1: Beginner Tunes
Here are 15 basic tunes you will hear in many dulcimer jam groups. The purpose of this set of videos is to allow you the experience of playing with a group of dulcimer players.
All videos here are in DAD
Introduction
Boil Them Cabbage Down
Oh Susannah
Old Joe Clark
Gray Cat On A Tennessee Farm & Liza Jane
Soldier’s Joy
Camptown Races
Mississippi Sawyer
Cotton-eyed Joe
There Is A Happy Land
You Are My Sunshine
Red River Valley
Black Mountain Rag
Cripple Creek
Wild Wood Flower
I just found your beginner tunes and as a new player have found them very helpful. Thank you for posting them.
Thank you it really helps to have someone to play with,
this is the most helpfull thing I have found on the net
Didn’t know you had this site! It was sent to me from the Baton Rouge group. Can’t wait to use it to practice my fiddle! Good job, folks. We love ya’ll.
I’ve really enjoyed your site; the information and opportunity for participation is outstanding! Thank you for doing such a great job with it!
Where can I get some music so I can learn slowly?
Vera you might try
https://athensdulcimerclub.wordpress.com/dulcimer-lessons/4-other-free-lessons-from-other-sites/
Thanks for posting these great videos to practice along with! Look forward to seeing some more (hint,hint)!
You have a wonderful website. It has helped me more than anything else. Thanks for the time and effort that went into making and sharing your videos and information.
Many thanks for your kind words.
David B <
Thank you from France for your site I am very alone to play and you help me very well
Christian
Welcome Christian. You are now a member of the Athens Dulcimer Club!
How do I get copies of the sheet music for these songs?
We generally don’t post sheet music as there are sometimes copyright issues. For the beginners jam tunes all but two (again because of copyright issues I think) can all be found at
http://everythingdulcimer.com/tab/index.php
Other tab resources can be found at https://athensdulcimerclub.wordpress.com/free-tabs/
Where can we find the sheet music for these songs ??
We don’t post the music as some of them are still under copyright and because many, if not most, can be found at these various links. I’d start with the everythingdulcimer.com link.
https://athensdulcimerclub.wordpress.com/free-tabs/
Love your site! I am a new player (have wanted to for a long time) and find your site very helpful. There aren’t any clubs close to me, nor instructors so I am currently using all the resources I can find on the internet.
Sherri, great, you’re now a member of the Athens Dulcimers. Happy New Year and keep on strumming!