Club Music

Our music can be termed, for the most part, old-timey or foundation.  Composers are often noted as "traditional" or "anonymous".  Most of our music is taken primarily from the public domain.  Sources of our music are wide ranging, from ballads traceable to Scotland, Ireland, England and Appalachia to the folk songs that have been an integral part of the history of the United States.
Our written sheet music is called Tablature - or Tab for short.  Tab can look alot like regular sheet music, but with only a treble clef.  Like regular sheet music, in always includes a time signature, bars to denote measures and an indication of note size (i.e., quarter-note, eighth-note, etc.).   Tab formats vary depending on it's source (i.e., who compiled it and how it was generated).  The sources of our Tab are varied and include the following:

• Terry Lewis.
• Steve Smith at Everything Dulcimer.
• The Dogwood Dulcimer Association.
• Jam 'N Folk.
• Heidi Muller.
• Club members Jerry Kramer, Steve Britton, Celia Farr and Clay Butler.

NOTE:  Unless otherwise indicated, all tunes listed below are in the key of D and most Tab for these tunes is written for a D-Mixolydian (1588 or Dadd) tuning.  Some Tab is written in both D-Mixolyian and D-Ionian (1555 or Daaa) tunings.  As a general "rule", Club activities utilize D-Mixolydian Tab.

Listed below are site links to the Tab of the tunes that have been played at our past Club meetings:

• Amazing Grace, in both D-Mixolydian and D-Ionian tunings, Steve Smith's arrangement.
• Aragon Mill.
• Baby-O, in a D-Mixolyian tuning, capo'd at 4th fret to the key of A, Tab by Clay Butler from arrangement by Steve Seifert.
• Bile Them Cabbage Down in the Arkan, Tab by Clay Butler. 
• Black Mountain Rag, in both D-Mixolydian and D-Ionian tunings, Steve Smith's arrangement.
• Bonnie Blue Flag, Tab and arrangement from Jam N' Folk.
• Bonnie Lassie, aka "Scotland the Brave", Tab by Clay Butler.
• Buck-Eyed Rabbit, Tab and arrangement by Terry Lewis.
• Buffalo Gals, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Butcher’s Gap, Tab and arrangement by Terry Lewis.
• Cluck Old Hen, in a D-Mixolydian tuning, capo'd at 1st fret to the key of Em, Tab and arrangement by Jerry Kramer.
• Cotton-Eyed Joe.
• Crawdad Song.
• Cripple Creek, Tab by Clay Butler from arrangement by Jerry Kramer.
• Deck the Halls, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Dillan Bay with lyrics, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Fancy Gap Breakdown, Tab by Louise Ziegler from arrangement by Tim Toth.
• Go Tell Aunt Rhodie, with lyrics, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Good King Wenceslas, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Gray Cat on a Tennessee Farm.
• Happy Land, Tab and arrangement by Terry Lewis.
• Hard Times, Come Again No More.
• Hard Times, Come Again No More, in a D-Mixolydian tuning, capo'd at 3rd fret to the key of G, Tab and arrangement by Clay Butler.
• Harrison Town.
• Two (2) versions of "Hatikvah", both in a D-Mixolydian tuning, capo'd at the 1st fret to the key of Em, one fairly straightforward and the other, with lyrics, that is a bit more challenging, Tab by Clay Butler.
• John Stinson #2.
• June Apple, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Lady Mary, aka "The Sad Song", with a narrative from Celia Farr.
• Li’l Liza Jane, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Mississippi Sawyer, in both D-Mixolydian and D-Ionian tunings, Steve Smith's arrangement.
• Morning Has Broken, in both D-Mixolydian and D-Ionian tunings, Steve Smith's arrangement. 
• New River Train, Tab and arrangement by Marty Lane.
• Two (2) versions of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy", one showing the basic tune in a drone-style and the other in a chord-melody style.  Tab by Heidi Muller.
• Old Joe Clark with lyrics.
• Old Molly Hare with lyrics.
• On Top of Spaghetti.
• Over the Waterfall.
• Rocky Top.
• Sandy Boys, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Sandy Boys, in a D-Mixolydian tuning, capo'd at 4th fret to the key of A, Tab and arrangement by Clay Butler. 
• Sandy River Belle, Tab and arrangement from the Firelands Dulcimer Club.
• Shady Grove, in a D-Mixolydian tuning, capo'd at 1st fret to the key of Em.
• Shanghai Rooster, Tab and arrangement by Terry Lewis.
• Sing We Now Our Morning Song/The Sun is High.
• Two (2) versions of "Soldiers' Joy", one fairly straightforward and the other a bit more challenging.
• Sourwood Mountain, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Squirrel Heads and Gravy, Tab and arrangement by Terry Lewis.
• Suzanna Gal, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Up Jumped the Devil, Tab and arrangement by Jerry Kramer.
• Walking in the Parlor, Tab and arrangement by Terry Lewis.
• Waterbound, in both D-Mixolydian and D-Ionian tunings, Steve Smith's arrangement.   Lyrics are also included.
• When the Saints Go Marching In, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Two (2) versions of "Whiskey Before Breakfast", aka "Raisins in Your Oatmeal", one fairly straightforward and the other a bit more challenging.
• Wildwood Flower, in both D-Mixolydian and D-Ionian tunings, Steve Smith's arrangement.  

Listed below are site links to the Tab of the tunes that are to be played at future meetings of our Club:

• TUNE OF THE MONTH:   Returning after our "summer recess", in time for our September, 2012 meeting.  
• COMING SOON: "Boatman", "Flop-Eared Mule", "Mary Hamilton" and "Ragtime Annie".