Dulcimer Muse is a beautiful collection of fingerpicked and strummed tunes and songs arranged for the mountain dulcimer for players seeking to expand their repertoire. Thirty-one arrangements are gathered from Medieval and Renaissance eras, traditional folk music of Ireland, Scotland, England, Brittany and Spain, plus original compositions. Intended primarily for intermediate to advanced players and for some ambitious beginners, the pieces include melody lines in standard notation, mountain dulcimer tablature, with chords above most of the dulcimer tablature that can be shared with other musicians for accompaniment. Suggestions on how to play with greater musicality and ease are included. Set one-step lower than customary to bring out the dulcimer’s deeper tones; the majority of pieces are arranged in Mixolydian and Aeolian tunings.
87 pages.
Songs included:
Apples of Avalon
Archibald McDonald of Keppoch
Ave Luna (Prayer to the New Moon)
Avenging and Bright
Before the Snow
The Blarney Pilgrim
Branle des Village
Breton Dances
Briget O’Malley (Brid Óg Ní Mháille)
The Butterfly
Carolan’s Welcome
Chanter’s Tune
Cider Song (Son ar Chistr)
Dunmore Lasses
Give Me Your Hand (Tabhair dom do Lámh)
Fhír a’ Bhàta (The Boatman)
Into the Garden
J’ai vu le Loup, Le Renard et la Belette
Kemp’s Jig
King of the Faeries
Le Branle des Chevaux
Leaving Rhu Vaternish
Loch Lovan Castle
Majorcan Dance
The Orange Rogue
Planxty Irwin
Romp of the Canyon Kitties
Sheebeg and Sheemore
Song of Brigid (Gabhaim molta Brigid)
The Song of Wandering Aengus
Southwind
