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Baritone Dulcimer in AEAA: Duet Study on a Ground Bass

This is a study I recorded with two overdubbed baritone dulcimer parts. The slightly left-panned part is the low ground bass, and the right-panned part is much higher in pitch. I tried for contrary motion in much of my playing in this higher part, though there are some passages of thirds and sixths in parallel motion as well.

This study is based on what I like to call the “Axis Chords” – it is one of my favorite 4-chord loops:

A – E – F#m – D

Enjoy listening and jamming along!!

Baritone Dulcimer Solo in AEAA Tuning | F# Aeolian Tablature

Here is a recent solo I recorded on my baritone dulcimer in AEAA tuning. This is very similar to the tablature I gave for B Aeolian in the last post, except for the fact that it is a 4th lower in F# Aeolian, and the last chord in the last measure is a G chord. In the F# version here, that same chord would be D.

And here is another take at a quicker pace: