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Three or Four Strings, that is the question
Just wondering if you build more three string dulcimers or more four string dulcimers. I notice many experienced players with three strings....
@Jack M started 5 days ago - replies: 9
Help I've never built an instrument not touched a dulcimer
I've done some woodworking but never built an instrument. Although I enjoy music, I never learned to play any instrument. That said, I've come...
@Neill Thompson started one week ago - replies: 8
Fret Position
Using Stewmac's fret position calculator for dulcimer I don't see 1.5 and 6.5 frets listed. Are 1.5 and 6.5 frets literally halfway between their...
@Jack M started 3 weeks ago - replies: 37
Short fretboard dulcimer?
I'm new to dulcimers and am planning to build one. I have the Kimbell book and have been trying to learn everything I can. I love this...
@Jack M started 4 weeks ago - replies: 47
Just wondering........
I have a question, the answer to which would probably just be speculation, but that's fine. If Uncle Ed Thomas was born in 1850, and started...
@tonyg started 2 months ago - replies: 4
Microtonal Fretboard
Found this the other day and I thought I would share. Thoughts about the concept? https://youtu.be/EZC69A8TsJ8?si=R4dF2XErnDY2Cxht
@Homer Ross started 2 months ago - replies: 2
Stephen Winick on Jean
https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2015/06/jean-ritchie-1922-2015/
@Robin Thompson started 2 months ago - replies: 0
a Balinese gamelan ensemble from U of KY
a group from the University of Kentucky covering Jean's Blue Diamond Mines at the festival Seedtime on the Cumberland:...
@Robin Thompson started 3 months ago - replies: 0
4 versus 3
Hi All, I hope you are well and I wish you a good week. For about the past year, I've been playing almost exclusively on four equidistant strings....
@Alex_Lubet started 3 months ago - replies: 4
Waves by Iris Shiraishi
This piece was composed for me by my wife Iris Shiraishi, who joins me on percussion. The percussion is optional, but the piece is much better...
@Alex_Lubet started 4 months ago - replies: 2