Chords for 1 of 3 - Chromatic Mnt Dulcimer - Stephen Seifert
Tempo:
110.75 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
Ab
B
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [Eb]
[E] [Em] [Bbm]
[E] [D] Hi, [Gb]
[B] [Eb] [E] [A]
[D] [Bb]
this is Stephen Seifert.
Welcome to an introduction to the chromatic mountain dulcimer.
Before we get into the specifics of the chromatic, let's take a look at a traditional diatonic mountain dulcimer.
Let's start with the earliest style dulcimer in my collection.
This is a Galax style dulcimer.
This is built by Don Newhauser of Indiana.
It is a replica of a style of dulcimer common in the Galax, Virginia area about 100 years
ago or so.
This is a four string [D] equidistant dulcimer.
They're all tuned to D.
[Gm] Traditionally, in the Galax area, the right hand held [D] a quill.
It's a [Ab] lot like beating eggs with that right hand.
The left hand holds a noter.
It's just a little piece of wood and this is what you use to press down the two strings
closest to [D] you.
This is a diatonically fretted instrument.
That means we're missing some of the notes that would be normally found on a chromatic
instrument like a guitar or a piano.
If you look at the fret spaces here, you'll notice we have big spaces and little spaces.
That relates directly to whole steps and half steps.
Starting from the open string here, we have a whole, whole, half, whole, whole, half,
whole.
Now that's not a major scale.
That is a Mixolydian scale.
It's a major scale with a flatted seventh degree.
Here's what that sounds like.
[G] [Bm] [D]
It's the Mixolydian mode and a lot of traditional music takes advantage of that sound.
But most of your old timey music is in the major key.
Well, to get a major key on [G] this, we start by fretting the two strings closest to me
with the noter at the third fret.
Here's what that sounds like.
[Bm] [D] [Gm]
That's your G major [D] scale with a D in the drone.
It's got a very ancient sound to it.
If you look at the whole steps and the half steps, this is what you end up with.
Starting with three, we've got whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half.
That's a formula for a major scale, a G major scale.
It's nice that some of these notes are not here.
That means as I move the noter to the left or to the right, there's notes that I wouldn't
want to hit anyway that just don't exist.
That's a real advantage to this diatonic style dulcimer.
Let me go back to the key of [F] D, a little bit of old Joe Clark.
[Dm] [G]
[D]
That's that old [A] mixolydian sound.
Now I'm going to go to the key of G and do a little bit of golden slippers.
I want you to listen for when this noter moves from the left to the right and back and forth.
Instead of hearing a chromatic scale as I slide, you're going to hear the notes of the
G major scale.
[D] So a lot of fancy passages that would require multiple fingers for the left hand now can
be had with just a piece of wood in the left hand.
Here's some golden slippers.
[Bm]
[G]
[D]
[G] Let's take a look at another diatonic dulcimer.
This dulcimer was made by Jerry Rockwell of Ohio.
It's a replica of another early [D] American design.
It's got three strings tuned DAA.
Take a closer look at these frets.
They don't even run the full width of the fingerboard, so we don't have frets under
the bass string.
Also notice we've got the big [D] little spaces just like before.
Well since our bass string is tuned to a D, if we fret the string closest to us called
the melody string at the third fret, we can start our D scale there.
I'll do a little grandfather's clock here.
[Ab] Let's take a look at one more diatonic.
This is a modern style mountain dulcimer made by McSpadden of Mountain View, Arkansas.
It's pretty typical of what you'd see if you went to festivals or if you get on the internet
and start looking around.
This is the most common style dulcimer you'll see these days.
If you look real close, the strings, it's a four string.
The melody string is doubled like a mandolin.
And we've got a new tuning, DAD, starting [D] on the bass string.
It's diatonically fretted for the most part, but we've got an extra note in there.
If you'll look, we've got a whole, whole, half, whole, whole, and then we've got an
extra fret in here.
We've got the sixth fret, the six and a half, and the seven.
It's that six and a half [Cm] that [D] is a new addition here.
So you can get the D Mixolydian scale, or if we use that six and a half fret instead
of the six, you get the D Major scale.
[Gb] If you want to play in different keys and if you want to get notes that aren't here,
you have to use alternate tunings.
Sometimes I'll bend to get a note that isn't there.
[Am] [A]
[B] [D] That [Ab] kind of thing.
We use capos, and it's like a little C clamp.
So now I'm in the key of D.
If I put a capo on the third fret, [Ab]
[G] you're in the key of G.
