Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.
|
Loading... Mel Bay You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer (edition 1989)by Madeleine MacNeil (Author)
Work InformationMel Bay You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer by Madeline MacNeil
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.  briangreiner | Sep 16, 2017 |  no reviews | add a review
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 mountain dulcimer. Early on, she reminds the reader that the dulcimer is not a toy or a stringed kazoo but a serious, expressive musical instrument capable of stretching as far as the imagination. She endorses both playing by ear and learning to read standard notation. In easily-understood language she manages to explore some very complex, even esoteric concepts, making this a particularly valuable book for the beginning instrumentalists. You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer is simply a great fundamental book. Twelve intensive lessons in 95 pages. Standard notation and tablature. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Now with online Audio and Video download available. No library descriptions found. |
Current DiscussionsNonePopular covers  
 Google Books — Loading...RatingAverage: (4.5)
Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia in English
1
As someone totally new to playing the dulcimer (which I made myself), I found this to be a pretty good introduction. It starts off easy, but challenging enough, and then progresses through different types of tunings and playing techniques. The songs range from nursery rhyme songs to folk songs from North America and Western Europe ... that is, where the dulcimer (or instruments similar to it) have been in use for a long time. Each song is actually a practice session, with notes and hints. Each song is played on the CD, which makes it a handy reference to hear how it is supposed to be played.
The DVD is pretty good, too. At first I found Ms. Mcneil's lecturing style a bit slow and methodical, but as I started playing along and getting flustered, her calming voice helped me to settle down.
This is not an expensive book to get, and is well worth the money. (