All of the chords just shown above would look like this. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. This strum stick is the new model that i have designed to have more sound with a larger body but still with a strumstick or dulcimer neck. Video chord instructions download pdfs of chord diagrams at these links scroll down for imagesd strumstick most used. See what key means below, if that word is unfamiliar. Here are some simple dulcimer chords to get you started. To help you learn to play songs on the strumstick, here are a bunch of songs you can play with just three chords. Three lines of text are seen as the three strings of your dulcimer as you look down on them. Version 1, version 2, version 3, version 4, version 5, version 6. I build this from some left over mandolin materials. Power chords regular chords page chord diagrams chord changer wheel capo use video capo page arpeggios and fingerpicking page more songs. Resources how to play songs video easy 3 chord songs song chords from the web page dulcimer songs tab for strumstick strumstick family songbook.
Since this is the key of d major, these chords are d, g, and a. For the seagull merlin, grand strumstick, and dad dulcimers inversion. Remember your tuning is symmetrical, so you can play any chord upside down. This is a simple arrangement with melody and the occasional. The difference in flavor among major, minor, and diminished chords has to do with the intervals between the notes. Download is in two parts for download size restrictions. This instrument is one of the easiest of all instruments to play. I decided to take a break from mandolin building and try something different. Mountain dulcimer, free sheet music, merlin, music stuff, pdf, diagram. Pdf of whole songbook link to songbook page starting songs page. The final exercise, scale harmonies is a great exercise for exploring the variety of color chords available to you on chromatic dulcimer. First half mb of the strumstick instruction book pdf 1 of 2 pages 118 second half 10mb of the strumstick instruction book pdf 2 of 2 pages 1936. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. See the tablature page for the pdf and two different versions of midi files.
Note to dulcimer players chords for dad tuning plays in the. To learn reading the chords of a guitar, one must have the basic knowledge on what a chord is and how is it produced. Note to dulcimer players chords for dad tuning plays in. If you have a g strumstick, substitute g, c, d in place of d, g, a. Numbers tell your left hand which fret to press that string on. Strum sticks from the smokey mountain dulcimer works, florida usa. This page provides downloadable sheet music files in pdf format for jam tunes that we have played or at least wanted to. Introducing the m4, a revolutionary instrument, inspired by the dulcimer making the often difficult task of learning to play guitar, that much easier. In the fingerpicking tablature for the mountain dulcimer, play only those strings where there is a number. Try fretting the first or melody string at the 2nd fret instead of the bass, as shown and see how it sounds. Note to dulcimer players the chords in the following sections will work for mountain dulcimers but they will be reversed. Introduction a chord is a set of tones producing a melody and is played on a guitar. After finding some videos of people playing these instruments both homemade as well as the strumstick on youtube, and hearing the complex chords and voicings some players were achieving with just. Dulcimer and banjo tabs green lion musical instruments.
The strumstick and mountain dulcimer music book 5th edition 100 songs song titles. Combining these two observations, we get the principle. These are a single verse and a chorus, for educational purpose. Jerusalem my happy home dulcimer tab version 1 jesus lover of my soul dulcimer tab version 1. Although the strumstick is designed to be suitable even for those with no musical knowledge to be able to play, with its strength being the playing of melody typically on. Most chords can be played in several ways, but these are good starting points. With three strings, the stick dulcimer can produce chords much like a ukulele or guitar, but with fewer strings to fret. Chord diagrams merlin, dulcimer tablature, mountain dulcimer. Heres a listing of several sites that have free mountain dulcimer tablature. The frets are spaced to play a diatonic scale, a seven note, octaverepeating musical scale.
If you havent seen dulcimer tab before, it is laid out in three lines which represent the three dulcimer strings seen from above. It can also shift chords from d to g, for g strumstick players. Free dulcimer tabs these free arrangements of tunes or songs for mountain dulcimer all use tablature and musical notation. Over the years, our guest performers and instructors have contributed to this collection, and youll see some of their work here. For the first triad, with one hand play that g, skip a and play b, skip. A dulcimer tabs dulcimer sheet music dulcimer music dulcimer songs. This is an easytoplay instrument tuned to an open g chord. Its sometimes called the guitar dulcimer because of its guitarlike neck coupled with the stringfret set up of the traditional dulcimer. Over the the wiz tabs for seagull m4, dulcitar, stick dulcimer, strumstick, woodrow, pickin stick and all kind of dulcimer guitar.
