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BEGINNER’STUNEBOOKF A M I L I A RFOLKTUNESARRANGED
FORMOUNTAINDULC IMER
JC ROCKWELL
JC Rockwell Music • Guysville, Ohio
J.C. Rockwell MusicPO Box 79Guysville, OH 45735-0079
Website: www.jcrmusic.comE-mail: [email protected]
© copyright 1996 by Jerry Rockwell. All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced or transferred in any form or by any means,electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information and retrievalsystem, without permission in writing from the publisher.
The author:Jerry Rockwell grew up on Long Island and began a career as a jazz and rock guitarist at fifteen.Hearing the mountain dulcimer on a recording by Richard and Mimi Fariña changed his life.He has been teaching, recording, writing about, composing for, performing with, and buildingmountain dulcimers since the early 70s.He graduated in music from The Ohio State University, and continues to develop and encouragemountain dulcimer and guitar students at home and around the US. Beginner's Tunebookoffers a graded approach to repertoire-building in today's two most popular dulcimer tunings,D-A-A and D-A-D.
RecordingsMountain Dulcimer and Psaltery Instrumentals (Traditional Records,1979)Dulcimer Dreams (Traditional Records, 1983 )Little Maggie (J.C. Rockwell Music, 1987)Into the Fever Rain with Niles Hokkanen (Mandocrucian, 1990)Favorite American Folktunes (J.C. Rockwell Music, 1991)Improvisations for Dulcimer, Guitar, and Other Stringed Beings (J.C. Rockwell Music, 1991)The Blackbird and The Beggarman (Wizmak Productions, 1994; J.C. Rockwell Music 1999)
PublicationsTwelve Traditional Tunes, Green Mountain Dulcimer Horizons 1977; Crying Creek 1977Chordal Explorations, Green Mountain Dulcimer Horizons 1978; Crying Creek 1979The American Dulcimer, Backyard Music, 1984The Blackbird and The Beggarman, Mel Bay 1998
Published by J.C. Rockwell Music:Dulcimer Solos, 1986, 1994, 1995Basic Fingerpicking for Mountain Dulcimer, 1990Music Theory and Chord Reference for Mountain Dulcimer, 1994, 1995The Mountain Dulcimer, A short history and buyer’s guide, (pamphlet) 1994Beginner’s Tunebook: Familiar Folktunes Arranged for Mountain Dulcimer, 1996Dulcimer Solos Volume 2, 1997
PART TWOD-A-D ARRANGEMENTSTuning Instructions .................................. 29
Very Basic TunesFrere Jacques ........................................... 30Twinkle, Twinkle ..................................... 31Bile Them Cabbage Down....................... 32Go Tell Aunt Rhody ................................. 32This Old Man ........................................... 33Row, Row, Row Your Boat ...................... 33
Three-Quarter TimeLovely Evening ........................................ 34Pretty Saro ............................................... 35On Top of Old Smoky.............................. 36
MediumRed River Valley ...................................... 36Oh Susannah ............................................ 37Billy Boy.................................................. 38Camptown Races ..................................... 39
Fiddle Tunes &Other Faster TunesLi’l Liza Jane ........................................... 40Buffalo Gals ............................................. 41Jamie Allen .............................................. 42Angeline the Baker .................................. 43
Swing EighthsLoch Lomond .......................................... 44Shortnin’ Bread........................................ 45Shortnin’ Bread in 12/8 ........................... 46
RHYTHMStrum Rhythm Workout .........................47Rhythm Notation ................................... 48
BEGINNER’S TUNEBOOK: CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONDulcimer Fret Patterns ............................... 4Tablature .................................................... 4Getting into Rhythm .................................. 4
PART ONED-A-A ARRANGEMENTSTuning Instructions .................................... 5
Very Basic TunesBile Them Cabbage Down......................... 5Go Tell Aunt Rhody ................................... 5Frere Jacques ............................................. 6Twinkle, Twinkle ....................................... 7Skip to My Lou .......................................... 8This Old Man ............................................. 9Row, Row, Row Your Boat ........................ 9Three Blind Mice ..................................... 10
