This collection of traditional music for the mountain dulcimer seeks to reunite this beautiful instrument with 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 description of its origin. Essential for study of the music and history of the Appalachian Mountains. 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).

$14.95 - Songs and Tunes of the Wilderness Road

Cumberland Gap, The Devil's Nine Questions(Child Ballad #1), Sourwood Mountain, Shady Grove, Bold Robing(Child Ballad #140), Old Man in the Mill, The Unquiet Grave(Child Ballad #78), Sailing at High Tide, Three Nights Drunk(Child Ballad #274), When are You Coming to See Me?, The Three Babes(Child Ballad #79), The Coo Coo Bird, The Storms are on the Ocean(Child Ballad #76), Cripple Creek, Sheep Shell Corn by the Rattlin of His Horn, I Gave My Love a Cherry(Child Ballad #46)

Folk Songs of Old Kentucky
by Ralph Lee Smith & Madeline Macneil
 
This book provides 20 Anglo-American folk songs, field-collected by two remarkable real-life "song catchers," Josephine McGill and Loraine Wyman, in the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky in 1914 and 1916. Josephine and Loraine, the latter accompanied by Howard Brockway, composer and arranger, were among the first to search for folk songs in the Southern Appalachians. The adventurers traveled hundreds of miles on horseback and on foot through an isolated area to which radios, roads and cars had not yet come. They made friends in lonely log cabins, and transcribed some 200 song treasures, some of which they published in books that are now out of print and rare. This book gives the background of each, and includes accounts of their mountain adventures, published by Josephine and Howard in long-forgotten publications. The second half of the book is a selection of the songs, presented with standard notation, guitar chords, and dulcimer tablature. Seven  songs are arranged for both DAD and DAA tunings, four for DAD, three for DAA, and six for the DAC tuning.

$14.95 - Folk Songs of Old Kentucky

 

 Little Sparrow, Barbara Allen, Frog Went a-Courting, As I Walked Out, Sweetheart in the Army, Charming Beauty Bright, John Riley, The Lonesome Scenes of Winter, The Cherry Tree Carol, The Lady and the Glove, The Barnyard Song, Her Cheek is Like Some Blooming Red Rose, Noah's Ark, The Cuckoo,First Version, The Cuckoo,Second Version, Loving Hannah, Fair Nottiman Town, Sourwood Mountain, The Inquisitive Lover, Peggy Walker

The Wonderful World of DAA
by Madeline Macneil

Wonderful World DAA BCD - $17.95

All Through The Night, Auld Lang Syne, Aura Lee, Be Thou My Vision, Beach Spring, Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes, Flower Carol, Grandfather's Clock, If All The World Were Paper, Lodging On The Cold Ground, Lovely Nancy, Southwind, Spotted Pony, The Ash Grove, The Shucking Of The Corn, The Water Is Wide, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Un Canadien Errant, Will Ye Gang To Kelvingrove

 

You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer
by Madeline Macneil

$10.50 - You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer Book

Teach Yourself Dulcimer BCD - $18.95

Cajun Favorites for Mountain Dulcimer
by Lois Hornbostel

This collection of sweet waltzes and lively two-steps presents an exciting new repertoire for mountain dulcimer players, with playing techniques for authentic style. A CD of all the music is included, and the notation and chords in standard keys can also be used for other instruments. This music suits the mountain dulcimer well because it comes from the Cajun accordion, which has the same simple diatonic scale. The easy melodies and chord progressions in this repertoire can be played by less experienced dulcimer players, while the tips on improvisation and embellished versions offer creativity for more experienced players.

Cajun Favorites BCD - $19.95

30 Tunes For
The Banjo/Dulcimer
 by 'Red Dog Jam'

Jack Giger and Mary Tangen have put together a nice collection of Banjo/Dulcimer arrangements.  These 31 tunes have been chosen because theysound particularly good when played on a banjo dulcimer, and are arranged in a style that enhances the banjo sound. Tab is layed out as standard dulcimer tab, so the songs can also be played on a mountain dulcimer.  There is strumming, flatpicking, and fingerpicking here.  The accompanying CD has each song played at both learning speed and up to speed.  All songs are in DAD and can be played in any 1-5-8 tuning, with no capo necessary.

$20.00 - 30 Tunes Banjo/Dulcimer BCD

Fingerpicking Dulcimer by Janita Baker

$19.95 - Fingerpicking Dulcimer

First Lessons Dulcimer by Joyce Ochs

Celtic Songs and Slow Airs
 for the Mountain Dulcimer
by Neal Hellman