That extra fret actually makes capoing go a lot farther.
You can get a lot more notes and [N] a lot more key.
[E] [Em] [Bbm]
[E] [D] Hi, [Gb]
[B] [Eb] [E] [A]
[D] [Bb]
this is Stephen Seifert.
Welcome to an introduction to the chromatic mountain dulcimer.
Before we get into the specifics of the chromatic, let's take a look at a traditional diatonic mountain dulcimer.
Let's start with the earliest style dulcimer in my collection.
This is a Galax style dulcimer.
This is built by Don Newhauser of Indiana.
It is a replica of a style of dulcimer common in the Galax, Virginia area about 100 years
ago or so.
This is a four string [D] equidistant dulcimer.
They're all tuned to D.
[Gm] Traditionally, in the Galax area, the right hand held [D] a quill.
It's a [Ab] lot like beating eggs with that right hand.
The left hand holds a noter.
It's just a little piece of wood and this is what you use to press down the two strings
closest to [D] you.
This is a diatonically fretted instrument.
That means we're missing some of the notes that would be normally found on a chromatic
instrument like a guitar or a piano.
If you look at the fret spaces here, you'll notice we have big spaces and little spaces.
That relates directly to whole steps and half steps.
Starting from the open string here, we have a whole, whole, half, whole, whole, half,
whole.
Now that's not a major scale.
That is a Mixolydian scale.
It's a major scale with a flatted seventh degree.
Here's what that sounds like.
[G] [Bm] [D]
It's the Mixolydian mode and a lot of traditional music takes advantage of that sound.
But most of your old timey music is in the major key.
Well, to get a major key on [G] this, we start by fretting the two strings closest to me
with the noter at the third fret.
Here's what that sounds like.
[Bm] [D] [Gm]
That's your G major [D] scale with a D in the drone.
It's got a very ancient sound to it.
If you look at the whole steps and the half steps, this is what you end up with.
Starting with three, we've got whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half.
That's a formula for a major scale, a G major scale.
It's nice that some of these notes are not here.
That means as I move the noter to the left or to the right, there's notes that I wouldn't
want to hit anyway that just don't exist.
That's a real advantage to this diatonic style dulcimer.
Let me go back to the key of [F] D, a little bit of old Joe Clark.
[Dm] [G]
[D]
That's that old [A] mixolydian sound.
Now I'm going to go to the key of G and do a little bit of golden slippers.
I want you to listen for when this noter moves from the left to the right and back and forth.
Instead of hearing a chromatic scale as I slide, you're going to hear the notes of the
G major scale.
[D] So a lot of fancy passages that would require multiple fingers for the left hand now can
be had with just a piece of wood in the left hand.
Here's some golden slippers.
[Bm]
[G]
[D]
[G] Let's take a look at another diatonic dulcimer.
This dulcimer was made by Jerry Rockwell of Ohio.
It's a replica of another early [D] American design.
It's got three strings tuned DAA.
Take a closer look at these frets.
They don't even run the full width of the fingerboard, so we don't have frets under
the bass string.
Also notice we've got the big [D] little spaces just like before.
Well since our bass string is tuned to a D, if we fret the string closest to us called
the melody string at the third fret, we can start our D scale there.
I'll do a little grandfather's clock here.
[Ab] Let's take a look at one more diatonic.
This is a modern style mountain dulcimer made by McSpadden of Mountain View, Arkansas.
It's pretty typical of what you'd see if you went to festivals or if you get on the internet
and start looking around.
This is the most common style dulcimer you'll see these days.
If you look real close, the strings, it's a four string.
The melody string is doubled like a mandolin.
And we've got a new tuning, DAD, starting [D] on the bass string.
It's diatonically fretted for the most part, but we've got an extra note in there.
If you'll look, we've got a whole, whole, half, whole, whole, and then we've got an
extra fret in here.
We've got the sixth fret, the six and a half, and the seven.
It's that six and a half [Cm] that [D] is a new addition here.
So you can get the D Mixolydian scale, or if we use that six and a half fret instead
of the six, you get the D Major scale.
[Gb] If you want to play in different keys and if you want to get notes that aren't here,
you have to use alternate tunings.
Sometimes I'll bend to get a note that isn't there.
[Am] [A]
[B] [D] That [Ab] kind of thing.
We use capos, and it's like a little C clamp.
So now I'm in the key of D.
If I put a capo on the third fret, [Ab]
[G] you're in the key of G.
That extra fret actually makes capoing go a lot farther.
You can get a lot more notes and [N] a lot more key.
Key:
D
G
Ab
B
E
D
G
Ab
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] Hi, _ [Gb] _
_ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ this is Stephen Seifert.
Welcome to an introduction to the chromatic mountain dulcimer.
Before we get into the specifics of the chromatic, let's take a look at a traditional diatonic mountain dulcimer. _
Let's start with the earliest style dulcimer in my collection.
This is a Galax style dulcimer.
This is built by Don Newhauser of Indiana.
_ It is a replica _ of a style of dulcimer common in the Galax, Virginia area about 100 years
ago or so. _ _ _
_ This is a four string [D] equidistant dulcimer.
They're all tuned to D. _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] Traditionally, in the Galax area, the right hand held [D] a quill. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It's a [Ab] lot like beating eggs with that right hand.
The left hand holds a noter.
It's just a little piece of wood and this is what you use to press down the two strings
closest to [D] you.
_ This is a diatonically fretted instrument. _
That means we're missing some of the notes that would be normally found on a chromatic
instrument like a guitar or a piano.
If you look at the fret spaces here, you'll notice we have big spaces and little spaces.
That relates directly to whole steps and half steps.
Starting from the open string here, we have a whole, whole, half, whole, whole, half,
whole.
Now that's not a major scale.
That is a Mixolydian scale.
It's a major scale with a flatted seventh degree.
_ Here's what that sounds like. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ It's the Mixolydian mode and a lot of traditional music takes advantage of that sound.
But most of your old timey music is in the major key.
Well, to get a major key on [G] this, we start by fretting the two strings closest to me
with the noter at the third fret.
_ Here's what that sounds like.
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
That's your G major [D] scale with a D in the drone.
It's got a very ancient sound to it.
If you look at the whole steps and the half steps, this is what you end up with.
Starting with three, we've got whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half.
That's a formula for a major scale, a G major scale. _ _ _
It's nice that some of these notes are not here.
That means as I move the noter to the left or to the right, there's notes that I wouldn't
want to hit anyway that just don't exist.
That's a real advantage to this diatonic style dulcimer.
Let me go back to the key of [F] D, a little bit of old Joe Clark.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
That's that old [A] mixolydian sound.
Now I'm going to go to the key of G and do a little bit of golden slippers.
I want you to listen for when this noter moves from the left to the right and back and forth.
Instead of hearing a chromatic scale as I slide, _ _ you're going to hear the notes of the
G major scale.
[D] _ So a lot of fancy passages that would require multiple fingers for the left hand now can
be had with just a piece of wood in the left hand.
Here's some golden slippers. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ Let's take a look at another diatonic dulcimer.
_ This dulcimer was made by Jerry Rockwell of Ohio.
It's a replica of another early [D] American design.
It's got three strings tuned DAA. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Take a closer look at these frets. _ _ _ _ _
They don't even run the full width of the fingerboard, so we don't have frets under
the bass string.
Also notice we've got the big [D] little spaces just like before.
_ Well since our bass string is tuned to a D, if we fret the string closest to us called
the melody string at the third fret, _ _ we can start our D scale there.
I'll do a little grandfather's clock here. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] Let's take a look at one more diatonic.
_ This is a modern style mountain dulcimer made by McSpadden _ of Mountain View, Arkansas.
_ It's pretty typical of what you'd see if you went to festivals or if you get on the internet
and start looking around.
_ This is the most common style dulcimer you'll see these days.
If you look real close, the strings, _ it's a four string.
_ _ The melody string is doubled like a mandolin.
And _ we've got a new tuning, DAD, starting [D] on the bass string. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's diatonically fretted for the most part, but we've got an extra note in there.
If you'll look, _ _ we've got a whole, whole, half, whole, whole, and then we've got an
extra fret in here.
We've got the sixth fret, the six and a half, and the seven.
It's that six and a half [Cm] that [D] is a new addition here.
So you can get the D Mixolydian scale, _ _ _ or _ _ if we use that six and a half fret instead
of the six, you get the D Major scale. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ If you want to play in different keys and if you want to get notes that aren't here,
you have to use alternate tunings.
Sometimes I'll bend to get a note that isn't there.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ That [Ab] kind of thing.
_ _ _ We use capos, _ _ and it's like a little C clamp.
So now I'm in the key of D.
If I put a capo on the third fret, [Ab] _ _ _ _
[G] you're in the key of G. _ _ _
_ That extra fret actually makes capoing go a lot farther.
You can get a lot more notes and [N] a lot more key. _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] Hi, _ [Gb] _
_ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ this is Stephen Seifert.
Welcome to an introduction to the chromatic mountain dulcimer.
Before we get into the specifics of the chromatic, let's take a look at a traditional diatonic mountain dulcimer. _
Let's start with the earliest style dulcimer in my collection.
This is a Galax style dulcimer.
This is built by Don Newhauser of Indiana.
_ It is a replica _ of a style of dulcimer common in the Galax, Virginia area about 100 years
ago or so. _ _ _
_ This is a four string [D] equidistant dulcimer.
They're all tuned to D. _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] Traditionally, in the Galax area, the right hand held [D] a quill. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ It's a [Ab] lot like beating eggs with that right hand.
The left hand holds a noter.
It's just a little piece of wood and this is what you use to press down the two strings
closest to [D] you.
_ This is a diatonically fretted instrument. _
That means we're missing some of the notes that would be normally found on a chromatic
instrument like a guitar or a piano.
If you look at the fret spaces here, you'll notice we have big spaces and little spaces.
That relates directly to whole steps and half steps.
Starting from the open string here, we have a whole, whole, half, whole, whole, half,
whole.
Now that's not a major scale.
That is a Mixolydian scale.
It's a major scale with a flatted seventh degree.
_ Here's what that sounds like. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ It's the Mixolydian mode and a lot of traditional music takes advantage of that sound.
But most of your old timey music is in the major key.
Well, to get a major key on [G] this, we start by fretting the two strings closest to me
with the noter at the third fret.
_ Here's what that sounds like.
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
That's your G major [D] scale with a D in the drone.
It's got a very ancient sound to it.
If you look at the whole steps and the half steps, this is what you end up with.
Starting with three, we've got whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half.
That's a formula for a major scale, a G major scale. _ _ _
It's nice that some of these notes are not here.
That means as I move the noter to the left or to the right, there's notes that I wouldn't
want to hit anyway that just don't exist.
That's a real advantage to this diatonic style dulcimer.
Let me go back to the key of [F] D, a little bit of old Joe Clark.
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
That's that old [A] mixolydian sound.
Now I'm going to go to the key of G and do a little bit of golden slippers.
I want you to listen for when this noter moves from the left to the right and back and forth.
Instead of hearing a chromatic scale as I slide, _ _ you're going to hear the notes of the
G major scale.
[D] _ So a lot of fancy passages that would require multiple fingers for the left hand now can
be had with just a piece of wood in the left hand.
Here's some golden slippers. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ Let's take a look at another diatonic dulcimer.
_ This dulcimer was made by Jerry Rockwell of Ohio.
It's a replica of another early [D] American design.
It's got three strings tuned DAA. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Take a closer look at these frets. _ _ _ _ _
They don't even run the full width of the fingerboard, so we don't have frets under
the bass string.
Also notice we've got the big [D] little spaces just like before.
_ Well since our bass string is tuned to a D, if we fret the string closest to us called
the melody string at the third fret, _ _ we can start our D scale there.
I'll do a little grandfather's clock here. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] Let's take a look at one more diatonic.
_ This is a modern style mountain dulcimer made by McSpadden _ of Mountain View, Arkansas.
_ It's pretty typical of what you'd see if you went to festivals or if you get on the internet
and start looking around.
_ This is the most common style dulcimer you'll see these days.
If you look real close, the strings, _ it's a four string.
_ _ The melody string is doubled like a mandolin.
And _ we've got a new tuning, DAD, starting [D] on the bass string. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
It's diatonically fretted for the most part, but we've got an extra note in there.
If you'll look, _ _ we've got a whole, whole, half, whole, whole, and then we've got an
extra fret in here.
We've got the sixth fret, the six and a half, and the seven.
It's that six and a half [Cm] that [D] is a new addition here.
So you can get the D Mixolydian scale, _ _ _ or _ _ if we use that six and a half fret instead
of the six, you get the D Major scale. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ If you want to play in different keys and if you want to get notes that aren't here,
you have to use alternate tunings.
Sometimes I'll bend to get a note that isn't there.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ _ [D] _ That [Ab] kind of thing.
_ _ _ We use capos, _ _ and it's like a little C clamp.
So now I'm in the key of D.
If I put a capo on the third fret, [Ab] _ _ _ _
[G] you're in the key of G. _ _ _
_ That extra fret actually makes capoing go a lot farther.
You can get a lot more notes and [N] a lot more key. _ _