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Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer is the most active and extensive online site for Appalachian Mountain Dulcimers and players on the internet today. Welcome!
Join Groups and Forum discussions that interest you, connect with new music friends, share photos, music clips, and videos, explore resources for buying instruments, music, and learning materials. Ask your beginner questions and learn to play your favorite tunes! All who love the Appalachian dulcimer are welcome here no matter what your style, skill level, or musical tastes. Fear not!...beginner players are especially encouraged. Become a member of Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer (FOTMD) community -it's easy, friendly, and FREE!
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Latest Activity
@janene-millen
• 40 minutes ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Cozy Playing Corners":
Posted a response to "Cozy Playing Corners":
"RATS Robin. Thanks for feedback..I did do all that by I'm on a PC. Hmmmmmm"
@dumor3d
• an hour ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help Selecting from Available Mtn. Dulcimer Hourglass Plans":
Posted a response to "Help Selecting from Available Mtn. Dulcimer Hourglass Plans":
"So far I've ordered the Folkcraft and Don's Plans plans. Don's Plans was easy and I placed an order with Folkcraft for some other things and now I'm also..."
@robin-thompson
• an hour ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Cozy Playing Corners":
Posted a response to "Cozy Playing Corners":
"Friends, I used EMBED LOCAL MEDIA and re-sized the photo-- I'm using an old iPad mini running Safari. I'm not sure what caused that to work for me and not..."
@ken-hulme
• 2 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help Selecting from Available Mtn. Dulcimer Hourglass Plans":
Posted a response to "Help Selecting from Available Mtn. Dulcimer Hourglass Plans":
"Pick up a plan or two and use the bits you like from each. You're not going to muck up the sound -- that's really hard to do. You can always go to our..."
@marg
• 2 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Mark Tindle dulcimer AC-53 ":
Posted a response to "Mark Tindle dulcimer AC-53 ":
"Tindle photo
"
@dusty-turtle
• 2 hours ago
• comments: 2
Liked a music item created by @val-hughes:
Joe Bane's (Barndance)
Liked a music item created by @val-hughes:
Joe Bane's (Barndance)
@marg
• 2 hours ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Mark Tindle dulcimer AC-53 ":
Created a new forum topic "Mark Tindle dulcimer AC-53 ":
"Does anyone know anything about a tindle dulcimer, I can't find out anything on line. The group I play with just received one of his and I was hoping to find..."
@janene-millen
• 2 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Cozy Playing Corners":
Posted a response to "Cozy Playing Corners":
"Charles, you did the same thing I did. I had to DOWNLOAD your photo fully, then open it into a PAINT program to see it, then resize it. Look at Robin and..."
@charles-thomas
• 3 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Cozy Playing Corners":
Posted a response to "Cozy Playing Corners":
"Janene, I put the photo in by clicking on "attach file" and it shows photos on your desktop, I clicked on the one I wanted. I'm working with a Mac but I..."
@janene-millen
• 5 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Cozy Playing Corners":
Posted a response to "Cozy Playing Corners":
"Dulcinina, another person who plays on a stool! I love the "little guy" sitting on a shelf of your desk area.
Charles, that is a very elegant-looking..."
@charles-thomas
• 5 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Cozy Playing Corners":
Posted a response to "Cozy Playing Corners":
"Here's my playing space. The desk and bookcase has lots of tchotchkes, and a small two headed red dragon to guard it all. The screen behind the desk is solid..."
@charles-thomas
• 6 hours ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on Hoodie Experiment:
Posted a new Comment on Hoodie Experiment:
"Great idea Davesterino! I just might try that! Thanks for listening!"
@bert-bennett
• 6 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help Selecting from Available Mtn. Dulcimer Hourglass Plans":
Posted a response to "Help Selecting from Available Mtn. Dulcimer Hourglass Plans":
"I've used hourglass plans from Folkcraft. Nice design for the headstock---not a scroll, but interesting design. I think they have teardrop plans, too."
@greg-gunner
• 6 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Need Chords For D-A-C Tuning!":
Posted a response to "Need Chords For D-A-C Tuning!":
"Jimmy.
I took some time today to figure out the Chords for D Aeolian (D Minor) in D-A-C Tuning. Left to right the numbers represent:
(Bass Sting-Middle..."
