In this new addition to Mel Bay's popular 'School Of' series, MacNeil explains how to sing and accompany on the dulcimer. The book explains different chord types and how to apply them to a variety of...
Mel Bay's Hammered Dulcimer Wall Chart contains a detailed picture of the instrument with bridges, string courses and notes clearly outlined. Locations of all of the notes on the sample 16/15 course d...
The dulcimer is a unique instrument in many ways, with the modal layout of the fretboard prime among them. Early in its days in the Appalachian Mountains players would retune a string, bringing the du...
Every aspect of the hammered dulcimer and its playing techniques is covered in this comprehensive, yet easy-to-understand text. A masterful teacher, Madeline MacNeil exceeds the expectations of a begi...
DAA is a beautiful tuning for the mountain dulcimer. This book contains 19 arrangements of traditional Irish, Welsh, French Canadian, Scottish, and American folk tunes and songs that are rich within t...
This collection of music conveys Madeline's love of hymns. Many of these arrangements provide a harmony part that may be performed on another instrument such as the flute, guitar, bowed psaltery, or m...
Madeline MacNeil's performances are characterized by her effortless vocals and impeccable mountain and hammered dulcimer playing. In this book she reveals some of the secrets of her success with the m...
This book provides 20 beautiful Anglo-American folk songs, field-collected by two remarkable real-life 'song catchers, ' Josephine McGill and Loraine Wyman, in the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky in...
The mountain dulcimer has a long and interesting history in the southern Appalachian mountains, and it's an instrument that so many of us enjoy playing. The book begins with the basics of tuning, stru...