The tunes in this collection were chosen from Peggy Carter’s half-century of performing, teaching, and arranging music for the hammered dulcimer. This anthology contains 60 tunes arranged especially for novice to intermediate-level players of the 12/11 dulcimer, including suggestions for note reading, hammering patterns and embellishments. Playing the dulcimer is not effortless, but it should be fun! The title tune, “Dulcimer Frolic,” is a family heirloom originally written for mandolin by Pegg...

• Notes About Selected Tunes
• String Chart
• Numbering Systemÿ
• Let's Look at Rhythmÿ
• First Steps in Reading Musicÿ
• Understanding Meter
• Common Time
• March Time
• Waltz Time
• Rhythm Practice
• Beginner Tunes
• Boil That Cabbage
• Gray Cat
• London Bridge
• Skip To My Lou
• Brother John
• Li?l Liza Jane
• Bog Down in the Valley-O
• Old Joe Clark
• Whiskey Before Breakfast
• D Scale (in the D Box)
• Wearing of the Green
• Rights of Man
• Green Grow the Rushes-O
• The Arran Boat Song
• The...