@robin-thompson
• 8 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Cozy Playing Corners":
Posted a response to "Cozy Playing Corners":
"@dulcinina What a lovely playing spot! "
@robin-thompson
• 8 hours ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Joe Bane's (Barndance):
Posted a new Comment on Joe Bane's (Barndance):
"Really fine, Val. It is not easy to flatpick cleanly and you do so with apparent ease. "
@robin-thompson
• 8 hours ago
• comments: 2
Liked a music item created by @val-hughes:
Joe Bane's (Barndance)
Liked a music item created by @val-hughes:
Joe Bane's (Barndance)
@robin-thompson
• 8 hours ago
• comments: 1
Posted a new Comment on On Stage At Leo Coffeehouse, Cincinnati:
Posted a new Comment on On Stage At Leo Coffeehouse, Cincinnati:
"Hey, Tom, I don't know when I'll get to watch this-- our internet usage is metered and videos play badly now. It's way cool y'all played in a coffee house. "
@robin-thompson
• 8 hours ago
• comments: 1
Liked a group discussions item created by @tom-mcdonald:
On Stage At Leo Coffeehouse, Cincinnati
Liked a group discussions item created by @tom-mcdonald:
On Stage At Leo Coffeehouse, Cincinnati
@jimmy-lamar
• 10 hours ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Let’s Discuss Volume ":
Created a new forum topic "Let’s Discuss Volume ":
"I am mostly addressing the builders here. Maybe I should have posted this over at the Builder’s Group Page. If so, pardon me. I’m still learning how to..."
@dave-boyt
• 11 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help Selecting from Available Mtn. Dulcimer Hourglass Plans":
Posted a response to "Help Selecting from Available Mtn. Dulcimer Hourglass Plans":
"You might check Woodcraft magazine from about a year ago. They had an article on building a teardrop dulcimer, but some of the info (such as fret spacing)..."
@dulcinina
• 13 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Cozy Playing Corners":
Posted a response to "Cozy Playing Corners":
"Here's my playing corner. It's in a spare room I use as my office and get-away place. Nina
Oops. Not sure if my picture attached."
@dumor3d
• 13 hours ago
• comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Non-toxic Finishes for dulcimers?:
Posted a new Comment on Non-toxic Finishes for dulcimers?:
"Hi Haley,
I've fought myself over this same question with regards to my woodturning. Think salad bowls. A good portion of that community (and others) state..."
@dumor3d
• 13 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help Selecting from Available Mtn. Dulcimer Hourglass Plans":
Posted a response to "Help Selecting from Available Mtn. Dulcimer Hourglass Plans":
"Hi Ken.
Thanks for that. I have pretty much no understanding of what really makes the sound. I had assumed more volume would be a deeper tone, but I had..."
@ariane
• 15 hours ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Joe Bane's (Barndance):
Posted a new Comment on Joe Bane's (Barndance):
"Very beautiful, Val!"
@ken-hulme
• 17 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help Selecting from Available Mtn. Dulcimer Hourglass Plans":
Posted a response to "Help Selecting from Available Mtn. Dulcimer Hourglass Plans":
"Hi Dumor3D -- the online images of the plans are probably deliberately poor quality to prevent someone using them without paying. Honduran Rosewood makes a..."
@carla-maxwell
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @janene-millen:
Cozy Playing Corners
Liked a forum discussions item created by @janene-millen:
Cozy Playing Corners
@dumor3d
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help Selecting from Available Mtn. Dulcimer Hourglass Plans":
Posted a response to "Help Selecting from Available Mtn. Dulcimer Hourglass Plans":
"Hi John! Thanks for the quick response. I do wish some of the images of the plans were a bit better but I think I'm seeing enough to decide I'll be buying 2..."
@tom-mcdonald
• yesterday
• comments: 1
Updated a Group discussion "":
Updated a Group discussion "":
"Our short set as "Seldom the Same" at the Queen City Balladeers, November 11, 2018. I'm on harmonica, and playing an Ed Weiss dulcimer borrowed from lead..."
Rockin' in the Free World
Rockin' in the Free World
@tom-mcdonald
• yesterday
• comments: 1
Created a new Group discussion "On Stage At Leo Coffeehouse, Cincinnati":
Created a new Group discussion "On Stage At Leo Coffeehouse, Cincinnati":
"Our short set as "Seldom the Same" at the Queen City Balladeers, November 11, 2018. I'm on harmonica, and playing an Ed Weiss dulcimer borrowed from lead..."
Rockin' in the Free World
Rockin' in the Free World
@john-c-knopf
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Help Selecting from Available Mtn. Dulcimer Hourglass Plans":
Posted a response to "Help Selecting from Available Mtn. Dulcimer Hourglass Plans":
"Hello! These dulcimer plans are not free, but are good designs, and I think the first 2 are by the same designer, Scott Antes. One is $10.00, the other..."
@dumor3d
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Help Selecting from Available Mtn. Dulcimer Hourglass Plans":
Created a new forum topic "Help Selecting from Available Mtn. Dulcimer Hourglass Plans":
"I am in the middle of one dulcimer build using a free plan I found on the internet. I suppose it is a teardrop except both ends are symmetrical. I would like..."
