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Beach pics have a way of making you see what you don't wanna.  :(  This morning I did a 20-minute, PowerFit Harmony workout.

~that's awesome~

Thank you so very much for sharing~I am enjoying this immensely!

ETA that was truly delightful!!!

I appreciate the vids!!!  Just watched them, and after the second one?  Well, crap.  LOL!  ~I have work to do~  Especially when I also saw the fretting ones to boot....

Monica, that's amazing work!  Marg, GENIUS idea and still totally worthy of this thread!

OH ANNIE!!!  ~that is beautiful treasure~

Ken, THAT'S AWESOME!

Sooo...  I haven't finished!  I never lined it and must get to work before my new (dulcimer) baby arrives!!!!!

I really want to learn how to beat out rhythm on my dulcimer while playing....

I wish..  I wish...  I wish....

Linda, we will learn together!  :)  Bob, I do love getting 1,000 versions from YouTube!!!  Being TAB dependent I am finding that when I do work out something by ear I remember it much more easily.

  Thank you so very much for sharing this.  

I'm so sorry.  Those are some of my very favorites.  :(

For play music on the porch day?  Hazel (10) is out there now with her violin, and I plan to go out a bit later with my dulcimer.  Frances (6) wants to do a set fiddling around on the keyboard...  <3

Thank you, John!  I especially like the advice to slow down...  And OH yes to rhythm!!  ~might try the backwards thing~

We use amblesideonline, so we learn hymns, folksongs, and appreciate composers as a part of our schedule.  A long while ago I practiced some of the folk songs and hymns, but somewhere along the lines it became easier to listen and sing rather than add practice time.  I'm happy to be practicing again!  (Like David~ the loving it!)  :)

HA HA!  ~I got a good chuckle out of that, actually, Terry~  Six kids are the reason I haven't played in a few years, but now I have older ones along with younger ones (18 - 2), and they are working me out of a job!  I've never made them watch their siblings, but when Whit came along they all just wanted to.  :)

As I make our homeschool schedule for the year I just might schedule thirty minutes a day for myself to have dulcimer time, because I enjoy it so much, and it's having such a good effect on me!  :)  ~right now still = lazy days of summer, so I am reading and playing and enjoying~  

I am SO PLEASED that y'all continue to share.  I think the key for each of us is to find our own niche, as everyone learns so differently!  I'm sure many will find answers here, as I have.  *THANK YOU ALL!*

Terry, I'm sure I wanna do this!!  :)  I truly am having SO MUCH FUN playing my dulcimer again!!!!!  

~love this so much~

That's a great idea!  I don't have a metronome, but I could sure employ a similar idea....

I love a dulcimer (of course), can't play but love a banjo, and I actually dream of an erhu (because of my K-drama love)!  ~this is amazing~  Thank you for sharing!!!!  Perfection!

OH so much to digest, and this is why I love all of you!  ~I will read and reread~  *THANK YOU!*

Y'all are sooo amazing~thank you for sharing your wisdom with me!!!  I will continue on....

Ken, you are right.  The one song I know well is the Constipated Bible one, but I worked it out myself.  The others I am learning are from TAB....

Strumelia, you bring up a good point.  I was thinking by campfirelight I'd be able to see my instrument...  HHHMMMMMm...  I am finding I do better after memorizing lyrics, but I have quite a hefty list I'm working on.  That could also be a piece of the puzzle~slow down and work on one at a time???

As I practice for the campfire I find that I am improving, but I would sure like to know many songs by heart.  I mean, it might be too dark to see the music!  Please share your methods for memorizing music with me.  TIA!

I still love my Blue Bonnet Butter lids best (actually just posted about it on fb!), but I just heard of someone using bread tabs as picks.  I had never thought about that before...  And there's already a hole in the middle for a good grip!  

~giggle~

GREAT list!!!  I went through my 12-Tune songbooks and picked out a few more.  I am excited and practicing!  :)

WOW Jim!  ~that's fancy~

The easy way to combat crochet strap-stretch, especially if it is thin, is just to knot it in the middle~like you do with a purse that's too long?  Does that make sense?

~take me with you~

Strumelia gave EXCELLENT instructions on a DIY strap years ago....

I know it, Steven!  DAGGONE IT!!!!  LOL!  *WELCOME BACK, IRENE!*  

I love instruments we don't get to see often!  ~these are awesome~

Love, love, love....

That looks amazing, Ken!

So I have learned that one, Ken!  I'm also practicing up some hymns and folk songs.  :)

Ken, I always love your creations!  Vlillik, when you make it I wanna see it!  Jennifer, I LOVE IT~is it lined?

Mine is crocheted with yarn and fun fur in greens and blues.  I am still wondering what I will line it with~a t-shirt?  An woolly vest with a faux, suede-like outer?  Will definitely post a pic when it's done.  

I so love the fruit of people's hands!!!!!

I am currently working on crocheting a bag for my Feather Dulcimer....

Got my first in 2003 and have my order in for the second right now.  ~No money at the end of yer month is a blessing in conquering DAd!  :P ~