Dulcimer Tab Books

You can buy my books at lulu.com in soft cover or download editions.  All books are also available for direct purchase: $30 for each book plus $5 for postage and packaging.  Email Mark for mailing address.

Scandinavian Tunes for Mountain Dulcimer

A lovely collection of 50 tunes from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland arranged for Mountain Dulcimer by virtuoso musician and National Dulcimer Champion, Mark Gilston.  All tunes watchable on YouTube videos.

CONTENTS:
A Jänta a Ja | Atten Guleroeder | Blan-Olles Gånglåt | Bol-Olles Shottis | Bringebaerslåtten | Brøllupsgården | Byggna’n | Druttjenkaleiken | 1814 | Emma’s Waltz | Gånglåt efter Mattias Blom| Gånglåt från Rättvik | Gavells-Ella Hambo | Grandpa’s Waltz | Hårga Dur | Hollænder | Hoppvals fra Feragen | Ievan Polkka | Kjedsberggubben | Långdans från Sollerön |Långdans från Västergötland | Mora Långdans | Morning Hambo | Morpho Schottis | Mungalåten | My Hambo Has Fleas | Nu är det Sommar | Ostindiens Velkomst | Per, the Blacksmith Waltz | Polska av Båtsman Däck | Polka och Bakmes från Kall | Polonäs från Sexdrega | Pols for Yoshimi | Polska efter Lars i Kontere Gräsmark | Polska efter Ström-Erske | Polska från Sjosas | Ringlander etter Ringnessen | Säckpipslåt från Norra Råda | Schottis från Idre | Schottis från Lima | Schottis från Lindome | Schottis från Porjus | Slängpolska efter Bysse-Calle | Slängpolska från Småland | Steklåt från Särna | Vals efter Tjäder Jonas | Vals från Orsa | Vals från Rättvik | Visby | Wedding March from Rättvik

YouTube playlist for Scandinavian Tunes for Mountain Dulcimer:

Christmas with Dulcimers

41 traditional Christmas carols and winter seasonal songs from Mark’s CD, “Christmas with Dulcimers” and holiday YouTube videos, arranged for Mountain Dulcimer in D-A-D.

CONTENTS:
Adeste Fideles| Almost Day | Ain’t That Rockin’ All Night | Auld Lang Syne | Away in a Manger | Babe of Bethlehem | Brightest and Best | Christmas Day in the Morning | Coventry Carol | Cradle Hymn | Ding Dong Merrily on High | Gaudete | Hark, the Herald Angels Sing | Hey Tomtegubbar | The Holly and the Ivy | I Saw Three Ships | Il Est Ne | In Dulci Jubilo | In the Bleak Midwinter | Jeanette Isabella | Jingle Bells | Joy to the World | Live Happily | Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming | Mary Had a Baby | Noël Nouvelet | Now the Holly Bears a Berry | Nu Är Det Jul Igen | O Come O Come Emmanuel | Pat-a-Pan | Rise Up Shepherd and Follow | Sankta Lucia | Silent Night | Sing Hallelu | Star in the East | We Three Kings | We Wish You a Merry Christmas | What Child Is This? | While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks | Zie Ginds Kompt de Stoomboot

YouTube playlist for Christmas with Dulcimers:

 

Irish Tunes for Mountain Dulcimer, Volume 2

40 traditional Irish airs, hornpipes, jigs, reels, slip jigs, polkas and waltzes from Mark’s CDs and YouTube videos, arranged for Mountain Dulcimer in D-A-D.

CONTENTS:
Another Jig Will Do | Bank of Ireland | Beauty in Tears | Black Rogue | Blackthorn Stick |Blind Mary | Boy in the Gap | Boys of Blue Hill | Brian Boru’s March | Castle Kelly | Cooley’s Reel | Dever the Dancer | Drops of Brandy | Egan’s Polka | The Fairies | Foxhunter’s Reel | Fraher’s Jig | Harvest Home | I Buried My Wife | Irish Washerwoman | Irishman’s Heart to the Ladies | Jockey to the Fair | Julia Delaney | Kid on the Mountain | Killarney Boys of Pleasure | King of the Fairies | Langstrom’s Pony | Moorlough Shore | Morrison’s Jig | Musical Priest | Peeler’s Jacket | Rights of Man | Saddle the Pony | Ships Are Sailing | Smash the Windows | Star of the County Down | Tear the Calico | Tobin’s Favourite | Trip to Durrow | The Wise Maid

YouTube playlist for Irish Tunes for Mountain Dulcimer, Volume 2:

Irish Tunes for Mountain Dulcimer, Volume 1

40 traditional Irish jigs, reels, slides, polkas, waltzes and original tunes from Mark’s CDs, arranged for Mountain Dulcimer in D-A-D.