Studies in c for diatonic and chromatic mountain dulcimer. A plan to build an stick dulcimer, also called a pickin stick. Over the rainbowshort pdf of the long lyrics and chords. Mountain dulcimer chords to play along with the guitar. People young and all of all ages will get a kick out of picking this instrument up and strumming along for the first time. It is more akin to an instrument known as a strum stick. Triads, or where chords come from a triad is a threenote chord built from the notes of a scale. Chords for dgd tuning plays in the key of g 47 notes on the fretboard. The mountain dulcimer arrangements md contain traditional music plus tablature. Strum sticks from the smokey mountain dulcimer works. You can change things up by mixing the order of chords. Here are some tunes available for everyones use and enjoyment.
Its helpful to use a font like courier as it gives equal space for each letter or space and keep things aligned. Crystal forest mandolins build a fun an easytoplay. Abide with me dulcimer tab version 1, version 2, version 3, version 4, version 5 amazing grace dulcimer tab. D most used chords dulcimer tuning, dulcimer tablature, dulcimer music, guitar. Be sure to check out our strumstick virtual dvd for even more instruction videos.
Basic specs availability brand new songbook edition. Contact info for the rockaway dulcimer club in new jersey has changed. George nixon, hammered dulcimer teacher, is now in livingston, montana. Amazing grace aunt rhody the ballad of jesse james banks of the ohio beautiful brown eyes. Perhaps the salvage sounds pencil case strumstick will be responsible for inspiring the composition of a future smash. This list is a compendium of all the tunes quadas has played, or attempted to play, since our inception in 2010. If you want to harmonize around a particular note, chose a chord containing that note. My wife has been wanting to join in the jam sessions and liked the idea of an instrument that was hard to make a mistake on. The top is adirondack spruce, the sides and back are curly maple. Chord explorations marcy prochaska hammered dulcimer. Jul 17, 2009 we denote minor chords by adding a lowercase m as in am, bm, and em or by using lowercase roman numerals as in ii, iii, and vi.
Ashokan farewell by jay ungar colorado dulcimer festival. They have a free instruction book, that anyone can download as a pdf. This simple device shifts the chords from whatever guitar key they are in to good old key of d, the main strumstick key. Musictabs for stick dulcimermerlin seagull m4strumstick. Version 1, version 2, version 3, version 4, version 5, version 6 angels from the realms of glory dulcimer tab. A starter guide to some basic strumstick melodies great.
Include chords in the root position root note as the lowest note and inversions and indicate which are inversions. Nov 05, 20 the strumstick and mountain dulcimer music book 5th edition 100 songs song titles. Chord charts chord fingering charts for 2 finger mandolin chords includes major minor and seventh chords for the seven major chords also has a fretboard with all of the notes marked, wonderful tonight eric clapton guitar chord chart, an acoustic guitar is a wooden instrument thats shaped like the number eight and has a hole at its middle part. Nov 21, 2017 tabs and music pdf download on my website. Diatonic dulcimers experiment with second inversion chord shapes to see how that changes the. I teach a musical instrument building class to public middle school students in the adjacent. The new strumstick chord changer wheel comes to the rescue.
Like the dulcimer, it is tuned to a diatonic scale. There are no bad notes when playing a stick dulcimer. Find the marked g on the right side of your treble bridge. Still, at a beginning level, a lot of it should be the same. Video chord instructions download pdfs of chord diagrams at these links scroll down for imagesd strumstick most used chordsd strumstick all chordsd strumstick fun or jazzy chordsg strumstick most used chordsg strumstick all chordsg strumstick fun or jazzy chords scroll down for chord d.
Family songbook complete pdf table of contents pdf family songbook page easy 3 chord songs page song resources page dulcimer songs for strumstick special effects advanced instructions. Hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer, and autoharp sheet music. Much of it should be applicable to the merlin, keeping in mind that the strumstick has both 6 and 6 12 frets and a few more notes. Some simple strumstick tunes and melodies to get you started with your salvage sounds pencil case strumstick. In the garden dulcimer tab version 1, version 2, version 3, version 4 it is well with my soul dulcimer tab version 1, version 2, version 3. Cut out the above chord charts and place on your dulcimer when practicing or learning chords how to read dulcimer chords. You only put your finger on the noting string bottom string and strum all 3 strings to get a wounderful sound. There are some great two chord songs that you can play. Cut out the above chord charts and place on your dulcimer when practicing or learning chords how to read dulcimer.
See more ideas about dulcimer tablature, tablature and mountain dulcimer. Jerusalem my happy home dulcimer tab version 1 jesus lover of. Free dulcimer tabs revels music mountain dulcimers. The strumstick is a clever three stringed instrument, based on the mountain dulcimer. The melody string nearest to you is therefore at the bottom, the. Every decade, from the 50s to the present, hit songs have continued to be written using this progression. In other words you would need to use a mirror image of these chords on the mountain dulcimers. The chords of a guitar can be 12 questions answered about piano sheet music. Class slides pdf tuning peg slot cutting on the drill press.
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