Arranged for Mountain Dulcimer Players
NOTE: This is played in DGd Tuning
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1. | Demonstration | Steve demonstrates this fun tune. |
2. | Form of the Tune and the Story Behind It. | After introducing the uniqueness of this meter, Steve talks about the unique rigging of this ship inspired this tune. |
3. | A Part | In this episode we learn about the DGd tuning and the first section of this tune and how it uses the 3s and 4s. |
4. | B Part | This segment unlocks the second part of the tune, using a different variation of the 3s and 4s. |
5. | C Part | The final part of the tune uses sets of 2s and 3s. |
6. | Putting the Parts together | Now that we have all the pieces, it is time to put them together. |
7. | Right Hand | We’ve spent all this time paying attention to the left hand, now it is time to explore what the Right hand is doing, using both Jig Strum 1 and Jig Strum 2. |
8. | Playing on the Bass String | Because both melody and bass strings are tuned to the same pitch, although an octave apart, the melody can be played on the same frets on the Bass string, too. |
9. | Playing on the Middle String | Although we start in a different place, the tune can be played entirely on the Middle string, too. |
10. | Flatpicking across the strings | Finally we look at playing this tune in a flat picked style—playing across all the strings. |
11. | Putting all the places to play together in an arrangement | Now that we have all these places to play, we use all of them in an arrangement. |
12. | Playing Chords: A Part | Steve introduces some DGd chord shapes and we play through them for the A Part. |
13. | Playing Chords: B & C Parts |
Here we have some alternate chord shapes in the DGd tuning, that fit well with these sections of the tune. |
14. | Right Hand Strum and Putting All the Parts together | The rhythm of this tune in the 7/8 meter is emphasized when playing chords, both by accenting and strum type. Steve prefers the Jig Strum 2 to make this emphasis plain as we play through the entire tune using chords. |
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