The ragamuffin style of playing the hammered dulcimer will augment any advanced players technique and could easily be sufficient if they are new to the hammered dulcimer. Stephen foster for mountain dulcimer sheet music plus. Free hammered dulcimer learning videos learn to play. The hammers, tuner, book and tuning tool were bought new in 2002. Visit my hammered dulcimer accessories section for more info on all the various options. The hammered dulcimer also called the hammer dulcimer, dulcimer, or tympanon is a percussion stringed instrument which consists of strings typically stretched over a trapezoidal resonant sound board. Books, dvds, cds tagged hammereddulcimerbooks lark.
Lee drew andrews childrens dulcimer chord book, prussia. For the beginner or more seasoned musician, its a great navigational guide and can be a fantastic piece of artwork that starts conversation that leads into an evening of playing songs for friends and family. Basic music theory for the hammered dulcimer cliff cole 1. Nov 08, 2019 chord camp is an intensive weeklong series of workshops of learning and playing in a smallgroup environment, with hammered dulcimer and guitar teacher and performer jon weinberg. Preparing for sandbridge sandbridge hammered dulcimer. Shop and buy hammered dulcimer wall chart from mel bay publications, inc at. We will start with the simple diatonic or doremi scale and then demonstrate two patterns to play this scale on the hd in the easytoplayin keys. Its a great time to upgrade your home music studio gear with the largest selection at.
The paperback of the dulcimer chord book by neal hellman, janita baker, elizabeth bozzi, craig w. Jul 17, 2009 if youre a righty, use the chord shapes in the first diagram. The melodies in this collection include a variety of hymns, holiday music and fiddle tunes written in standard notation, with instructions on how to read the notation. One of many free hammered dulcimer learning videos from download sheet music free and see. The hammered dulcimer is not your typical instrument. For those of you who need to change things up a bit, this is the book for you. Hammered dulcimer chords book mel bay publications, inc. Jon makes no assumption that you know anything about chords.
Hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer, and autoharp sheet music. I wrote the chord booklet to help beginners understand chords and start using them to play hammer dulcimer in an easy and enjoyable way without the struggle i. The mountain dulcimer arrangements md contain traditional music plus. Ive reorganized the tunes to the recordings they are found on. The hammered dulcimer is set before the musician, who in more traditional styles may sit crosslegged on the floor, or in a more modern style. From the frustration of learning on my own, the frustration of workshops that often just confused me, and the lack of any teachers in my area, i taught myself to play the hammer dulcimer. For the beauty of the earth dulcimer tab version 1, version 2, version 3, version 4. A chord chart section that provides a thorough listing of chords from a to g of the musical alphabet. This book is meant for anyone who would like to learn to play the dulcimer. The ultimate hammer dulcimer resource book master works. We will start with the simple diatonic or doremi scale and then demonstrate two patterns. The hammered dulcimer was around long before america was even a glimmer in george washingtons eye. Master works is a small group of craftsmen located in the rural southeast corner of oklahoma dedicated to handcrafting hammer dulcimers, bowed psalteries and accessories while offering mountain dulcimers and other instruments that are easy to learn. The pieces, celtic in style, were written for the 1415 hammered dulcimer the larger dulcimer with more chromatic notes but can be played on the smaller 1211 instrument as well.
This is the best dulcimer book to get, as a first book and as one youll return to again and again. This list is a compendium of all the tunes quadas has played, or attempted to play, since our inception in 2010. Recognized as the best hammered dulcimer book for beginning players. Its not only a great chord reference to have on hand, but its also very informative as to the theory behind chording.
It has amazing projection without being overpowering. The ultimate hammer dulcimer resource book is a must have for every hammer dulcimer player. The ragamuffin style teaches you how to play just about any song through simple and unique chord shapes and hammering patterns and brings the functionality of the hammered dulcimer up near the level of the acoustic guitar. Oct 07, 2010 hammered dulcimer chords ebook written by jeanne page. Hammered dulcimer instruction books, music and more. A transcription of maggies music recording of the same name by irish hammered dulcimer virtuoso karen ashbrook. It explains, in detail, how to play the various cords that a hammered dulcimer can do. Wild dulcimer songbook centerstream, columbia pictures publications. Regardless, neither type of dulcimer player gets enough love from the musicmaking or musicappreciating public, so lets take a look at these instruments. Jess began performing on the hammered dulcimer at the ozark folk center in mountain view, arkansas in the 1980s, where he was the featured hammered dulcimer player on the annual christmas show for several years. Preparing for sandbridge sandbridge hammered dulcimer retreat. Aug 26, 2016 mel bay dulcimer chord book by neal hellman stay safe and healthy. In the garden dulcimer tab version 1, version 2, version 3, version 4. I have left that in placeit just slips over the top of the bridge and lays in place you will get the dulcimer, a hard case, wood hammers, a tuning tool and a korg chromatic tuner, ca30 and a beginners bookhammered dulcimer handbook, book 1 by kendra wardbence.
Hammered dulcimer books archives page 3 of 4 dulcimer. The dulcimer is a relatively simple string instrument to learn. Chord explorations marcy prochaska hammered dulcimer. Much like a guitarist uses chord patterns, we can do the same.
First lessons hammered dulcimer is designed to instruct beginning players on the instrument. This is a delightful collection of some of the most dearly loved and familiar classical melodies of all times. The difference in flavor among major, minor, and diminished chords has to do with the intervals between the notes. This book, consisting of hundreds and hundreds of ideas and images includes 5 main sections. A variety of instructional books, music, cds and videos.
Mel bay this book was written to aid the dulcimer player in playing as a backup. Tips on playing, scales, basic melodies, harmony notes, and much more. The how to read tab excerpts from this book will aid any aspiring musician in understanding standardized musical notation and, specifically, the tablature developed for the american appalachian mountain dulcimer. Hammered dulcimer wall chart in 2020 hammered dulcimer. They are beautiful and easily played on the hammered dulcimer without needing too many chromatic notes. Hammered dulcimer books page 3 of 4 dulcimer shoppe. Starting with the lowest mark on the right treble bridge, play each shape a few times. The hammered dulcimer has a beautiful, rich, full sound and has been used throughout the world for many cen. The hammered dulcimer also called the hammer dulcimer, dulcimer, or tympanon is a percussionstringed instrument which consists of strings typically stretched over a trapezoidal resonant sound board. For this reason, the dulcimer chord chart is suitable for visual learners if you want to take your learning beyond just memorizing notes, this book will teach you all you need to know for improvising tunes on the dulcimer. It is organized by key, with the four most important chords you need to jam along in that key. Features 22 exquisite original and traditional irish tunes. Hammered dulcimer chords ebook written by jeanne page.
To most people around the world, this is the real dulcimer. Filmed on location at the beautiful historic gaasbeek castle in belgium, karen helps you get started learning dulcimer in english with dutch and french voiceovers. All of the songs in that oldtime religion are written in both standard musical notation and in kendras unique tablature system that actually helps new players learn to read music. The hammered dulcimer is in many ways unique as a visualspatial instrument. The purpose of this site is to talk about tunes, events, issues, jams and anything else hammered dulcimer. Aug 26, 2016 mel bay dulcimer chord book by neal hellman. The hammered dulcimer handbook, book i also includes a companion cd containing all of the scales, exercises and other musical instructional material. Mel bay dulcimer chord book by neal hellman dulcimer. Practice and learn from our high quality chord chart templates and samples. Dampers provide a way to stop your sound abruptly as well as using them in the on position throughout or in portions of a piece to give you a softer, more percussive sound. Choose instruction cds and books choose jess dickinson click the first book and purchase. In this book, she takes familiar and obscure latin american tunes and pieces influenced by latin music and arranges them for hammered dulcimer, and in some cases fretted dulcimer with tablature as well. Practice switching from shape to shape without pausing. Study and know it cover to cover ok, that may be ambitious but you should be able to get through a good chunk of the book.