Three-Quarter TimeOn Top of Old Smoky.............................. 11Lovely Evening ........................................ 12Streets of Laredo...................................... 13Pretty Saro ............................................... 14
MediumRed River Valley ...................................... 15Good King Wenceslas.............................. 16Simple Gifts ............................................. 17Long, Long Ago....................................... 18Oh Susannah ............................................ 19Waterbound .............................................. 20Billy Boy.................................................. 21Camptown Races ..................................... 22
Fiddle Tunes &Other Faster TunesLi’l Liza Jane ........................................... 23Cripple Creek........................................... 23Angeline the Baker .................................. 24The Girl I Left Behind ............................. 25Buffalo Gals ............................................. 26Jamie Allen .............................................. 27Loch Lomond .......................................... 28
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Frets
TunerNut*
Bass string (3rd)Middle string (2nd)
Melody string(s) (1st) Top (Soundboard) Strumming Hollow
PegHead
Bridge*
*Nut to Bridge=String length
Soundhole
Fingerboard
This is a collection of mostly familiar Americanfolk melodies arranged in a very simple “melody-with-drone” style for the mountain dulcimer. Thenumbers are fret numbers on the melody string (ordouble melody string). The melody string is thestring (or course of strings) closest to you as thedulcimer rests on your lap with its peg head on yourleft and strumming hollow on your right. Use theforefinger, middle finger, or ring finger of your left hand to press thestring down firmly just behind (just to the left of) each fret. Strumacross all 3 or 4 strings with a pick held in your right hand.
DULCIMER FRET PATTERNSThe traditional dulcimer fret pattern is purely diatonic (only seventones to the octave) and a major scale pattern starts at the 3rd fret andends at the 10th fret:
Many modern dulcimers (especially those built after 1970) includean extra fret between the 6th and 7th fret. This fret is designated6 1/2 or 6+. A major scale pattern starts at 0 (open string) andcontinues up 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6+, and 7th fret. (Or 3rd through10th fret, skipping 6+):
Take a moment to scan your dulcimer’s fret pattern. Do you see afairly evenly spaced sequence of frets from the 5th fret to the 7th?If so, your dulcimer has a 6+ fret.
When your dulcimer is tuned to D-A-A, the traditional diatonicpattern is exactly what you need; you would have to skip over the6+ fret constantly.
For the D-A-D tuning, a 6+ fret is handy to have for playingmany D major tunes. However, here are only a few in this book thatrequire the 6+ fret to play: Red River Valley, Buffalo Gals, andJamie Allen.
TABLATURETablature is a graphical way of representing the sequence of notesin a tune so that players need not know how to read music. In thisbook, notes in the tune are shown as a series of fret numbers placedin order left to right on a tab staff—an imaginary line that representsthe melody string.
The slashmark above each fret number carries rhythm informa-tion: each slashmark is one beat or a fraction of a beat. The fingersof your left hand play the tune along the melody string: your righthand strums across all three strings, making outstrokes or instrokesaccording to the appropriate rhythm pattern.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 6+ 7 8 9 10
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
INTRODUCTION: HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
For each tune, an open string tuning is given (bass, middle, thenmelody string), as well as a time signature. The tune is divided intomeasures; the top number of the time signature tells the number ofbeats in each measure, and the bottom number tells what kind of notereceives one beat. In 4/4 time, each measure equals 4 quarter notes.In 6/8 time, each measure equals 6 eighth notes. See RhythmNotation for a chart that compares the duration of these notes.
GETTING INTO RHYTHMEach quarter-note value slash mark indicates an outstroke ( ) withthe pick across all strings. Eighth note slash marks indicate anoutstroke ( ) followed by an instroke (v). For more information onrhythm, see Rhythm Notation and Strumming Rhythm Workout.
