Mountain and Hammer Dulcimer
Books, Tapes, CDs and Videos

The Best of Just Friends

LIST OF TUNES:
Southwind -- Cotton Eye Joe -- Rosin the beau -- Weeping Willow -- My Love is a Tinker -- McCleod's Reel -- Lament to Owen Christy -- Harvest -- Dinah -- Shakti's Leap -- Jimmy Allen -- Devil Chased Me Around A Stump -- Bonaparte Crossing the Alps -- Golden Rose Waltz -- Sandy River Bell -- Goddesses/Nonesuch -- Little Liza Jane -- White Creek Pass -- Wind That Shakes the Barley -- Lady of Stowe Hill -- Rubin's Train -- Campbell Falls -- Bonaparte's Retreat -- High Tea in the Garden -- How Can I Keep From Singing

MUSICIANS:
George Haggerty -- Rob Brereton -- Dallas Cline -- David Marks -- Thomasina -- Linda Rose Green -- Tom & Geri White.

Just Friends...One More Time

LIST OF TUNES:
Sally Ann Johnson -- Kesh Jig -- The Minstrel Boy -- Old Mother Flanagan -- Old Joe Clark -- Snowy Breasted Pearl -- Breakin up Christmas -- Spanish is a Lovely Tongue -- Southwind -- Ducks on the Pond -- Shady Grove -- Hard Times -- Harrison Town -- I Am a Pilgrim -- Whiskey Before Breakfast -- June Apple -- Si Beg Si More -- Waterbound -- Greensleeves -- Forked Deer -- Kristen -- Roddy McCorley -- Marching Through Georgia -- Provencal Waltz

MUSICIANS:
George Haggerty -- Bob Stearns -- Dallas Cline -- Melissa Marks -- Thomasina -- Sarah Swersey -- Linne Landgraf -- Julie Shrake -- Tom & Geri White.

It's Dulcimer Time

Produced By David Schnaufer, this CD Features "Folklore", the winner of the 2005 New Songs Showcase in Winfield Kansas.

Some of the judges comments:

• "Very mysterious"
• "Awesome playing!"
• "Powerful tune and very original"

LIST OF TUNES:
(We're Gonna) Rock Around The Clock -- When The Day Comes -- Deep Elm Blues -- Westphalia Waltz -- Renegade -- Faded Love -- Spider Bit The Baby -- Folklore -- Your Cheatin Heart -- Under the Double Eagle -- Norwegian Wood -- Blue Moon of Kentucky -- Mississippi Sawyer -- Just A Closer Walk With Thee -- Hoe Down/Soldier's Joy

Man in the Moon

LIST OF TUNES:
Man in the Moon -- Old Banana Joe -- Lil' West Arm Shuffle -- Blessings -- As Long -- End of May -- Lover's Waltz -- Chances Crossroads -- Peace At Christmas -- Chickadee's Fancy -- Inukshuk -- Ain't No Sunshine -- Da Slockit Light

Just Me & My Dulcimer

LIST OF TUNES:
The Erie Canal -- Sibling Rivalries -- Circles -- My Cape Breton Home -- Mr. Goldfinch -- Hardware Blues -- Scarborough Fair -- Bessie Jane -- Winfield or Bust -- Reuben's Train -- Dance With Me -- The Catch -- Sunday River Waltz -- Old Devil Time -- A Thousand Geese -- Momentum -- The Parson's Farewell

Music of the Shakers for Mountain Dulcimer

Simple and unpretentious, the diatonic music of the Shakers lies well on the mountain dulcimer.  The lyrics to these songs offer a universal message of love and understanding, often with a joyous sense of humor.  The author provides historical insights and program notes for the 30 tunes included here.  This delightful, informative book is illustrated with photos of craft work and period print reproductions depicting the Shaker way of life.  Written in standard notation and mountain dulcimer tab.
80 pp.

It's A Dulcimer Life

This book is not a method book per se, but rather a refreshingly original collection of songs.  With the author’s introduction and extensive notes, however, you will learn many of the intricacies of this instrument.  This information, combined with its unique repertoire make "It’s a Dulcimer Life" a must-have for the serious dulcimer player.  All songs are in standard notation and tab.  Pen and ink illustrations, 134 pages.

