Civil War Songs for the Mountain Dulcimer

$25 (includes enhanced companion CD)

Like my other books, Civil War Songs features high quality, easy-to-read tablature printed on high quality paper.  The book is bound in such a way that one can lay the book out flat to any page.  Like most of my other books, it also has a chord chart, instructions on how to read tablature, and an alphabetical index of songs.

However, in many ways it is unlike my other books.  I've included a complete set of lyrics as well as an interesting historical note for every song .  There are more pictures, many taken from archived photographs and drawings from the period.  The companion CD is enhanced, which means that in addition to using it in a CD player, it also has data that can be read in a computer.  On many songs, I tabbed out several different versions (i.e. - crosspicked and one-string versions, DAd and DGd tunings, capoed and non-capoed versions) as I was looking for just the right one to include in the book.  I couldn't afford to print all of the versions because it would have priced the book out of the market.  It's already the largest book I've ever done with 74 pages.  So, I decided to include supplemental versions of many of the songs available to book owners on the CD.

Civil War reenactors, I hope this book will be a valuable resource to you.  Although not widely known, the dulcimer was definitely around in the Civil War, and this book could serve as a way to introduce the dulcimer and many of the songs of the era into your reenactments.

SONGS INCLUDED (in alphabetical order)