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July2015 challenge tune- Away In A Manger
Wanted to wait until we were in our new site before posting, but I wanted to do a Christmas in July type of thing, as it harks back to something I...
@James Phillips started 9 years ago - replies: 11
Please note! Some embedded content in posts did not transfer from old site....
Please read this thread, folks: http://fotmd.com/forums/forum/new-site-questions-how-do-i/14812/embedded-video-and-audio-did-not-transfer It...
@Strumelia started 9 years ago - replies: 0
June2015 "challenge" tune - Wildwood Flower
For the month of June, starting Sunday the 7th, the "challenge" tune will be the Carter Family classic "Wildwood Flower", which was in fact the...
@James Phillips started 9 years ago - replies: 7
May2015 "challenge" tune - Oh! Susanna
For the May "challenge" tune, I decided to take a break from the hymnal, and go with a Stephen Foster tune that we should know, Oh Susannah. It...
@James Phillips started 9 years ago - replies: 16
April2015 "challenge", What A Friend We Have In Jesus
Easter is coming up soon, and I was thinking that for the month of April, the hymn What A Friend We Have In Jesus. I know it is a favorite old...
@James Phillips started 9 years ago - replies: 18
Songs of Farewell
What with moving and stuff, I thought somewhere to post a few songs of farewell.Here's 'The Wagoners Lad' and 'Bold Riley'.
@john p started 9 years ago - replies: 6
March2015 "challenge" tune, In The Sweet Bye and Bye
For March's "challenge" tune, I was thinking about one of my top 5 favorite hymns, In The Sweet Bye and Bye. My Grandmother was the organist in the...
@James Phillips started 9 years ago - replies: 49
Oh Shenandoah, February2015 "challenge", note
Since I did a challenge of people to post different versions of Amazing Grace last Sunday, and people participated, decided to do a first Sunday...
@James Phillips started 9 years ago - replies: 64
Supplication
This is a tune from the Sacred Harp Bremen on line resource: http://www.sacredharpbremen.org/lieder/500-bis-573/539-supplication Cynthia...
@Robin Clark started 9 years ago - replies: 18
Sandy Boys
Ok Flint, you asked for it! How about sharing some versions of Sandy Boys? When a group from our Dulcimer Society practiced it for a gig last week,...
@TERI WEST started 14 years ago - replies: 30
Scarborough Fair
By John Henry's request, I'm adding his (wonderful) Scarborough Fair. -Robin Played with quill plectrum and noter, on a 27" VSL baritone Walnut...
@Robin Thompson started 12 years ago - replies: 18
House of the Rising Sun
This song is a favorite. And not in copyright, according to the author Ted Anthony's book Chasing the Rising Sun -- The Journey of an American...
@Tom McDonald started 14 years ago - replies: 8
Wayfaring Stranger
I figured this out by ear, and didn't write out any chords or tab. It's still a work in progress. This dulcimer is restrung with banjo strings to...
@Tom McDonald started 14 years ago - replies: 41
Welsh Tunes
I thought that I'd post some tunes here from where I live.These two tunes Chris (tenor guitar/mandola) and I recorded tonight in my kitchen. They...
@Robin Clark started 14 years ago - replies: 39
Sugar Baby (Red Rocking Chair)
Dock Bogg's recording names the tune Sugar Baby. It's also known as Red Rocking Chair.
@Robin Thompson started 14 years ago - replies: 20
The Parting Glass
The following is adapted from Wikipedia, the font of all modern knowledge: One of the strengths of the Parting Glass is that it is never made...
@Tom McDonald started 13 years ago - replies: 3
June Apple
Versions of the tune with which I'm most familiar include those by Jerry Rockwell (in a medley of Goin' to Boston/June Apple/ Harrison Town/Old Joe...
@Robin Thompson started 14 years ago - replies: 14
Red River Valley
This group is a great idea, but unfortunately one without a lot of activity. I've decided to do my part to fix that.I recorded this fairly stripped...
@Tom McDonald started 14 years ago - replies: 8
Shady Grove
There are a lot of versions of this song on YouTube. Here is one more.
@Tom McDonald started 14 years ago - replies: 32