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BOOKS & CDs

Books: Dulcimerrily for Mountain Dulcimer / Solo Bass Dulcimer / Home for the Holidays / Four String Fingerpicking /Follow Me Merrily / Fingerpicking Dulcimer / Blues & Ragtime for Fretted Dulcimer

CDs: Stardust / Solace / Blues & Ragtime / Walkin' Around Lucky / Hot Rod Sleigh

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BOOKS

DULCIMERRILY for Mountain Dulcimer
Arranged by Madeline MacNeil

A collection of 44 previously unpublished arrangements for the mountain dulcimer created by Madeline MacNeil and compiled into book format by Janita Baker. These arrangements vary from novice to advanced skill levels and represent both original compositions and traditional songs.

CONTENTS

Introduction
Madeline MacNeil Biography

Another Jig Will Do
Beach Spring
Brennan on the Moor
Beautiful Mouse Waltz
Bourre Droite du Pays Fort
Buffalo Gals
Cader Idris
Calinda
Cambric Shirt
The Cambric Shirt
Canaan’s Land
Charleston Gals
Coleman’s March
Ding Dong Merrily on High
Eriskay Love Lilt
The Flower Carol
Flow Gently, Sweet Afton
The Girl with the Blue Dress On
Harvest Song
Hard Times Come Again No More
Heart's Ease

The Helston Furry
In the Bleak Midwinter
I Saw Three Ships
June Apple
Land of My Fathers
Lark in the Morn
The Lass of Roch Royal
Lovely Nancy
MacPherson’s Farewell
A May Day Carol
Once I Had a Sweetheart
O Can Ye Sew Cushions
O Shenandoah
Reap, Boys, Reap
Shenandoah Spring
The Shucking of the Corn
Smash the Windows
Star of the County Down
A Wee Bird Came to Our Ha Door
Wild Mountain Thyme
Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonnie Doon
Wilson’s Wilde
Ye Bonny Broome

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Solo Bass

SOLO BASS DULCIMER
by Janita Baker

A collection of 32 arrangements for bass dulcimer ranging in difficulty from novice to advanced skill levels. Most can of the arrangements can be either fingerpicked or flatpicked. Includes notes on the arrangements and tips on playing a bass dulcimer.

CONTENTS
The Angel's Whisper Bella Ciao Brahm's Lullaby Carrickfergus The Erie Canal Grandfather's Clock House of the Rising Sun In the Evening by the Moonlight* Jasmine Flower Jupiter Just a Closer Walk with Thee* Largo Loch Lomond Loch Tay Boat Song Londonderry Aire* MacPherson's Lament*	Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen Now Thank We All Our God Packington's Pound The Parting Glass Piano Concerto No. 1 Pomp & Circumstance Red River Valley The Riddle Song The Rising of the Moon* Rondeau Shenandoah Spanish Ladies* Swing Low Sweet Chariot St. James Infirmary Trumpet Voluntary* What Wondrous Love

* Songs noted with an asterisk are arranged for four equidistant string dulcimers.

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HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
by Janita Baker

A collection of 41 arrangements for mountain dulcimer for Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Christmas and the New Year. The arrangements range in difficulty from novice to advanced and include fingerpicking, flatpicking and basic strumming styles. 84 pages.

CONTENTS

The Angel Gabriel
Angels We Have Heard on High
Auld Lang Syne (two versions)
Away In A Manger (two versions)
Come, Ye Thankful People
Deck the Halls
Gloucestershire Wassail
The God of Harvest Praise
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Good King Wenceslas
Harvest Home
Harvest Song
The Huron Carol
Hush, My Babe, Lie Still & Slumber
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day *
It Came Upon the Midnight Clear *
Jolly Old St. Nicholas
Joy to the World
Ma'oz Tzur

Mi Y'malél *
Now Thank We All Our God
O Chanukah (two tunings)
O ChristmasTree
O Little Town of Bethlehem *
Over the River and Through the Woods
See, Amid the Winter's Snow
Sevivon
Shepherds, Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep
Silent Night
Sing to the Lord of Harvest
Sweet Chiming Bells
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Up on the Housetop
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
We Gather Together
We Three Kings
What Child is This *
While Their Flocks the Shepherds Tended

* Songs noted with an asterisk are arranged for four equidistant string dulcimers.

