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  • Looking for a creative way to play the mountain dulcimer smoother and more expressively?
  • Have you ever considered four-equidistant strings, but felt it seemed just too intimidating or complicated? 

In The Essential Four-String Dulcimer book, Mark teaches you a simple and straightforward method for the four-equidistant strings mountain dulcimer. Focusing mostly on just one tuning, D-A-D-D, this approach unlocks a wealth of creativity, and is easier than you might think!

This book begins with familiar novice level tunes to help you get comfortable with that fourth string. Then, it moves quickly to intermediate level techniques and tunes to introduce you to the magic and expressiveness of the four-string dulcimer. You will learn to use beautiful musical tools like four-note chords, sustaining open strings, lyrical harp runs, and creative crosspicking. You can also apply these concepts to songs that you already know and expand their musicality with this four-string approach.

142 pages, spiral bound printed hard copy. 
Includes more than 60 different tunes. with many important tab symbols and texts printed in color to enhance clarity.

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