Forum Activity for @bill-in-nm

Your Three Favorite Songs

General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Currently I have dozens of favorites, but three of the top would be Ashoken Farewell, Elk River Blues, and Sandy River Belle.

FUNNY songs you sing & play on your dulcimer

General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

For some dumb reason, I really like "Froggy Went A'Courtin".

Pennywhistle

Adventures with 'other' instruments...

I recently purchased a Pennywhistle (Key of D) with hope of teaching myself to play it. I always like this instrument when I hear it along with Irish melodies.

Has anyone out there had experience with this device?

Your Three Favorite Songs

General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Three of my favorites are:

     The Parting Glass (traditional Irish)

     Song of the Chanter (not technically a song, because there are no words as far as I know)

     Jet Plane (contemporary, John Denver)

And yours?

 

Intermediates

General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

One of the peculiarities I see among many of the others in my dulcimer group is an over-reliance on tablature. They are slaves to it. They don't hear the music -- they only play the notes. I play by ear primarily, and if I can't quite get it, I go through the tabs note by note. I play a lot of chords and link them with melody notes where possible. More and more often I actually look up at the standard musical notation rather than the tabs. There's a lot of information there.

That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it. . . . Bill in NM