Club Music

Our music can be termed, for the most part, old-timey or foundation.  Composers are often noted as "traditional" or "anonymous".  Most of our music is taken primarily from the public domain.  Sources of our music are wide ranging, from ballads traceable to Scotland, Ireland, England and Appalachia to the folk songs that have been an integral part of the history of the United States.
Our written sheet music is called Tablature - or Tab for short.  Tab can look alot like regular sheet music, but with only a treble clef.  Like regular sheet music, it always includes a time signature, bars to denote measures and an indication of note size (i.e., quarter-note, eighth-note, etc.).   Tab formats vary depending on it's source (i.e., who compiled it and how it was generated).  The sources of our Tab are varied and include the following: 

• Terry Lewis.
• Everything Dulcimer.
• The Dogwood Dulcimer Association.
• Jam 'N Folk.
• Heidi Muller.
• The Connecticut Mountain Dulcimer Society Gathering.
• Ann Wilder of Tuesday Morning Tab.
• Club members Jerry Kramer, Steve Britton, Celia Farr and Clay Butler.

NOTE:  Unless otherwise indicated, all tunes listed below are in the key of D and most Tab for these tunes is written for a D-Mixolydian (1588 or Dadd) tuning.  Some Tab is written in both D-Mixolyian and D-Ionian (1555 or Daaa) tunings.  As a general "rule", Club activities utilize D-Mixolydian Tab.

Listed below are site links to the Tab of the tunes that have been played at our past Club meetings: 

• Acres of Clams, aka "Rosin the Bow", Tab by Clay Butler.
• Amazing Grace, in both D-Mixolydian and D-Ionian tunings, Steve Smith's arrangement.
• Aragon Mill.
• A Soalin', aka "Hey, Ho, Nobody Home", in a D-Mixolydian tuning, capo'd at the 1st fret to the key of Em, Tab and arrangement by Bob Webb.
• Baby-O, in a D-Mixolyian tuning, capo'd at 4th fret to the key of A, Tab by Clay Butler from arrangement by Steve Seifert.
• Bile Them Cabbage Down in the Arkan, Tab by Clay Butler. 
• Black Mountain Rag, in both D-Mixolydian and D-Ionian tunings, Steve Smith's arrangement.
• Added 5/26/14, Boil Them Cabbage, strummed and picked, in three different picking patterns. 
• Bonnie Blue Flag, Tab and arrangement from Jam N' Folk.
• Bonnie Lassie, aka "Scotland the Brave", Tab by Clay Butler.
• Buck-Eyed Rabbit, Tab and arrangement by Terry Lewis.
• Buffalo Gals, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Butcher’s Gap, Tab and arrangement by Terry Lewis.
• Cluck Old Hen, in a D-Mixolydian tuning, capo'd at 1st fret to the key of Em, Tab and arrangement by Jerry Kramer.
• Cotton-Eyed Joe.
• Crawdad Song.
• Cripple Creek, Tab by Clay Butler from arrangement by Jerry Kramer.
• Crooked Ridge, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Deck the Halls, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Dillan Bay with lyrics, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Fancy Gap Breakdown, Tab by Louise Ziegler from arrangement by Tim Toth.
• Farther Along, in both D-Mixolydian and D-Ionian tunings, Steve Smith's arrangement.
• Go Tell Aunt Rhodie, with lyrics, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Good King Wenceslas, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Gray Cat on a Tennessee Farm.
• Two (2) versions on "Groundhog", one an xxx.tif file and the other an xxx.pdf file, with lyrics, Tabs by Jerry Kramer and Clay Butler. 
• Happy Land, Tab and arrangement by Terry Lewis.
• Hard Times, Come Again No More.
• Hard Times, Come Again No More, in a D-Mixolydian tuning, capo'd at 3rd fret to the key of G, Tab and arrangement by Clay Butler.
• Harrison Town.
• Two (2) versions of "Hatikvah", both in a D-Mixolydian tuning, capo'd at the 1st fret to the key of Em, one fairly straightforward and the other, with lyrics, that is a bit more challenging, Tab by Clay Butler.
• John Stinson #2.
• June Apple, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Lady Mary, aka "The Sad Song", with a narrative from Celia Farr.
• Li’l Liza Jane, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Lynchburg Town, with lyrics, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Mississippi Sawyer, in both D-Mixolydian and D-Ionian tunings, Steve Smith's arrangement.
• Morning Has Broken, in both D-Mixolydian and D-Ionian tunings, Steve Smith's arrangement. 
• New River Train, Tab and arrangement by Marty Lane.
• Two (2) versions of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy", one showing the basic tune in a drone-style and the other in a chord-melody style.  Tab by Heidi Muller.
• Two (2) versions of Oh, My Darling Clementine, an octive apart, with lyrics.  Tab by Clay Butler.  
• Old Joe Clark with lyrics.
• Old Molly Hare with lyrics.
• On Top of Spaghetti, in both D-Mixolydian and D-Ionian tunings.
• Over the Waterfall.
• River, used with permission of Bill Stains, music and lyrics, and Heidi Muller, Tab and arrangement.  Taken from the The Connecticut Mountain Dulcimer Society Gathering website. 
• Rocky Top.
• Rhythum, in a D-Mixolydian tuning, capo'd at the 1st fret to the key of Em, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Sandy Boys, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Sandy Boys, in a D-Mixolydian tuning, capo'd at 4th fret to the key of A, Tab and arrangement by Clay Butler. 
• Sandy River Belle, Tab and arrangement from the Firelands Dulcimer Club.
• Shady Grove, in a D-Mixolydian tuning, capo'd at 1st fret to the key of Em.
• Shanghai Rooster, Tab and arrangement by Terry Lewis.
• Sing We Now Our Morning Song/The Sun is High.
• Two (2) versions of "Soldiers' Joy", one fairly straightforward and the other a bit more challenging.
• Two (2) versions of "Skye Boat Song", both in D-Mixolydian tuning but, by playing the chords indicated, this tune is in the key of G.  One version is strummed with lyrics and the other fingerpicked, Tab and arrangement by Clay Butler.  
• Sourwood Mountain, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Three (3) parts to "Spanish Fandango", a novice melody, another melody one octave higher than the novice melody and a fingerpicked harmony, Tab by Ann Wilder of Tuesday Morning Tab. 
• Two (2) versions on "Streets of Laredo", one an xxx.tif scan file of the tab, with lyrics, used my Louise Zimmerman at the 3/8/14 Club meeting and another, a xxx.pdf, provided by Clay Butler. 
• Squirrel Heads and Gravy, Tab and arrangement by Terry Lewis.
• Suzanna Gal, Tab by Clay Butler.
• The Three Ravens, in a D-Mixolydian tuning, capo'd at 1st fret to the key of Em, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Up Jumped the Devil, Tab and arrangement by Jerry Kramer.
• Walking in the Parlor, Tab and arrangement by Terry Lewis.
• Waterbound, in both D-Mixolydian and D-Ionian tunings, Steve Smith's arrangement.  Lyrics are also included.
• When the Saints Go Marching In, Tab by Clay Butler.
• Two (2) versions of "Whiskey Before Breakfast", aka "Raisins in Your Oatmeal", one fairly straightforward and the other a bit more challenging.
• Wildwood Flower, in both D-Mixolydian and D-Ionian tunings, Steve Smith's arrangement.
• ADDED 5/15/14, Sam Stone's Yesterday's Treasures, Tab by Tull Glazener.