Mountain Dulcimer Books
by Shelley Stevens
Folk Notes Music Books


Stephen Foster for the Mountain Dulcimer
by Shelley Stevens

Fifty-eight of America’s Troubadour’s finest compositions including lesser and well known Foster songs of the 1800’s. The companion CD contains thirty-three of the tunes in the book. The spiral bound book contains melody line in standard notation with chords and tablature for the mountain dulcimer mostly in DAd tuning (some in DAA and DGd). It is geared for the experienced beginner up to the intermediate/advanced player.

$22.95 - Stephen Foster for Mountain Dulcimer

Angelina Baker, Beautiful Dreamer, Better Times are Coming, Comrades Fill No Glass for Me, De Camptown Races, Dolly Day, Don’t Bet Your Money on De Shanghai, Down Among the Cane Breaks, Ellen Bayne, Fairy Belle, Farewill My Lilly Dear, Gentle Lena Clare, Give the Stranger Happy Cheer, Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread, Glendy Burk, Happy Hours at Home, Hard Times Come Again No More, I’ll Be a Soldier, I’ll Be Home Tomorrow, If You’ve Only Got a Moustache, Irene, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, Jenny June, Jenny’s Coming O’er the Green, Kissing in The Dark, Little Belle Blair, Little Jenny Dow, Lou’siana Belle, Lula is Gone, Maggie By My Side, Mary Loves the Flowers, Merry Merry Month of May, Molly Dear Good Night, Molly Do you Love Me?, My Old Kentucky Home, Nelly and I, Nelly Bly, Nelly was a Lady, Oh! Lemuel, Old Black Joe, Old Dog Tray, Old Folks at Home, Old Memories, Open Thy Lattice Love, Ring De Banjo, Slumber My Darling, Song of All Songs, Summer Longings, Susanna, Sweet Little Maid of the Mountain, That’s What’s the Matter, The Hour for Thee and Me, Tioga Waltz, Under the Willow She’s Sleeping, Virginia Belle, We are Coming Father Abraam 300,000 More, Willie My Brave, Willie We Have Missed You.



O'Carolan Harp Tunes for
 the Mountain Dulcimer

by Shelley Stevens

Thirty tunes from Ireland’s most revered harper. The book contains standard notation and tablature with chords A majority of the tunes are in DAd tuning.  The arrangements are suitable for intermediate to advanced players.

O'Carolan Tunes for Mountain Dulcimer - $8.95

Blind Mary, Bridget Cruise, Carolan’s Draught, Carolan’s Dream, Cremonea, Denis O’Conor, Donal O’Brien, Eleanor Plunkett, Father Brian MacDermott Roe, John Drury, Kitty Magennis, Lady Gethin, Lady St. John, Lament for Terence MacDonough, Lord Inchquin, Miss Goulding, Miss Murphy, O’Carolan’s Concerto, One Bottle More, Peggy Morton, Planxty George Brabazon, Planxty Sweeny, Richard Cusack, Robert Hawkes, Sheebeg Sheemore, Sir Charles Coote, Squire Parsons, The Two William Davises


The Baker's Dozen Series
by Shelley Stevens

A series of mountain dulcimer tablature books each containing 13 songs/tunes. Each book contains tunes of a different style of music with each tune written in standard notation and tablature,
with chords, in DAd tuning. The tunes in each book are designed for experienced beginners up to intermediate/advanced players.


BD1 Celtic MusicBaker’s Dozen #1 CELTIC MUSIC
by Shelley Stevens


Tunes include: Annie Laurie, Another Jig Will Do, Black Nag, The Bonny Boy, The Boys of Wexford, The Cliffs of Doneen, Connemara Cradle Song, The Hills of Connemara, John Ryan’s Polka, The Minstrel Boy, The Sally Gardens, Swallowtail Jig and Temperence Reel.  Mountain dulcimer tab and standard notation, chords.

BD1 Celtic Music - $6.00

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BD2 Fiddle Tunes
Baker’s Dozen #2  FIDDLE TUNES
by Shelley Stevens

Tunes Include: Blackberry Blossom, Flop-eared Mule, Flying Hog Reel, Folding Down the Sheets, Jenny Lind Polka, Johnson Boys, Petronella, Shady Grove, Shakin’ Down the Corn, St. Anne’s Reel, Staten Island, Whiskey Before Breakfast (Fiddle Style) and Whiskey Johnny.  Mountain dulcimer tab and standard notation, chords.

BD2 Fiddle Tunes - $6.00

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BD3 Old Time TunesBaker’s Dozen #3  OLD TIME SONGS
by Shelley Stevens

Tunes include: All Good times are Past and Gone, Beautiful Brown Eyes, Bury Me Beneath the Willows, Home on the Range, My Mother’s Bible, The Old Oaken Bucket, The Old Spinning Wheel, Poor Ellen Smith, The Prisoner’s Song, Shoo Fly - Don’t Bother Me, The Sunny South, There’s Music in the Air, and The Wabash Cannonball.  Mountain dulcimer tab and standard notation, chords.

BD3 Old Time - $6.00

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BD4 Shaker MusicBaker’s Dozen #4  SHAKER MUSIC
by Shelley Stevens

Tunes include: Come Dance and Sing, Come Life - Shaker Life, Holy Order tune, Hop Up and Jump Up, Love is Little, My Carnal Life I will Lay Down, My Robe is New, Now My Dear Companions, Pleasant Walk, Quick Dance, Shaker March #7, Square Check Tune, and Treasures of the Gospel.  Mountain dulcimer tab and standard notation, chords.

BD4 Shaker Music - $6.00

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BD5 Dulci-Merry ChristmasBaker’s Dozen #5  DULCI-MERRY CHRISTMAS
by Shelley Stevens

Tunes include: Angels We Have Heard On High, Away in a Manger, Cantique De Noel, Deck the Halls, The First Nowell, Good King Wenceslas, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Jingle Bells, Joy to the World, O’Tannenbaum, Oh Come, All ye Faithful, Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem, and Silent Night  Mountain dulcimer tab and standard notation, chords..

BD5 Christmas1 - $6.00

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BD5 World Music Baker’s Dozen #6  WORLD MUSIC
by Shelley Stevens

Tunes include: Ar Hyd T Nos, Au Clair de la Lune, Aupres de ma Blonde, Du, du Liegst mir im Herzen, Ei, Ukhnem, El Coqui, Flow Gently Sweet Afton, Folkje Vinta , Guantanamera, Round-Dance, Santa Lucia, Scarboro Fair, Wee Croodin’ Doo.  Mountain dulcimer tab and standard notation, chords.

BD6 World Music - $6.00

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BD7 Christmas2 Baker’s Dozen #7 DULCI-MERRY CHRISTMAS VOL. 2
by Shelley Stevens

Tunes include: Angels from the Realms of Glory, Bring a Torch Jeannette Isabella, The Cherry Tree Carol, God Rest You Merry Gentlemen, Good Christian Men Rejoice, Go Tell it on the Mountain, The Holly and the Ivy, I Saw Three Ships, I Wonder as I Wander, What Child is This?, and While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks.  Mountain dulcimer tab and standard notation, chords.

BD7 Christmas2 - $6.00

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BD8 Rounds & Duets Baker’s Dozen #8  ROUNDS AND DUETS
by Shelley Stevens

Tunes include: Abide with Me, Amazing Grace, Cripple Creek, The Fields of Athenry, Gentle Annie, Good Night, Gray Cat on a Tennessee Farm, Lovely Evening, Make New Friends, My Goose, O Music, The Resting Chair, and White Coral Bells.  Mountain dulcimer tab and standard notation, chords.

BD8 Rounds & Duets - $6.00

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BD9 First Dulcimer Book Baker’s Dozen #9  MY FIRST DULCIMER BOOK
by Shelley Stevens  Tunes for Children

Tunes include: Are You Sleeping?, Go Tell Aunt Rhody, Granny Will Your Dog Bite?, Hickory Dickory Dock, Kookaburra, London Bridge, Mary Had A Little Lamb, Oh Susanna, Old McDonald, A Place in the Choir, Row Row Row Your Boat, Three Blind Mice, Twinkle Twinkle.  Mountain dulcimer tab and standard notation, chords.

