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!
INTRODUCTION
Tuning In DADGAD
How To Use This Book
GETTING STARTED
Three Easy Chords
Playing Simple Melodies
Improvising With Third String Melodies
Improvising In Other Keys
Improvisation Examples
Learning More Chords
Simple Scale Patterns
Minor Scale Patterns
Putting It All Together
LEVERAGING STANDARD TUNING
Using Standard Tuning Chord Shapes In DADGAD
Creating Chords By Shifting Strings
Moveable Chord Forms
Converting Scales From Standard To DADGAD
Creating Blues Scales In DADGAD
The CAGED System
CAGED In DADGAD
INTERVALS AND HARMONY
Introducing Intervals
Harmonizing With Thirds
Harmonized Thirds On The Fourth And Fifth Strings
Harmonized Thirds On The Third And Fourth Strings
Harmonized Thirds On Second And Third Strings
More Harmonized Thirds
Harmonizing With Sixths
Applying Sixths
Harmonizing With Tenths
Tenths As Skeletal Chords
Using Tenths With Open Strings
Unisons
Octaves
Octave Examples
TRICKS AND TECHNIQUES
Tuning In DADGAD
How To Use This Book
GETTING STARTED
Three Easy Chords
Playing Simple Melodies
Improvising With Third String Melodies
Improvising In Other Keys
Improvisation Examples
Learning More Chords
Simple Scale Patterns
Minor Scale Patterns
Putting It All Together
LEVERAGING STANDARD TUNING
Using Standard Tuning Chord Shapes In DADGAD
Creating Chords By Shifting Strings
Moveable Chord Forms
Converting Scales From Standard To DADGAD
Creating Blues Scales In DADGAD
The CAGED System
CAGED In DADGAD
INTERVALS AND HARMONY
Introducing Intervals
Harmonizing With Thirds
Harmonized Thirds On The Fourth And Fifth Strings
Harmonized Thirds On The Third And Fourth Strings
Harmonized Thirds On Second And Third Strings
More Harmonized Thirds
Harmonizing With Sixths
Applying Sixths
Harmonizing With Tenths
Tenths As Skeletal Chords
Using Tenths With Open Strings
Unisons
Octaves
Octave Examples
TRICKS AND TECHNIQUES
| Genres | Folk |
| Level | 3 |
| NumberOfPages | 124 |
| Media | Book(softcover, stapled) |
| Publisher | Mel Bay Publications |
| Contributors | Carter, Peggy(Composer) |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 9781513465043 |