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Volume 38, No. 2, Spring 12

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The Spring 2012 DPN is our largest issue yet. Read below for a list of what's inside.
Sampler CD Guide 3 Elk River Blues 22
Editor's Letter 5 The Flower of Northumberland 34
Readers' Letters 7 Good Times with Good Friends 35
Singing with Mountain Dulcimer - Dan Evans 8 Banish Misfortune 36
Patterns to Take You Beyond Melody - Stephen Humphries 12 Roscoe 36
Rearranging the Familiar - Mark Alan Wade 16 Hector the Hero 37
The Mandolin Strum - Joellen Lapidus 18 America the Beautiful 38
The Tunes We Love (and why) - DPN Readers 22 Benched 39
Music & Book Reviews 57 Cowboy Waltz 40
Mountain Dulcimers in the Pacific NW - Martha Einan 66 I'll Fly Away 41
Remembering Keith Young - various 70 Japan 2011 42
Dulcimer Festival List 73 Song of the Wandering Angus 43
Index to Advertisers 77 Journey's End 44
Tales & Traditions - Ralph Lee Smith 78 Goodbye Girls, I'm Going to Boston 45

Texas 46
28 pieces of Sheet Music and Tablature
Spider on a Bedpost 47
The Ellan Vannin Tragedy 11 Midnight on the Water 48
Will the Circle be Unbroken 19 Itty Bitty Ditty 49
Abide with Me 23 Boatman 50
Black is the Color 27 In Kathy's Garden 56
Blue Mottetto 28 Roses and Memories 74
Bouchard's Hornpipe 31 Mountain Ivory 76


Spring CD
28 Tracks on the included Sampler CD

1

Spider On The Bedpost/Step Around Johhny

 15 In Kathy’s Garden

This cut is from Rick Thum’s CD, Down the Old Dirt Road. Read the full review on page 62 and learn the tune on page 47.

 This original tune was submitted by Paul Lounsbury. Read about it on page 33. Learn in on page 56.

2

Elk River Blues/Pear Tree

 16 Aura Lee/Lorena

Neal and Coleen Walters contributed this equally catchy and crooked tune. Read about it on page 30 and learn the tune on page 32.

 This civil war favorite is from a topical new recording by Timothy Seaman. Read about it on page 59.

3

Blue Mottetto

 17 Japan 2011

Maggie Sansone wrote this original tune and offers it for your listening and learning pleasure. Her description is on page 24 and the sheet music is on page 28.

 This original tune was submitted by Mary Lou Jubin. Read about it on page 52. Learn it on page 42.

4

Cotillon de le Baie-Ste-Catherine

 18 Benched

This sample cut is from Kristin Gitler and David Golden’s new CD, Tunes Twice Stitched, page 59.

 This original tune was submitted by Marya Katz. Read about it on page 18 and learn it on page 39.

5

Liberty Waltz

 19 America the Beautiful

Mark Alan Wade magically transforms this familiar reel into a waltz in his story on page 16.

This well know piece of Americana was arranged in 1-3-5 tuning by Ruth Randle and recorded by Dick Van Nostrand. Learn it on page 38.

6

Texas

 20 Goodby Girls, I’m Going to Boston

Bing Futch contributed this as one of his favorite tunes. Read about it on page 54 and learn it on page 46.

 Mary Z. Cox was able to slip in a couple of dulcimer tunes on her much heralded new CD, Girl with the Banjo Tattoo. Read about it on page 60.

7

Banish Misfortune

 21 We May and Might Never

Stephen Humphries contributed this as one of his favorite tunes. Read his article on arppegiated pattern on page 12 and learn the tune on page 36.

 Dan Evans submitted this as a favorite tune. The melody was taken from the sheet music on page 34.

8

The Golden Feather

 22 Boatman Dance

This original piece is from Andy Robinson’s new CD, Music Bucket. read about it on page 59.

Tom Harleman submitted this favorite. Learn it on page 50.

9

Down The Broom/Sleep Sound I’da Mornin’/Congress Reel

 23 Boatman Dance

This track comes from River Breeze’s new CD, The Wren at the Window. Read about it starting on page 58.

 Tom Harleman submitted this favorite. Learn it on page 50.

10

Cowboy Waltz

 24 Roscoe

This fun tune was contributed and recorded by Vicki Stuckert as part of our favorite tunes issue. Read about it on page 26, and learn it on page 40.

Ilace Mears arranged and recorded this catchy tune. Read about it on page 52 and learn it on page 36.

11

I’ll Fly Away

 25 Good Times with Good Friends

Jess Dickinson tells why he submitted this popular gospel tune on page 33 and offers an instructional version to help you learn it on page 41.

 Ron Zuckerman wrote and recorded this tune, and shares it on page 35. Read about it page 30.

12

Abide With Me

 26 Black is the Color

Nina Zanetti chose this as a favorite. Read about it on page 22 and learn it on page 23.

 It is great to hear Madeline MacNeil’s voice back on the DPN Sampler. Maddie and Ralph Lee Smith arranged the version you’ll see on page 24.

13

Homesick for the Holler

 27 Roses and Memories

Thanks to Ruth and Steve Smith for submitting this original tune from their CD, Heirlooms. Be sure and read Ruth’s review of the Grobner/Kolodner Sunrise project on page 64.

 The Mill Run Dulcimer Band offers this piece as a tribute to Keith Young. Learn the tune on page 74 and read about Keith’s life on page 70.

14

Wayfaring Stranger

 28 Journey’s End

This great recording is from Nathaniel Samsel’s excellent new CD, Playing in the Creek. Read about it on page 58.

 We’re thrilled to have this track from a classic dulcimer CD, Angels of Mercy, by the Kentucky Standard Band. Thanks Nancy!