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FOUR STRING FINGERPICKING
by Janita Baker

Sixteen arrangements for four equidistant string mountain dulcimer ranging in skill level from advanced beginner to advanced player. Many of the arrangements can be heard on the Solace and the Blues & Ragtime CD.

CONTENTS
Amazing Grace Anapau Baker's Dozen Baker's New Blues Bobcat Ramble Fishing Blues Home Sweet Home In Christ There Is No East Or West	Loch Lomond Maple Leaf Rag Planxty Fannie Powers Snowy Owl Spanish Fandango The Riddle Song Weeping Willow Wylla's Waltz

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FOLLOW ME MERRILY
by Madeline MacNeil and Janita Baker

Thirty four rounds arranged for the mountain dulcimer and suitable for all skill levels. Playing rounds is a wonderful way to experience the beauty of harmony; it can unify a group of players with a synergistic performance, one in which the individual players cease to be individuals and become one with the music.

CONTENTS
Ah My Heart Ah, Poor Bird Bona Nox Chantez Joliment Cherubini Round Come Follow Come Follow Me Merrily Day Is Gone Dona Nobis Pacem Fox and Geese Gaudeamus Hodie Go It Jerry Hauptmann Canon Hava Nashira Hey, Ho, Nobody Home How Great Is The Pleasure I Am Athirst	I Walk In Beauty Jane Glover Jubilate Deo! Music Shall Live Not A Nightingale Now To All A Kind Good Night O How Lovely Is The Evening O'Hurley's Round Rose Red Shalom Chaverim Sing This Grave And Simple Strain Sing We Now Our Morning Song The Nightingale The Sun Is High Time Sounds Its Evening Call Wachet Auf White Coral Bells

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FINGERPICKING DULCIMER
by Janita Baker

A collection of 22 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. Each piece is written in both standard music notation and dulcimer tablature, and is accompanied by performance tips for playing that song. Many arrangements utilize the 6 1/2 fret, and tunings range from standard modal tunings to four-string variations. There is an extensive introduction on playing techniques for both left and right hands, tunings, reading tablature, and dulcimer embellishments. The book includes an online access code to download an instrumental recording of solo dulcimer, designed to give the student a note-for-note reference to each written arrangement while providing a performance-quality listening experience.

CONTENTS
Three String In Christ There is No East or West House of the Rising Sun Country Gardens Londonderry Air Ode to Joy Grandfather's Clock All Through the Night Trumpet Voluntary Medley: The Minstrel Boy to the War has Gone/Scotland the Brave Spanish Fandango Minuet in G Major	Four String Greensleeves Andante (F. Sor) Für Elise My Old Kentucky Home Aura Lee Rondo (Carulli) Careless Love Bink's Waltz The Entertainer Ragtime Dance The Old Piano Roll Blues

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BLUES & RAGTIME FOR FRETTED DULCIMER
by Janita Baker
Mel Bay Archive Edition
Fifteen arrangements for four equidistant string dulcimer. The arrangements are accurate transcriptions of the songs as performed on the Blues & Ragtime CD and are suitable for intermediate to advanced fingerpicking skill level.

CONTENTS
Baker's Dozen Twelve Bar Blues Bink's Waltz Bobcat Ramble Careless Love Fishin' Blues Frankie and Johnnie Maple Leaf Rag Memphis Blues	Rocks and Gravel Solace St. Louis Blues Sweet Home Chicago The Entertainer The Ragtime Dance Weeping Willlow

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COMPACT DISCS

STARDUST

A collection of mostly instrumental arrangements featuring standard, bass and the 5 string AJ baritone dulcimers, Janita is accompanied by Robert Baker's vocals and guitar on three of the selections: Ain't Misbehavin', Paper Moon, As Time Goes By; Robert's guitar accompaniment on A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, and by Robert and Sarah Elizabeth (playing bass dulcimer) on Lennon & McCartney's beautiful love song, I Will.

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Stardust (H. Carmichael)
As Time Goes By (H. Hupfeld)
Anapau (Traditional Hawai'ian)
I Will (Lennon & McCartney)
Le Cygne (The Swan) (C. Saint-Saens)
Ain't Misbehavin' (T. "Fats" Waller)
Paper Moon (H. Arlen)
Clair de Lune (C. Debussy)
Wild Mountain Thyme (Traditional)
Nanea Kou Maka i Ka Le'ale'a (Trad.Hawai'ian )
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Sherwin/Maschwitz)
Goodnight (Lennon & McCartney)

AJ 5 string baritone songs: Anapau, Nanea Kou Maka

Bass dulcimer songs: Le Cygne, Clair de Lune, Wild Mountain Thyme, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

All other songs performed on a Style II Rosewood

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SOLACE

An all-instrumental fingerpicking dulcimer album, this recording presents a wide variety of musical styles performed on standard and bass dulcimer. The dulcimer is accompanied by guitar on Wylla's Waltz and Cry Me A River.

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CONTENTS

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Solace
Fishin' Blues
Cry Me a River
Jesu—Joy of Man's Desiring
Snowy Owl
Swan Lake
Wylla's Waltz
When You Wish Upon A Star
Yellow Bird
Yesterday
Clair de Lune
Bink's Waltz
Stormy Weather

Bass dulcimer songs: Cry Me a River, Jesu, Swan Lake, When You Wish Upon a Star, Yesterday, Clair de Lune, Stormy Weather

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BLUES AND RAGTIME

Primarily an instrumental album featuring mountain dulcimer as the lead instrument, this recording combines classic piano rag selections with delta and country blues performances to explore two of America's most recognizable musical roots. Several tunes feature guitar and vocal accompaniment, but the dulcimer always remains clearly up front. Displaying the versatility and depth of both the mountain and bass dulcimer, Janita Baker's fingerpicking arrangements are a true measure of the dulcimer's capacity to perform complex music in an elegant and easy-to-listen-to style.

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Rocks and Gravel
Baker's Dozen
Sweet Home Chicago
Frankie and Johnny
Careless Love
Memphis Blues
Fishin' Blues
Bobcat Ramble
St. Louis Blues
Maple Leaf Rag
The Entertainer
The Ragtime Dance
Bink's Waltz
Solace
Weeping Willow

Bass dulcimer songs:
Frankie and Johnny, St. Louis Blues

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WALKIN' AROUND LUCKY

Acoustic guitar and vocals performed by Robert Baker and accompanied by Janita Baker on mountain dulcimer. Guest artists include Howie Bursen on banjo and vocal, Karen Mueller on Autoharp, Kelly Powers on fiddle and accordion, and Madeline MacNeil and Jean Sutton on vocals.

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Walkin' CD

CONTENTS

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Walkin' Around Lucky
Hobo's Lullaby
Leaping Leo
Waltz Across Texas
Looking Down on the Moon
Dixie Darling
Spanish Fandango
Did I Catch You At a Bad Time
Arlo's Hornpipe
My Rifle, My Pony and Me/Back in the Saddle Again
California Blues
Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me
Annie
Bill Cheatham
I'm Satisfied

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THE HOT ROD SLEIGH

This is an acoustic collection that celebrates the season with a great balance of light-hearted parody and lovely old country traditionals, with just a touch of delta blues and acoustic swing for good measure. Robert Baker on guitar, National steel and lead vocals; Janita Baker on mountain dulcimer and autoharp; Kelly Powers on fiddle, mandolin, accordion and harmony vocals, Jean Sutton singing harmony, and Peter Morin on dobro.

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CONTENTS
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Wrap My Heart in Ribbons
Santa's Back in Town
The Hot Rod Sleigh
Walkin' the Floor This Christmas
Hesitation Christmas Blues
Winter Wonderland
Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy
Santa the Knife
It's Christmas Time Pretty Baby
Jingle Bell Rock
His Baby Done Changed
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Reindeer Boogie
Christmas Carols 'Round the Old Corral

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