Barrett Dulcimer Muse

1. About the Tunings and More
2. My Left-Hand Technique:
3. About Chord Shapes
4. About Ornamentation: Slides, Pull-Offs and Hammers
5. My Right-Hand Technique for Fingerpicking & Strumming
6. Tips for Singing with the Mountain Dulcimer
7. Muse-ical Tune & Song Notes
8. Tunes & Songs from Far-Flung Times & Places
9. Apples of Avalon
10. Archibald McDonald of Keppoch
11. Ave Luna (Prayer to the New Moon)
12. Avenging And Bright
13. Before the Snow
14. The Blarney Pilgrim
15. Branle des Village
16. Breton Dances
18. The Butterfly
19. Carolan’s Welcome
20. Chanter’s Tune
21. Cider Song (Son ar Chistr)
22. Dunmore Lasses
23. Give Me Your Hand (Tabhair dom do Lámh)
25. Into The Garden
26. J’ai vu le Loup, Le Renard et la Belette
27. Kemp’s Jig
28. King Of The Faeries
29. Le Branle des Chevaux
30. Leaving Rhu Vaternish
31. Loch Lovan Castle
32. Majorcan Dance
33. The Orange Rogue
34. Planxty Irwin
35. Romp of the Canyon Kitties
36. Sheebeg and Sheemore
37. Song of Brigid (Gabhaim molta Brigid)
38. The Song of Wandering Aengus
39. Southwind

Dulcimer Muse is a beautiful collection of fingerpicked and strummed tunes and songs arranged for the mountain dulcimer for players seeking to expand their repertoire. Thirty-one arrangements are gathered from Medieval and Renaissance eras, traditional folk music of Ireland, Scotland, England, Brittany and Spain, plus original compositions. Intended primarily for intermediate to advanced players and for some ambitious beginners, the pieces include melody lines in standard notation, mountain dulcimer tablature, with chords above most of the dulcimer tablature that can be shared with other musicians for accompaniment. Suggestions on how to play with greater musicality and ease are included. Set one-step lower than customary to bring out the dulcimer’s deeper tones; the majority of pieces are arranged in Mixolydian and Aeolian tunings.