Once you get comfortable with outstrokes, try doubling up thesequarter-note values with eighth notes:
Bile Them Cabbage Down in quarter-note outstrokes, as written inthis tunebook, is as follows (see next page):
Now, doubling up these quarter notes to eighth notes, we have analternating Out/In strum:
You can try this pattern with any tune as soon as you feel comfortablewith outstrokes. Speeding things up, we can write Bile ThemCabbage as a hoedown in 2/4 time (see example 3 on page 47).
This strumming pattern works especially well for fiddle tunes andother fast tunes (see the list on the Contents page).
³ ³Quarternoteslash mark
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³ ²Bile them cab- bage down______ boys_______
& two ee & a l0 0 0 0
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³ ² >³ ²Bile them cab- bage down______ boys_______
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Tune your dulcimer to D-A-A (D Ionian)
Step 1. Tune the 3rd or bass string of the dulcimer to the D below Middle C(this is the same note as the open 4th string of the guitar).
Step 2. Hold the 3rd or bass string down behind (just to the left of) the 4th fret andpluck this note (A). Tune your middle or 2nd string so it exactly matches this pitch.
Step 3. Tune the melody or 1st string to the same note as the open middle string.Now play the Ionian mode from frets 3 through 10 and back down. Skip 6+!
Tuning: D-A-A Southern U.S.
Bile Them Cabbage Down
Bile them cab-bage down boys Turn them hoe-cakes ’round
On - ly song that I can sing is Bile them cab-bage down l
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PART ONE: ARRANGEMENTS IN D-A-A
Tuning: D-A-A
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Go tell aunt Rho dy Go tell aunt Rho dy
Go tell aunt Rho dy the old gray goose is dead. l
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Tuning: D-A-A France
Frere Jacques
Fre - re Jac - ques Fre - re Jac - ques
Dor - mez vous Dor - mez vous
Son - nez les ma - tin - es Son -nez les ma - tin - es
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FranceTuning: D-A-A
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Twin - kle, twin - kle lit - tle star,
How I won - der what you are,
Up a - bove the world so high,
Like a dia - mond in the sky.
Twin - kle, twin - kle lit - tle star,
How I won - der what you are. l
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Tuning: D-A-A United States
Skip to My Lou
Fly in the but - ter - milk shoo fly shoo!
Fly in the but - ter - milk shoo fly shoo!
Fly in the but - ter - milk shoo fly shoo!
Skip to my Lou my dar ling
Lou Lou skip to my Lou Lou Lou
skip to my Lou Lou Lou skip to my Lou
Skip to my Lou my dar ling.
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EnglandTuning: D-A-A
This Old Man
This old man he played one He played nick-nack on my thumb, With a
nick-nack pad-dy whack give the dog a bone! This old man came roll -inghome lP
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Tuning: D-A-A Round
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Row row row your boat gent ly down the stream
Mer-ri - ly, mer-ri - ly, mer-ri - ly, mer-ri - ly, Life is but a dream. lP
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Tuning: D-A-A
Three Blind Mice
4.
3.
2.
1.
Three blind mice, three blind
mice, See how they run,
see how they run, They all run af - ter the
farm - er's wife, who cut off their tails with a carv - ing knife. Did you
ev - er see such a sight in your life as three blind
mice.
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Tuning: D-A-A Kentucky
On Top of Old Smoky
On Top of old Smo - ky, All cov-eredwith
snow I lost my true lov - er
for a - cour -tin’ too slow .
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Tuning: D-A-A
3.
2.
