My Arrangements

Below are a few of the tunes that I have arranged for the Mountain Dulcimer ... 

A brief reference on how to read tab and links to where to find lots of other people's tab are on the How to Read Tab page ...

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Why are some arrangements free while others require a small payment ...

Some Tab is free because the original composer provided the song to the world for free and I am respectful of their intent. Others are free because they were not that difficult to create.

Other tab requires a small fee because the current copyright owner requires those fees. In those cases, I the arranger get about .10 cents per copy.  Finally some tab requires a small tip because those pieces took many hours over many weeks of my time to research and arrange. 

Free Tab: 

• Achat Sha-alti -  (One Thing I Ask) - by Beth Hamon - Requires a 1+ fret  

  • • • A video of this mt dulcimer version is available

      • Hear Beth sing this beautiful song while playing a guitar

      • Even though this tune is offered for free, the copyright is owned by Beth. Details included in the Tab above.

• Bm Riff - When everything feels hard ... play a slow chord progression.

  • • Hear this played 

• Finger Exercises - Use to strengthen all fingers on your fretting hand

• John Barleycorn - Traditional - popularized by the band Traffic

• Mi Shebeirach by Debbie Friedman - Jewish prayer for healing - arranged by permission

  • • • This song is under copyright protection. For any non-personal use please see the copyright holder at jlicense.com

      • I received permission to arrange this song from the original producer before the rights were purchased by jlicense.

• Morning Has Broken - by Eleanor Farjeon  

  • • • A video of this mt dulcimer version is available

• Psalm 23 - ( also known as the hymn "Resignation" )

• Slumber My Darling - by Stephen Foster - A video of this on the dulcimer is available and this is beautifully song by Allison Krauss here.

• Sweet Peace - by Louisa R. Waite - A beautiful prayer for peace after grief from a 1908 Baha'i faith publication that belonged to my mother.

  • • • A video with lyrics and with me playing my dulcimer is available

• Tree of Life - by Nefesh Mountain -  Dedicated to the souls lost at the Tree Of Life Synagogues in Pittsburgh, Oct 2018

  • • • • See Nefesh Mountain sing this beautiful song  -  Hear my mt dulcimer version 

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Tab Collections (Available for a small tip ...):

• Three Passover Tunes 

  • • • Includes: Dayeinu, Eliayhu HaNavia, and  Mah Nistanah. All tunes arranged for DAD tuned mt dulcimer with a 6+ fret.

• Four High Holiday Tunes

  • • • The tunes included: Avinu Malkeinu, B'rosh Hashanah, Hashiveinu, Un'taneh Tokef. All tunes arranged for DAD
        
        

• Four Classics for the Mountain Dulcimer

  • • Four classics by four different composers 

      • Come, Neighbors All by Johann Sebastian Bach

      • Minuet in G Major by Christian Petzold

      • Ode to Joy music by Ludwig von Beethoven

      • Concerto in D Major for Guitar - 2nd Movement - Largo - By Antonio Vivaldi

        • • • This one requires a 1+ fret and tuned to DF#A ----

            • and a not perfect video of this arrangement is available here:

              • • youtu.be/hpb4jmaAlWU 

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Multipart Arrangements (Available as Pay What You Want ...):

• Brenton Fisherman's Prayer

  • • Parts are included for Chord-Melody, Noter, Finger/Flat Picked, Bass, and Alternative Chords. All parts are for a DAD tuned standard mountain dulcimer.

• Skye Boat Song 

  • • Parts are included for Chord-Melody, Noter, Bass, Bass Picked, and Harmony

• Suo Gan

  • • Parts and included for Chord-Melody, Noter, Bass, Counter Melody, and Chords. All parts are for a DAD tuned standard mountain dulcimer.

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Tab for songs under copyright that need to be purchased from the copyright holder:

• The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face  - by Roberta Flack - Tuning is D F# A

  • • • This song is under copyright protection. 90% of the purchase price supports the copyright owner. 

      • Watch a video of this version is 

• Only You (and you alone) - By The Platters. By Buck Ram and Ande Rand - For fully chromatic mountain dulcimer

  • • • This song is under copyright protection. 90% of the purchase price supports the copyright owner.