Jam Songs & Fiddle Tunes for Mountain Dulcimer
Folk Notes Music Books
American
Fiddle Tunesfor Mountain Dulcimer
by Lois Hornbostel
This book contains music
heard at
fiddlers conventions and played by many old-time string bands.
Arrangements are in DAD, DGD, and EAA, and are presented here in
traditional keys. For the novice to experienced player, with musical
notation and chord symbols, so the selections can be played with other
instruments. There are many tips and techniques, along with suggestions
on playing in different settings and personalizing your playing.
American Fiddle Tunes - $12.95Barlow Knife, Boatmen, Bonaparte Crossing The Rhine, Bonaparte's Retreat, Breakin' Up Christmas, Chinese Breakdown, Cluck Old Hen, Cotton-Eyed Joe, Dixie, Down Yonder, Dubuque, Dutch Girl, Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss, Forked Deer, Hangman's Reel, John Brown's Dream, Julie Ann Johnson, Little Billy Wilson, Magpie, Midnight On The Water, Rock The Cradle Joe, Sail Away, Ladies, Sandy Boys, Single Footin' Horse, Southern Aristocracy, Spotted Pony, Sugar Hill, The Yellow Rose Of Texas, Tombigbee River, Turkey In The Straw, Westphalia Waltz, Year Of Jubilo
Fiddlin'
Around on theMountain Dulcimer (with Friends)
by Helen Johnson
This book includes tunes more normally played by fiddle or hammered dulcimer, arranged for the mountain dulcimer. A few ballads are included because they were too lovely to leave out. Chords, melody line, dulcimer tablature and words (where applicable) are included. All are in basic D-A-D tuning with some capo required.
$15.00 - Fiddlin'
Around| Angelina Baker (duet) | Lark in the Clear Air |
| Arkansas Traveler (duet) | Liberty |
| Beautiful Dreamer (duet) | The Maid Behind the Bar |
| The Blarney Pilgrim | Midnight on the Water |
| Captain O'Kane (duet) | Miss McCleod's Reel |
| Cherokee Shuffle (duet) | Morrison's Jig |
| Cheyenne Morning (duet) | O'Keefe's Slide (duet) |
| Child Grove | Old Dan Tucker |
| Cold Frosty Morning | The Parting Glass |
| Colonel John Irwin (duet) | Ragtime Annie (duet) |
| Connaught Man's Rambles (duet) | The Rights of Man |
| Cripple Creek (duet) | The Rose Tree |
| Denis Murphy's Jig (duet) | Sally Ann Johnson |
| Dennis Murphy's Slide | Sandy Boys |
| Down the Brae | Scarborough Fair |
| Eighth of January (duet) | Seneca Square Dance |
| Farewell to Whiskey | Shove That Pig's Foot |
| Georgia Railroad | The Skye Boat Song |
| Hewlett (duet) | Turkey in the Straw (duet) |
| Hunting the Buffalo (duet) | Under the Double Eagle |
| Jenny Lind Polka (duet) | Wild Mountain Thyme |
| John Stenson's No. 2 | The Wind That Shakes the Barley |
| Julia Delaney | The Yellow Rose of Texas (duet) |
| June Apple (duet) |
Join the Jam by Stephen Seifert
A collection of 75 of the most commonly played tunes at mountain dulcimer and dulcimer friendly jam sessions. A jam tunes 'Fakebook', this book has melody lines and chord symbols for the key of 'D' in DAd or DAA tuning. Tunes are in standard notation and dulcimer tablature, with additional notes on optional ways to play a number of songs. Capo required for some songs in DAd. Three CDs included.
