mary Had A Little Lamb (Key of high C)
• Mary Had A Little Lamb (Key of low C)
• May Flowers
• Meadow Dancing
• Ode To Joy
• Old MacDonald Had A Farm
• Oh! Susanna
• Skip To My Lou
• Soldier's Joy
• Summer Flowers
• Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Key of D)
• Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Key of G)
• Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Key of high C)
• Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Key of low C)