Jellyfish Tickle: A Song History
"Jellyfish Tickle" is one of the tunes in Mark Gilston's American Old Time Tunes For Dulcimer, Volume 1, a book of old-time tunes arranged for mountain dulcimer, published by Mark Gilston.[1] The listing calls the collection traditional, standard material for old-time players, and credits no composer for this tune.[1] Gilston's own website, however, says the book takes in some of his original tunes as well as American old-time ones, all drawn from his CDs and tabbed in D-A-D tuning, without saying which tunes are his.[2] Raised in New York City, Gilston earned a bachelor's degree in folklore, moved to Austin, Texas, in 2002, and won the National Mountain Dulcimer competition at Winfield, Kansas, in 2016.[3]
James M. Sommerville and Christian Schussele, Ocean Life, watercolor, gouache, graphite, and gum arabic on off-white wove paper. Sea life of many kinds, shown for the title; it has no connection to the tune.
Gilston also recorded "Jellyfish Tickle" as the third track of his CD Lend Me An Ear, which his website describes as "a collection of traditional songs and instrumentals"; the track list gives no composer credit for it.[4]
Sources
- Mark Gilston: "American Old Time Tunes For Dulcimer, Volume 1".
- Mark Gilston: "Dulcimer Tab Books".
- DulcimerDownloads: "Mark Gilston – Mountain Dulcimer Books & Bio".
- Mark Gilston: "CDs".
- Image: James M. Sommerville and Christian Schussele, Ocean Life, watercolor, gouache, graphite, and gum arabic on off-white wove paper. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.