Thanks, Marc. Yes, Gary is a good guy, and the best flat picker I have encountered. I am having fun with another of his tunes right now. It's called, "the Great River Road". I'll ask his permission to post it to fotmd as soon as I polish it a bit more.

I'd love to have one of his Starsong dulcimers, but last time I talked with him, he was not taking orders for them any longer. His dulcimer designs and his flat picking have certainly made Gary a legend in his own time.

Dewey

Jan, thank you for the nice words. Yes, I won't buy a dulcimer without an ebony fret board. Even my Bear Meadow Concert Grand has one. I believe the luthier told me he had never put one on a Concert Grand, but he did agree to put on mine. 

I am also glad I answered an old post from Dusty. If I had not I would not have had the pleasure of meeting you, and hearing your beautiful version of O Come, O Come Emanuel. Your gentle finger picking style is perfect for a Concert Grand. You should try one. a you can see pictures of mine on my page. It is designed to be strung and tuned as a standard dulcimer, or as a baritone. I believe your A-Frame was set up as a baritone for O Come, was it not? And were you picking with finger tips, fingernails, finger picks....?

I look forward to listening to other posted tunes from you.

Dewey

Well, I'm glad you waited 'til now to answer Dusty T. because that popped it up into the  most recent comments--and I would have totally missed it otherwise.

I, too, have one of Gary Gallier's "A Frame" dulcimers, but mine doesn't have the ebony fretboard and I like the stark contrast between that and the lighter soundboard.

Mine doesn't sound like yours, either, lol, and I imagine you've gotten even better in the past 5 years, if that's possible.

Great tune, expertly played.  Thanks for sharing!

You asked me if I also did the background accompaniment. Yes, I arrange my backups on my Yamaha work station. I call it my Yamaha Backup Band. It is a lot of work, but it never calls in sick, or goes on vacation, and doesn't charge me very much. It also serves as a metronome - that's useful for me since I tend to speed up when playing alone.

Thank you for your kind comments. I have listened to your work as well, and enjoy it very much. 

Dewey

That's what I'm talking about!!! I'm kind of late to this party, but that was fantastic.

Glad to get your foot tappin', Randy! A little foot tapping is good for the soul!

Dewey

great music to get my foot tappin

Loved this! Great tune by Gary performed most impressively!! Cool looking instrument and sounding fine!

Great pickin'!

That's pretty awesome right there!

I thought that dulcimer looked an awful lot like his work. Great pickin!

Very nice Dewey!

That's some real syncopation going on there. Nice picking! What's up with the rhythm section? Did you put that together as well?