Appalachian Dulcimer Lessons Tag

Dulcimer Chord Chart Mixolydian (D-A-D) Tuning – Full Color – Enjoy!

Here it is! (Wow, this took a while!)  ZOOM in to find the chords you need. There are multiple chord options that you can experiment with. (We might even add a few more later.) The fingerings are just suggestions – do what you find comfortable!

Btw, this is mainly intended for a standard dulcimer that has the 6 1/2 fret. (We may add some 1 1/2 fret options and even chromatic dulcimer later…) but you can try these on any dulcimer. (If you’re missing the 6 1/2 fret, just skip those)

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Below is a dulcimer lesson playlist w/a sneak peak preview of a brand new dulcimer lesson video that incorporates these chords with Animated Tabs! Plus the Real Time animated Fretboard that I use on live online dulcimer lessons. This is all breakthrough material w/color and animation – I really hope you find it helpful!

Here’s a playlist of dulcimer lesson (and some jamming) videos. I’ll fly Away” uses the new Animated Dulcimer Tabs/ Please let me know how you like the new format. Enjoy!

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Aeolian (DAC) Tuning for Appalachian Dulcimer + a Song w/ a Video + Free Sheet Music to learn in ‘DAC’ tuning! :)

Aeolian (DAC) Dulcimer Tuning

This is a cool tuning! It’s kinda dark. Tune (low sound to high sound) D-A-C to a tuner (the double strings are C). Or Tune the ‘bass’ string to D (or somewhere around a D if you’re playing alone/with compliant friends is ok), then press the 4th fret of that low string, and tune the open middle string to that, Then press the 6th fret of the bass string and tune the double strings to that.

This Free Lesson is in Aeloian Tuning. Free sheet music below!

I love this tune and its a great one to improvise on. A noter (little dowel rod) is optional – but a great addition on this one! Check it out!

Right Click –> Save As to download the sheet music!

3 Renaissance Dulcimer Lesson Videos w/ Fretboard Animations + Tabs!

Hi! I hope you enjoy these tunes! My guitar professor, Fareed Haque let me do my classical requirement on the dulcimer, and I loved learning these.

Carrie Crompton, the arranger, was so kind as to let me share the Tablature for these pieces. I just added the sheet music,  so you can scroll down for them and download them!

Right Click, Save to Download the Sheet Music for Free.