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Dulcimer a La Mode

arr. by Lorinda Jones

SKU: 02-20105M
$19.99 USD
$19.99 USD
Book with online audio. Takes the mystery out of modal tuning by presenting four common tunings (DAA, DAG, DAD, and DAC) with instructions for tuning, finding the scales and chords, and learning traditional tunes in each of the four modes. Each tune is presented as a melody with a drone in the mode indicated with strumming and rhythm guides. For most tunes, an optional arrangement or accompaniment is also provided using more complex chords and reflecting more traditional Western harmony. With play-along audio. 78 pp.

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Contents:

  • What is a mode?
  • Where is a mode?
  • 4 Modes for Dulcimer
  • How do I retune for each mode?
  • How to use the charts and symbols in this book
  • Notes on the Fretboard: Major Tunings
  • Notes on the Fretboard: Minor Tunings
  • Note members of the common chords
  • In both major and minor modes
  • Ready-made chord options in low, medium, and high positions in 4 tunes

Ready-made chord options in 3 positions

  • DAA Tuning
  • DAD Tuning
  • DAC Tuning
  • DAG Tuning

Ionian

  • Rosewood Casket (Melody)
  • Rosewood Casket (Optional Arrangement)
  • Bendemeer's Stream
  • Bendemeer's Stream (Optional Arrangement)
  • Careless Love (Melody)
  • Careless Love (Optional Arrangement)
  • Flow Gently, Sweet Afton (Melody)
  • Flow Gently, Sweet Afton (Optional Arrangement)
  • Burden Down (Melody)
  • Burden Down (Optional Arrangement)

Dorian

  • Cluck Old Hen (Melody)
  • Cluck Old Hen (Optional Arrangement)
  • Pretty Polly (Melody)
  • Pretty Polly (Optional Arrangement)
  • Scarborough Fair (Melody)
  • Scarborough Fair (Optional Arrangement)
  • Drunken Sailor (Melody)
  • Drunken Sailor (with Optional Accompaniment)
  • She's Like A Swallow (with Optional Accompaniment)

Mixolydian

  • Hurree, Hooroo (with Optional Accompaniment)
  • Rock-A-My Soul (Melody)
  • Rock -A-My soul (with Optional Accompaniment)
  • Little Maggie (with Optional Accompaniment)
  • Over the Waterfall (Melody)
  • Over the Waterfall (with Optional Accompaniment)
  • June Apple (Melody)
  • June Apple (Optional Arrangement)

Aeolian

  • The Butcher Boy (Melody)
  • The Butcher Boy (with Optional Accompaniment)
  • Nine Hundred Miles (with Optional Accompaniment)
  • Wayfarin' Stranger (with Optional Accompaniment)
  • Bound For the Promised Land (Melody)
  • Bound For the Promised Land (Optional Arrangement)
  • Shady Grove (Melody)
  • Shady Grove (with Optional Accompaniment)
  • Alphabetical Index
  • Note-Strum Equivalents
  • About the Author