Bowed Psaltery Instructional and Song Books

TK O'Brien's Guide to Playing the Bowed Psaltery
Easy basic beginners guide with 18 familiar tunes. How to hold the psaltery and bow, bowing technique, care of psaltery, tuning and string replacement. Teaches how to play the psaltery using either a number tablature (for playing songs from certain mountain dulcimer songbooks) or a letter tablature (for playing songs from certain keyboard songbooks shown below). Songs are written in standard notation as well as the tablatures.

Item# BP-B

It's Easy to Play the Bowed Psaltery 
60 min DVD  Covers the basics and how to play with two bows and playing with other instruments.

Item# 95640DVD

The Best Dulcimer Method Yet
139 songs in many different categories written in dulcimer tab, most of which can be played on the bowed psaltery. To use the dulcimer number tab, follow the numbers on the top of the staff in the book and play the corresponding note on your psaltery. For a 24 string psaltery, the lowest G is "0", the A above the G is "1", the B above the A is "2" and so on. You will only be using the notes on the right side of the instrument.

Item# 10252

Beatles Greatest Hits
28 tunes including: Got To Get You Into My Life, Let It Be, And I Love Her, Yellow Submarine, Penny Lane.

Item# 243061

EKM Easy Keyboard Method book. Tunes from EKM books are shown with the letter value of the notes written inside the note. To play these tunes on the bowed psaltery, simply follow the letters in the keyboard book and play the corresponding lettered note on the psaltery. 

Best Christmas Songs Ever
89 all time favorite including: Auld Lang Syne, A Holly Jolly Christmas, I Saw Three Ships, Jingle Bell Rock, O Holy Night, Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer.

Item# 243134

EKM Easy Keyboard Method book. Tunes from EKM books are shown with the letter value of the notes written inside the note. To play these tunes on the bowed psaltery, simply follow the letters in the keyboard book and play the corresponding lettered note on the psaltery.

Best of Elvis Presley
30 tunes including: Are You Lonesome Tonight?, All Shook Up, Blue Suede Shoes, Can't Help Falling In Love, Love Me Tender.

Item# 243181

EKM Easy Keyboard Method book. Tunes from EKM books are shown with the letter value of the notes written inside the note. To play these tunes on the bowed psaltery, simply follow the letters in the keyboard book and play the corresponding lettered note on the psaltery.

Christmas Classics
31 tunes including: The First Noel, O Holy Night, Jingle Bells, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Away In A Manger.

Item# 243127

EKM Easy Keyboard Method book. Tunes from EKM books are shown with the letter value of the notes written inside the note. To play these tunes on the bowed psaltery, simply follow the letters in the keyboard book and play the corresponding lettered note on the psaltery.

Classics
31 tunes including Blue Danube Waltz, Polonaise, Waltz Of The Flowers, Reverie, Fur Elise.

Item# 243131

EKM Easy Keyboard Method book. Tunes from EKM books are shown with the letter value of the notes written inside the note. To play these tunes on the bowed psaltery, simply follow the letters in the keyboard book and play the corresponding lettered note on the psaltery.

Folk Songs of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
56 tunes including The Foggy Foggy Dew, Londonderry Air, Annie Laurie, The Ash Grove.

Item# 243230

EKM Easy Keyboard Method book. Tunes from EKM books are shown with the letter value of the notes written inside the note. To play these tunes on the bowed psaltery, simply follow the letters in the keyboard book and play the corresponding lettered note on the psaltery.

Hymns
32 tunes including: Nearer My God To Thee, Onward Christian Soldiers, Stand Up Stand Up For Jesus, Blessed Assurance, The Church In The Wildwood.

Item# 243328

EKM Easy Keyboard Method book. Tunes from EKM books are shown with the letter value of the notes written inside the note. To play these tunes on the bowed psaltery, simply follow the letters in the keyboard book and play the corresponding lettered note on the psaltery.

John Denver's Greatest Hits
24 tunes including: Annie's Song, I'm Sorry, Rocky Mountain High, Thank God I'm A Country Boy, Leaving On A Jetplane.

Item# 243146

EKM Easy Keyboard Method book. Tunes from EKM books are shown with the letter value of the notes written inside the note. To play these tunes on the bowed psaltery, simply follow the letters in the keyboard book and play the corresponding lettered note on the psaltery.

Jumbo Songbook
Over 100 songs for all occasions... American patriotic songs, classical themes, hymns & sacred songs, polkas, international folk songs, singalongs and waltzes.

Item# 243395

EKM Easy Keyboard Method book. Tunes from EKM books are shown with the letter value of the notes written inside the note. To play these tunes on the bowed psaltery, simply follow the letters in the keyboard book and play the corresponding lettered note on the psaltery.

Irish Favorites
30 tunes including Danny Boy, Irish Washerwoman, McNamara's Band, My Wild Irish Rose, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling, The Wearing Of The Green.

Item# 243154

EKM Easy Keyboard Method book. Tunes from EKM books are shown with the letter value of the notes written inside the note. To play these tunes on the bowed psaltery, simply follow the letters in the keyboard book and play the corresponding lettered note on the psaltery.

Patriotic Songs
23 tunes.

Item# 243596

EKM Easy Keyboard Method book. Tunes from EKM books are shown with the letter value of the notes written inside the note. To play these tunes on the bowed psaltery, simply follow the letters in the keyboard book and play the corresponding lettered note on the psaltery.

Walt Disney Favorites
22 tunes including: Candle On The Water, Chim Chim Cher-ee, A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes, It's A Small World, Mickey Mouse March.

Item# 243858

EKM Easy Keyboard Method book. Tunes from EKM books are shown with the letter value of the notes written inside the note. To play these tunes on the bowed psaltery, simply follow the letters in the keyboard book and play the corresponding lettered note on the psaltery.