Starting out with your first Appalachian Dulcimer Lessons

Following are our beginning Appalachian Dulcimer lessons...be sure to pay close attention to developing good habits from the start. It's highly recommended to hire a qualified teacher that can make sure you're starting with the correct positions. If you do not have one available nearby, you can also consider an instructional video that teaches proper positioning — for sitting while playing and proper right hand (picking hand) position ... along with many other essential Dulcimer techniques such as offered in: "Beginning Appalachian Dulcimer".

Beginner to Advanced Dulcimer Lessons (Click on Links Below)

Lark in the Morning — Beginning Appalachian Dulcimer Video:
Intro to the Dulcimer

Beginner to Advanced Dulcimer Lessons	Dulcimer Books & DVDs
How to Read Tablature for Dulcimer Dulcimer Lesson #1 Holding the Dulcimer Dulcimer Lesson #2 Picks, Noters and Tuning Dulcimer Lesson #2b Ionian D Tuning Dulcimer Lesson #2c Fingerboard Layout D Tuning Dulcimer Lesson #3 Strumming D Chordal Studies Dulcimer Lesson #3b Strumming D & Bm Chordal Studies Dulcimer Lesson #3c Strumming D Chordal Studies Waltz Dulcimer Lesson #4 Your First Song Dulcimer Lesson #5 D Scale Studies Dulcimer Lesson #6 A Scale Studies Beginning Level Songs "Old Joe Clark" Beginner Level Single String "Old Joe Clark" Beginner Level Chordal Version "Soldier's Joy" Beginner Level Single String Advanced Level Songs "Londonderry Air" Advanced Level Chordal Version Practice Tips Dulcimer Tunings Dulcimer Ionian CGG Tuning Dulcimer Ionian CGG Tuning Fingerboard Layout Dulcimer Mixolydian DAD Tuning Dulcimer Ionian DAD Tuning Fingerboard Layout How to Tune the Backpacker Dulcimer to F Tuning