Thank you Jeff!

Really love your Cripple Creek, Cheryl!

I gotta get with you and go to garage sales, for sure. Now I know why Bill Howard would sing the praises of his Green River dulcimer.

Really love your Cripple Creek, Cheryl!

I gotta get with you and go to garage sales, for sure. Now I know why Bill Howard would sing the praises of his Green River dulcimer.

Great playing Cheryl. Loved it!

Back for seconds. Got me 'jukin'. Jukin' is an old, old timey term for head bobbing, ducking or the classic 'idunno' gesture. When listening to a really good tune it's usually accompanied with toe tapping or even (in this case) heel-toe, heel-toe. You got it goin' on Cheryl. Have fun with it, I sure am.

Rob, thanks for that link....I've been over there listening away!!

Well, well you can hear I D Stamper here: http://dla.acaweb.org/cdm/search/searchterm/i%20d%20stamper/order/nosort

He was an interesting player and singer. His album "Red Wing" is only available on vinyl from appelshop for $8 (I think.) Oh....

and your playing was very good as well, and I agree with your assessment of noter playing. It's a lot harder than it looks to do it right!

RavenMadd, thanks!! Patty....ha...funny. Thanks so much!

Sam...aw shucks....thanks for your comments and your encouragement!

Cheryl

Meg,

I recorded this with my dulcimer tuned to dAD (mixolydian)...the tunes starts on D and ends on D in this tuning. But this dulci actually is usually tuned to cGC (mixolydian)...in that case the tune starts on C and ends on C. Today I was playing it in the C tuning, but it wasn't as 'bright' sounding as it is in D. I'm not great at knowing which mode things are played in...i play by ear so I just hear the note spacing and play it in various tunings to see what I like best. I hope that helps!

thanks for teaching me this song

meaning great

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Fantastic Cheryl I love this. Buck Owens and Roy Clark eat your heart out, LOL. Cheryl, I love listening to your videos. Keep them coming. Thanks for posting

geezum crow girl ! ! ! that was awesome! I don't want to offend anyone out of ignorance, but I've listened to songs done quite well ... but ... the musician seems to or needs to compromise a few notes ... you hit them all. I can't remember listening to anyone who is as technically adept as you, and your rhythm, timing and presentation are fantastic. That dulcimer has a great sound and you exploit it beautifully. Your 'Cripple Creek' will be a great addition to my 'favorites'.

Randy.....you cracked me up. I thought I was the only one that had choice words for the stick! :)

John Henry....thanks for your comment! The head of the school I studied classical guitar at was very big on ergonomics and relaxation of the left hand. I spent many years breathing and relaxing into my playing and hopefully its flowing over to dulcimer too. Although I have to say with noter playing I feel like I"m holding on tight for a wild ride sometimes! yeehaaa!

Robin...thank you. Would love to be able to visit with you in person and absorb what you have learned about playing it this style...and sit in on one of your sessions....that must be great fun. I'm finding that there is this "idea" out there that noter-drone playing is the easiest style or a "beginner" style of playing. I would beg to differ....for me chording and strumming is much easier and noter-drone style takes all my concentration and effort. Its much harder than I imagined it would be to sound right and also very rewarding. I really love the sound, which I don't have down pat yet, but I do know what it should sound like and will keep working towards that.

I don't know a thing about Stamper but I'm looking forward to researching! Hadn't thought of lower tunings on this big ole dulci....sounds very interesting and I will explore further. This week I'm spending with Ralph Lee Smith up at Dulcimer U. I'm a lucky girl! :) :) Then Saturday the J.A. dulci and I go down to Tryon to see Ben Seymour. May be a while but I'll be really really excited to have that dulci up and running.

Thanks everyone for your comments!

Very nice!

All that Robin said !!! Plus ! Unlike myself, you do not appear to be playing in 'white knuckle' mode, that left hand looks really relaxed .

JohnH

Cheryl that's really cool - great playing Lovely tone, rhythm and phrasing - it all looks and sounds nice and smooth! It took me a while to figure out that noter playing may be 'simple' music but it is darncomplex to get it sounding good But I like that about it, the stylewouldn't interest me so much if it was too easy- it means the more study we put in the better we can get. And you've certainly been practicing

That long scale dulcimer is lovely Have you heard any of ID Stamper's minor tunes in low A? That 30" dulcimer of yours would be wonderful for those tunes No need to change your string gauges, Ike Stamper just tuned his strings really slack on a big dulcimer he build, which gave a slap to the bass and a lot of noter zing as it slid up and down the strings. Itwould beworth hunting down tunes like 'Pretty Polly' or '900 Miles' that he did and having a go at his style (he also had a small, high tuned dulcimer).

It's obvious you are enjoying it Cheryl! Sounds like ur having fun!....I still call a f'n stick,,, : )....

Ya'll are fast!!!! Thank you ever so kindly. I sure am enjoying the whole noter thing....see, I even all it a noter and not "that blankity blank stick" anymore! Progress!