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Mountain Dulcimer History:
Applachian
Dulcimer Traditions (American Folk Music and Folk Musicians, No. 2)
by Ralph Lee Smith List
$34.50 Hardcover - 192 pages (Scarecrow Press,
November 1997)
ISBN: 0810833786 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.67 x 8.80 x 5.71
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The Story of the Dulcimer by Ralph Lee Smith
List $14.95
Paperback- 90 pages (November 1997) Crying Creek Publishers;
ISBN: 0810833786
Dimensions (in inches): 0.25 x 11 x 8-7/16"
CONTACT THE PUBLISHER DIRECT: PO Box 8, Hwy 32, Cosby, TN 37722 (615) 487-5543
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Dulcimer
People by Jean Ritchie List $12.95
Paperback- 150 pages (Music Sales Corp., May 1975) ISBN: 0825601428;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.38 x 11.05 x 8.58
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The
Dulcimer Book by Jean Ritchie List $9.95
Paperback- 45 pages (May 1974) Music Sales Corp; ISBN: 0825600162;
Dimensions (in inches): 3/16" x 11" x 8.5"
In addition to instruction, Jean shares what she discovered during her Fulbright Year investigating the roots, ancestors and cousins of the Mountain Dulcimer. Includes 16 tunes in Mixolydian, Aeolian, Ionian, Dorian, & Phrygian modes. With discography and bibliography.
This out-of-print standard has been uploading to the internet. You'll want to visit this site and read one of the dulcimer books that influenced many contemporary players! In Search of the Wild Dulcimer
Learning to Play Mountain Dulcimer:
Larkin's
Dulcimer Book by Larkin Bryant Cohen List $10.98
Paperback 103pp (Riverlark Music June 1982)
Dimensions (in inches): 3/16"
x 11" x 8.5"
I use Larkin's book/tape combination with all my beginning students. She is known for her gentle, finger-picking style and as sponsor/host for the annual Memphis Festival, but I personally think she excells in her teaching through this book!
Four
& Twenty by Lynn McSpadden & Dorothy French List $11.95
Paperback- 44 pages (Music Sales Corp April 1999) ; ISBN: 0825626358
Dimensions (in inches): 0.25 x 10.97 x 8.47
First book....
Dulcimer
Chord Book by Neal Hellmann List
$5.95
Paperback-60pp. (Mel Bay Nov. 1993)
Dimensions (in inches): .25 x 12 x 4.5
This is the book that let the scales fall from my eyes and helped me to finally understand the modal music of the mountain dulcimer! Complete chords for all 7 of the traditional modes, as well as detailed and informative essays about the traditions of the modes. A Bonus: chords for "Jazz" tuning (DAAd); also Sized to fit in your case! I'd consider this a necessity for every player.
Chord
Encyclopedia by James Major List
$10.95
Spiralbound-139 pp. (Mel Bay Nov 1982)
Dimensions (in inches): 0.5
x 12 x 11.75
The most complete Dulcimer chord book I've seen! 3 different sets of tunings for 6 of the 7 traditional modes: e.g. Mixolydian (DAdd; GDgg; CGcc); Ionian (GGcc; DAaa; GDdd). Multiple positions and fingerings for nearly every chord. Since the book was first published, the accepted way of describing chords from Bass to melody strings has changed from Right to Left to the current Left to Right. However, the chord diagrams remove any doubts or questions. A reliable reference for building your arrangements and playing more complex tunes, and with other instruments.
Dust Off That Dulcimer & Dance! by Bonnie Carol List
$15.00 Companion Cassette $7.00
Paperback-160pp. (Bristlecone Music 1996) ISBN: 0882842560
Dimensions (in inches):
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Teaching Mountain Dulcimer in a Classroom with Young Students:
Classroom
Dulcimer by Lois Hornbostel List
$12.95
Spiralbound -64 pp. (Backyard Music, July 1991)
Lois is a well-respected teacher who has equipped many, many young students to play "their" music on dulcimers, often constructed from cardboard (Look for "Backyard Dulcimers"). This collection is aimed at these students and shares her techniques, as well as the 22 songs in 3 tunings (DAA, DAc & DAd). Included are Rock & Roll riffs and suggestions for left-handed players. This has definitely helped me in reaching and teaching young people.
Hammered Dulcimer History:
Paul
Van Arsdale: Dulcimer Heritage by Nicholas Hawes List $19.95
Paperback 38 pp. (Folk-Legacy Records, Inc, 1983)
Dimensions (in inches): 1/6" x 11 x 8.5
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Learning to Play Hammered Dulcimer:
Hammered
Dulcimer by Peter Pickow List
$19.95
Paperback 112 pp. (Music Sales Corp, June 1979)
Dimensions (in inches):
This was the only book available to me when I started playing in 1984...
Square One (Books 1) by Linda Foley
& Sara Johnson List
$5.00
Paperback 16 pp. (Kitchen Musician, 19--)
Dimensions (in inches): 1/16 x 11 x 8.5
For Absolute Beginners--Linda and Sara (the Kitchen Musician) have wit and helpful insights for beginning from "square 1". I use this with all my beginning students.
Square One (Book 2) by Linda
Foley & Sara Johnson List
$5.00
Paperback 16pp. (Kitchen Musician, 19--)
Dimensions (in inches): 1/16 x 11 x 8.5
Patterns & exercises, a next step--seeing the relationships on the dulcimer in patterns, with exercises to develop "muscle memory" and learn those patterns. I use this with ALL my students.
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Beginning Hammered Dulcimer
by Linda Lowe Thompson List
$20.00
Vellum/Comb bound 72 pp. (Harvest Time Music, 1997)
Dimensions (in inches): .25 X 11 X 8.5
43 tunes...
General Music:
Zen
Guitar by Philip Toshio Sudo
Paperback - 208 pages (March 1998) List $11.00
Fireside; ISBN: 068483877X ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.51 x 7.48
x 5.47
Other Editions: Hardcover
I first borrowed a copy from a friend, and then had to have my own! Sudo applies some very basic Zen (Buddhist) concepts to the performance and practice of music. Each chapter is short, Zen "koan" style, easy to rush through, but better if savored.
Celebration
of Life by Jean Ritchie
Paperback 128 pp Music
Sales Corp, (Reprint June 1997) $11.95
Over 75 Songs, plus poems & photographs of Jean Ritchie and her nom de plumes (e.g.'Than Hall). This was one of my first companions in my mountain dulcimer journey, a sip from such a deep well of tradition that is still being shaped by the hands that pass it on. Her poem "Celebration of Life" inspired my song: "I Celebrate life!", the title of a forthcoming collection of my original tunes, for which Jean has granted permission to include her poem! This is a true appalachian treasure.
Singing
Family of the Cumberlands by Jean Ritchie
Paperback- 258 pages (October
1988) List $15.00
Univ Press of Kentucky; ISBN: 0813101867; Dimensions (in inches):
0.80 x 8.52 x 5.54
Other Editions: Hardcover
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