Randy Marchany suggests:
Top 40 (or so) Great Tunes
for the Hammered Dulcimer
Jam Etiquette Tips:
Get in tune before the jam starts
Don't hog the melody
Choose some tunes that others know
Play quietly, especially while learning!
Session Tunes
Jam sessions are one of the best learning opportunities a new player can have at a festival.
It is a chance to become better at playing with others, sharing leads and backing up familiar tunes.
No tune lists are written in stone, but the two given here suggest some familiar ground and places to start.
Make your own tune list of your favorite tunes that you feel comfortable leading/sharing.
Some Suggested Jam Session tunes:
- Arkansas Traveler(D)
- The Ashgrove (G) or (D)*
- Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (D)
- Brian Boru's Marc(Em)
- Fisher's Hornpipe (D)
- Flowers of Edinborough (G)
- Golden Slippers (G) or (D)*
- Harvest Home (D)*
- Jenny Lind Polka (D, (B part in G )
- John Ryan's Polka (D)
- Kitchen Girl (A modal)
- Liberty (D)*
- Mississippi Sawyer (D)*
- Music for a Found Harmonium (D)
- Nonesuch (D Dorian)
- Off to California (G)
- Off She Goes (D)*
- Over the Waterfall (D)*
- Petronella (D)
- Planxty George Brabizon (G)
- Planxty Fanny Po'er (G)
- Red Haired Boy (A)
- Rights of Man (Em)
- Road to Lisdoonvarna (Em)*
- Si Bheag Si Mohr (D)*
- Simple Gifts (G) or (D)*
- Soldier's Joy (D)*
- Southwind (G)*
- St. Anne's Reel (D)*
- Swallowtail Jig (Em)
- Swinging on a Gate (G)
- Tenpenny Bit (Am)
- Tobin's Favorite (D)
- Tripping Up Stairs (D)
- Turkey In the Straw (G)
- Westphalia Waltz (G)
- Whiskey Before Breakfast (D)
- Wind That Shakes the Barley (D)
* Suggested for shorter list beginner/advanced beginners in SLOW JAMS.
Thanks to Ellie Holsopple and others who
have suggested Jam Repertoire for our List!
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