learn to play autoharp & dulcimer

Play autoharp and dulcimer with our great selection instruments and instructional materials.

Tennessee Mountain Dulcimers

Some of the most beautiful instruments to be found. Very easy to play and great tonal qualities.

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Dulcimer Chords

This great mountain dulcimer DVD clearly demonstrates how to form different chords. Many experienced dulcimer players are surprised to learn that they can change chords with the same flexibility as other fretted instruments ....... More info

Learn To Play Mountain Dulcimer

One main goals of this method is to teach you to take a melody line and put the appropriate chord structure behind it. This DVD will lead you through a series of finger warm-ups, scale practice,....... More Info

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Morrell Tennessee Mountain Dulcimer
MTMD-2
Retail $179.95
Pickin Parlor Price $134.95

Birch top, back, and sides, walnut fretboard, individual geared tuners, and a scroll peghead.

Morrell Tennessee Mountain Dulcimer
 MTMD-3
 Retail $199.95
 Pickin' Parlor Price $159.95

 Morrell Tennessee Mountain Dulcimer
 Larger dulcimer with birch body, walnut fretboard, individual geared tuners, scroll peghead, and    decorative pattern.

 Apple Creek Dulcimer
 Retail $99.50
 Pickin Parlor $69.95

 Handcrafted in Europe by experience luthiers using the finest materials available. Features a laminated spruce top, richly stained back and sides, and geared guitar style tuning machines for easy tuning. Applecreek Dulcimers are made using the most tested construction techniques for long live and precise fretting for perfect intonation.

Beginning Dulcimer Kit
 Retail $125.40
 Pickin Parlor $91.95

 You can start playing mountain dulcimer with our beginners dulcimer kit. The kit features an Applecreek Dulcimer and includes the best selling book and DVD "You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer". You will be up to speed and playing your favorite folk songs before you know it. We even include a pick and noter along with the kit.       More Info

The Autoharp Owner's Manual 
 $19.95
 Lone Hand Price $17.95

Covers autoharp maintenance, conversions, tuning and string schedules (both diatonic and chromatic), building your own instrument, playing techniques, evaluating instruments, chord bar setups, amplification, history, and much more. Each subject is addressed by a current premier musician/builder. The articles in this book have been taken from past issues of Autoharp Quarterly and have been updated to address current innovations, problems, and instruments. It is a "must have" for every autoharp player.

Fun With The Autoharp
$4.95
Lone Hand Price $4.45

A great beginner's autoharp book containing basic technical instruction plus melody lines, chords, and lyrics for 48 folk favorites. Includes information on playing positions, fingering, strumming, glissando playing technique, and more with helpful photographs. Lyrics are placed above the music to make reading easier while playing chords. 32 pp.

Dulcimer Books and Videos

 The Complete Dulcimer Handbook
 Retail $24.95
 Pickin Parlor $22.45

This book was written as a basic guide and source book for all dulcimer players, from the absolute novice to the most advanced picker. With its 53 songs in various modes and tunings, The Complete Dulcimer Handbook is meant to be used as a songbook, a lesson plan book, and a step-by-step guide from beginner to intermediate or advanced level.   More Info

 
In this book and CD, Jean Ritchie starts with the simplest of children's songs to introduce you to you dulcimer. In sure, steady steps, she adds songs, instrumentals, scales and tuning 
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Mountain Dulicmer

This book is a collection of traditional folksongs, Irish and American fiddle tunes, adaptations of classical pieces, and original songs. The songs combine melody lines in standard notation with suggested chords for accompaniment.   More Info

Southern Mountain Dulcimer

The arrangements in this book are based on the sixteen tunes found on the recording Southern Mountain Classics and are designed to be used with the recording. Although these arrangements are not exact transcriptions from the CD, all of the tunes on the recording are included in the book.  More Info

Fingerpicking Dulcimer

Fingerpicking Dulcimer is a collection of 21 songs arranged in a fingerpicking style for the mountain dulcimer, this book offers a wide variety of musical genres and playing levels. Divided equally between arrangements for three and four equidistant strings, the songs progress in difficulty within each section from beginner to advanced level.  More Info

Songs and Tunes of the Wilderness Road Arrangements for Appalachian Dulcimer

This collection of traditional music for the mountain dulcimer seeks to reunite this beautiful instrument with the people, the music, and the world from which it came. It tells the story of the Wilderness Road, a trail through the Appalachian Mountains from Gate City, Virginia, to Fort Boonesboro, Kentucky, blazed by Daniel Boone, and links it to the history and heritage of the mountain dulcimer.  More Info

Hands-On Dulcimer - Developing Technique Through Exercises and Studies

This book is designed to help fretted dulcimer players at all levels grow in their technical abilities by developing strength, precision, control and flexibility in both the right and left hands. Acquiring a solid technical foundation provides a base upon which to build strong musicianship, enabling one to play more satisfying music regardless of style.  More Info

Dulcimer a La Mode

Dulcimer a La Mode takes the mystery of out modal tuning and playing for the mountain dulcimer player by presenting four common tunings (DAA, DAG, DAD, and DAC) with instructions for tuning, finding the scales and chords, and learning traditional tunes in each of the four modes.  More Info