When reading these mountain dulcimer tabs, remember that the bottom tab line is actually string 1, the middle line is string 2, and the top line is string 3. This can be played on any 1-5-8 tuned 3-string stick dulcimer using just 2 strings. To do this, I try all the different "1-5-8" tunings (DAD, GDG, AEA, BFB, CGC, EBE, FCF) until I find the one that uses the least number of strings. I try to find the tuning that uses the least number of strings, preferably just one string (the melody string or string 1). I also tried GDG and that tuning works, but the tune is spread over 3 strings. That was House of the Rising Sun tuned to DAD, which doesn't work. You can tell if the song doesn't work because the tabs will have some notes marked with 3 Xs vertically oriented as in the following: But, with a little experimentation you can probably find some tuning that works. Click on this link and it will give you a list of possible tunings, some of which don't work. When you get to this page, notice there is a link called ' Dulcimer Tabs'. They have the music to House of the Rising Sun. I get most my tabs from a website named " Digital Tradition Mirror" ( ). This class of instruments go by a variety of names, but the one I prefer is 'stick dulcimer'. I make and play diatonically fretted instruments modeled after the mountain dulcimer.
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