@Chadritchie

Thanks Chad. It’s a Clemmer dulcimer with walnut body and a wormy chestnut top.  Tuned down to CGC. 

Great playing, I love the sound of that dulcimer.

@Irene,

@Dusty-Turtle is right.  CGC.

 I originally recorded this for #playmusicontheporchday and wanted to drop it down a step in an effort to emphasize the drone characteristics of the mountain dulcimer.

 Also, as Dusty mentioned, the camera angle makes it easy for one to see the fretboard.  I tried to emphasize the use of one finger on the melody string as well.  

Dusty, the “bounce” you mentioned was quite a literal one.  The chair being used was a rotating patio chair and the strumming motion in my right hand was causing the whole chair (and me) to bounce🤣

Sorry for the slow reply Irene.  I’m out of town at the moment and in all transparency, I did really well to remember to eat breakfast this morning😜

Thank you for the kind words.  The tuning is CGC.  

Thanks Terry.  The upper octave on the bass string is territory I don’t visit too often and need to work on it more.  I struggle with intonation on the bass string up there and tend to over fret. 

Thanks Ariane.

@Irene, Ethan seems to be in a CGc tuning. But standard DAd would work as well.  His camera angle makes it easy to "steal" the song, doesn't it?  And his playing has a nice bounce to it, for sure.

I like this VERY much....hey hey, what the tuning of your strings?   and I'm going to my dulcimer to see if I can melody the bass string too.  THANK YOU and aloha, irene

Nice playing.  Good job of using the upper octave. Very seldom have I seen someone solo the bass string in the upper octave.  I have huge difficulty playing clear notes in the upper bass.  You made it look easy.

Very beautiful playing and sound, Ethan.

Nice job. I'm going to put this one on my list to learn.

Thanks Dusty.

Nice job!

Thanks Steven.

Thank you for the kind words John.  

Loved hearing that old song and the way you played it.

Nice version of this tune, Ethan!