Thanks for the comment, @Randy-Adams.  The nylon strings provide a completely different tonal palette, but that doesn't convey easily in recording.  The sound is incredibly soft and gentle, perfect for lullabies.  For this recording I didn't like any of the crappy mics I have, so I plugged directly into my H4N.  It's the best I could given my nonexistent understanding of recording.

I'm liking the tone you're pulling out of that dulcimer DT

Most certainly, Fall in Cedar Falls is a tune for all seasons, It transports one to another place and time.

Dusty, I'm most honored folks like you and @phil-myers like how I play with a noter!  As you know, it's the only way I know how to play.  And the tune name fits so well!  

I have, literally, been in, around, and through Hocking County many hundreds of times in my life.  (It adjoins both the county in which I grew up and the county in which Mark & I live.)  On my maternal grandmother's side of the family, I had ancestors in Hocking County in the 1820's.  The entire area in which Cedar Falls is located is, indeed, awe-inspiringly beautiful.  And though we have been in drought, the leaf color here in SE Ohio has been lovely.   

That's funny, @Dulciplayer.  I've never had a mint julep either, but I associate the drink with the Kentucky Derby, held in the springtime.  I think Fall in Cedar Falls needs a warmer drink for cooler weather, perhaps a hot green tea with some mint schnapps.  Maybe we can call that a Cedar Falls.

Thanks for listening and for your encouraging comments, @Phil-Myers, @Benjamin-W-Barr-Jr, & @Robin-Thompson.

Robin, I shared this tune with my online dulcimer club on Saturday and explained that your sensitive noter play was the inspiration, at least for the A part of the tune.  It's a little convoluted, but the title is also in your honor. It was feeling like fall when I wrote the tune, and you are the biggest Ohio booster that I know, so I wanted something about Ohio in the tune, in the same way that you name tunes after local spots of interest. So I Googled "fall in Ohio" and found some lovely pictures of Cedar Falls in the Hocking Hills State Park.  I'm not sure if you've ever been there--I know I haven't--but that's where the title comes from.

A fine original tune on your Stephens Lutherie dulcimer, Dusty! Now, I've never had one, but I imagine I would like to be sipping a Mint Julep on a porch, while you play this cooling tune.

What a lovely, relaxing tune, Dusty!  (Mark and I just watched together.)  

Such nice slides on that A part.  And, as you know, I'm a fan of your music, too.  

Love it!

Very nice Dusty! And I agree with you about Robin!