Track 1: Sal's Air
A original Celtic Air in A Mixolydian by J. C. Rockwell:
A
A Em A /B /C# | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | D A G Em | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | A Em A /B /C# | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | D A Em A | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / :||
B
Em G Bm7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | A G A G | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | Em G Bm7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | A G D | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / ||
Track 2: Winter Lullaby # 1
Em7 D6 C6 Bm7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Em7 D6 Bm7 F#m7b5 B7b9
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Em7 D6 Bm7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
CMaj7 Bm11 A5 |1.---------------|
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||
|2.---------------|
Am7 D9
| / / / / ||
G D7 C G D#dim7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
Em7 D Bm7 Am7 D9
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
G D7 Am7 Em7 D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
|1.---------------|
CMaj7 Bm11 A5 Am7 D9
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||
|2.---------------|
A5
| / / / / ||
Track 3: Star Variations - Latin
bossa nova rhythm:
Bm7 A7 GMaj7 D Bm7 A7 A#dim7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Bm7 A7 F#m7 A#dim7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Bm7 A7 GMaj7 D Bm7 A7 A#dim7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Bm7 G6 F#7sus Bm7 Em7 A7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / || DMaj9 A7 A#dim7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Bm7 A7 F#m7 A#dim7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Bm7 A7 GMaj7 D Bm7 A7 A#dim7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Bm7 G6 F#7sus Bm7 C#m7 F#7b9 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||
Track 4: Phelim's Boat (A)
Traditional Irish song in jazzy setting:
AMaj7 Bm7 C#m7 DMaj7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | C#m7 DMaj7 Em7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | AMaj7 Bm7 C#m7 DMaj7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | Bm7 E7 AMaj7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / || A A/G# Bm/F# A/E | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | D A/C# Bm7 AMaj7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | F#m7 Bm7 F#m7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | Bm7 E7 AMaj7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / ||
Track 5: Em-D Sequence
Straight-Eighths 8-bar modal progression -- great for jamming:
Em7 A7 G D | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | A7 Gadd9 Em7 G6 D | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||
Track 6: Fisher's Horn-Slog Waltz
A transformation of Fisher's Hornpipe into a jazzy waltz. Head is emerging but not finalized on CD.
DMaj7 Em7 F#m7 GMaj7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | DMaj7 B7 Em7 A7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | DMaj7 Em7 F#m7 B7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | Em7 A7 DMaj7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / :|| A7 D6 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | A7 Em7 A7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | G6 G#dim7 D/A B7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | Em7 A7 DMaj7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / :||
Track 7: Saint Anne's Transformation
A quasi-rasta 12/8 transformation of St. Anne's Reel:
D D G G D | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | D D G A7 A D | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :|| Bm7 Bm Em A7 A D | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Bm7 Bm Em A7 A D | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||
Track 8: Touchstone 2004
A stretched out jam on the English Country Dance Tune -- straight-8ths:
A
D G A7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | D A7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | D G A7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Em7 A7 D G D | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||B
A7 D Em7 F#m7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Bm A7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | A7 D Em7 F#m7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Em7 A7 D G D | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||
Track 9: I-I-IV-V
I - I - IV - V progression in straight-eighths - besides an electric guitar lead, there are three tracks of dulcimer on this cut: a simple strummed rhythm, a muted bass part, and a syncopated, polyrhythmic fingerpicked part:
D D G A7 | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||
Track 10: Cloud Ships
A Tyrolean folk song that makes a great jam:
D G A7 D | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | D G A7 D | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | D Em A7 D | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | D G A7 D | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / :||
Track 11: Urchnoc Chein Mhic Cainte
A beautiful traditional Irish air:
D A Em Bm | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | D A G A7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | D A Em Bm | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | D C G D | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / || D Cadd9 Bm A7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | Bm A G D | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | D G Em Bm | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | D C G D | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / ||
Track 12: Phelim's Boat (D)
Traditional Irish song in jazzy setting:
DMaj7 Em7 F#m7 GMaj7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | F#m7 GMaj7 Am7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | DMaj7 Em7 F#m7 GMaj7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | Em7 A7 DMaj7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / || D D/C# Em/B D/A | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | G D/F# Em7 DMaj7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | Bm7 Em7 Bm7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | Em7 A7 DMaj7 | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / ||
Track 13: Twinkle Transformations
Here is a set of incresingly complex variations on Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star that I used for a recent dulcimer workshop:
TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR
D / / / / / / / G / / / D / / /
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|0-------0-------|4-------4-------|5-------5-------|4---------------|
Em / / / D / / / A7 / / / D / / /
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|1-------1-------|0---------------|
D / / / A7 / / / D / / / A7 / / /
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|4-------4-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|1---------------|
D / / / A7 / / / D / / / A7 / / /
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|4-------4-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|1---------------|
D / / / / / / / G / / / D / / /
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|0-------0-------|4-------4-------|5-------5-------|4---------------|
Em / / / D / / / A7 / / / D / / /
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|1-------1-------|0---------------|
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CHALLENGES:
1.) Getting some nice movement in the bass line / good contrary motion where
you can
2.) How the bass line generates chords and suggests chord choices: especially
chords in inversion
3.) Speeding up the HARMONIC RHYTHM and getting sub-cycles of chords going
4.) Decorating and embellishing the melody -- spinning out motives -- UNFOLDING
the chords
5.) a. Taking note of the common 6-5 suspension sometimes heard in the 4th measure
of the B Part
b. Pair it with its lower 4-3 suspension (same as in Hush Little Baby)
c. Do the 4-3 suspension only
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1.) Getting some nice movement in the bass line / good contrary motion where
you can:
D / / / / / / / G / / / D / / /
|0---------------|0---------------|3---------------|2---------------|
|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|3---------------|3---------------|
|0-------0-------|4-------4-------|5-------5-------|4---------------|
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2.) How the bass line generates chords and suggests chord choices: especially
chords in inversion:
D / / / DM7 / / / G / / / D/F# / /
|0---------------|0---------------|3---------------|2---------------|
|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------|3---------------|
|0-------0-------|4-------4-------|5-------5-------|4---------------|
Em / / / D / / / A7/G/ / / D/F# / /
|1---------------|0---------------|3---------------|----------------|
|1---------------|0---------------|0---------------|----------------|
|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|1-------1-------|0---------------|
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
3.) Speeding up the HARMONIC RHYTHM and getting sub-cycles of chords going:
D / / / DM7 / / / G / Em / D/F# DM7/F#
|0---------------|0---------------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|
|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|3-------4-------|3-------2-------|
|0-------0-------|4-------4-------|5-------5-------|4-------4-------|
Em7 / A7 / D / Bm/D Em/G A7/G D/F#/ / /
|1-------4-------|0-------0-------|3-------3-------|2---------------|
|3-------2-------|0-------1-------|1-------2-------|0---------------|
|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|1-------1-------|0---------------|
DM7 / / / Em / / / F#m / / / A7sus4/G
|0---------------|1---------------|2---------------|3-------3-------|
|2---------------|1---------------|2---------------|3-------2-------|
|4-------4-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|1-------1-------|
DM7 / / / Em / / / F#m / / / A7sus4/G
|0---------------|1---------------|2---------------|3-------3-------|
|2---------------|1---------------|2---------------|3-------2-------|
|4-------4-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|2---4---1-------|
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
4.) Decorating and embellishing the melody -- spinning out motives -- UNFOLDING
the chords:
D / / / DM7 / / / G / Em / D/F# DM7/F#
|0---------------|0---------------|----3-----------|2---------------|
|----3-------3---|----2-----------|--------4-------|----3---2-------|
|0-------0-------|4-------2---4---|5-----------5---|4-----------4---|
Em7 / A7 / D / Bm/D Em/G A7/G D/F#/ / /
|1---------------|0---------------|3-----------3---|2---------------|
|----1---2-------|--------1-------|--------2-------|3---------------|
|3-----------3---|2-------2-------|1---0-----------|0---------------|
DM7 / / / Em / / / F#m7/ / / A7sus4/G
|0-------0-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------|
|5-------5-------|4-------4-------|2---4---2---4---|----3---2-------|
|4---6+--4---6+--|3---5---3---5---|2---4---2---4---|1-----------1---|
DM7 / / / Em7 / / / F#m / / / A7sus4 A7
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----7---6+------|
|7-------7-------|6-------6-------|5-------5-------|----5---4-------|
|6+--8---6+--8---|5---7---5---7---|4---6+--4---6+--|4-----------4---|
D / / / DM7 / / / G / Em / D / / /
|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
|------------3---|2-------0-------|6---7-----------|----5-6-5-------|
|2---1---0-------|4---3---2-------|--------5---6+--|7-----------4---|
Em7 / A7/G D/F# Bm Em/G A7/G D/F#/ / /
|1---2---3-------|2---------------|3-----------3---|2---------------|
|------------4---|--------1-------|--------2-------|3---------------|
|3---4---5-------|4---3---2-------|1---0-----------|0---------------|
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5.) a. Taking note of the common 6-5 suspension sometimes heard in the 4th measure
of the B Part:
DM7 / / / Em / / / D / Bm / A7
|0---------------|1---------------|0---------------|----------------|
|2---------------|1---------------|0-------1-------|----0-------0---|
|4-------4-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|2-------1-------|
6------>5
b. Pair it with its lower 4-3 suspension (same as in Hush Little Baby):
DM7 / / / Em / / / D / Bm / A7
|0---------------|1---------------|0---------------|4---------------|
|2---------------|1---------------|0-------1-------|----3---2---0---|
|4-------4-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|2-------1-------|
4-->3
6------>5
c. Do the 4-3 suspension only:
DM7 / / / Em / / / D / Bm / Asus4 A
|0---------------|1---------------|0---------------|4-------4-------|
|2---------------|1---------------|0-------1-------|----3---2-------|
|4-------4-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|1-----------1---|