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Watch this trailer for song samples. (Click in the bottom right hand corner for fullscreen view)
Click image of back cover to see the list of song selections.
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Jessica’s Christmas Song Book
With Quiet Joy: Christmas Carols and Hymns for Mountain Dulcimer (D-A-D and D-G-D tuning) Purchase Print Version $18 (Shipping: $4.99 US + tax for FL residents, International Customers: Please contact me for an estimate) Purchase Digital Download
$16 (Zip file including a PDF and a midi folder) (Total File Size: 18.1 MB) You will receive download link in email (Check spam folder if you do not see one). This collection pursues a contemplative approach to Christmas music that has led me to include many lesser-known carols of Europe as well as several medieval carols. Besides these, I have also reinterpreted some more familiar carols, striving to make them warm and accessible for solo performances or small ensembles. All songs are appropriate for either flatpicking or fingerpicking. Midi audios of all songs may be downloaded below. May these songs guide you at Christmas in seeking a balance between the collective celebrations of our larger communities and the renewal to be found in solitude. May they bring you peace and the quiet joy which is at the heart of Christmas...
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Mountain Dulcimer Wildflowers presents
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My Bestseller: Book and DVD Set
Mountain Dulcimer Wildflowers: A Collection of Original Arrangements of Early Music and Traditional Songs for Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer $35.00 Purchase Print Version (Book and DVD) (Shipping: $5.99 US) + tax for FL residents, International Customers: Please contact me for an estimate) Purchase Digital Edition
$28 (Zip file including a PDF, midi folder, and WMV video) (Total File Size: 864.4 MB) Recommended Media Player for Video File: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/index.html You will receive download link in email (Check spam folder if you do not see one). |
Life is a pilgrimage... Here are songs for the journey.
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Album:
Songs of the Earthly Pilgrimage: Medieval and World Folk Music on the Appalachian Mountain Dulcimer Purchase Print CDs from Jessica Comeau $15 (Shipping: $4.99 US+ tax for FL residents, International Customers: Please contact me for an estimate) Purchase Digital Edition
$10 You will receive download link in email (Check spam folder if you do not see one). |
Song Selections:
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An adventurous yet meditative acoustic pilgrimage on the mountain dulcimer that guides the listener on a unique yet universal journey, beginning with life’s sunrise and ending in paradise.
The one great story that unites all the songs on this album is the medieval vision of human life as an earthly pilgrimage from birth until death and into eternal life. On this journey, one will experience not only battles, internal and external, but also times of joy, and even profound encounters with the sublime. Each song, in its way, pays tribute to an aspect of this timeless journey through medieval and World folk expressions. All the songs are played entirely on the Appalachian mountain dulcimer, a traditional American instrument. Sharing these songs on the mountain dulcimer is meaningful to me not only because many of these pieces strike me as the kind of music that would have been played on the zither ancestors of the mountain dulcimer but also because these songs are deeply associated with stories I have loved throughout the years. My hope is that these songs from my journey might be as small beacons for you on your own pilgrimage… - Jessica Comeau |
Watch this trailer for song samples. (Click in the bottom right hand corner for fullscreen view).
Click the above image to enlarge.
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Digital Book
Cantigas de Santa Maria A Selection of Medieval Songs for Mountain Dulcimer $12 Purchase Digital Edition (Zip file including a PDF and midi folder) (Total File Size: 10.1 MB) You will receive download link in email (Check spam folder if you do not see one). These twelve selections from the medieval Cantigas de Santa Maria will immerse you in the atmosphere of 13th century Spain. This music celebrates the mountain dulcimer's connection with earlier zithers as well as the delights and devotions of medieval times. Arrangements are mostly in D-A-D (with or without a capo), and some are in D-G-D. This digital download includes midi audios for all arrangements in this book.
Contents
Cantiga 1- Des oge mais quér' éu trobar Cantiga 1- Des oge mais quér' éu trobar (with Ornaments) Cantiga 23- Como Déus fez vinno d'agua Cantiga 26- Non é gran cousa Cantiga 29- Nas mentes senpre teer Cantiga 42- A Virgen mui grorïosa Cantiga 42- A Virgen mui grorïosa (with Ornaments) Cantiga 77- Da que deus mamou Cantiga 119- Como somos per conssello do démo perdudos Cantiga 166- Como poden per sas culpas Cantiga 248- Sen muito ben que nos faze Cantiga 282- Par Deus, muit’ á gran vertude Cantiga 353- Quen a omagen Cantiga 384- A que por mui gran fremosura (Corrected Flats) Cantiga 384- A que por mui gran fremosura (Modal) |
For a sampling of what some of the Cantigas sound like, here is a playlist of recordings I have shared on YouTube. (Click in the bottom right hand corner for fullscreen view).
Wildflower Workshops for Mountain Dulcimer: Celtic Series
Down by the Salley Gardens, Carrickfergus, Now Westlin' Winds (Intermediate); Rights of Man (Advanced)
Down by the Salley Gardens, Carrickfergus, Now Westlin' Winds (Intermediate); Rights of Man (Advanced)
These digital workshops allow you to set your own pace and choose your own place to learn arrangements from my book, Mountain Dulcimer Wildflowers. The workshop set includes tablature of the songs, measure-by-measure instructional videos, and midi audio files to help you learn by listening (all in a 372.2 MB zip file). My teaching approach in these videos follows very closely the format I used to teach "The Water is Wide" in my video series "How to Play the Mountain Dulcimer" and is the same approach I used in the song tutorials included on the DVD for Mountain Dulcimer Wildflowers.
Hear song demos below...
Hear song demos below...
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NOTE: My recommended player for the videos in this set is the VLC Media Player, which you can download here: http://www.videolan.org (Make sure that you download the correct version of the player for your device or browser; note that this player is also available as "VLC for Mobile" in the Apple App Store if you need it for your iPad or iPhone.)
Note: You may also need to download an unzipping app if you plan to download a file directly to an iPad at initial purchase.
Otherwise, download it to a desktop computer first; then place the files in an online cloud or drive.
Note: You may also need to download an unzipping app if you plan to download a file directly to an iPad at initial purchase.
Otherwise, download it to a desktop computer first; then place the files in an online cloud or drive.