Catherine: A tune from Playford 1701, called ‘My Lord Cutt’s Delight’ in a late 17th century Northumbrian manuscript (tuning DAD – intermediate) Swing and Turn Jubilee: A Ritchie family song in a version learnt from Sarah Kate Morgan, but with my own arrangement, playable at different levels. (tuning DAD – easy/intermediate) Spootiskerry: A modern reel by Shetland fiddler Ian Burns (tuning DGD – intermediate/advanced) St. Often listed as a shanty, but in its current form seems far too free-form for collective hauling…. Basically, it should sound like a bouncy waltz (tuning DGD – easy/intermediate) Machynlleth: A traditional Welsh tune (DGD tuning – intermediate/advanced) Mazurka van Antoinette: A tune composed by Herman Dewit, one of the leading lights of the Flemish folk revival movement (tuning DAD – easy) Mona’s Delight/ Getting Upstairs: Two traditional tunes in G ( DGD – easy/intermediate) New Anything: A lovely Playford tune (tuning DAD – intermediate) Planxty Fanny Power (or Po’er): Written by the blind Irish harper Turlough O’Carolan around 1728, in praise of Miss Elizabeth Power, daughter and heiress of David Power, County Galway (tuning DAD capo 3 – intermediate/advanced) Portsmouth: A classic English hornpipe, which is not difficult to play but moves up quite high on the fretboard (tuning DGD – easy/intermediate) Redwing: Another American old time/bluegrass standard (tuning DAD – easy/intermediate) Schottische a Virmoux: A lovely French session tune collected or possibly composed by Frederic Paris (tuning DAD and DGD – intermediate) Shenandoah: A North American song with a much-disputed ancestry. It’s a mazurka and intended for dancing, so…play with heavy legato if it’s written dotted, or heavy swing if not. Liberty Reel: An American dance tune (tuning DAD – intermediate) L’Inconnu de Limoise: A catchy modern tune by Maxou Heintzen about an unknown piper, found buried alongside his pipes in Limoise. Needs an 8+ fret for the third part…or play chords just for that section (tuning DGD – intermediate) La Cinq-Cents: A catchy modern French Mazurka, to be played slightly dotted therefore (tuning DGD – easy/intermediate) Also available in D here. One to play around with the rhythm (tuning DAD – easy) Horses’ Brawl (Branle des Chevaux): A favourite of the Autumn Nonsuch events, when the band strikes up and all the dancers prance round the room as horses! From Arbeau, Orchesographie, 1689. The full chord-melody arrangement is difficult, but if you just play the tune – the bottom notes of all the chords – it’s not too challenging (tuning DAD – easy/intermediate/advanced) East Parkside: A modern tune by Nigel Gatherer, arranged as a duet (tuning DAD – easy/intermediate) Flop-Eared Mule: An American old time and bluegrass standard in two versions: one with all the notes and one with the important notes! (tuning DAD – intermediate or easy, depending which version you choose) Golden Slippers: A well-known American standard (tuning DAD – easy/intermediate) Going to Boston: Accessible version of a really good old tune (tuning DAD – easy) Gray Cat on a Tennessee Farm: Simple tune framework but moves around more than some. Each time a crofter left or died, another light was ‘slockit’ – Gaelic for ‘extinguished’. Became very popular in England under the title ‘Sweet Jenny Jones’ (tuning DAD – intermediate) Da Slockit Light: A tune written by fiddler Tom Anderson lamenting the gradual depopulation of his native Shetland Isles. In D but easy patterns to move up to G if necessary (just add 3 to each fret number in the TAB) (tuning DAD – easy) Buffalo Girls: Not too difficult to play straight, but can also be played with some tricksy syncopations (tuning DAD – easy to intermediate) Cadair Idris: Supposedly written by a Welsh bard in the early 19th century and named after the imposing ‘Chair of Idris’ mountain in southern Snowdonia. Ideal to gradually develop your skills in improvisation, both rhythm and melody (tuning DAD – easy) Beaucatcher Farewell – a modern piece by hammered dulcimer player Bob Zentz (tuning DGD – intermediate) Blackest Crow: Haunting song which works well with a noter (tuning DAA – easy) Bouffard’s Waltz: A deceptively simple tune from the master of traditional French hurdy-gurdy music, Patrick Bouffard. Session Tunes Often used by Nonsuch Dulcimer Club members in the UK Angelina Baker: Old time favourite which, for variety, can be played on bass or middle string, or up an octave (tuning DAD – easy) Barlow Knife: Just the skeleton of the tune for beginners, but still a fun piece to play.
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