Hi Cheryl,

That's a really lovely tone and touch you have there

You are the perfect person to have breathed life back into that old dulcimer

This is lovely. That's a great sound on that dulcimer.

Personally, I read music and read tab, but for just gloryin' in the playin' of a tune I'd a-heap rather larn it by ear than either of the other! I have to play from the music or tab longer before I can feel the tune in my bones and let it come outa my fingers. If I can feel the tune first, it comes out a lot easier. I 'spect there are quite a few of us that feel thata way Cheryl. It's the real old time way to do it.

... sigh ... 'k ... guess it's time to 'fess up. I have Robin's with the false nut on my learn to play list ... but ... as in the last time I dropped this tater ... I was hoping to tempt you into doing it in DAA ... I NEED a GOOD example in plain DAA to practice too ... I knew if I piqued you into it I'd get a good'un... and ... uh ... I ain't sorry

Cheryl, I'm no good at reading tablature; 'by ear' is how I play most everything. From oldtimejam.com, you can either download tunes or get them on cds.

Thanks for the kind words-- I'll tell my guitar player!

Robin, thanks for that site! What a treasure. I think I will also join and make a playlist for myself. It way easier for me to hear a tune than to try to decipher tab. I spend a lot of time just trying to figure out where my fingers are supposed to go when reading tab. When hearing my fingers find the right spot. I'm weird, I'm sure!

Thanks for the encouragement. I'll put it on my short list! :) Your version ROCKS!!!!!

Cheryl, I'm thinking you could play Sourwood Mountain right now!

I can't say enough good things about this site:

http://oldtimejam.com/Jam.html

An Atlanta-area neurologist named Josh Turknett runs the site. Though one can use the page for free, we bought a lifetime membership and are glad we did. It's handy to have the tunes downloaded onto iTunes where I can play a tune over and over; gives me my own old-time band with which to play to work out a tune. Mark and I can work out a tune separately with the oldtimejam band then get together on our version. It's fun!

Sam, I've been studying Robin Thompson's video of Sourwood Mountain. It'll be a long durn time before I can putt that one off!!! She does an amazing rendition right here!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXE_E3DRCuA

I bet if she tried she could even play Sourwood Mountain in DAA ...........

Hi Cheryl ... the Amburgey sounds great. I'm so glad that you've got her up and running. Very nice job on 'All The Good Times'. Can't tell you how much I enjoy all your 'fiddling around' with your dulcimers. Each post is a real treat!

Me too Robin....would be sad to have left it unfixed and only be able to look at. I much prefer having it playable even though its not totally "original" as it has nice new pegs that work. Was so fun to hear her voice the first time....especially because she's probably been silent for more than 30 years.

Oh, Cheryl, that Amburgey sounds fantastic! So happy you've got it and are making it sing!

Randy, I'm so fortunate to have you and the noter-drone players here on FOTMD to learn from....and thankful for it too. You all are invaluable for someone learning like me. Strumelia, I have a very hard time reading tab, probably because I'm somewhat dyslexic, but I've found yours very easy to understand with the rhythm right under the notes. (I read music easily...not sure actually why tab hangs me up, but it does) Highly recommend Strumelia's Tab and Noter/Drone blog...a wealth of information there. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment John and Chuck!

Like the tone and musicality you get with your playing Cheryl. We're so fortunate you are playing the n/d....we get to hear you play!

Lovely playing, Cheryl, and what a wonderful dulcimer!!

I posted a free tab for this song on my noter-drone blog a few years ago: click HERE , in case anyone wants to try playing it from a tab. You can use the very same tab whether tuned to CGG (key of C) like Cheryl, or one step up in DAA (key of D), or in DGd like in the tab for playing in the key of G....because all three versions are in ionian mode so you can the same fret numbers on the melody string.

Yay Cheryl! Nicely done!

Thanks Carrie and Dana. This is a mandolin tune for me and heard S. Seifert do it noter-drone so I thought I'd give it a whirl this afternoon.

Very Nice Cheryl!