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Round
Lovely Evening
Oh how love - ly is the eve - ning,
is the eve - ning, When the bells are
sweet - ly ring - ing, sweet - ly ring - ing,
Ding, dong, ding,
dong, ding, dong. l
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AmericanTuning: D-A-A
Streets of Laredo
As I walked out on the streets of La -
re - do, as I walked out on La - re - do one
day; I spied a young cow - boy all wrapped in white
lin - en, All wrapped in white lin - en as
cold as the clay. l
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Tuning: D-A-A Appalachian
Pretty Saro
Down in some lone val - ley, in a
lone - some place Where the wild birds do
whis - tle, their notes do in - crease Fare -
well pret - ty Sa - ro I’ll bid you a -
dieu, and I’ll dream of pret - ty Sa - ro where
e - ver I go. l
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Tuning: D-A-A Cowboy
Red River Valley
Come and sit by my side if you love me
Do not has - ten to bid me a - dieu,
But re - mem - ber the Red Riv - er Val -ley
And your sweet - heart that loves you so true l
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Tuning: D-A-A England
Good King Wenceslas
Good King Wen-ces - las look’d out on the feast of Ste - phen
When the snow lay round a - bout deep and crisp and e - ven
Bright -ly shone the moon at night tho’ the frost was cru - el
When a poor man came in sight gath’ ring win - ter fu -
el. l
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Tuning: D-A-A Traditional Shaker Melody
Simple Gifts
’Tis the gift to be sim - ple, ’tis the gift to be
free ’tis the gift to come down where we ought to
be and when we find our - selves in the place just
right, it will be in the val - ley of love and de -
light When true sim - pli - ci - ty is
gained, to bow and to bend we will not be a -
shamed to turn to turn will be our de -
light still by turn - ing and turn - ing we’ll come ’round
right. l
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Tuning: D-A-A Thomas H. Bayly
Long, Long Ago
Tell me the tales that to me were so dear,
Long, long a - go, long, long a - go;
Sing me the songs I de - light - ed to hear,
Long, long a - go, long a - go.
Now you are come all my grief is re - moved,
Let me for - get that so long you have roved,
Let me be - lieve that you love as you loved,
Long, long a - go long a - go. l
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1. 2.1. 2.1. 2.1. 2.
Stephen FosterTuning: D-A-A
Oh Susanna
Oh I come from Al - arained all night the
bam - a with aday I left, the
ban - jo on mywea - ther it was
knee And I'mdry the
goin’ to Lou - sisun so hot I
an - a my Sufroze to death Su -
san - na for tosan - na don’t you
see. Itcry
Oh Su san - na Oh don’t you cry for me cause I
come from Al - a bam - a with a ban - jo on my knee. l44 l l
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AmericanTuning: D-A-A
Waterbound
Wa - ter - bound & I can’t go home Wa - ter - bound & I
can’t go home Wa - ter - bound & I can’t go home Way
down in North Caro - li - na. l
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Tuning: D-A-A arr. by J.C. Rockwell
Billy Boy
Oh, where have you been Bil - ly Boy, Bil - ly
Boy, Oh where have you been, charm-ing Bil - ly?
I have been to see my wife, she's the
joy of my life She's a young thing and
can - not leave her moth - er. l
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Tuning: D-A-A Stephen Foster
Camptown Races
The Camp-town la - dies sing this song, do - da,
do - da! The Camp-townrace track five miles long, Oh, do - da
day. Oh, see those hor - ses round the bend, do - da,
do - da! Guess that race will nev - er end, Oh, do - da
day Go - ing to run all night,
go - ing to run all day, I'll bet my mon -ey on the
bob - tail nag, Some - bod - y bet on the bay. lP
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B.
Tuning: D-A-A American
Lil’ Liza Jane I lP
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B.
Tuning: D-A-A American
Cripple Creek I lP
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Tuning: D-A-A American
Angeline the Baker I l
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Tuning: D-A-A British Isles
The Girl I Left Behind Me
I’m lone - some since I crossed the hill and
o’er the moor and val - ley, Such
heav - y thoughts my heart do fill since part - ing with my
Sal - ly I seek no more the fine and gay, for
each does but re - mind me, How swift the hours did
pass a - way with the girl I left be - hind me. lP
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Tuning: D-A-A Cool White
Buffalo Gals
As I was walk - ing down the street down the street
down the street, A pret - ty gal I chanced to meet, Oh
she was fair to see. Oh, Buf - fa - lo Gals won't you
come out to - night, come out to - night,
come out to - night? Oh, Buf - fa - lo Gals won't you
come out to-night, and dance by the light of the moon? l
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1 21 2
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Jamie AllenTuning: D-A-A Northumbrian Piping Tune
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Tuning: D-A-A Scotland
Loch Lomond
By yon bon - nie banks and by yon bon - nie braes, Where the
sun shines bright on Loch Lo - mond, Where me and my true love were
ev - er wont to gae, On the bon-nie, bon -niebanks of Loch Lo - mond. Oh
ye’ll take the high road, and I’ll take the low road, And I’ll be in Scot - land a -
fore ye, But me and my true love we’ll nev -er meet a - gain On the
bon - nie, bon - nie banks of Loch Lo - mond. l
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PART TWO: ARRANGEMENTS IN D-A-D
TUNE YOUR DULCIMER TO D-A-D (D MIXOLYDIAN)
Step 1. Tune the 3rd or bass string of the dulcimer to the D below Middle C(this is the same note as the open 4th string of the guitar).
Step 2. Hold the 3rd or bass string down behind (just to the left of) the 4th fretand pluck this note (A). Tune your middle or 2nd string so it exactly matches thispitch.
Step 3. Hold the 2nd or middle string down at the 3rd fret and pluck this note(high D, one octave above the open bass string). Tune the melody or 1st string tothis note. [Caution: From Ionian D-A-A, you must stretch the melody string con-siderably to get to D-A-D]. Play the Mixolydian mode on the melody string fromthe open string to fret 7 and back down. Skip 6+.
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On Bass String:
Tuning: D-A-D France
Frere Jacques
Fre - re Jac - ques Fre - re Jac - ques
Dor - mez vous Dor - mez vous
Son - nez les ma - tin - es Son -nez les ma - tin - es
Ding dong ding Ding dong ding
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Tuning: D-A-D
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Twin - kle, twin - kle lit - tle star,
How I won - der what you are,
Up a - bove the world so high,
Like a dia - mond in the sky.
Twin - kle, twin - kle lit - tle star,
How I won - der what you are.
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Tuning: D-A-D Southern U.S.
Bile Them Cabbage Down
Bile them cab-bage down boys Turn them hoe-cakes ’round
On - ly song that I can sing is Bile them cab-bage down l
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Tuning: D-A-D
Go Tell Aunt Rhody
Go tell aunt Rho dy Go tell aunt Rho dy
Go tell aunt Rho dy the old gray goose is dead. l
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Tuning: D-A-D
This Old Man
This old man he played one He played nick-nack on my thumb, With a
nick-nack pad-dy whack give the dog a bone! This old man came roll - ing home lP
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Tuning: D-A-D Round
Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Row row row your boat gent ly down the stream
Mer-ri - ly, mer-ri - ly, mer-ri - ly, mer-ri - ly, Life is but a dream. lP
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Tuning: D-A-D
3.
2.
1.
Round
Lovely Evening
Oh how love - ly is the eve - ning,
is the eve - ning, When the bells are
sweet - ly ring - ing, sweet - ly ring - ing,
Ding, dong, ding,
dong, ding, dong.
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Tuning: D-A-D Appalachian
Pretty Saro
Down in some lone val - ley, in a lone - some
place Where the wild birds do whis - tle, their
notes do in - crease Fare - well pret - ty
Sa - ro I'll bid you a - dieu, and I'll
dream of pret - ty Sa - ro where e - ver I go.
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Tuning: D-A-D Kentucky
On Top of Old Smoky
On Top of old Smo - ky, All cov-eredwith
snow I lost my true lov - er
for a - cour -tin' too slow .
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Tuning: D-A-D Cowboy
Red River Valley
Come and sit by my side if you love me
Do not has - ten to bid me a - dieu,
But re - mem - ber the Red Riv - er Val -ley
And your
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sweet - heart that loves you so true
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1. 2.1. 2.1. 2.1. 2.
Stephen FosterTuning: D-A-D
Oh Susanna
Oh I come from Al - arained all night the
bam - a with aday I left, the
ban - jo on mywea - ther it was
knee And I'mdry the
goin' to Lou - sisun so hot I
an - a my Sufroze to death Su -
san - na for tosan - na don't you
see. Itcry
Oh Su san - na Oh don't you cry for me cause I
come from Al - a bam - a with a ban - jo on my knee.
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T0
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T0
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V0
V0
V0
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U0
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EnglandTuning: D-A-D
Billy Boy
Oh, where have you been Bil - ly Boy, Bil - ly
Boy, Oh where have you been, charm-ing Bil - ly?
I have been to see my wife, she’s the joy of my
life She’s a young thing and can-not leave her moth-er.
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lP l l l
lP l l l /
S0
T0
U0
U0
U0
U0
X0
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T0
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Tuning: D-A-D Stephen Foster
Camptown Races
The Camp-town la - dies sing this song, do - da,
do - da! The Camp-townrace track five miles long, Oh, do - da
day. Oh, see those hor - ses round the bend, do - da,
do - da! Guess that race will nev - er end, Oh, do - da
day Go - ing to run all night,
go - ing to run all day, I’ll bet my mon -ey on the
bob - tail nag, Some - bod - y bet on the bay.
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lP l l l
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U0
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R0
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T0
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R0 0
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A.
B.
Tuning: D-A-D
Lil’ Liza Jane
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Tuning: D-A-D Cool White
Buffalo Gals
As I was walk - ing down the street down the street
down the street, A pret - ty gal I chanced to meet, Oh
she was fair to see. Oh,
+
Buf -fa - lo Gals won’t you
come out to - night, come out to - night,
come out to - night? Oh,
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Buf - fa - lo Gals won’t you
come out to-night, and dance by the light of the moon?
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A.
1. 2.1. 2.
B.1. 2.
2.1. 2.1. 2.1.
Tuning: D-A-D Northumbrian Piping Tune
Jamie Allen
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A.
B.
Tuning: D-A-D American
Angeline the Baker
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Tuning: D-A-D Scotland
Loch Lomond
By yon bon - nie banks and by yon bon - nie braes, Where the
sun shines bright on Loch Lo - mond, Where me and my true love were
ev - er wont to gae, On the bon-nie, bon -niebanks of Loch Lo - mond. Oh
ye'll take the high road, and I'll take the low road, And I'll be in Scot - land a -
fore ye, But me and my true love we'll nev -er meet a -gain On the
bon -nie, bon -nie banks of Loch Lo - mond.
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Two lit - tle ba - bies ly - in in bed
One's so sick and the oth - er 'most dead
Went to the doc - tor and the doc tor said
"Give them ba - bies some Short 'nin bread
Ma - ma's lit - tle ba - bies love Short - 'nin, Short - 'nin
Ma - ma's lit - tle ba - bies love Short - 'nin bread
Ma - ma's lit - tle ba - bies love Short - 'nin, Short - 'nin
Ma - ma's lit - tle ba - bies love Short - 'nin bread
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Shortnin’ BreadTuning: D-A-D
46
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128
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Tuning: D-A-D
Shortnin’ Bread (in 12/8)
X0
X0 j
V0
V0 j
U0
U0 j
V0
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Two lit - tle ba - bies
X0
X0 j
V0
U0 j
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ly - in in bed
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X0 j
V0
V0 j
U0
U0 j
V0
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Went to the doc - tor and the
X0
X0 j
V0
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U . 0 0 j
doc tor said
X0
X0 j
V0
V0 j
U0
U0 j
V0
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R0
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Short 'nin bread"
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V0
V0 j
U0
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Ma - ma's lit - tle ba - bies love
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Short - 'nin, Short - 'nin
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Q0 j
V0
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U0
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Ma - ma's lit - tle ba - bies love
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R0
Q0 j
Q . 0 0 j
Q . 0 0 j
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V0
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Ma - ma's lit - tle ba - bies love
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V0
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Ma - ma's lit - tle ba - bies love
S . 0 0 j
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= OUT stroke (strum away from yourself)v = IN stroke (strum toward yourself)> = Accent (strum louder)
³Strumming Rhythm Workout
one two threefour one two threefour
one & two & three & four &
one ee & a two ee & a
1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 67. JIG TIME—Pay close attention to the strumming direction AND the ACCENTS:
6. SWING EIGHTHS or SHUFFLE in 12/8 (often written in 4/4):
5. Eighth Note TRIPLETS in 4/4 (each beat subdivided into 3):
4. STRAIGHT- EIGHTHS in 4/4 (each beat subdivided into 2):
3. The HOEDOWN STRUM—Alternating OUT-IN on the Sixteenth Note in 2/4:
2. Alternating OUT-IN on the Eighth Note in 4/4:
1. OUTSTROKES on the Quarter Note in 4/4:
Count:
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³ ²0 0
³ ²0 0
³ ²0 0
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³ ² >³ ²0 0 0 0
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Time Signature and MeasuresMeters
44 w h . q q q h h h Measures
Time signature Tie Double bar
4 c4Duple meter
or (Common time);
or (Cut time);2 C 22 4Triple meters
(Waltz time); ;
Compound meters include:
3 3 34 8 2 The meter of a piece can be indicated by a time signature. This appears on the staff at the beginningof a piece of music, and has two numbers, one above the other. The top number tells the numberof beats in a measure, and the bottom number tells what kind of note receives one beat.A tie is used to connect two notes of the same pitch across a bar line. The notes are soundedcontinuously, as though they were one note. A double bar indicates the end of a piece or section.
Repeat a piece ending with a repeat sign or a part enclosed by repeat signs.} } }6 6 9 128 4 8 8
Sixteenth Rest1⁄4 beat
Eighth Rest1⁄2 beat
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Half Rest (above line)Two beats each
Quarter RestOne beat each
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Elements of a Note:
Beams
Flags
Stem and Note Head
Rests
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and
1 ee & a 2 ee & a 3 ee & a 4 ee & a
wh h
q q q qee q q q q q q
xxxx q q q q q q q q q q q q
FourQuarter Notes
One beat each
EightEighth Notes
1⁄2 beat each
SixteenSixteenth Notes
1⁄4 beat each
TwoHalf NotesTwo beats each
OneWhole Note
Four beats
Note Values
Dotted Note Valuesq q .QuarterNote1 beat
HalfNote
2 beats
DottedQuarter Note
11⁄2 beat
DottedHalf Note
3 beats
h h .
Either flags or beams can be used for eighth notes and shorternotes, with each flag or beam cutting the value of the note in half.Three flags make a thirty-second note, four flags a sixty-fourthnote, etc. To make sight reading easier, beams are used instead offlags to link the notes into a unit equaling a beat or a measure.
Rests are signs for silence, with each rest equal in duration to itscorresponding note.
A dot placed after a note increases its time value by half.
A measure or bar is the basic time unit or metric group. Measuresare separated by bar lines. In common time (the meter which is thebasis for the system) a whole note fills a measure of four beats, butany combination of notes which equals four beats can be used in ameasure.
Rhythm NotationThe entire system of music notation in use today is based on a whole note w, which normally occupies a whole measure of fourbeats. By adding various devices to that note, we can halve its duration, resulting in smaller note values.
