The Mountain Dulcimer: How to Make It and Play It

Introduction: Demonstration of The"Dulciless" "Finger Exercise"

Tuning the Dulcimer: The Phenomenon of "Beating"

Tuning by Harmonics: The "Classical" Style of Playing (Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes, Study in Counterpoint)

The "Bagpipe" Tuning and the Puill Technique (Macpherson's Lament, Flop-Eared Mule)

The "Finger Style" Of Playing (In the Good Old Colony Days)

Six Modal Tunings for the Traditional Dulcimer

The "Double-Thumbing" Technique (If He's Gone, Let Him Go, Buckdancer's Choice)

The "three-Pairs-of-Strings" Dulcimer (Frankie and Johnny, Two Sisters)

The Double Dulcimer (The Ash Grove, Lady, Come and See, Babylon Is Fallen)

The Double Psaltery (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring)