New Ways of Playing Mountain Dulcimer by Kevin Roth

Folkways Records - CRB 20

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1979
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, & Appalachian Music
[Tracklist]
A01 First Lesson; Dulcimer description of the instrument and introduction to tunings (03:19)
A02 Ionian Mode (01:24)
A03 Dorian Mode (01:01)
A04 Phrygian Mode (01:11)
A05 Lydian Mode (01:08)
A06 Mixolydian Mode (00:54)
A07 Aeolian Mode (01:00)
A08 Bagpipe Tuning (01:13)
A09 Review of tuning and introduction to mode demonstrations (01:08)
A10 Ionian Mode demonstration (00:49)
A11 Dorian Mode demonstration (01:09)
A12 Phrygian Mode demonstration (01:31)
A13 Lydian Mode demonstration (01:25)
A14 Mixolydian Mode demonstration (01:27)
A15 Aeolian Mode demonstration (01:24)
A16 Bagpipe Tuning demonstration (01:10)
B01 Strumming the 3-string dulcimer (01:20)
B02 Finger-picking the 3-string dulcimer (01:40)
B03 Introduction and strumming, 4-string dulcimer (02:20)
B04 Finger-picking the 4-string dulcimer (00:51)
B05 The Extra Fret (00:50)
B06 Simple Gifts and variations (02:58)
B07 Introduction and demonstration of electric dulcimer (02:30)
C01 Introduction to mixed instrument demonstration and "Olabelle's Blues" (02:58)
C02 Duncan (03:35)
C03 Dry Bones (02:29)
C04 Kelefaba (03:35)
D01 Old Joe Clark (02:11)
D02 Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad (02:52)
D03 Shady Grove (01:57)
D04 Patriot Game,The (02:04)
D05 The Unicorn (04:01)
D06 The Rooster Song (04:25)
[Credits]
Kevin Roth (dulcimer)
Producer and Liner Notes: Kevin Roth, Liner Notes: Woody Padgett and David E. Field, Designer and Photographer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
In 1979, Folkways released this instructional album by Kevin Roth on playing the Appalachian or mountain dulcimer. In the recording, Roth instructs his student "Herman Klutzmeyer" in the art of tuning and playing both the three- and four-stringed dulcimer. The final ten tracks are a demonstration of the dulcimer playing solo and with other instruments. Selections in this grouping include "Ola Belles Blues," "Duncan," "Old Joe Clark," "Shady Grove," and "The Patriot Game."