Another great beginner's book from Madeline MacNeil, explaining every aspect of playing the hammered dulcimer. From detailed discussions on dulcimer layout, hammers, tuning, and stands to extensive performance notes on every tune-this book provides a wealth of information for all students of the hammered dulcimer. From Oh Suzanna to Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Madeline shows the novice dulcimer player how to "map your way through" a new piece of music, finding clear, musical directions through what at first must seem like a maze of strings. All tunes are in standard notation. The book's 87 pages are illustrated with photos as well as quaint woodcuts, engravings, and pen and ink drawings. The companion 85-minute DVD video contains essential basic information on playing the hammered dulcimer--such as tuning, major and minor keys, duplicated notes, repeated notes, modulations, walking bass lines, chromatic notes, drone harmony, back-up chords, interval harmony, and more! Also contains Madeline MacNeil's hammered dulcimer solos on 25 tunes.
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Madeline Macneil is well known for her talents as a singer and performer on the hammered and fretted dulcimers. She is equally well known for the warmth and generosity with which she shares her music and encourages others to play and sing. The silver-haired woman with the golden voice has won the admiration of countless fans across the country, performing in concerts and festivals throughout the United States. Maddie's twenty-five years as a professional musician have produced many recordings as well as two books for Mel Bay Publications. She arranged the music for Ralph Lee Smith's book from Mel Bay, Songs of the Wilderness Road. Maddie publishes Dulcimer Player News, which reaches dulcimer enthusiasts throughout the United States and in many other countries.
Her recordings include All Through the Night, A Place Apart, The Lone Wild Bird, The Crowning of the Year, and Heart's Ease, which won an Indie from the National Association of Independent Record Distributors. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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As an absolute beginner in learning the Hammered Dulcimer I looked at many books that were focused on the beginner... This is by far the best of the bunch... The primary thing that makes this book special is the way it links the courses on the dulcimer to the music itself... Other books seemed to forget that I don't know what strings play what note and am also new at sheet music... This book solved that by showing a diagram of the strings that are associated with the notes as well as the sheet music... Very helpful! Book also does a great job of working with fundamentals such as improving my left hand weak hits and mapping out the music on the various courses...
Also highly recommend the companion disc to hear the music... Good luck on playing this beautiful instrument!
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Congratulations on your decision to make a hammered dulcimer part of your musical life! Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
next tune, treble bridge, bass bridge, hammering patterns, alternating hammers, tuning wrench, right hammer, duplicated notes, left hammer, dulcimer players, hammered dulcimer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Left Side, Right Side Bass Bridge, Ready Play, Count Off, Emin Amin, Soldier's Joy, Note Names, Flop-Eared Mule, Interval Exercise, Harvest Home, The One After That, The Ash Grove, Auld Lang Syne, Joy of Man's Desiring, Joe Smith, Transitional Notes, Dulcimer Area Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Congratulations on your decision to make a hammered dulcimer part of your musical life! Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
next tune, treble bridge, bass bridge, hammering patterns, alternating hammers, tuning wrench, right hammer, duplicated notes, left hammer, dulcimer players, hammered dulcimer Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Left Side, Right Side Bass Bridge, Ready Play, Count Off, Emin Amin, Soldier's Joy, Note Names, Flop-Eared Mule, Interval Exercise, Harvest Home, The One After That, The Ash Grove, Auld Lang Syne, Joy of Man's Desiring, Joe Smith, Transitional Notes, Dulcimer Area Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Mel Bay presents Shall We Gather: Hymns Arranged for Hammered Dulcimer by Madeline Macneil in Front Matter
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