@carla-maxwell
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Posted a new YouTube video:
Boil Them Cabbage Down in Leura, NSW, AU
Boil Them Cabbage Down in Leura, NSW, AU
@carla-maxwell
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Posted a new YouTube video:
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss in Leura, NSW, AU
Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss in Leura, NSW, AU
@jimmy-lamar
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Need Chords For D-A-C Tuning!":
Posted a response to "Need Chords For D-A-C Tuning!":
"Thanks so far for everyone’s response!
JL"
@lisa-golladay
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Need Chords For D-A-C Tuning!":
Posted a response to "Need Chords For D-A-C Tuning!":
"Page 4 of this PDF has a chart showing all of the notes on all of the frets in DAC tuning. Please note this is for some strumsticky thing so the positions..."
@greg-gunner
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Need Chords For D-A-C Tuning!":
Posted a response to "Need Chords For D-A-C Tuning!":
"Please be aware. In my previous post providing a link to Kevin Roth's chord charts for various modal tunings, I neglected to mention that the standard..."
@greg-gunner
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Need Chords For D-A-C Tuning!":
Posted a response to "Need Chords For D-A-C Tuning!":
"The only thing I could find that had chord charts was the following from a booklet included with a Folkways dulcimer instruction album by Kevin Roth. There's..."
@lisa-golladay
• yesterday
• comments: 1
Posted a new Comment on "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" 11/11/18:
Posted a new Comment on "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" 11/11/18:
"That was beautiful, Sam. Thank you."
@strumelia
• yesterday
• comments: 5
Liked a group discussions item created by @david-bennett:
11-11-18: Appalachian Dulcimer Players In World War I
Liked a group discussions item created by @david-bennett:
11-11-18: Appalachian Dulcimer Players In World War I
@alan-thompson
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Drifting Thread...":
Posted a response to "The Drifting Thread...":
"Once again I have just been watching the TV over here in the UK, seeing and hearing news about the terrible wild fires you have going on in California stay..."
@strumelia
• yesterday
• comments: 81
Posted a new Comment on Beginner players:
Posted a new Comment on Beginner players:
"I would say any strings more than 2 or 3 years old will sound better if changed for new ones. Esepcially true for heavy wound strings. Professionals often..."
@ken-hulme
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Phrygian Tunings ":
Posted a response to "Phrygian Tunings ":
"Here's my article on dulcimer Modes and Modal tunings. It has all the Modes, their traditional tuning, and the key of D equivalents.I think your inquiry..."
@ken-hulme
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Need Chords For D-A-C Tuning!":
Posted a response to "Need Chords For D-A-C Tuning!":
"There are any number of good chord charts on the Internet (not that I use them, but they are there). Admittedly, most of the chord charts are only for DAd..."
@jimmy-lamar
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Need Chords For D-A-C Tuning!":
Created a new forum topic "Need Chords For D-A-C Tuning!":
"It seems that there are not very good resources for Mountain dulcimer chords on the internet. Even the ones I find are just basic cowboy chords.
Does anyone..."
@dulcinina
• 2 days ago
• comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on 11-11-18: Appalachian Dulcimer Players In World War I:
Posted a new Comment on 11-11-18: Appalachian Dulcimer Players In World War I:
"That was a great article, David. Thanks oe putting it together. Nina"
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Cozy Playing Corners
Posted: Wednesday November 14 2018, 12:04 AM
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By: @Janene Millen
Help Selecting from...
Posted: Tuesday November 13 2018, 11:33 PM
By: @Dumor3D
By: @Dumor3D
Mark Tindle dulcimer AC-53
Posted: Tuesday November 13 2018, 10:08 PM
By: @marg
By: @marg
Need Chords For D-A-C Tuning!
Posted: Tuesday November 13 2018, 6:21 PM
By: @Banjimer
By: @Banjimer
Let’s Discuss Volume
Posted: Tuesday November 13 2018, 2:27 PM
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By: @Jimmy Lamar
The Drifting Thread...
Posted: Monday November 12 2018, 1:57 PM
By: @Alan Thompson
By: @Alan Thompson
Phrygian Tunings
Posted: Monday November 12 2018, 1:43 PM
By: @Ken Hulme
By: @Ken Hulme
70's article of Ozark dulcimer
Posted: Monday November 12 2018, 9:23 AM
By: @Stewart McCormick
By: @Stewart McCormick
Keith Johnson Dulcimer
Posted: Monday November 12 2018, 7:52 AM
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Show Us Your Pets!
Posted: Sunday November 11 2018, 11:18 AM
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By: @Strumelia
Ban-jammer build questions
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How do you search for other...
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2006 Cherry Warren May...
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Pick Holder
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By: @jp
Advice on beginner’s dulcimer
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By: @Ken Longfield
Waiter’s tray stand
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Introduce Yourself!
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Keith Young Dulcimer
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Using Metronome apps
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By: @dulcinina
just vs. equal temperament
Posted: Thursday November 1 2018, 7:18 PM
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