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Bing Futch- Method For Beginning Mountain Dulcimer

Regular price $25.00

Bing Futch’s “Method For Beginning Mountain Dulcimer” is the most comprehensive how-to-learn-the-dulcimer book available. You’ll learn the basics, sure, and start playing songs right away. Even better, though, is the depth of content that Bing provides for you in this one incomparable volume - technique, repertoire, theory, history, and FUN!

This book DOES include songs and exercises in a variety of tunings. DAD, of course, but also tunings that were more common 70 or 120 years ago - DAA, DGD, etc. This is not the "first" dulcimer book you should get - it's the "second". Not because of the quality of the content, but because the alternate tunings intimidate some folks.

Once you’ve worked your way through this book, you’ll be a competent dulcimer player that can enjoy playing with any group. You’ll have a great time honing your skills with Bing, and you’ll end up with a wealth of technical skills, music fundamentals, and dulcimer repertoire!

With your purchase, we'll email you a link so that you may download the PDF version of your new book. The PDF file is in ZIP format - you'll need to unzip the file after your download is complete.

After you've extracted the files from your ZIP folder, you can print the sheet music, or enjoy it on your tablet or PC.

Your ZIP file will include:

  • The complete book, in PDF format (104 pages)
  • A folder with each song demo track, in MP3 format, so that you can hear how each song/example is supposed to be played (105 tracks)

This book is published by Folkcraft Instruments, under the Fingers Of Steel imprint, and is made available here as an authorized, licensed download.

Customer Reviews

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Debbie H
Great book

I am just getting started with all of the information in this book. There are many songs in different tunings to help get acquainted with the entire fret board. The recordings are helpful also.

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Scott Conner
Bing Futch dulcimer method book

This seems like a good book to follow the Joyce Ochs book First Lessons in DAD. Has chapters on scales and shows several different tunings.

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Customer
Daa predominant

This book is good in many ways. However, the frequency of Daa or various tunings are not helpful in newbes who are being taught in DAD. I popped a few string trying to change tunings and give up on any exercises or songs other than my regular DAD tuning.

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Roger Paige
A thorough beginner's guide

Pleasantly surprised at the comprehensiveness of this beginner's book. Starts slow for us newbies and builds topic by topic - tunings, scales and easy first pieces evolve toward basic music theory, notation and more challenging exercises. You can listen online or download all of the music, a great help to those of us who want a sense of the music behind those notes. A very thorough and helpful guide to the dulcimer.

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James Lovette-Black

Bing Futch- Method For Beginning Mountain Dulcimer