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This second re-vision includes a major overhaul of the chords used with each song. A few new arrangements are also included.

Compleat Chords for the Kantele: Revised

by Lani K. Thompson
© 2002-2008 by Lani K. Thompson

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My book is divided into two parts. The front of the book has information on tuning your kantele, charts for the three basic kantele chords (I, V, IV) in all the major and minor keys, and 45 (mostly original) songs and tunes for five and ten string instruments including:

12 songs in the Key of C/Am (no sharps or flats)

Love is a Tall Ship (10 strings)
Jongleurs And Gypsies (10 strings)
Falt Trom, Trom Dualach (10 strings)
I Will Love You (5 strings)
Amber Heart (5 strings)
The Harvest Man (5 strings)
A Song For Ruth (5/10 strings)
The Handle on the Banana (10 strings)
Meeka, Deeka, Neeka, Peeka, Pooka (10 strings)
The Gorilla Did It (10 strings)
The Ballerina (10 strings)
Kitten in the Corner (10 strings)

11 songs in the Key of F/Dm (one flat - Bb)

Raindrops (5 strings) <
In the Pines (5/10 strings)
Triplets (5 strings)
Daffodils (10 strings)
Ukko Dancing (5 strings)
In the Forest (10 strings)
Louhi's Daughter (5/10 strings)
Ballad of Johnny Graham (10 strings)
O Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye (10 strings)
Silver Plated Memories (10 strings)
The Night We Said Good Bye (10 strings)

5 songs in the Key of Dm with C#

Lonely Mountain (10 strings)
Yksi, Kaksi, Kolmi, Neljä (10 strings)
Matalan Torpan Ballad (10 strings)
Street Talk (10 strings)
Alphabet Soup (10 strings)

11 songs in the Key of D/Bm (Two Sharps: C# and D#)

The Magic Sampo (5 strings)
Banks of the Ohio (5 strings)
Working in the Meadow (5 strings)
Tuuti, Tuuti (5 strings)
Karhupeiiaispolska (5/10 strings)
Sailor's Waltz (10 strings)
Down in the Valley (5/10 strings)
Blue Stockings (10 strings)
Waltzing Matilda (10 strings)
Sidh Bheg 's Sidh Mhor (10 strings)
Graham Cracker Train (10 strings)

6 songs in the Key of Am Pentatonic

Walking Through the Wasteland (5/10 strings)
Again (10 strings)
Touch the Sky (10 strings)
Four Notes (5 strings)
Under the Stars (10 strings)
Mulciber Dreams (10 strings)

The back of the book includes a small dictionary of musical terms used in the book and a collection of 420 chords for five and ten string kanteles. Major and minor chords in the diatonic and pentatonic scales are included.