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Jan Potts

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 2 months ago - replies: 0
Gordon Hardy

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
Ariane

"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
kjb

Little Liza Jane


 
@kjb started 5 years ago - replies: 15
Jan Potts

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
James Phillips

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
James Phillips

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
James Phillips

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
James Phillips

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
James Phillips

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
Robin Thompson

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
James Phillips

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
James Phillips

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
James Phillips

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
James Phillips

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
James Phillips

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
James Phillips

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
James Phillips

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
James Phillips

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
William Mann

"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
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