MB98392BCD -
Mel Bay Hands-On Dulcimer
Book & CD
- $$23.95
This book is designed to help fretted
dulcimer players at all levels grow in
their technical abilities by developing strength, precision,
control and flexibility in both the right and left hands.
Acquiring a solid technical foundation provides a base upon
which to build strong musicianship, enabling one to play more
satisfying music regardless of style.
Explore flatpicking, fingerpicking, slurs, chords, strumming,
left hand precision and placement, right hand strength and
control, volume, tone, articulation, and more using both
dulcimer tablature and standard music notation.
In this book, Mike has used ideas drawn from classical guitar
study plus years of teaching dulcimer to develop exercises
that will inspire and challenge players at all levels.
The tunes and exercises are in the common dulcimer tuning of
D-A-D, with a few exceptions. Some exercises are included for
the four-string and five-string dulcimers, and a 6+ fret is
required.
The accompanying CD demonstrates key exercises and most of the
tunes in the book.
Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction
A Few Suggested Guidelines
Reading the Dulcimer Tab
2 In the Beginning...
Warm Up Stretches and Posture
Strumming
Flatpicking
The Basics of Left Hand Fingering
Combining Flatpicking with Left Hand Fingering
Combining Flatpicking, Strumming and Left Hand Fingering
3 The Right Hand
Strumming
Flatpicking
Fingerpicking
4 The Left Hand
Scales
Hand Position Shifts, Guide and Pivot Fingers
Scales in Rhythm
Finger Independence
Slurs (Hammer-Ons, Pull-Offs and Slides)
5 Fingerpicking
Mechanics of Fingerpicking
Right Hand Position
Fingerpicking Patterns
Multiple Notes
Finger (Picking) Independence
6 Challenges for Both Hands
Left Hand Fingering
Articulation
Arpeggios and Chords
Dynamics and Tone
Crossing Strings and Fingers
7 Adding Strings
Four Strings
Cross-String Playing
Five Strings
8 A Few Good Tunes... Tunes combining flatpicking and chords
The First Noel
The South Wind
Loch Lomond
The Languor of Love
Old Time Fiddle Tunes
Old Molly Hare
Shooting Creek
Sally in the Garden
Fingerpicking
The South Wind
Megan's Daughter
The Munster Buttermilk
Challenging Pieces
The Scotch Cap
Harvest Home
Four and Five-String Arrangements
The Ash Grove
The South Wind
Grace Nugent
End Notes About the Author
LIST OF EXERCISES
Two: In the Beginning...
Exercise 1: Simple Strum
Exercise 2A-B: Basic Dulcimer Strum
Exercise 3A-D: Flatpicking
Exercise 4A-B: Beginning Left Hand Fingering
Exercise 5: Scale Exercise in D
Exercise 6: Picks and Strums
Three: The Right Hand
Exercise 7: Basic Dulcimer Strum with Accents
Exercise 8: Eighths and Quarters
Exercise 9: Doubling Up
Exercise 10: Jig Time
Exercise 11A-B: Irish Jig Strum
Exercise 12: Changing Strum Directions
Exercise 13: Aiming the Strum
Exercise 14A-L: Flatpicking Patterns
Exercise 15A-B: Crosspicking
Exercise 16A-E: More Flatpicking Patterns
Exercise 17A-N: Three String Fingerpicking Patterns
Four: The Left Hand
Exercise 18A-B: Lower Octave Scales
Exercise 19: Scale Exercise in G
Exercise 20A-F: Two Octave Scales in D-A-D Tuning
Exercise 21A-D: Guide and Pivot Fingers
Exercise 22A-B: Scales at Capo 3
Exercise 23A-B: Lower Octave Scales in Rhythm
Exercise 24A-F: Two Octave Scales in Rhythm
Exercise 25: Scale Fragments
Exercise 26A-F: Simple Three Finger Independence
Exercise 27A-G: Four Finger Independence on One String
Exercise 28A-T: Finger Independence on Multiple Strings
Exercise 29: Modal Independence
Exercise 30: Modern Independence
Exercise 31: Simple Hammers and Pulls
Exercise 32A-E: Hammers and Pulls in the Lower Octave
Exercise 33: Hammer and Pull Exercise
Exercise 34: The Big Stretch Hammer and Pull Exercise
Exercise 35A-B: Slides
