Appalachian Dulcimer Traditions

by Smith, Ralph Lee

• ISBN13: 9780810841352
• ISBN10: 0810841355
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-18
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

Now in Paperback! A first-hand report on an effort to enlarge our knowledge of the Appalachian dulcimer's history by searching the hills and hollers of Appalachia, looking at old instruments, and listening to the tales of old folks.

Author Biography

Ralph Lee Smith is a leading authority on the history of the Appalachian dulcimer and is a performer of traditional American folk music

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
An American Heritage	1	(12)
Dulcimer Ancestors and Cousins	13	(22)
The Dulcimer in Virginia and the Melton Family	35	(20)
The Pattern That Traveled on Horseback: Old West Virginia and North Carolina Traditions	55	(26)
Dulcimers of Yesterday in the Cumberlands	81	(30)
Dulcimer Makers of the Folk Revival Transition	111	(24)
Appendix A: Measurements of Representative Instruments	135	(6)
Appendix B: Fretting Pattern of the Ache Scheitholt	141	(4)
Appendix C: Winners of the Dulcimer Contest, Old Fiddlers Convention, Galax, Virginia	145	(4)
Appendix D: Newspaper Story on Nineveh Presnell and His Dulcimer	149	(4)
Appendix E: Ordering Dulcimers from Old-Time Makers	153	(4)
Selected Bibliography	157	(4)
Index	161	(8)
About the Author	169