Rock 'n Roll on the Hammer Dulcimer

It's time for rock-n-roll on the dulcimer!  The choice is the 1960's rock-n-roll song Stand By Me   

It's a great tune that has endured for half a century.  Here are some points to note about it.

    * Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Stand By Me as number 122 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

    * In 1999, BMI reported that Stand By Me was the fourth most-performed song of the 20th century, with more than 7 million performances.

More Scales than a Fish

That’s how music must seem.  Every time we blink, someone has a new scale to suggest.  The familiar, Ionian mode (do re me fa so la ti do) and the Aeolian mode (la ti do re me fa so la) dominate popular music.  But folk music makes good use of other modes including Dorian and Mixolydian.  One would think that should be enough.  But, really, how much of a good thing is enough??

Here are some additional scales to put into your inventory.