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@strumelia
• yesterday
• comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: When I First Came to this land
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: When I First Came to this land
@strumelia
• yesterday
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on When I First Came to this land:
Posted a new Comment on When I First Came to this land:
"Yours is a charming version of this great old song Mark. BTW I always appreciate that it's easy to understand the lyrics when you sing them. Very nice crisp..."
@strumelia
• 6 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"Are you saying that you like the tone of the melody string when it plays the tonic D note on the open string?... as opposed to the melody string tuned to A..."
@strumelia
• 6 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"@barnjam ... just from my personal viewpoint- when playing oldtime tunes up high in the second octave solely on the melody string, -because i play with a..."
@strumelia
• 6 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"barnjam:
Richard Ash at Folkcraft has a great write up on the subject of hands, fingers, and VSLs...."
@strumelia
• 6 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"You may as well try to trademark the name "Black Cat". (But I shouldn't have veered as far off Barnjam's topic as I did. Will try to behave now.) "
@strumelia
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"@barnjam ...remember you don't 'have to' play in the key of D, either. And having a chromatic means you don't have to worry about the usual diatonic 'gaps'..."
@strumelia
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"Nate:
The "stringjoy string tension calculator" says that a 35" VSL tuned to D4 with a 0.007 gauge string (lowest Ive seen in an ernie ball pack) will have..."
@strumelia
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"Another factor when making the fretboard longer and longer is that, depending on what notes you want to tune the strings to, you will have to choose string..."
@strumelia
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"barnjam:
Strumelia, your suggestion of arching the fingers is excellent, and I will try to improve on that. I wrote a blog post on the angling of our..."
@strumelia
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"One added thing I'd like to just check on-you say you have trouble with bumping into other strings when you fret and slide with your "large hands", yet your..."
@strumelia
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"I'm a little confused here and i have questions. You say you like to play the melody mostly all on your melody string while occasionally plucking the middle..."