CONTENTS:
An Comhra Donn|Banish Misfortune | Blarney Pilgrim | Cliffs of Moher | Connaughtman’s Rambles | Dennis Murphy’s Polka | Dennis Murphy’s Slide |Dingle Regatta | Father Kelly | Flower of the Flock | Follow Me Down to Carlow |The Green Dulcimer | Hide and Go Seek | Jim Ward’s | Kesh Jig | Lark in the Morning | Lakes of Sligo | Leitrim Fancy | Lilting Banshee | Maggie Brown’s Fancy |Maid at the Spinning Wheel | Maid Behind the Bar | Merrily Kissed the Quaker’s Wife | Mug of Brown Ale|  Munster Cloak | Paddy on the Turnpike | Planxty Fanny Power | Planxty George Brabazon | Planxty Irwin | Rakes of Kildare | Road to Lisdoonvarna | Sally Gardens | Star of Munster | Swallowtail Jig | Tar Road to Sligo | Ten Penny Bit | Three Sea Captains | Top of Cork Road | Trip to Sligo | Tripping Up The Stairs

YouTube playlist for Irish Tunes for Mountain Dulcimer, Volume 1:

Popular American Old Time Tunes for Dulcimer

48 tabs of the most commonly played popular Old Time jamming tunes arranged for Mountain Dulcimer in D-A-D tuning.

CONTENTS:
Angeline the Baker | Arkansas Traveler | Big Sciota | Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine | Camp Town Meeting on the 4^th of July | Cherokee Shuffle | Cluck Old Hen | Coleman’s March | Cripple Creek | Cumberland Gap | Fisher’s Hornpipe | Flop Earred Mule | Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss | Forked Deer | (Cold) Frosty Morning | Golden Slippers | Johnson Boys | Julianne Johnson | June Apple | Liberty| Mississippi Sawyer | Midnight on the Water | Old Joe Clark | Over the Waterfall | Red Haired Boy | Rosin the Beau | Saint Anne’s Reel | Sandy Boys | Sandy River Belle | Shady Grove | Shove that Pigsfoot a Little Further into the Fire, Soldier’s Joy, Sourwood Mountain, Spotted Pony | Stoney Point | Swinging on a Gate | Turkey in the Straw | West Fork Gals | Westphalia Waltz | Whiskey Before Breakfast | Yellow Rose of Texas

YouTube playlist for Popular American Old Time Tunes for Dulcimer:

More American Old Time Tunes for Dulcimer (The YouTube Videos)

41 American tunes from Mark’s YouTube videos, arranged for Mountain Dulcimer in D-A-D tuning.

CONTENTS:
Antelope Gap | Black Eyed Susie | Bound to Have a Little Fun | Breaking Up Christmas | Bull at the Wagon | California Blues | Chattanooga | Cold Frosty Morning | Dandy Lusk | Easy Pickins | Give the Fiddler a Dram | Grandpa’s Waltz | Indian Ate a Woodchuck | Jim Shank | Jonah in the Windstorm | Katie Bar the Door | Kittypuss | Mike in the Wilderness | Miller Boy | Mouth of the Potomac | Mowing the Meadow | Needle Case | Old Black Cat | Old Eighteen Twelve| Old Hen She Cackled | Old Jaw Bone | Old Joe Clark | Polly Put the Kettle On | Quince Dillon’s High D | Quindaro Hornpipe | Salt Creek | Santa Anna’s Retreat| Sarah Armstrong | Ship in the Clouds | Sourwood Mountain | Uncle Joe | Ways of the World | West Texas Waltz | What’ll I Do With the Baby-O?

YouTube Playlist for More American Old Time Tunes for Dulcimer:

American Old-Time Tunes for Dulcimer, Voume 1

40 American Old Time and original tunes from Mark’s CDs, arranged for Mountain Dulcimer in D-A-D.

CONTENTS:
Barlow Knife | Boatman | Breaking Up Christmas | Bull at the Wagon | Bullfrog on a Puncheon Floor | Chinquapin Hunting | Cluck Old Hen | Cotton Eye Joe |Ducks on the Pond | Fairy Schottish | Going South | Going to Boston | Grandad’s Favorite | Grasshopper Sittin’ on a Sweet Potato Vine | Greasy Coat | Hound in the Laundry | Irish Washerwoman | Jellyfish Tickle | Johnny Don’t Get Drunk | Kitchen Girl | Little Billy Wilson | Little Dutch Girl | Liza Jane | Miss McCloud’s Reel | Rock the Cradle Joe | Roscoe | Sally in the Garden | Seneca Square Dance | Silly Bill | Step Around Johnny | Stump Tail Dog | Sweet Marie | Tater Patch| Texas | Uncle Henry | There’s a Brown Skin Girl Down the Road Somewhere | Wild Rose of the Mountain | Wink the Other Eye | Yellow Barber | Yellow Door Breakdown

YouTube Playlist for American Old Time Tunes for Dulcimer, volume 1:

Playing A Round with Dulcimers

28 wonderful old and new rounds, arranged for Mountain Dulcimer with words and a comprehensive history of the songs

Available directly from Mark with a CD containing high quality performances of all the tunes in the book.

CONTENTS:
Welcome Welcome Every Guest | Now We Are Met | Frère Jacques | Kum Bachur Atzel | Come Follow Me | Row, Row, Row Your Boat | Dona Nobis Pacem |When Jesus Wept | Célébron Sans Cesse | Christ Church Bells | Ring in the New Year | Great Tom is Cast | Hey Ho, What Shall I Say? | Go To Joan Glover | Rose Rose Rose Rose | Cakes and Ale | Margery | Fox and Geese | Thou Poor Bird | Kookaburra | Cuckoo, As I Me Walk-ed | Ho Young Rider | Hie We To Another World | Hey Ho Nobody Home| Joy and Temperence and Repose | Turn Again Whittington | Shalom Chaverim | Good Night, Good Night

YouTube Playlist for Playing A Round with Dulcimers:

English Country Dance Tunes for Dulcimer, Vol. 1

24 lovely dance tunes from Playford’s English Dancing Master, arranged for Mountain Dulcimer

Available directly from Mark with a CD containing high quality performances of all the tunes in the book.

CONTENTS:
All in a Garden Green | Argeers | Beggar Boy | Bonny Bonny Broome | Cuckolds All in a Row | Daphne | Drive the Cold Winter Away | Gathering Peascods | Goddesses | Halfe Hannikin | Hearts Ease | Jack A Lent | Jenny Pluck Pears | Mage on a Cree | The Maid Peeped Out at the Window or Friar in the Well | Maiden Lane | Nonesuch | The Old Mole | Parson’s Farewell | Scotch Cap | Upon a Summers’ Day | Up Tails All | The Wish | Woodicock

YouTube Playlist for English Country Dance Tunes for Dulcimer, volume 1:

English Country Dance Tunes for Dulcimer, Vol. 2

23 more lovely English Country dance tunes, arranged for Mountain Dulcimer.

Available directly from Mark with a CD containing high quality performances of all the tunes in the book.

CONTENTS:
Black Nag | Childgrove | Dick’s Maggot | The Flight | The Goose and the Gridiron | Grimstock | Hunt the Squirrel | Jamaica | Juice of the Barley | Knives and Forks | Lilliburlero | Maid’s Morris | Mister Isaac’s Maggot | Nobody’s Jigg | Prince William | Selenger’s Round | The Splendid Shilling | Step Stately | Touch and Take | A Trip to Paris | A Trip to Tunbridge | The Whim | Valentine’s Day

YouTube Playlist for English Country Dance Tunes for Dulcimer, volume 2: