Dances and Songs to Play and Sing
For Hammered Dulcimer
COMPOSER:
Peggy Carter
PUBLISHER:
Mel Bay Publications
PRODUCT TYPE:
Book [Softcover]
INSTRUMENT GROUP:
Guitar
This collection of dances and songs comes from Peggy Carter’s repertoire of hammered dulcimer arrangements, drawing from years of playing live string-band music for contra dancing, Irish dancing and Royal Scottish country dancing. If you like to dance and sing, you’ll LOVE this book. Dances and
Specifications
Subtitle | For Hammered Dulcimer |
Composer | Peggy Carter |
Publisher | Mel Bay Publications |
Instrumentation | Hammered Dulcimer |
Text language | English |
Product Type | Book [Softcover] |
Instrument Group | Guitar |
Year of Publication | 2020 |
Genre | Folk Music |
Style | Folk |
ISBN | 9781513465043 |
Thema | Dance |
No. Pages | 124 |
No. | MB30807 |
Release Date | 1/29/2020 |
Description
This collection of dances and songs comes from Peggy Carter’s repertoire of hammered dulcimer arrangements, drawing from years of playing live string-band music for contra dancing, Irish dancing and Royal Scottish country dancing. If you like to dance and sing, you’ll LOVE this book. Dances and Songs to Play and Sing for Hammered Dulcimer includes pieces from many parts of the world, arranged for solo performance or dance accompaniment. It includes songs for voice and dulcimer, which can also be played as solo arrangements. In addition, you’ll find marches, jigs, reels, polkas, strathspeys, waltzes and slow dances. The truth is, when playing for dance, a hammered dulcimer is all you’ll need!
Songlist
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49. introduction
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51. Tuning In DADGAD
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52. HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
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54. GETTING STARTED
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56. Three Easy Chords
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57. Playing Simple Melodies
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58. Improvising With Third String Melodies
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59. Improvising In Other Keys
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60. Improvisation Examples
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61. Learning More Chords
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62. Simple Scale Patterns
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63. Minor Scale Patterns
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64. Putting it all together
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66. LEVERAGING STANDARD TUNING
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68. Using Standard Tuning Chord Shapes In DADGAD