Group Discussions
Call the Tune "Songs for Lent"
Dusty suggested a few years ago that we share our various takes on songs for Lent. I haven't recorded anything in a long time, but I think I could...
@Jan Potts started 10 months ago - replies: 0
Hymns and tunes with a Lenten theme
February 17, 2021 is this year's date for Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Christian season of Lent which is the 46 days...
@Gordon Hardy started 3 years ago - replies: 4
"Shenandoah" - Online Music Project
I would like to introduce my NEW ONLINE PROJECT - Summer 2020. The winner of the facebook tune survey for this project is the beautiful...
@Ariane started 4 years ago - replies: 5
Make a video challenge! This is My Father's World!
Here's the challenge: learn to play--or SING and play--the public domain song "This is My Father's World" and post your video here. Showcase the...
@Jan Potts started 8 years ago - replies: 9
No longer starting my Challenges
I want to thank people that have participated in the past for the different Call the Tune challenges I have initiated. After doing some serious...
@James Phillips started 8 years ago - replies: 3
Call the tune challenge "My Country 'Tis of Thee" or "God Save the Queen"
For next month's challenge, starting the 5th of June, I have chosen a song that while it is the same melody, different words are sung to it, My...
@James Phillips started 8 years ago - replies: 2
May call the tune "challenge", Loch Lomand
I just realized I hadn't posted a challenge for next month, May yet, so thought I need to get it in gear and get one started. For May, starting...
@James Phillips started 8 years ago - replies: 4
April challenge tune, Little Brown Jug
Realized I hadn't posted up a song for next month yet (too much going on in my personal life at the moment) so I thought for April's Call the Tune...
@James Phillips started 8 years ago - replies: 5
March Call the Tune challenge - Worried Man Blues
For the March Call the Tune challenge, I thought I would choose a song that was in the repertoire of the Carter Family, Worried Man Blues. It is a...
@James Phillips started 8 years ago - replies: 5
Red Wing
When Mark was a boy, he remembers this tune being played at his house by his dad and some other men in the community who would come to play music...
@Robin Thompson started 8 years ago - replies: 9
February 2016 Call the Tune challenge, Ode to Joy
For the month of February, starting Sunday the 7th of February, I have chosen a favorite of mine to play, Ode to Joy, which is also the tune for...
@James Phillips started 8 years ago - replies: 4
January 2016 Call the Tune challenge, Morning Has Broken (Bunessan)
For the first Call the Tune challenge of January, I have decided to choose a song who's melody is public domain, but the lyrics themselves aren't,...
@James Phillips started 9 years ago - replies: 4
December monthly challenge, O Tannenbaum
For the December monthly challenge, I wanted to choose a holiday song, since the holidays will be starting at that point, and chose O Tannenbaum,...
@James Phillips started 9 years ago - replies: 7
November monthly challenge tune, The Four Marys
For the November Call the Tune challenge, starting Sunday the first of November, I have chosen a song I heard a former member do on the dulcimer,...
@James Phillips started 9 years ago - replies: 10
A word of thanks
I wanted to offer a word of thanks to the people that have participated in the assorted "challenge" tunes over the course of this year. Who would...
@James Phillips started 9 years ago - replies: 5
August2015 challenge tune- The Water is Wide
Decided to go ahead and post what the "challenge" tune is for the month of August, a song kind of appropriate with all the rain we've had here...
@James Phillips started 9 years ago - replies: 14
October "challenge" tune- Fair and Tender Ladies
For the month of October, starting the 4th, for the monthly challenge, the tune I chose is Fair and Tender Ladies. It is a song that was the very...
@James Phillips started 9 years ago - replies: 6
September challenge tune -Old Joe Clark
Realized I had not posted anything for the next month's challenge, so decided better do that to-day. For the month of September, I was thinking of...
@James Phillips started 9 years ago - replies: 5
"Default Settings"
What are the tunes you seem to play automatically when you pick up a dulcimer? The challenge: post those songs you tend to find yourself playing...
@William Mann started 9 years ago - replies: 2