The Blackbird and The Beggarman:
Mountain Dulcimer Solos
on Celtic Melodies
Mel Bay Publications, 1998: Cat. No. MB95701

NOTE: This title is currently out of print. Mel Bay has removed it from their catalog, and we have no remaining copies from their first edition. We are currently preparing a revised second edition on our own publishing imprint. When the new edition is ready, we will re-post all the ordering info.

Written in standard notation and tablature (using the same stylistic conventions as Dulcimer Solos Vol. 2), this book parallels the tracks on Jerry's recording The Blackbird and The Beggarman. The pieces range from easy to advanced in skill levels required.

The tunes:
The Mist-Covered Mountains
The Rough, Heathery Hill
The Blackbird
The Little Beggarman
The Girl I Left Behind [Brighton Camp]
Balquidder Lasses
Lament for 9 Bridge (An original air in Mixolydian mode) *
Beside the Anner
Kimiad
The Serving Girl's Holiday
Gigue irlandaise "Les choux" (Irish Jig "The Cabbages") *
Song of the Chanter
Balinderry
Ned of the Hill
Brown's Trace Revisited (Suite in three parts) *
The Touchstone
Red is the Rose
The Winter It is Past
The Fair and Charming Eileen O'Carroll

*Original compositions

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