BD9 My First Dulcimer - $6.00

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Ragtime & Honky Tonk Baker’s Dozen #10  RAGTIME AND HONKY TONK
by Shelley Stevens

Tunes include: Alabama Jubilee, Alexander’s Ragtime Band, Bill Bailey, Darktown Strutter’s Ball, Dill Pickle Rag, Down Home Rag, Down Yonder,Dulcimer Rag, Hello Ma Baby, Hot Time in the Old Town, Peacherine Rag, Ragtime Cowboy Joe, Waitin’ for the Robert E. Lee.  Mountain dulcimer tab and standard notation, chords.

Ragtime & HonkyTonk - $6.00

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Hymns for Two
Baker's Dozen #11 HYMNS FOR TWO (duets)
by Shelley Stevens

Tunes include: All Hail The Power, Blessed Assurance, Faith of Our Fathers, God Be With You, Holy Holy Holy, Jesus Loves Me, Nearer My God To Thee, Near The Cross, Precious Memories, Rock of Ages, Softly and Tenderly, Sweet Hour of Prayer, Take Time To Be Holy.  Mountain dulcimer tab and standard notation, chords.

 Hymns for Two - $6.00

 

Buy Baker's Dozen 1-11 as a set and get one free book - $60.00


The Three String Orchestra
by Shelley Stevens

Thirty-one classical tunes arranged for the solo lap dulcimer with standard notation and 3 line tablature in DAD tuning. Written for experienced beginners up to advanced players. Tunes are Shelley's interpretation, and are greatly simplified from the original scores. Includes CD containing all 31 tunes,70 minutes.

Three String Orchestra Book and CD - $24.00


Can Can - Offenbach, Clare De Lune - Debussy, Dance of the Hours -Ponchielle, Danse - Moret, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart, Finlandia - Sibelius, Gypsy Love Song - Herbert, Hallelujah Chorus - Handel, Humoursque - Dvorak, Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring - Bach, Kaiser Waltz - Strauss, Land of Hope and Glory - Elgar, Largo - Dvorak, Lullaby - Brahms, March - Handel, Minuet in G Major - Bach, Ode to Joy - Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 1 - Tchaikovsky, Plaisir D’Amour - Martine, Polovtzian Dance - Borodin, Prelude - Chopin, Roses from the South - Strauss, See the Conquering Hero Come - Handel, Sheep May Safely Graze - Bach, Sonata No. 15 - Mozart, Surprise Symphony - Hayden, Trumpet Tune - Purcell, Trumpet Voluntary - Clark, Unfinished Symphony - Schubert, Waltz - Brahms, William Tell Overture - Rossini


The Three String Orchestra Vol. II
by Shelley Stevens

Twenty-six more classical tunes arranged for the Mountain Dulcimer in standard notation with chords and 3 line tablature in DAD tuning. Written for intermediate players. Tunes are Shelley's interpretation, and are greatly simplified from the original scores.

$12.00 - Three String Orchestra II

Amaryllis—Ghys, Ancienne Chanson Francaise—Tchaikovsky, Bouree—Handel, Carmen Castanet Song—Bizet, Die Lorelei—Silcher, Dauernde Liebe—Mozart, Ecossaise—Beethoven, Gavotte—Bach, Heidenroslein—Werner, Hornpipe—Handel, Madame Butterfly—Puccini, March from the Nutcracker—Tchaikovsky, Norwegian Dances—Greig, Pavane For a Sleeping Beauty—Ravel, Piano Sonata—Haydn, Piano Concerto K. 537—Mozart, Rigoletto-La Donna E Mobile—Verdi, Silvery Waves—Wyman, Swan Lake Theme—Tchaikovsky, Symphony #1—Brahms, Symphony #6-Pathetique—Tchaikovsky, Symphony # 41-Jupiter—Mozart, Tales of Hoffman-Bacarolle—Offenbach, Toy Symphony (3rd movement) - Mozart, Wiegenleid—Schubert, Woodland Sketches #1—MacDowell



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