Each lesson builds on the lessons that preceed it, and makes it easy to master the fundamentals of playing this great instrument. That oldtime religion was the very first book of traditional hymns arranged for the hammered dulcimer. This nicely produced set starts with a short introduction on learning techniques and approach, followed by a repertoirebuilding collection of 43 tunes in both standard notation melody line only and tablature. This book was written as a basic guide and source book for all dulcimer players, from the absolute novice to the most advanced picker. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read hammered dulcimer chords. Kendra ward and bob bence hd cheat sheet common keys. Used chords ukulele, guitar songs, guitar tabs, guitar chords, dulcimer. This book comes with a chart for each tuning and gives a detailed display of the notes along the fret board. Hammered dulcimer hammers madison dickinsondulcimer. You have to be in love with dulcimers to love this book and thats me. Jan 19, 2012 one of many free hammered dulcimer learning videos from download sheet music free and see more learning videos at. Dulcimer chord book by neal hellman, janita baker, elizabeth.
Robin petrie shows a basic approach to understanding and playing the hammered dulcimer by ear. Favorite jam session tunes for hammered or fretted dulcimer. This book is super detailed and goes into just about everything you need to know to tune your dulcimer and fret your chords. Over 500 mountain dulcimer chords for the five widely used. The book has been recently revised, and features 30 gospel favorites, complete with chords and lyrics. This manuscript is a collection of the tunes featured on maggie sansones wind drift recording. It comes with a case, instruction book, hammers and a. Lyrics and suggested chords for accompanying instruments are also included. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. I bought my copy in the late 70s, and still rely on it constantly. This book summarizes a vast amount of material that is vital to a broad understanding of the layout, patterns, and chord theory that are foundational for playing the hammered dulcimer. Songbird dulcimers blowing rock nc songbird hammered dulcimers by chris foss.
We offer hammered dulcimers from songbird, master works and dusty strings. This book focuses on the spatial nature of the hammered dulcimer with the purpose of gaining. This video covers finding and playing minor chords on the hammered dulcimer. Depending on the type of dulcimer you play, they typically only have three or four strings that need to be tuned, and these strings are usually tuned to an open chord, which produced a pleasing harmony when strummed. Illustrated with photos of the artist and the emerald isle. For the people who do know this instrument, they assume that it will be playing the melody line.
Including the repertoire section, the hammered dulcimer handbook, book i includes 40 arrangements written in standard musical notation and in kendras unique tab system. To order the essential hammered dulcimer instruction manual that corresponds with these videos. Chords are shown for all selections except the unaccompanied bach piece. Either way, the first shape is the i chord, the second is the iv chord, and the third is the v chord. Jess is the 20 southern regional hammered dulcimer champion. Author bonnie carol learned first hand about soulful latin american music as she grew up along the texasmexico border.
The hammered dulcimer cheat sheet is your quick reference guide to all the basic chords. Chord camp is an intensive weeklong series of workshops of learning and playing in a smallgroup environment, with hammered dulcimer and guitar teacher and performer jon weinberg. Paul haslem compositions for the hammered dulcimer free for you to download, print off and learn. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. A chord book written for the young beginner or even beginners of any age showing a creative and simple way to learn and play dulcimer chords in dad tuning. The melodies in this collection include a variety of hymns, holiday. The hammered dulcimer is set before the musician, who in more traditional styles may sit crosslegged on the floor, or in a more modern style may stand or sit at a wooden support with legs. Aug 24, 2016 august 24, 2016 i went to my backyard to record a quick version of everybody wants to rule the world by tears for fears. Everybody wants to rule the world ted yoder cover tears for.
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