The NEMOFOTMAD CHORD BOOK

[Dick Glasgow]

Has anyone seen &/or used this book?

Friends Of American Old-Time Music and Dance

The NEMOFOTMAD CHORD BOOK - 2007 Edition
From Sassafrass Grove Studio Copyright 2004/05/06/07

"An Amazingly Accessible Annotated Accompaniment Archive!"

Charts of the Chord Changes
for over 200 tunes in the
Celtic and Old-time Music traditions!

An easy to use display book, that can be laid flat, allowing several players to see the chords and changes at the same time.
Comb bound, with laminated covers, and index weight pages.
In alphabetical order and set in a 4.25"X5.5" easy-to-read format, clearly showing the chord changes for each tune.
Identifies the Key for each, as well as the type of tune it is (Reel, Hornpipe, Jig, Waltz, etc.)
Also includes

Key/Chord Transposition Chart
Standard Tunings for familiar instruments
Information on the rhythmic and construction differences of many types of tunes.
Alphabetical listing in categories (including Beginner's Tunes and Favorite Medleys) - see tune listings below
Tune page blanks for additional tunes.
Backup musicians will find this a handy tool.
Whether you play guitar, banjo, mandolin, bass, or any other instrument where you need to know what the chords and changes are, this book is very handy to have.
Good for anyone interested in playing Old Time or Irish Traditional Music.

---- Includes the following tunes ----

BREAKDOWNS and REELS

Angeline the Baker (D)
Arkansas Traveler (D) (G)
Back Up and Push (C)
Banish Misfortune (D)
Barlow Knife (D)(G)
Bill Cheatham (A)(G)
Billy in the Lowground (C)
Blackberry Blossom (G)
Boil 'em Cabbage (G)
Cherokee Shuffle (A)(D)(G)
Chinese Breakdown (C)
Cindy (A)(E)
Cluck Old Hen (A)
Cooley's Reel (Em)
Cripple Creek (A)
Darlin' Nellie Grey (D)(G)
Devil's Dream (A)
Drowsy Maggie (Em)
Dubuque (D)
Ducks on the Mill Pond (D)
Dusty Miller (D)
Ebenezer (G)
Eighth of January (D)
Flop-Eared Mule (A)(C)(D)
Flowers of Edinburgh (G)
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss (D)
Flying Cloud Cotillion (G)
Forked Deer (C)(D)
Frankenstein (Em)
Give the Fiddler a Dram (G)
Golden Slippers (D)
Gravel Walk (A)
Green Willis (D)
Grey Eagle (A)
Growling Old Man and Cackling Old Woman (A)
Hell Among the Yearlings (C)(D)
Hobart's Transformation (Am)
Ida Red(D)
I'm Too Young to Marry (D)
John Stenson's #2 (A)
June Apple (A)
Liberty (C)(D)
Liza Jane (A)
Love Won't You Marry Me? (C)(G)
Maid Behind the Bar (D)
Mason's Apron (A)(G)
Merry Blacksmith (D)
Mississippi Sawyer (D)
Miss McLeod's Reel (G)
Money Musk (A)
Morpeth Rant (D)
Nail That Catfish to a Tree (G) © 1973 Steve Rosen used with permission.
Nelly Bly (A)(C)
Old French (D)
Old Joe Clark (A)
Overthe Waterfall (D)
Paddy on the Railroad (D)
Paddy on the Turnpike (G)(Gm)
Petronella (D)
Quince Dillon’s High D (D)
Ragtime Annie (C)(D)
Red-Haired Boy (A)
Red Wing (C)(G)
Reel du Montreal (D)
Ross’s Reel (F)
Sail Away Ladies (C)(G)
Sailor’s Hornpipe (D)(G)
St Anne’s Reel (D)
St. Paddy’s Day in the Morning (G)
Salamanca Reel (D)
Sally Gardens (G)
Sally Goodin’ (A)
Salt Creek (A)
Sandy River Belle (A)(D)(G)
Seneca Squaredance (D)(G)
Shady Grove (Am)
Ships Are Sailing (Em)
Soldier’s Joy (D)
Spootiskerry (G) © 1980 Samuel Ian Rothmar Burns - Used with permission.
Squirrel Heads and Gravy (G)
Stoney Point (G)
Swingin’ on the Gate (G)
Tam Lin (Glasgow Reel) (Am)(Dm)
Teetotalers Reel(G)
Temperance Reel (G)
Too Young to Marry (D)
Turkey in the Straw (C)(G)
West Fork Gals (D)
Whiskey Before Breakfast (D)
Willa Fjord (D) (syncopated)
Wind That Shakes the Barley (D)
Woodchopper's Reel (D)
Year of Jubilo (D)(G)
Yellow Rose of Texas (D)
HORNPIPES

