A South African Freedom Song, Taught by Neal Hellman
For Mountain Dulcimer Players with 4 Equi-Distant
Strings in the D-A-dd Tuning
Video 1
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About the Lessons
1. | Introduction | Asika Thali is a song of freedom from South Africa. In the first video, Neal plays through the entire song. He explains why he likes to play this tune on a dulcimer with 4 equi-distant strings, but it can also be played on a dulcimer with 3 strings in the D-A-d tuning. |
2. | A Part | Here Neal teaches the A part melody. |
3. | B Part | First Neal plays the B part melody through slowly; then he plays through the entire tune at a moderate speed. |
4. | Chords | Neal goes through the song playing the chords only, without the melody. Neal likes to add harmonics to his arrangement, and demonstrates this technique as well. You can learn more about how to play fretted harmonics from Larry Conger's lesson here. |
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