There is a mistake in the Kentucky Music Week ad on page 38 of the Winter 2008 DPN. The dates listed are incorrect. The correct date of the festival is:

June 22-27

Click here to be taken to the Kentucky Music Week web site for the latest on their exciting instructor and and class lineup.

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Click here to view or download a tray card for the Winter 08 CD Sampler. The file is in pdf format. You can then print this to use in your own jewel case.

The Winter 2008 issue of Dulcimer Players News is jam-packed with articles and information, but we had much more stuff (and sheet music) than we could squeeze into 66 pages. So we're making those items available online. Here's what we have this issue...


When you Copy, What is Right? - Dan Landrum
Dan's article about the rights and wrongs of copying music is one from the magazine that we've made downloadable. Click here to read the article.

Arranging Lagrima (and other disasters)
Butch Ross' article about the trials and tribulations of arranging a supposedly "simple" piece of music for the mountain dulcimer is another downloadable item. Click here to read the article.

In addition, you can download his arrangement of "La Partida" for solo dulcimer. Available as a pdf or Tabledit .tef file. (right click and choose "save as" to download the file)

Also
Karen Ashbrook recounts her time at the Hackbrett Weltkongress and brings back a ton of great music, which is available here!

Download sheet music played at the festival:
Rosa (pdf), by Rui Ogawa: Japan
Tarkus Variations (pdf), by Uchihashi arr. Sakimura: Japan
Sakura (pdf), a Japanese traditional song transcribed by Christie Burns: Japan
Muß i' denn zum Städtele hinaus (pdf), a German traditional song performed as the closing song of the gala concert: Germany

Nick Blanton takes over 'technical dulcimer'
Taking the reins from Sam Rizetta, Nick's first foray into the technical dulcimer is a translation of a German article about an unusual and important mediaeval hammered dulcimer, and how to build it. And we've got the plans right here

Sheet music from Rick Fogel
From his groundbreaking album 'Through The Looking Glass', Rick shares the tune Dulce here.

Steve Schneider's column, The Transformative Power of Music, in the Winter 2008 DPN includes a story of how playing for his hospitalized mother-in-law changed their relationship. He writes "One of her more ardent requests was for the song "Deep Purple," a hauntingly beautiful sentimental air from the 1930's with an extraordinary chromatic melody and a fascinating chord structure. I transposed it from F to the more dulcimer-friendly key of G, and found that learning and memorizing it was a healthy challenge.

As I learned and arranged "Deep Purple," I began to consider my criteria for choosing certain harmonies, and consider what "rules" I follow in order to determine where, when, and how much harmonic support I should give to the melodic line. With this in mind, I invite all readers to send me suggestions for music in the public domain (non-copyrighted) that I could systematically harmonize and arrange for hammered dulcimer within these pages. Please send me any titles or actual music of tunes you would like to have me dissect and put back together in the interest of discovering a set of guidelines of harmonization and arranging. I reserve the right to choose or reject any submissions, and I'll choose one myself if I don't receive any usable suggestions. If you're going to send me a copy of the music, it ideally should be written in "fake book" style, with a melody line and chords written above or below it. If you're just sending tune names, please indicate any information you can about the tune's origins and where I could find a copy of it in print. If you'd like to help with Steve's quest, please send hard copies to:

180 Woodedge Drive,
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
If you can send music electronically, please send it to: performance@steveschneider.com.