/CapHeight 0 And not just to preserve a legacy of past practices. when it works. This is my arrangement of Willie Nelson's song "Crazy" on Mountain Dulcimer.
If the string tunes well to A, it might not like D. So if you wanted to play in the key of G, for example, instead of making the tuning GDG, you might choose to make the bass the D, and the middle string the G for the DGD tuning. Wendy Songe: St. Nick is Hiding in Ireland (Friday, Session 2, Mountain Dulcimer, Level 4: Upper Intermediate) 10.00. << >> /Metadata 5 0 R Note to Dulcimer Players - The chords in the following sections will work for Mountain Dulcimers but they will be reversed.
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It needs to go digital, so this morning I entered the “G” chords into So far, it’s a very different set from the orderly chords found in DAD tuning. As promised, I’ve started building a chord chart for DGD (Ionian Mode) mountain dulcimer. << It needs to go digital, so this morning I entered the “G” chords into TablEdit. 16 0 obj
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The dulcimer, like a guitar in an “open tuning” or a bagpipe, is tuned so that when you play the melody on one string, the other strings accompany the melody with droning notes that provide a harmonious musical accompaniment. /Ascent 891 – explore one of the many possible voices of this “simple folk instrument”.Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.One woman's journey into the wilds of music past, present, and future.