Publisher's Synopsis
Dulcimer on the Backroads is a great way to share the joy of the old time and Celtic fiddle tunes and ballads that you love on your mountain dulcimer! Great care was taken to ensure that the selections in this book sound great and are easy to play. Chords are also provided for each tune and tuning with diagrams to help you jam along with friends. All tunes are written in standard music notation and dulcimer tablature. All major tunes in this book are in D-A-A tuning. Minor tunes are in D-A-G tuning. Be sure to check out the D-A-D version of this book as well for those who prefer that tuning. Tunes in this book were written for a Beginning to Intermediate playing level but folks of all abilities can find something in here to enjoy!
Tunes include: Angeline the Baker; Arkansas Traveler; Be Thou My Vision; Black Mountain Rag; Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine; Breaking Up Christmas; Bury Me Beneath the Willow; Carolan's Welcome; Charleston Girls; Cindy; Cold Frosty Morning; Coleman's March; Cornbread and Butterbeans; Cripple Creek; Danny Boy; Fanny Po'er; Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss; Hangman's Reel; Hard Times Come Again No More; How Many Biscuits Can You Eat?; John Brown's Dream; Kesh Jig; Liberty; Liza Jane; Lost Indian (Cherokee Shuffle); Mississippi Sawyer; Old Joe Clark; Over the Waterfall; Pretty Saro; Ragtime Annie; Red Wing; Road to Lisdoonvarna; Sally Ann; Sally in the garden; Sandy River Belle; Shady Grove; Shenandoah; Si Beag Si Mhor; Simple Gifts; Soldier's Joy; South Wind; Spotted Pony; St. Anne's Reel; Star of County Down; Tar Road to Sligo; The Ash Grove; The Blackest Crow; Turkey in the Straw; Wayfaring Stranger; Whiskey Before Breakfast