Both Titles temporarily unavailable
$26.00 - DAA Join the
Jam BCD DAD - $26.00| 1. Amazing Grace 2. Angelina Baker 3. Arkansas Traveler 4. Aunt Rhodie 5. Barlow Knife 6. Bile Them Cabbage Down 7. Black Mountain Rag 8. Boatman 9. Bonaparte Crossing The Rhine 10. Bonapart's Retreat 11. Buffalo Gals 12. Cherokee Shuffle 13. Chinese Breakdown 14. Cluck Old Hen 15. Cold Frosty Morning 16. Columbus Stockade Blues 17. Cripple Creek 18. Cucharin's Cross 19. Dixie 20. Dubuque 21. Eighth Of January 22. Fisher's Hornpipe 23. Flop Eared Mule 24. Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss 25. Forked Deer |
26. Goin' To Boston 27. Golden Slippers 28. Grey Cat On A Tennessee Farm 29. Ground Hog 30. Hangman's Reel 31. I'll Fly Away 32. Johnson Boys 33. June Apple 34. Kitchen Girl 35. Liberty 36. Little Liza Jane 37. Liza Jane 38. May The Circle Be Unbroken 39. Midnight On The Water 40. Mississippi Sawyer 41. Nail That Catfish To A Tree 42. Nonesuch 43. Oh, Susannah 44. Old Joe Clark 45. Over The Waterfall 46. Ragtime Annie 47. Red Haired Boy 48. Red Wing 49. Reuben's Train 50. Rock The Cradle Joe |
51. Rosin The Beau 52. Sail Away Ladies 53. Saint Anne's Reel 54. Sandy Boys 55. Sandy River Belle 56. Scotland The Brave 57. Seneca Square Dance 58. Shady Grove 59. Shortnin' Bread 60. Silly Bill 61. Soldier's Joy 62. Southern Aristocracy 63. Southwind 64. Spotted Pony 65. Sugar Hill 66. The Fiddler Has Played His Last Waltz For The Night 67. The Girl I Left Behind Me 68. Turkey In The Straw 69. Waterbound 70. Westfalia Waltz 71. Westfork Gals 72. Whiskey Before Breakfast 73. Wildwood Flower 74. Year Of Jubilo 75. Yellow Rose Of Texas |
Flat-Picked
Fiddle Tunesby Larry Conger
Arrangements of 32 old-time fiddle tunes arranged for the intermediate level mountain dulcimer player. Includes tablature, standard musical notation, accompaniment chords, study notes and suggested medleys. CD available with all 32 tunes.
$9.95-Book
Only - Book/CD-$18.95
| Arkansas
Traveler Buckwheat Batter Bumble Bee in a Hollow Log Captain Jinks Denis Murphy's Slide Eighth of January Farmer's Jamboree Fiddler's Three Happy Jack Jenny Lind Polka Jock Tamson's Hornpipe |
Lamplighter's
Hornpipe Leather Britches Little Brown Jug Hornpipe Liverpool Hornpipe North Shore Off She Goes Old Rosin the Beau Paddy Whack Rickett's Hornpipe Sandy River Belle Shortnin' Bread |
Smash
the Windows Soldier's Joy The Minstrel's Fancy The Old Red Barn The Red-Haired Boy The Road to Lisdoonvarna The Star of the County Down Turkey in the Straw Warm Stuff Yonder She Goes |
Dulcimer
JamJam Session Tunes for Hammered
or Fretted Dulcimer
by Bonnie Carol
Dulcimer Jam takes common and obscure tunes heard in jam sessions and arranges them for hammered dulcimer, fretted dulcimers (with tablature), and other instruments to play in a jam session setting.
Dulcimer Jam - $14.95
Frére Jacques • Dear Friends, Dear Friends • Joy to the World • On the Carpenter's Porch • Scotland the Brave • Wayfaring Stranger • Amazing Grace • Dona Nobis Pacem • Red Haired Boy • Eight More Miles to Louisville • Golden Slippers • O My Little Darlin' • Greensleeves • The Wee Reel • The Parting Glass • Sí Beag, Sí Mór • Drink to me Only • Dolores Waltz • The Road to Lisdoonvarna • Far Away • King of the Faries • Irish Washerwoman • Dark Island • Bonny Portmore • Westphalia Waltz • Tommy Bhetty's Waltz • Gravel Walks • Inis Oírr • Inishere • Ashokan Farewell • Miss Rowan Davies
Tunes
and Ballads for theMountain Dulcimer(and Friends)
by Helen Johnson
This book includes a varied selection of music, ranging from early Irish harp music, to music from early Texas history, to the music of Stephen C. Foster, plus one original song. All arrangements include melody line, chords, words and dulcimer tablature and are in D-A-D tuning.
$15.00 - Tunes and Ballads
| Annie Laurie | Long, Long Ago |
| Ashgrove | Lord Inchquin |
| The Banks of the Blue Moselle | The Minstrel Boy |
| Camptown Races | Mississippi Sawyer |
| Cindy | My Johnny's a Soldier (duet) |
| Clinch Mountain | My Old Kentucky Home (duet) |
| Columbus Stockade Blues | My Wild Irish Rose (duet) |
| Come All Ye Fair & Tender Maidens | Nunsense |
| Comin' Thro the Rye | Oh! Susanna |
| Danny Boy | Old Folks at Home (duet) |
| Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes | Over the Waterfall |
| Emily's Tune | Red Wing |
| Endearing Young Charms | Road to Lisdoonvarna |
| Fanny Power | Rosewood Casket |
| Fortune | Saint Anne's Reel |
| The Galway Belle (duet) | Sally Gardens |
| Girl I Left Behind Me | Shenandoah |
| Green Willis | The Shepherd's Wife |
| Hard Times Come Again No More | Southwind |
| Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair | Star of the County Down |
| Lady Mary (duet) | Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral |
| The Last Rose of Summer | Westphalia Waltz |
| Listen to the Mocking Bird | The Whistlin' Gypsy Rover (duet) |
| Loch Lomond | The Wild Colonial Boy |
| Wildwood Flower |
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