My dulcimer tab for this month is “Blueberry Hill.” Yes, there truly is a “Blueberry Hill.” My folks owned property in the beautiful Appalachian mountains
Category: Tunes and Techniques
Two Christmas Carols and their Variations
Two traditional Christmas carols which I have sung since childhood are “Away in a Manger” and “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” We sang these carols
“Whiskey Before Breakfast”–An Easy Version and English “Speed the Plow”
My tune this month is an easy version of “Whiskey Before Breakfast.” A closely related tune to this fiddle tune is the English song, “Speed
An Irish Tune: The Red Haired Boy
Here’s a great Irish Tune, “The Red Haired Boy.” It is one of the first Irish tunes which I learned to play on the mountain
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Summer has arrived — with a blast of hot air! The high is around 98 F. for us here in the South, the heat index
Warning: Tune May Be Hazardous for Dulcimer Players, “And the Band Played On”
Here’s another upbeat “sing along” tune which I really like — the chorus has a lovely melody. It is entitled, “And The Band Played On.”
Dulcimer Jambalaya 