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The Mountain Dulcimer: How to Make It and Play It

Howie Mitchell
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Introduction: Demonstration of the Dulciless Finger Exercise
Tuning the Dulcimer: The Phenomenon of “Beating”
Tuning by Harmonics: The “Classical” Style of Playing (Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes, Study in Counterpoint)
The “Bagpipe” Tuning and the Quill Technique (Macpherson’s Lament, Flop-Eared Mule)
The “Finger Style” of Playing (In the Good Old Colony Days)
Six Modal Tunings for the Traditional Dulcimer
The "Double-Thumbing" Technique (If He's Gone, Let Him Go, Buckdancer's Choice)
The “Three-Pairs-of-Strings” Dulcimer (Frankie and Johnny, Two Sisters)
The Double Dulcimer (The Ash Grove, Lady, Come And See, Babylon Is Fallen)
The Double Psaltery (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)
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