Forum Activity for @connorc

Good VSL for chording? (DAD, DGD, CGC, DAA mainly)

General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Thanks, @dusty-turtle I am glad I'm not alone, or doing it all wrong. I tried my wife's Dulcie-May (smaller, teardrop) and it was a lot easier to reach them, but the fretboard is narrower and I have wide fingertips. Swings and roundabouts. 

I'll keep at them, and hopefully my fingers will strengthen and stretch over the next couple of months. I like noter playing too, but it's fun learning to flatpick and play the arpeggios.

I'll probably look for a slightly shorter VSL with a nice wide fretboard around Christmas, by which time I should be able to play well enough to know what I want.

Good VSL for chording? (DAD, DGD, CGC, DAA mainly)

General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Bruce, my dulcimer, has a 27” VSL (nut to bridge if I understand that properly). I have fairly large hands, but a few chords in D and E need quite a stretch even for this ploughboy. 4,2,1 Or 3,1,3 for instance. (My thumbtip to ringfinger tip is 10”)

What length is about right for chord players, or do you just adapt like I am having to do? My pinkie finger seems to get involved more often than people I watch on youtube. 😳

I play noter and drone when with my wife, but left to my own devices, DAD and chords come out. 😂

What Are You Working On?

General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Learning “Carrickfergus”. Mostly got the tune down (cgc) now starting to work on the other two strings. 😉

You know your dulcimer has a hold on you when...

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You know your Dulcimer has a hold on you when you constantly pick it up to play whenever you have to wait a few minutes for something...

.. and then get interrupted by the very loud smoke alarms sounding because you forgot about the toasted cheese you were waiting for, that you put under the grill maybe 10 minutes ago.

Yup. Mrs. C. And the cats were very unhappy with me. Doors and windows open, extractor fan on, changed my clothes.

Cut the burnt crusts off and ate the chewy, cheesy middle bit though. 😂👍

The EverythingDulcimer website has returned. Whooopie!!!

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That ED site has a lot of tab! Thanks for letting us know it exists.