SONG LIST:
A Song for Lori -- A Week in January -- American Landscape -- Andante from Quartet in A -- Appaloosa -- Arkansas Traveler -- Arran Boat Song -- Bagatelle -- Beauty in Tears -- Betty Likens -- Bianco Fiori -- Blind Mary -- Boatin' Up Sandy -- Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine -- Bonaparte's Retreat -- Canarios -- The Chanter's Song -- Cluck Old Hen -- The Cuckoo -- Cumha Eoghain Rua Ui Neill -- The Dark Forest -- Douce Dame Jolie -- Durango -- El Tutu -- Fiddlin' Bagpipes -- Fisher's Hornpipe -- Foggy Dew -- Gaelic Air -- The Girl I Left Behind Me -- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen -- Hewlitt -- I Am a Little Scholar -- I've Been All Around This World -- Kingdom Coming - La Mort de Coucy -- The Lakes of Pontchartrain -- Lauda -- Lauda di Maria Maddalenna -- Little St. Anne -- Loch Lavan Castle -- Lord Franklin -- Minuet -- Morrison's Jig

Dulcimer Method

A beginning method for the Appalachian dulcimer with a unique new approach to solo melody and chord playing.  Includes tuning, modes and many beautiful folk songs all demonstrated on the optional audio accompaniment.  Music and tablature.

INCLUDES:
Amazing Grace, Baby Tree, The, Banks Of The Vergio, The, Bold Fenian Men, Brian Boru's March, Chanter Song, The, Cuckoo, Flowers Of The Forest, The, Girl I Left Behind Me, Goddesses, Hatikvah, John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man, Johnny The Sailor, Lark In The Morning, Lauda, Little Moses, March Of The King Of Laois, The Moon Shines Bright, The, Raggle Taggle Gypsies, Scotland The Brave (Tunes Of Glory), Spagnoletta, Spotted Cow, The Irish Washerwoman, Three Jolly Rogues Of Lynn, Tralee Jail, Uncle Joe, When The Saints Go Marching In.

Dulcimer Chord Book

Over 500 mountain dulcimer chords for the five widely used modes -- Mixolydian, Ionian, Lydian, Dorian, and Aeolian -- plus jazz and four-string chromatic tunings.  Includes an explanation and history of modes, transposition, using a capo, playing dulcimer in jam sessions, and more.
Special case size (4½ in. by 12 in.). 64 pages.

Hits of the Beatles

Includes: All My Loving, All Together Now, And I Love Her, Eleanor Rigby, Golden Slumbers, Here Comes the Sun, Hey Jude, I Feel Fine, I Will, It's All Too Much, It's Only Love, Let It Be, Michell, Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown), Nowhere Man, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, Rain, She's Leaving Home, Tell Me What You See, Yellow Submarine, Yesterday, You've Got to Hide Your Love Away.

Hills of Kentucky Dulcimers

Produced by the Hills of Kentucky Dulcimer Club and Steven Seifert, the CD contains a collection of mostly older mountain and fiddle tunes and is great to jam with.  There will be a review done in the Dulcimer Players News soon and we will post it here once it is published!

"This is truly an old-time sound! Very up-beat, happy music and very well done. A great sampling of a variety of players from Kentucky and Ohio."
Kerry Coates, Gila Mountain Dulcimers

SONG LIST:
Red Wing -- White Creek Pass -- River -- Life's Railway to Heaven -- My Old Kentucky Home -- Boatman -- Forked Deer -- New Harmony -- Arkansas Traveler -- Seneca Square Dance -- Wayfaring Stranger -- Bonaparte's Retreat -- Columbus Stockade Blues/Black Mountain Rag -- Long Black Veil -- Crooked Ridge -- I'll Fly Away -- The Fiddler -- Blue Moon of Kentucky -- Flop-Eared Mule -- Snow Deer -- Down the River I go

American Fiddle Tunes
for Mountain Dulcimer
(pub. 1996)

This book contains melodious and energetic music arranged for the novice to experienced player in traditional keys, with musical notation so the selections can be played with other instruments.  Accompaniment chords are included.  Includes lots of instruction on how to play the tunes with authenticity, articulation and at dance tune tempos.  The companion CD for this book, "DULCIMER JUBILEE", has all of these tunes, played by Lois Hornbostel, Kenneth Bloom and Jeff Furman.

SONG LIST:
Barlow Knife -- Boatman -- Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine -- Bonaparte's Retreat -- Breakin' Up Christmas -- Chinese Breakdown -- Cluck Old Hen -- Cotton-Eyed Joe -- Dixie -- Down Yonder -- Dubuque -- Dutch Girl -- Fly Around, My Pretty Little Miss -- Forked Deer -- Hangman's Reel -- John Brown's Dream -- Julie Ann Johnson -- Little Billy Wilson -- Magpie -- Midnight on the Water -- Rock the Cradle, Joe -- Sail Away, Ladies -- Sandy Boys -- Single Footin' Horse -- Southern Aristocracy -- Spotted Pony -- Sugar Hill -- Tombigbee River -- Turkey in the Straw -- Westphalia Waltz -- Year of Jubilo -- The Yellow Rose of Texas

Dulcimer Fiddle Tunes (pub. 1981)

Tablature, chords and instructions on playing in different keys.  Includes a lesson and play-along CD of the tunes, moderate tempo.

SONG LIST:
Angelina Baker -- Arkansas Traveler -- The Bold Fenian Men (Irish) -- Bonnie Charlie (Scottish) -- The Boys of Blue Hill (Irish) -- Buffalo Gals -- Cindy -- Cold Frosty Morning -- Cotton-Eyed Joe -- Cumberland Gap -- The Eighth of January -- Fisher's Hornpipe -- Flop-Eared Mule -- The Flowers of Edinburgh (Scottish) -- Golden Slippers -- Green Grow the Rushes -- O! (Scottish) -- Ida Red -- Indian on a Stump (Cajun) -- The Keel Row (British) -- Kinlock of Kinlock (Scottish) -- Liza Jane -- Mississippi Sawyer -- Nine Hundred Miles (Ruben's Train) -- Off to California -- Over the Waterfall -- Ragtime Annie -- The Rakes of Kildare (Irish) -- Red Haired Boy (Scottish) -- Red Wing, St. Anne's Reel -- Sally Ann -- Sandy River Belle -- Soldier's Joy -- The South Wind (Irish) -- The Star of the County Down (Irish) -- Staten Island Hornpipe -- Uncle Joe (Hop High Ladies, Miss McLeod's Reel) -- West Fork Girls -- Whiskey Before Breakfast -- The Wind that Shakes the Barley (Irish)

The Irish Dulcimer (pub. 1979)

Irish Jigs, Slides, Hornpipes, Polkas, Reels, Songs, O'Carolan Compositions, and Slow Airs, with instructions on playing them.  A bunch of these tunes are on her recording "Dulcimer Enchantment"

. SONG LIST:
The Humours of Whiskey -- Londonderry Air -- Ned of the Hill (Eamonn an Chniuic) -- Summertime, Summertime -- Celtic Melodies -- Give Me Your Hand
     O'Carolan Compositions:
Planxty Irwin -- Planxty Fanny Power -- O'Carolan's Receipt for Drinking -- Planxty Morgan Magan
     Songs:
As I Roved Out -- The Cruiscin Lan -- The Castle of Dromore -- Love, Will You Marry Me? -- The Foggy Dew -- The Parting Glass -- Mick Mc Guire
     Fiddle Tunes, Jigs and Slides:
Haste to the Wedding -- Kesh Jig -- The Road to Lisdoonvarna -- Strop the Razor -- The Blarney Pilgrim -- Behind the Haystack -- Denis Murphy's Slide -- Merrily Kiss the Quaker
     Hornpipes:
The Rights of Man -- The Harvest Home
     Polkas:
Port Lairge -- Spanish Lady
     Reels:
Miss McLeod's Reel -- The Merry Blacksmith

Anthology for the Fretted Dulcimer (pub. 1982)

Lois wrote this book to offer more to dulcimer clubs and groups than unison melody playing.  All of the arrangements blend melody and harmony parts for mountain dulcimers.  Suitable for beginner through experienced players.  Playing techniques, tablature, notation & chords.  The book's 34 group ensembles include old favorites like All Through the Night, Alouette, Amazing Grace, The Ash Grove, Boil Them Cabbage Down, Bury Me Beneath the Willow, Flow Gently Sweet Afton, Hamilton's Waltz, Hard Times Come Again No More, The Holly Bears a Berry, Jubilate Deo, Long Long Ago, The Minstrel Boy, Old Joe Clark, The Old Kentucky Home, Pretty Polly, Rosin the Bow, Shady Grove, Simple Gifts, Where the Soul Never Dies, White Coral Bells.

Dulcimer Duets, Rounds, and Ensembles
(pub. 1985)

Lois wrote this book to offer more to dulcimer clubs and groups than unison melody playing.  All of the arrangements blend melody and harmony parts for mountain dulcimers.  Suitable for beginner through experienced players.  Playing techniques, tablature, notation & chords.

SONG LIST:
All Through the Night -- Alouette -- Amazing Grace -- The Ash Grove -- The Ballad of Willie Moore -- Boil Them Cabbage Down -- Bright Morning Stars -- Bury Me Beneath the Willow -- Celtic Melodies -- Flow Gently, Sweet Afton -- Hamilton's Waltz -- Hard Times Come Again No More -- The Holly Bears a Berry -- It Ain't Gonna Rain No More -- Long Long Ago -- The Minstrel Boy -- Old Joe Clark Ensemble -- The Old Kentucky Home -- Once I Loved a Maiden Fair (English) -- Pretty Polly -- Rosin the Bow (Irish) -- Shady Grove -- Shaker Music -- Simple Gifts -- Where the Soul Never Dies

The Classroom Dulcimer (pub. 1991)

Lois's book for new beginner players.  An excellent primer for children, and an easy way for adults to begin.  How to tune, play notes, chords and harmonies.  Features Lois's approach to strumming and counting time.

SONG LIST:
Groundhog, Hot Cross Buns, Skip to My Lou, Boil Them Cabbage Down, Waterbound, Old Dan Tucker, It Ain't Gonna Rain No More, What-Cha Gonna Do With the Baby?, Goodbye Liza Jane, Shame Shame on the Johnson Boys, Old Yeller Dog, Goin' Down to Town, The Merry Green Fields of Ireland, Rock & Roll Riff 1, Rock & Roll Riff 2, My Paddle, Goddesses, Shady Grove, Old Joe Clark, The Seasons Round. Begins in DAA (Ionian) tuning, and then teaches DAD (Mixolydian) tuning and DAC (Aeolian) tuning.

Dulcimer Celebrations

A 60-min. CD of memorable performances from the concerts of Western Carolina University Mountain Dulcimer Week.  Featuring Leo Kretzner, Phyllis & Jim Gaskins, Stephen Seifert, Lois Hornbostel, Kenneth Bloom, Howie Mitchell, Mark Nelson, Janita Baker, Madeline MacNeil, The Trantham Family, Ralph Lee Smith, Bill Taylor, Don Pedi, Karen Mueller, Linda Brockinton, Mike Anderson, Flora MacDonald Gammon, Jim Miller, Ron Ewing, Jerry Rockwell, Lloyd Wright, Deb Porter.  Many styles of music from traditional Appalachian to Celtic, to World Music, Swing, Blues and Jazz celebrate the versatility of the mountain dulcimer.

Dulcimer Accompaniments for Swing

A 148 page instructional manual, with the melodies, chords and dulcimer TAB for more than sixty tunes including:  Ain't Misbehavin', (All I have to do is) Dream, Almost Like Being In Love, Crazy, Georgia On My Mind, Here There and Everywhere, I Fall To Pieces, I'm An Old Cowhand, My Romance, Paper Moon, Pennies From Heaven, Try To Remember, Tumblin' Tumbleweeds.

There are really cool chords in two dulcimer tunings, DAD and DAC.  DAC is the tuning that's typically used for Aeolian, a minor mode.  Here it is used to play in major keys including F, C, G, D and A.  Although the melody is given in standard notation for all of the tunes, the dulcimer usually doesn't play the melody.  The dulcimer TAB in the book is to accompany yourself or a friend.  There are chord charts for guitar and bass players, fingerings for both guitar chords and dulcimer chords in DAC, lots of theory (chord construction and the musical logic of progressions) and hints on how to jam on popular tunes.

Welcome Christmas

All instrumental dulcimer duets.  Twenty six diverse selections on two beautifully blended mountain dulcimers.  The music is arranged so that it could play in the background during dinner or conversational gatherings as well as just to listen to.  Even though it is all in one key, each selection is kept relatively short (most Christmas songs can quickly get very repetitious) varied harmony and rhythm to give a sense of variety and to avoid ennui.

Song List:
The Boar's Head Carol DAA/DAA -- Deck the Halls DAA/DAA -- Good King Wenceslas DAA/DAA -- The Snow lay on the Ground DAA/DAA -- Christmas is Coming DAA/DAA -- In The Bleak Midwinter DAA/DAA -- Cold Frosty Morning DAd/DAA -- The Mill Wheel DAA/DAA -- Ding, Dong, Merrily on High DAA/DAA -- Oh Christmas Tree DAA/DAA -- Over the River/Jingle Bells DAA/DAA -- Gloucester Carol DAA/DAA -- Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella DAA/DAA -- Joseph and the Angel DAA/DAA -- He is Born, The Holy Child DAA/DAA -- Silent Night DAA/DAA -- The Holly Bears a Berry DAA/DAA -- Away in a Manger DAA/DAA -- The Friendly Beasts DAA/DAA -- Angels We Have Heard on High DAA/DAA -- The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy DAd/DAd -- Joy to the World DAA/DAA -- Infant Holy, Infant Lowly DAA/DAA -- Go Tell It On the Mountain DAA/DAA -- There's a Song in the Air DAA/DAA -- Bells Theme from Magic Flute DAA/daa -- The Boar's Head Carol DAA/DAA