“Up on the Housetop” is one of my most favorite, venerable Christmas tunes. It is bright, rhythmic and is a tune which everybody knows and
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“Holy Manna” in DAA Tuning
Recently, I was sorting through boxes of “stuff” brought from my parent’s estate. I found an old hymnal published in 1901. The songs were catagorized
“The Wedding Dress Song” in Aeolian Mode
“The Wedding Dress Song” truly sounds like it just came out of somewhere deep in the Appalachian Mountains. It is melancholy, sad and mysterious. Plus,
The Scotch Cap – An English Jig in D Dorian and the Mode Explained
Here is a lovely English jig, “The Scotch Cap,” which was originally published in the “English Dancing-Master” by John Playford in 1651. It is a
Playing a Chromatic Tune on the Dulcimer without a Chromatic Dulcimer — “The Darktown Strutters’ Ball”
Dulcimers are versatile, creative and innovative. It is amazing how many tunes you can play on the mountain dulcimer. There are, however, limits to the
“The Garton Mother’s Lullaby”
I love lullabies. And the Irish tune, “The Garton Mother’s Lullaby,” may be one of the most beautiful lullabies which I have ever heard. It
Dulcimer Jambalaya 