Blackberry Blossom (G)
Boys of Blue Hill (D)(Em)
Cuckoo's Nest (D
Durang's Hornpipe (D)
Fisher's Hornpipe (D)
Flowers of Edinburgh (G)
Galway Hornpipe (D)
Harvest Home (D)
Huckleberry Hornpipe (G)
Jennifer Felio's Hornpipe (G) © 2007 Jennifer Felio - Used with permission.
Off to California (G)
Old French (D)
(the) Otter's Holt (Bm)
Petronella (D)
Red-Haired Boy (A)
Rights of Man Hornpipe (Em)
Sailor’s Hornpipe (D)(G)
Ships Are Sailing (Em)
Soldier’s Joy (D)
Staten Island Hornpipe (D)
JIGS

Apples in Winter (Em)
Bannish Misfortune (D)
Behind the Haystack (D)
Biddy of Sligo (D)
Blarney Pilgrim (D)
(the) Butterfly (Em) (slip jig)
Cherish the Ladies (D)
Coleraine (Am)
Connaught Man's Rambles (D)
Fair Jenny (D)
Father O'Flynn (D)
Fox Hunters' Jig (D)
Gallagher's Frolics (Em)
Gary Owen (C) (G)
Garret Barry's (G)
Haste to the Wedding (D)
Irish Washerwoman (D)
Kesh Jig (G)
Lanigan's Ball (Em)
Larry O'Gaff (G)
Leitrim Fancy (Em)
Love Won't You Marry Me? (C)(G)
Maggie Brown's Favorite (G)
Morrisson's Jig (Em)
Off She Goes (D)
Over the Moor to Maggie (G)
Pipe on the Hob (Am)
Road to Lisdoonvarne (Em)
Rocky Road to Dublin (Em)
St. Paddy’s Day in the Morning (G)
Smash the Windows (D)
Sunday is My Wedding Day (Em)
Swallowtail Jig (Em)
Tar Road to Sligo (D)
Ten Penny Bit (Am)
Tobin's Favorite (D)
Top of Cork Road (D)
Tripping Up the Stairs (D)
Trip to Sligo (Em)
MARCHES

After the Battle of Aughrim (Em)
Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine (D)
Girl I Left Behind Me (C)(G)
Lord Mayo (Am)
Morgan Magan (G)
the Return From Fingal (Em)
Rose Tree (D)
Scotland the Brave (G)
Under the Double Eagle (C)
White Cockade (G)
Yankee Doodle (D)
MISCELLANEOUS TUNES

Anniversary Song (E7) dance tune
Bonaparte's Retreat (D) set dance
Colored Aristocracy (G) cakewalk tune
Crested Hens (Em) 3X Bouree
Dingle Regatta (G) 12/8 slide
Fiddler's Green (G) air, or song tune
I Don't Love Nobody (C) air, or song tune
King of the Fairies (Em) set dance
Morgan Magan (G) air, or song tune
Merrily Kiss The Quaker (G) slide
O'Keefe's Slide (Am) 12/8 slide
Pachelbel's Frolics (D) 2/2 air
the Parting Glass (D) air, or song tune
Rakes of Mallow (G) air, or song tune
Roslyn Castle (Em) slow reel
Sally Gardens (G) air, or song tune
Stirling Castle (D) strathspey
Whiskey in the Jar (C)(D)(G) air, or song tune
Wild Mountain Thyme (C)(D) air, or song tune
Wild Rose of the Mountain (A) air, or song tune
Wildwood Flower (C)(D)(G) air, or song tune
Willa Fjord (D) syncopated reel
POLKAS

Ballydesmond Polkas (Am)
Ballyhoura Mountains (G)
Jenny Lind Polka (G)
John Ryan's Polka (D)
Scarteglen Polka (D)
Sweeney’s Polka (G))
RAGS

Beaumont Rag (C)(F)(G)
Black Mountain Rag (A)
Dill Pickle Rag (G)
Levi Jackson Rag (G)
Peacock Rag (D)
Pig Ankle Rag (D)
Stone’s Rag (Lone Star Rag) (C)
Yellow Rose of Texas (D)
WALTZES

Amazing Grace (D)
Ashokan Farewell (D) (G)
Carolan's Concerto (D)
Fanny Power (G)
Margaret's Waltz (G)
Midnight on The Water (D)
O’Carolan’s Concerto (D)
Peek-a-Boo Waltz (D)
Planxty Irwin (D)(G)
Rose of Sharon (G)
Rosin the Bow (D)
Seamus O'Brien (G)
Si Bheag, Si Mohr (D)
Southwind (G)
Star of the County Down (D)
Waltzing Mathilda (D)
Westphalia Waltz (G)
All tunes are in the public domain except where noted.

