Complete Dulcimer Handbook
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Item number 1302236AW, 195 pages, $27.95

This folio was written as a basic guide and source book for all dulcimer players, from the absolute novice to the most advanced picker. With 53 songs in various modes and tunings, "The Complete Dulcimer Handbook" is meant to be used as a songbook, a lesson plan book, and a step-by-step guide from beginning to intermediate or advanced levels. The included companion CD features Mark Biggs performing 17 songs from the book.

Published By: "Complete Dulcimer Handbook" was published by Mel Bay Publications.


Song Titles
Silent Night
Greensleeves - Composed by: Elizabethan
Scarborough Fair
Shenandoah
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Red River Valley
Minuet In G - Composed by: J. S. Bach
Sweet Betsy From Pike
Cripple Creek
Oh Susanna - Composed by: S. Foster
Shady Grove
La Paloma - Composed by: Sebastian Yradier
Old Folks At Home (Swanee River) - Composed by: Stephen Foster - ©1851
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
Hark The Herald Angels Sing - Composed by: Felix Mendelssohn
Farewell
Arabesque - Composed by: Mark Biggs and Max Tyndall
Planxty Irwin - Composed by: Turlough O'Carolan
Lord Inchiquin - Composed by: Turlough O'Carolan
Red Haired Boy
Arkansas Traveller
The Camptown Races - Composed by: Stephen Foster - ©1850
Give Me Your Hand - Composed by: Rory Dall O'Cathain
The Road To Lisdoonvarna
Hard Times Come Again No More - Composed by: Stephen Foster
Packington's Pound - Composed by: Elizabethan Lute Tune
The Dawning Of The Day (The Golden Star) - Composed by: Thomas Connelan
What If A Day
Planxty Fanny Power - Composed by: Turlough O'Carolan
Sonya's Song - Composed by: Mark Biggs
My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night - Composed by: Stephen Foster
The Lass Of Patie's Mill
Wilson's Wilde - Composed by: John Dowland
The Black Nag
Lady Owen's Delight
The Lass Of Richmond Hill
Planxty Morgan Magan - Composed by: Turlough O'Carolan
Go To Jane Glover - Composed by: Elizabethan Round
The Wildwood Flower
Jacky Tar
Maid Of Amsterdam - Composed by: A. Roving
The Shepherd's Hey
The Handsome Couple
Linnen Hall
Fuge In Bm
Two Renaissance Lute Pieces
Meagan Jayne - Composed by: Mark Biggs
Maybe You'll Wander - Composed by: Mark Biggs
The Lass Of Gowire
O' Keefe's Slide
Audio Samples
The last track is an improvisation on a "Blue Mood"

Disc 1 Track 1 - Give Me Your Hand - Best (485kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 2 - Planxty Morgan Magan - Best (496kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 3 - What If A Day - Best (482kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 4 - Lord Inchiquin - Best (492kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 5 - The Shepherd's Hey - Best (516kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 6 - Fuge In Bm - Best (500kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 7 - Meagan Jayne - Best (512kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 8 - The Lass Of Richmond Hill - Best (504kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 9 - Red Haired Boy - Best (532kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 10 - Maybe You'll Wander - Best (495kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 11 - Jacky Tar - Best (474kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 12 - Packington's Pound - Best (456kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 13 - Lady Owen's Delight - Best (519kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 14 - Planxty Fanny Power - Best (488kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 15 - La Paloma - Best (460kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 16 - When Johnny Comes Marching Home - Best (436kb) - Good (1Mb)
Disc 1 Track 17 - Best (463kb) - Good (1Mb)
Other Pictures
Front Cover
Front Cover Image 1
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Example Pages
Example Page 1
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Example Page 2
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Table of Contents Page 1
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Table of Contents Page 2
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Table of Contents Page 3
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Table of Contents Page 4
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Table of Contents Page 5
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Sheet Music Format: Instrumental Solo
   Difficulty 2 on a scale of 1 to 6 with 6 being the hardest.
   Chord symbols are included in this book.
   A CD is included with this book.
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