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Sweet Funk

Dana & Hank Gruber
Mountain Dulcimer & Guitar ~ an instrumental blend of contemporary, traditional and original music
Performers & Workshop Instructors
CD's & Books 
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Sweet!
(CD) (2002)

Collection of contemporary favorites and original tunes

Summer Breeze 

Something

Moon Dance

Georgia on My Mind

A Taste of Honey

Autumn Rain

Bye Bye Blues

Prairie Waltz

If

Blue Bayou

Ain’t No Sunshine

Rhythm of the Rain

Mary Did You Know?

 

Christmas Time (CD) (2003)

Collection of holiday standards and an original Christmas song

Jingle Bells

Let It Snow!

I’ll Be Home For Christmas

The Holly & The Ivy

Blue Christmas

Where Will This Child Be Born?

Christmas Don’t Be Late

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Mary Did You Know?

White Christmas

Dreaming of a Silent Night

Deja New (CD) (2006) - Companion tablature book also available.
Collection of some of our favorite traditional tunes, including some non-traditional arrangements and duets. 
Over the Waterfall (Duet)
June Macintosh Apple
Seneca (Adapted from Seneca Square Dance)
Home Sweet Home (Duet)
Prelude/MacPherson’s Lament
Barlow Knife (Duet)
The Blackest Crow
My Old Kentucky Home
Oh Susannah (Duet)
Turkey in the Straw
The Water is Wide
Star of the County Down
Wild Mountain Thyme (Duet)
MacFarlane’s Lament
E Minor Medley (Whiskey Before Breakfast/Wildwood Flower/
    
Columbus Stockade Blues/Soldier’s Joy
Largo

Deja-New (Tablature Book)
See listing of songs under Deja-New CD

Finger-Pick Style Playing for the Mountain Dulcimer (Tablature Book)
Collection of finger-pick style exercises and easy arrangements for the mountain dulcimer in DAD tuning.  It is designed to be a step by step method for the novice finger-pick style player, with each song introducing

Patterns and Exercises

Playing A Melody - Mary Had A Little Lamb

Adding Chords - Mary Had A Little Lamb

More Chords and Plucking Individual Notes - You Are My Sunshine

Waltz in 3/4 Time - Brahms’ Lullaby

More Pattern Variation - All Through the Night

Strumming Chords - Believe Me, If All of Those Endearing Charms

Some Left Hand Techniques – The “Slide”  - Lavender Blue

Plucking Chords  - Plaisir d’Amour

More Variation of Patterns - Slumber My Darling

More Techniques and Variation of Patterns - Farewell

Putting It All Together - Wilson’s Wilde – Variations on a theme

a new technique.