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Reviews of
"Beside Still Waters"

This project showcases [Nina's] exquisite playing style, which is simultaneously delicate, exuberant, soulful, and joyful. The recording quality is excellent, and captures all the subtle nuances of Nina's expressive style of playing, including her masterful use of harmonics and bends.
~ Tull Glazener

...there is a ton of inspiration here for anyone trying to make a solo instrument sound really full and rich.
~Jerry Rockwell

I've done my share of reviewing CDs and this is among the best I can remember.
~Neal Walters

...it's as if a whole bunch of little robed creatures are standing on the dulcimer strings and singing a cappella--and, in the case of the faster pieces, jumping up and down and dancing! Bravissima!
~El McMeen

The whole CD is positively stunning. Such wonderful and moving melodies...and technically amazing! From Shaker to Shape Note tunes and O'Carolan to Spirituals and Hymns, some of the best fingerpicking I have ever heard.
~Judith Giddings

Reviews of
"The Sum of the Parts"

Simply one of the finest instrumental recordings I've had the joy of experiencing...a glorious celebration of how wonderful this instrument can sound, and how it can sing, in the hands of two sensitive and skilled musicians with huge hearts for music....The music ranges from Celtic, to Shaker anthems, to Broadway, to original compositions. ~Unsolicited review by El McMeen

Soulful, warm, sustaining, gentle, expressive...There is so much care and delight in the playing. It just exudes warmth and joy. ~Jerry Rockwell

I love the choice of tunes, the recording quality is excellent, the arrangements are imaginative and interesting, and the execution is flawless. ~Tull Glazener

...a beautiful collaboration of gentle dulcimer music that should be in everyone's collection. ~Heidi Cerrigione

If I were allowed only one mountain dulcimer album to take with me to a desert island, this would be the one.~Ken Longfield

...like a fancy seven-course meal. Each "part" is beautiful, but the experience of the whole is most satisfying and complete. It is truly a feast for the ears and the heart.~Judith Giddings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD: The Sum of the Parts
by Bill Collins and Nina Zanetti

Features solos and duets played on standard, baritone, and bass dulcimers. Recorded and engineered by Neal Walters, the CD includes 70 minutes of music on 22 tracks.

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1. Hector the Hero,
2. Londonderry Air
3. Mother's Tongue/The Ancients Song of Mourning/How My Soul is Now Delighted
4. Cool Water
5. Hewlett/Fanny Power
6. Kean O'Hara (first air)/George Brabazon (second air)
7. Mary's Dream
8. Castle of Dromore
9. Will Ye No Come Back Again/Annie Laurie
10. Priscilla's Waltz/Loft Mountain Waltz/Gratitude Waltz
11. Lady Athenry/Loftus Jones
12. Mrs. Judge
13. Suo Gân
14. Thomas Leixlip the Proud
15. Blue Bells of Scotland/When the Saints Go Marching In
16. Rage in the Rain
17. Once Upon a Time
18. Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
19. Skye Boat Song
20. Shenandoah
21. Hyfrydol
22. All Through the Night

 

Tablature Book: Celtic Variations

Celtic Variations is a collection of 15 tunes from Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. Each tune appears in both a simple version, accessible to novice-intermediate level players, and at least one (often two or three) more complex arrangements for intermediate and advanced players. The tunes are arranged for finger-style dulcimer. Helpful playing tips are included. DAD tuning

Tunes Include:
All Through the Night (three versions); Auld Lang Syne (three versions); Bridget Cruise (four versions); Castle of Dromore (three versions); Hyfrydol (three versions); I’m A’Doun for Lack o’ Johnnie (two versions); The Lea Rig (two versions); Loch Lomond (three versions); Londonderry Air (two versions); Mary Weep No More for Me (two versions); Mo Ghile Mear (My Spirited Love) (three versions); Slane (Be Thou my Vision) (two versions); Squire Wood’s Lamentation on the Refusal of His Half Pence (three versions); St. Columba (The King of Love) (two versions); St. Columba/Slane Introduction/Interlude/Ending; Suo Gân (three versions)

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Tablature Book: The Softer Side of Dulcimer

"The Softer Side of Dulcimer" is a collection of gentle tunes, arranged for finger-style dulcimer. The book contains 20 tunes. Five of the arrangements come with a second, optional variation arrangement. Helpful playing tips are included. DAD tuning.

Tunes Include: All Through The Night • Amazing Grace • Annie Laurie • Bonnie Portmore • Cape Clear • Farewell • For Ireland I'll Not Tell Her Name • The Grenadier and the Lady • Hush My Babe • In Dulci Jubilo • Lassie With The Golden Hair • Loch Lomond • Lord Randal • Mary, Weep No More For Me • Old Black Joe • Quem Pastores • Rorate • Wild Mountain Thyme • Will Ye Gang, Love • Will Ye No Come Back Again

 

Level: For intermediate players.

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Tablature Book: Tunes for Two or More
by Beth Lassi and Nina Zanetti

The book features fifteen common and not so common tunes arranged primarily as duets, along with some multi-level arrangements for several parts. Tunes include "Bonnie Doon," "Loch Lomond," "Greensleeves," "The Ash Grove," "Home Sweet Home," and more. DAD tuning.

Level: Intermediate and advanced mountain dulcimer players.

Price: $14.00 (includes shipping)
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Tablature Book: Tunes for Two or More:
Volume Two
by Beth Lassi and Nina Zanetti

A second book of duets and multi-part arrangements by Beth Lassi and Nina Zanetti. Volume II  is a collection of 19 tunes arranged primarily as duets for two mountain dulcimer players. The arrangements range from novice to intermediate in difficulty, and a few include multiple parts for players with varying levels of experience. All arrangements are in DAD tuning.

Tune List: Amazing Grace •Lightly Row • Aura Lee •Ode to Joy • Sweet Betsy From Pike • Daisy, Daisy • Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes • Planxty Irwin • Linstead Market • Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing • Shall We Gather At the River • Thine's All The Glory • Harvest Home • Suo Gan • The Water is Wide • Golden Slumbers • All Through The Nights • Dorset 4-Hand Reel • Shule Aroon (Johnny's Gone For Soldier)

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