JP,
Sometimes, just putting a mountain dulcimer on my lap and playing a bit, not focusing on a tune but just listening to the wonderful sound a string (or strings) makes, can bring something good to my spirit.
Take care. I wish you well!
Hey, @Nanners -- welcome and happy strumming on your new dulcimer!
I'm sure Oliver lives on in the hearts of those who knew him. <3
Thinking of y'all playing makes me smile.
Omie Wise is such a mournful and haunting song.
We played and posted video evidence here on FOTMD! :)
Happy strumming', friends!
Have fun with the new-to-you Ban-Jammer, Greg! Do you plan to play any particular style on it?
I came by a used Dulcijo here at FOTMD almost a couple years ago yet haven't been able to spend much time with it. The learning curve is a little bit steep since it is held like a banjo.
In some skills, I'm rank beginner. In others, I'm intermediate or above. Two things I'm always learning: the instrument, what it allows and its limitations and my ear. If I were to attend a workshop, I'd try to place myself in a workshop which would expand my knowledge of the mountain dulcimer itself and how I hear it.
Although noter/drone is the only style in which I play, exploring its limits is really fascinating to me. :)
I slept on it-- it's Shady Grove.
Golly, I gotta sleep on this one! :)
Gary Sager is a friend of mine! He and his wife, Toni, own and operate Prussia Valley Dulcimers and are fine folks! Gary builds a nice instrument-- I own two of his Prussia Valley mountain dulcimers, the box was a custom build and my teardrop I came by used. You're fortunate to have one of Gary's instruments-- enjoy!
Richard, if your stacked bamboo noter works, I'd just stick with it.
Sandi, I don't know how to jump ahead to the part of the service where you're playing-- I think my internet is too slow to allow me to do that. If anybody got a clip of it, please post?
We're all a lot of work until we get potty trained! haha
Lucas sure is cute, Patty!
I appreciate the time and effort Ron & Ken put into ED and am also glad the fellows are members here!
Strumelia,
Here's a new video. If the percussive sound doesn't come through enough, feel free to let me know. :)
Strumelia, I did have a video yet must've taken it off the internet awhile ago. Maybe I can do another demo sometime.
Like Robert, I make my picks from various plastic lids and containers. (I cut them into a big kidney bean shape.) They are big enough I have lots of points of contact so can have a very loose hand to hold one. Unless I'm strumming the daylights out of something and I hold tighter. :)
Good golly, is Sally (Anne) sweet or what! <3 And I love the tune of the same name-- one of my favorites.
Maybe it's just me yet I would not try to take a .014 string up to D from an A.
jp, if you are able to post photos, it may help folks offer the most helpful advice.
Before Heidi & Bob moved west, I was fortunate to get to hear them in Lancaster OH!
Thanks a million, Greg! I've traveled through Logan hundreds of times and Hide-A-Way Hills is in the Hocking Hills region, a rural area. I hope I'll be able to find time to do some investigation into Amburgeys in the area!
Wow, in the Logan Daily? Was there a connection between the Amburgeys and Logan OH?
I think chorded zither (autoharp) makers will use an old piano to get wood for the pin block.
Sam, if the old piano has real ebony keys, those are of value.
I look forward to hearing you make it sing, Stewart!
Volha, you have been given excellent advice!
I have a cherry dulcimer made by Rodney Hensley that looks just like yours and it, too, sounds wonderful.
