The Winds Of Ouachita: A Song History
"The Winds Of Ouachita" is a duet for mountain dulcimer and Native American flute in DulciFlute, a songbook by John and Karen Keane published by Fingers Of Steel.[1] According to the book's listing, all sixteen pieces are original tunes rather than arrangements of old-time songs, and the two sample pages shown there, both for other tunes, carry the Keanes' names.[1] The flute line is written out in notation with chord symbols for the dulcimer; the book is written for a Native American flute in B minor and bases its dulcimer chords on D-A-D tuning, and the authors' own recording of each piece comes with it, this one as the fourth track.[1]
George Inness, Approaching Storm from the Alban Hills, oil on canvas, 1871. Shown for its windswept hills; it has no connection to the tune.
The Keanes are from Shreveport, Louisiana, and play mountain dulcimer, Native American flute, ukulele and cajon in styles ranging from Louisiana traditional music and bluegrass to Mississippi Delta blues.[2] Each holds a music education degree from Northeast Louisiana University, the school now known as the University of Louisiana at Monroe, and the couple count more than seventy years of teaching between them.[2] Their own compositions for mountain dulcimer and Native American flute fill several books and CDs.[2]
Sources
- Fingers Of Steel: "John Keane And Karen Keane, DulciFlute".
- DulcimerDownloads.com: "John Keane".
- Image: George Inness, Approaching Storm from the Alban Hills, oil on canvas, 1871. The Cleveland Museum of Art.