MiniSlide Songs Page

This MiniSlide Songs Page does not have arrangements of songs written out for MiniSlide. It does however give you information on how you can use Chord names for D Strumstick, or for Guitar, to work out songs for Minislide yourself.

MiniSlide Chord Description and Note Charts at Bottom
Also on MiniSlide Chords and Notes page.

Strumstick Songs
On this website, you'll see a tab for the Learning Center at the top Nav Bar.  Hover your cursor over that and the dropdown menu has a Songs listing which will take you to the Strumstick Songs page (also linked here).

A. Easy Three Chord Songs
One of the entries on the Strumstick Songs page is EasyThree Chord Songs. There are 20 familiar songs with chords listed in key of D. Play those chords on the MiniSlide, either fingerpick or strum a rhythm, and sling along. You can use vibrato and/or slide from chord to chord if you want more slide sound. You can pick out bits of the melody of the song on the first string, by trial and error, and use those bits in between sections of strumming. 
Remember, Major, Minor, or 7th chords are all the same with the Minislide. It plays Power chords (skeleton,bare-bones chords). They are less musically complex but will substitute in place of the formal chords. Chords on Minislide are named by the note on the first string. A G chord on Minislide substitutes for  G, Gm, or G7 from Guitar chords, etc 

B. The Strumstick Family Songbook and Tablature.
The Strumstick Family Songbook is available as a free PDF download, also linked on the Songs page. Or you can simply view it online at that same link. It contains 80+ familiar family oriented songs written out in Tablature, some with Chords. Tablature uses lines for strings and numbers for "what fret on what string" to show the song melody. You can use those TABs directly on the MiniSlide, IF you only count the Long fretlines on the MiniSlide!
Not the short fretlines, just the long lines.

In tablature, "0" (zero) means an open string, no finger or slide on it. The rest of the numbers represent fret numbers (or long Fretline numbers on MiniSlide). See the Single notes Video on the MiniSlide Support page for ideas on playing single notes. Also see the vibrato and Slide Video, same page. Those techniques can be used for either chords or single notes, to really puut slide sound into playing a melody.

C. MiniSlide in "Strumstick Mode" (or Dulcimer mode)
Because the MiniSlide is tuned DAD, like the strumstick, you can strum (or fingerpick)  on all three strings while fretting a single note and get a reasonable chord background. Its a bit harder on MiniSlide, you have to tip the bar up enough so the bar doesn't hit the open strings. That will take some practice. But that is another way to start playing some songs, especially if you can intersperse a fretted chord once in a while.

D. Guitar Chords for MiniSlide
The MiniSlide is fully Chromatic (plays in all keys) if you count both the long and short fretlines. You can use Guitar chords from any key, but remember: Major, Minor, 7th or even more complex chords are all the same with the Minislide. It plays Power chords (skeleton,bare-bones chords, also called 1 5 1 chords). They are less musically complex but will substitute in place of the formal chords. Chords on Minislide are named by the note on the first string. For example, playing a G chord on Minislide substitutes for  G, Gm, or G7 from Guitar chords.

Starting from the open string (D or A) the note names are: