Here’s a tune I’ve written on my recently-acquired 1950s Jethro Amburgey dulcimer. I’m very grateful to the folks on EverythingDulcimer.com for giving me lots of historical information about the instrument.

The instrument only has half-frets - and therefore can only be played in the traditional melody-plus-drone style - and as a result I began fiddling about with modal tunings that I wouldn’t normally use on my more modern instrument where I’d be fingering chords.

The result was this tune, Close The Windows, Lock The Doors, which is in the Lydian mode and is designed to be played in the tuning Bb-Bb-C.

Listen to Close The Windows, Lock The Doors. The recording varies slightly from the notation.

If you just want to look at the score and tab, click on the thumbnail on the right, otherwise right-click here to download it.