This workbook/CD set was written for the intermediate-advanced player who aspires to create musical arrangements by playing melodies in different positions on the fingerboard and by creating song medleys.

This book is more than a collection of songs - it provides detailed written and audio instruction on how to play advanced arpeggios on the mountain dulcimer. The workbook/CD consists of 26 song arrangements, 8 arpeggio exercises, and 42 audio tracks which build the necessary skills to play beautiful, slow and melodic music on the dulcimer. All of the songs and exercises are referenced to the accompanying CD, which allows the listener to play along while learning to bring forth beautiful melodies from the mountain dulcimer.

"More Beautiful Melodies" expands on the work Dave Haas began in "Beautiful Melodies," and presents the dulcimer player with more challenging arpeggio exercises and song arrangements.

64 pages. Songs included:

In The Bleak Midwinter - DAD Tuning
In The Bleak Midwinter (Backup Chords) - DAD Tuning
In The Bleak Midwinter (Octaves) - DAD Tuning
Red Is The Rose - DAD Tuning
The Winter Is Almost Past - DAD Tuning
Introduction / Interlude (Red Is The Rose / The Winters Is Almost Past) - DAD Tuning
Eleanor Plunkett - DAD Tuning
Si Beeg Si Mor - DAD Tuning
Just As I Am - DAD Tuning
Just As I Am (Melody On Bass) - DAD Tuning
Just As I Am (Octave) - DAD Tuning
Just As I Am (Tag Ending) - DAD Tuning
Shenandoah - DAD Tuning
Shenandoah (Melody On Bass Side) - DAD Tuning
Shenandoah (Octave) - DAD Tuning
How Great Thou Art - DAD Tuning
It Is Well With My Soul - DAD Tuning
All Through The Night - DAD Tuning
How Can I Keep From Singing? - DAD Tuning
How Can I Keep From Singing? (Backup Chords) - DAD Tuning
How Can I Keep From Singing? (Octave) - DAD Tuning
The Water Is Wide - DAD Tuning
The Water Is Wide (Octave) - DAD Tuning
America, The Beautiful - DAD Tuning
America, The Beautiful (Melody On Bass Side) - DAD Tuning

Other content:

About The Instructor
Right Hand Technique
Left Hand Technique
Filler Notes - DAD Tuning
Adding Variation / Sensitivity
Arpeggio Exercise 1 / Ode To Joy - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 6 (Half-Slanted Chords - 4/4 Time) - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 3 (Half-Slanted Chords - 3/4 Time) - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 4 (L-Shaped Chords) - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 5 (L-Shaped Chords, With Moving Thumb) - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 6 (Fast Chords) - DAD Tuning
Beginnings And Endings
The Octave Region
Arpeggio Exercise 7 (L-Shaped And Slanted Chords) - DAD Tuning
Arpeggio Exercise 8 (First Position And Octave Chords) - DAD Tuning
Backup Chords - DAD Tuning