-- Volume 2 is in the works! --

[anniemcu]

Hello Ptarmigan,

I'm anniemcu, and I make the book myself. It is the result of my own search/need for a reference for the chords to many of the tunes that were being played at the local session. I put one together, took it to the jam, and suddenly folks wanted a copy for themselves. It's very handy for backing up tunes you'are not familiar with, or if you're like me, those tunes you just can't remember the chords for till you've played them 152 times. LOL!

I'd be glad to answer any questions you may have about it. One of the original reviewers is Chris Foss, of Songbird Hammered Dulcimers. You can see what he and others have to say about it at www.angelfire.com/mo/sassafrassgrove/ChordBook/NEMOFOTMAD_Chord_Book_Reviews.html

[gypsy]

how much, and where doya order it? sounds great!

[Dick Glasgow]

Well Gypsy, if Annie's gone away on holiday & you are desperate to get your hands on it, you can order it from here:

Chord Book

However, I'm sure you are like me & would rather order it from the creator. Unfortunately, I don't play chords & don't even understand the dudes, I'm just a melody man myself, so although the book looks wonderful, I couldn't actually use it.

I did think of buying it for Mrs Ptarmigan, but she prefers to simply listen to the tune as it comes around & then joins in as she recognizes the key. She, like me, is just a simple old EAR player!

Once you get a hold of your copy Gypsy, maybe you could do a short review of the book for the other members here?

Cheers
Dick

[anniemcu]

admin said:

Well Gypsy, if Annie's gone away on holiday & you are desperate to get your hands on it, you can order it from here:

Chord Book

However, I'm sure you are like me & would rather order it from the creator. Unfortunately, I don't play chords & don't even understand the dudes, I'm just a melody man myself, so although the book looks wonderful, I couldn't actually use it.

I did think of buying it for Mrs Ptarmigan, but she prefers to simply listen to the tune as it comes around & then joins in as she recognizes the key. She, like me, is just a simple old EAR player!

Once you get a hold of your copy Gypsy, maybe you could do a short review of the book for the other members here?

Cheers
Dick

Yes, that's the place to order, and it *is* from the maker (me ..), or you can find it on eBay (also directly from the maker), with shipping included.

Dick, you and Sabine have something I am still trying to develop - the ability to hear what it should be. I'm getting better, but that need to have a visual reference is what led to me making this book in the first place. Some would argue that you shouldn't rely on written reference or you will rely too much on it... but I can say from my own experience that it has helped me eventually get better at recognizing the patterns that you already have the ear for. I'm really good at visual patterns, but aural ones are not my strength... yet.

Many other folks are happily using it as well.

[anniemcu]

Just a note to let you guys know that I have had to raise the price on the Chord Books - guess 'trickle down economics' works. (rueful laugh)

[Dick Glasgow]

anniemcu, I bet your price increase doesn't match the increased cost of Petrol over here.

We'll all be going to work on Bicycles very soon.

Cheers
Dick

P.S. My Nylgut strings finally arrived, so last weekend I managed to string up my first ever 5 String Banjo, & now I'm getting personal lessons from Dan Levenson { ...... his DVD }
....... so I guess I'll be neading a copy of your NEMOFOTMAD CHORD BOOK after all.

[anniemcu]

Oh my... I guess I'll have to start thinking in books per gallon! LOL!

Our gasoline prices have more than doubled in the last several years and look to make that triple before the end of the year... it's very, very bad. I did grocery shopping the other day, bought only necessities, and came home with something like only 2/3 of what I am usually able to get. It's disturbing. I'm afraid to even look at how much my dollars are not going to be worth in Euros or Pounds by the time I set foot on the Emerald Isle. =8^o

[anniemcu]

Mar 18, 2008 9:56:09 GMT 1 Dick Glasgow said:

anniemcu, I bet your price increase doesn't match the increased cost of Petrol over here.

We'll all be going to work on Bicycles very soon.

Cheers
Dick

P.S. My Nylgut strings finally arrived, so last weekend I managed to string up my first ever 5 String Banjo, & now I'm getting personal lessons from Dan Levenson { ...... his DVD }
....... so I guess I'll be neading a copy of your NEMOFOTMAD CHORD BOOK after all.

Sooo... It was shipped back in April...did it ever arrive? What do you think of it?

[anniemcu]

Ptarmie's been too busy to respond, but Dirty Linen, the Magazine of Folk and World Music, liked it! See 'Reviews' for the full review.

It's not dulcimer specific, of course, but then many dulcimer folk play other instruments as well.