Dynamic Dulcimer MD Book2 copy - Peggy Carter

DYNAMIC DULCIMERBook 2 - Intermediate Level

Arrangements and Playing Suggestions by

Peggy Carter

Tunes For You and Your Friends

Irish Airs, Jigs & Reels; Hymns and Gospel Songs;Old Time Fiddle Tunes; Waltzes; and Technique!

Be A Star!

The Picture on the cover is“Strings and Things” Folk Orchestra.

Durelle Kincel, on far left, lost her battle with Cancer and this book is full of tunes she played....

and its dedicated to her memory.

Peggy

Dynamic Dulcimer

Lessons

For Mountain Dulcimer by

Peggy Carter

Published byPick and Hammer

For information aboutcorrespondence lessons and workshops

contactPeggy Carter

16142 Hexham DriveSpring TX 77379

[email protected]

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Book 2 - Intermediate Level

Tunes and Playing Suggestions

Peggy CarterPeggy Carter is a teacher and performer, hailing from Florida where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Music from Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, and has taught in Florida, North Carolina and in Texas where she presently resides, teaching dulcimer workshops, private lessons and performing solo and with several groups. She is in constant demand as a performer and teacher all around Texas and beyond.

As a musician and teacher Peggy has found an expression for her art in the hammer dulcimer and the Appalachian Mt. dulcimer which she enjoys sharing at many festivals, churches and community events. She has won the Texas Hammer Dulcimer Championship, the Southern Regional Championship, as well as being runner-up in the Texas Mt. Dulcimer Championship. She won a spot on the touring roster for Young Audiences of Houston and the Texas Commission For The Arts, during which time she presented programs in many public and private schools, and did an Artistic Residency at Frank Phillips College in Borger, TX.

After many years of teaching Elementary General Music and Middle School vocal music Peggy was a presenter at the Texas Music Education Association Convention in San Antonio where she demonstrated “Using Dulcimers in the General Music Classroom.”

Solo Performance tours across the US and abroad have included performances from Asheville, North Carolina to San Diego California. Recently some of her more interesting performances were at the Bonner County Fair in Sandpoint, Idaho, and at the Music Hall in Medicine Park, Oklahoma, and at Chickasaw National Park in Sulphur, OK. Her Y2K tour of Ireland included members of her “Folk Orchestra,” Strings and Things who performed with her in a number of performances in pubs, hotels and a Folk Village Park. Her more recent US touring has been in North Idaho, Oregon, California and Colorado and in Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Florida.

As a recording artist Peggy has produced three solo albums of traditional music on the hammer dulcimer, and one album with her string band, Jes’ Playin’ Folk. She has participated on two recordings with the North Harris Dulcimer Society. She has authored many dulcimer instruction books for Mt. dulcimer and hammer dulcimer.

Peggy and husband Chuck are active in promoting traditional acoustic music and together they formed the Houston Area Acoustic Music Society that produced a monthly Acoustic Music Showcase for 10 years. In addition the association sponsored and the Carters produced a Summer Acoustic Music Festival (SAMFest) in the Houston Area for 10 years.

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The Lessons Lesson 9 Putting It All Together 4 Lesson 10 Beginning Finger Picking 12 Lesson 11 Playing Jigs 19 Lesson 12 Crosspicking 24 Lesson 13 Other Tunings 37

The TunesArkansas Traveler DAD Arran Boat Song DAD 9Blackberry Blossom DGD 11Cluck, Ol Hen DAC 45Cold Frosty Morn DGD 44Colored Aristocracy DGD 38Cotton Eyed Joe DAA/DAD 10Dark Island DAD 34Dear Little Shamrock DGD 48Eriskay Love Lilt DAD 16Every Night When The Sun DAD 14Finger Picking Practice DAD 15Give Me Your Hand DGD 46Going Home DAD 18Good By, Liza Jane DGD 40I Wonder As I Wander DAD 44In Dulci Jubilo DAD 20In The Garden DAD 26Jesus Loves Me EAA 42Keel Row DAD 22Left Hand Practice 13Lonely Dove DAC 50Mari’s Wedding DGD 43Midnight On The Water DAD 30Regan’s Jig DAD 21Right Hand Practice 13Scarborough Fair DAC 41Shady Grove DAC 45Single Footin’ Horse DAD 25Spotted Pony DAD 5Star Of The County Down DAC 32Turkey In The Straw DAD 7Welsh Jig DAD 23Wild Mountain Thyme DAD 28Yellow Rose Of Texas DAD 6

Dynamic Dulcimer Contents

Lesson 9Putting It All Together

Right Hand Techniques: 1. Holding the pick with thumb and index finger2. Swing from the elbow, not the wrist3. Using the wrist rotation4. Four ways to strum

• Rhythm of the words• Strum the basic beat• Bum - biddy strum• Double-time strum (16th notes)

Left Hand Techniques:1. Finding the “sweet spot” between the frets2. Look for the railroad tracks on your fingers3. Use Thumb (T), Index (I), Middle (M) and Ring (R) fingers4. Using all the fingers to play chords5. Remember the chord “shapes”6. Play “Barr” chords for back-up

In this lesson we’ll review most of these techniques and make sure we’ve “mastered” them before moving on to the new right hand techniques of fingerpicking, cross picking and flat picking.

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&TAB

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Spotted Pony

Right hand help: Strum across all strings, fretting as indicated. Some arrangements show "0" on all the strings that are strummed, but it is felt that this makes it more difficult to read the tab.

Left Hand Help: Use the suggested fingerings to keep the melody smooth and musical.

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Yellow Rose of TexasOld Time Version

©2004 Peggy Carter

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The Arran Boat Song

Arran Island Trad. Song

©2007 Peggy Carter Arrangement

Capo1st fret

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Finger Picking ~ Right Hand Practice

Finger Picking Using Chord Patterns

Assign a right hand finger to each string:

T= Thumb...belongs to the melody string.

I= index finger...belongs to middle string.

M= middle finger.... belongs to the bass string.

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Eriskay Love Lilt

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Playing Jigs On MD

©2005 Peggy Carter

Count: 1 2 3 4 5 6 or 1 & a 2 & a

Say: gal lop, gal lop, gal lop gal lop, gal lop, gal lop gal lop, gal lop

A Jig is always in 6/8 time. There are six counts in a measure, and an eighth note gets one count. A dotted quarter note gets 3 counts. When played fast it seems like the dotted quarter note gets ONE count, and there seem to be two counts in each measure, and each count is divided into "triplets." Ths kind of meter is called "triple meter" because the beat is divided into three equal parts. Strum OUT on each beat.

The quarter note is twice as long as the eight note. When played fast, the rhythm feels like a gallop. Strum OUT on the quarter note, then a quick IN strum on the 8th note.

Each note gets one beat but its a rather fast beat. Use an OUT-IN strum. (OUT for one note, and IN for the next note.) Count a very fast 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6, or count ONE - - TWO - -

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Welsh Jig"The Druid"

Arranged by Peggy Carter

© 2002 Peggy Carter

The strumming pattern is like the previous tune, but hammer-ons and pull-offs give the left hand the job of sounding the tones in between the basic beat.

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Midnight On The Water

Old Song From Texas

©2005 Arr. by Peggy Carter

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"Cross-picking"

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Lonely DoveTraditional

©2004 Peggy Carter Arrangement

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This is a nice solo, but it is a 3-part round which makes a really nice ensemble piece.

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