This instruction book for beginning lap dulcimer in DAD tuning is unique in two ways. First, it instructs the beginning student in the increasingly popular DAD tuning. Secondly, the author, a classroom music teacher, has carefully and systematically layered the lessons to guide the student through familiar songs while teaching skills and musical concepts. This not only enables the student to enjoy the lap dulcimer but also enhances total music understanding and participation. The accompanying audio provides instructional dialogue and demonstrations of the techniques and songs included in the book. Additional hints and exercises are presented in an inviting and encouraging conversational text. Includes access to online audio.

Tune List:

• Amazing Grace
• Boil Them Cabbage
• Camptown Races
• Down in the Valley
• Frere Jacque
• Go Tell Aunt Rhody
• Home on the Range
• Hot Cross Buns
• Kum Ba Ya
• Little Liza Jane
• London Bridge
• Merrily We Roll Along
• Michael, Row the Boat Ashore
• Old Joe Clark
• Oh! Susanna
• Polly Wolly Doodle
• Simple Gifts
• Skip to My Lou
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
• This Old Man
• Three Jolly Fishermen
• When the Saints Go Marching In