Stephanie, I would love to find a tab of Angel Gabriel!!!

DAc tuning is my favorite tuning (so far). I'm still learning how to play the dulcimer (I play noter/drone style). Here are 3 tunes I'm working on: Which Side Are You On, Yigdal, and Van Diemen's Land.

My favorite tuning. In additional to the songs already mentioned - Wondrous Love (also can be played in DAg), Blackest Crow, Star in the East and Angel Gabriel.

Here's enough for a complete set of Aeoliantunes:

Shady Grove

Nottamun Town (Jean Ritchie)

Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair

The Foggy Dew (Irish)

Star of County Down

The Parting Glass

When Johnny Comes Marching Home -- a really eerie and mournful version

Wayfaring Stranger

Hey Dennis ... I was tickled to see this thread. I love DAC and wish I knew more songs to try in that tuning.

Or even DAc, as we nit-pickers call it

john p

I totally agree with Strumelia's point about the strong resonance of the open strings in this tuning. So much more expressive and powerful than the sound of capoing on the first fret in DAd to play Aeolian tunes. A lot of the "soul" of the dulcimer resides in this tuning!

Cool, Dennis!

DAC can give just that right haunting sound to some tunes.

It's really sooo easy to switch back and forth from DAd to DAC and back, and such a nice lonesome sound! I also like the 'open string' resonant sound much better this way rather than putting a CAPO on fret 1 and playing in E minor.

Congrats on trying DAC and having fun with it, Dennis!

Most of the songs I play in a minor are in the Aeolian Mode or 1-5-7 so since I'm in C mostly I use CGBflat.

I don't know many "Old Time Tunes" like Cluck Old Hen, but here's a list of the songs I do in Aeolian

Donna, Donna

The Foggy Dew

Nonesuch

The Parting Glass

The Peat Bog Soldiers

The Star of the County Down

I do several songs in Hebrew that are also in the minor such as HaTikvah, Erev Shel Shoshanim, Dodi Li, Shalom Chaverim, Yerushaliyim Shel Zahav, and Artsa Alinu. It's interesting that though many of these tunes are minor they don't evoke a sad feeling. Positively joyful for Artsa Alinu and romantic for Erev Shel Shoshanim and Dodi Li.

Enjoy your experience with Aeolian. It is a lovely mode.

I went to a workshop on saturday where we tuned to D-A-C. We played Cluck Old Hen. Really enjoyed playing in this minor tuning. Looks Like I might try to learn more tunes in this tuning.

Dennis