Your Three Favorite Songs
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Pretty Saro is definitely one of them when I first heard Iris Dement sing it
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tuning my guitar into a three string dulcimer
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Strumella, the trouble is that I live in Canada and I am now on disability, the cheapest cardboard kits are about 50 to 60 US.
With the exchange and shipping it does not make sense when I will want a wood one much sooner than later. This is why it would not be feasible for me to get a wood one as a kit till' late winter; and that is scraping every penny.
Sure, I can get Appeldorn or Hora for about 200 Can. I will try and build one first. And I know this is not fleeting because I actually know how to pronounce Appalachia correctly as opposed to pronouncing the third syllable and making it sound like AY. This in itself should be a good start to a YOU KNOW YOU LOVE THE MOUNTAIN DULCIMER WHEN.......
Ah, Ah, Ronald
silver dagger
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Yes Dusty, I just saw Chris Thile yesterday as a matter of fact on You Tube play Silver Dagger live.
Also, check out Ebony Buckle sing it on You Tube it is from an excerpt from Inspector George Gently episode a few years back she is as beautiful as she sings to boot. George Gently takes place in the 1960's. those of us that remember the 60's will find anomalies such as lighting a match with the strike plate in the back of the match pack, they did not change this to the back till mid 70's I know...I lit full packs of them many time; probably why they changed it to the back..
Ronald, everything double spaced when you strike enter
silver dagger
General mountain dulcimer or music discussions
Does anyone know of a recording on line of someone playing silver dagger on the dulcimer
Ronald
tuning my guitar into a three string dulcimer
General mountain dulcimer or music discussions
I see, like I thought but was not sure the Octave is at the 8 fret only because it is diatonic, but 8 fret diatonic and 12 fret chromatic is the same place as it is the string length that still forms the octave at a certain place, frets placed accordingly
If I am wrong tho' please let me know BTW I have just joined the Everything dulcimer on FB Thanks Ken for the info.
Guys, my guitar will remain a guitar , it was born as a guitar and nothing will be removed or added.
tuning my guitar into a three string dulcimer
General mountain dulcimer or music discussions
No, I don't think so, I live in Northern Ontario near the Quebec border, it is pretty much country music.
However, that being said, I may just have a change of plans. I am welder by trade and worked with wood all my life. My father was a contractor. I have a bunch of well dried cherry wood some of which is quite near quarter sawn and I have just been truing the five inch bandsaw. Have gathered all the information about dimension. I know quite a lot about guitar building and I would make a Fender type headstock at about 14 degrees. One thing ( amongst other) that I have not quite gotten into my head. If the open string octave on a guitar is at the twelfth fret and the octave from the first fret at the 13 th. Why is the 1+ fret octave at the 8+. Something just occured to me, 8 is diatonic, is it at the 8+ fret because it is diatonic and missing some frets?
Thanks, Ronald
Purpose of DAA tuning
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Hello, what is the purpose of having two strings ( or three if double melody) in DAA as oppose to DAD.
Doesn't having these two strings at the same pitch rob the instrument of the possibility of different notes on the same fret unlike DAD. If this is a dumb question let me know as I am starting and trying to learn as much as I can.
Ronald
updated by @rond: 11/11/19 08:29:01PM
tuning my guitar into a three string dulcimer
General mountain dulcimer or music discussions
Thanks, as for too many frets, they do have chromatic dulcimers which I absolutely do not wish to start with, if ever.
What I would do to my guitar is highlight the frets that are corresponds to the dulcimer with a sharpie. and be careful when learning
Ronald
tuning my guitar into a three string dulcimer
General mountain dulcimer or music discussions
Hello, I am not getting a dulcimer till' late winter.
How can I convert my guitar to a three string dulcimer.
It is a Yamaha folk size witha 25 inch string length. I am getting the book Complete dulcimer method Mel Bay. Should I convert to dad or daa, what is more common, or what tuning would work best for the book.
Thanks, Ronald
updated by @rond: 11/15/19 06:09:37PM
Introduce Yourself!
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Hello, Thank You for the welcome.
I cannot get a dulcimer until late winter, in the meanwhile, is there a way to tune a guitar to at least a three string dulcimer
preferrably four in the usual aadd?
Thanks, Ronald