Just a quick note. Have a look at Shearwater whistles on the web.I am told that they are good value for money and nice to play. I must admit bias as John ( The Owner ) , built me a nice 6 string dulcimer a few years ago.
Forum Activity for @david-ehall
Offering sympathy to our dear John Henry
OFF TOPIC discussions
Just read about your loss JH , sorry to hear about it and for your loss. they say Time is a great healer, but every now and then the loss comes back to bite. Lost my Dad nearly 10 yrs ago and still in catches me now and again.
Keep a Haad ,young man.
Re " The Battle Of The Somme " First off it was one of the first tunes I learnt on the dulcimer . I learnt it by ear from the playing on a Fairport Convention album . I originally understood that it was written by an unamed piper who was killed in the battle ( the battle went on from july to very nearly October 1916.) However i later found out it was wriiten by a known piper ( the name evades me ) who indeed died as a reult of wounds recieved in the battle , probably on the first day 1st July 1916 .being evacuated , died later in hopital in the U.K. It is a slow march, I am told that it qualifies as a " Retreat March " which means the music played as the soldiers prepared for the nights rest when in camp. A beutiful tune with a real kilt swing to it
How to welcome a new jammer
General mountain dulcimer or music discussions
I knew it would reslove itself - There is Mr Lackey , who found what he was looking for and uses the words NEXT TIME and GREAT TIME in the same sentence. That is what its about.........FUN.
How to welcome a new jammer
General mountain dulcimer or music discussions
Randy - thats using the word club in a different sense (tongue in cheek)
How to welcome a new jammer
General mountain dulcimer or music discussions
Ken - You know what I meant, didn't you ?.
I just am shocked that 3 enthusiasts who bit the bullet and went to a jam or session and ran into a brick wall instead of being welcomed thro the door - hopefully as we would welome newcomers. Thanfully they are probably the only 3 sessions (jams) like that. And I also agree with Foggers and the bullet points she makes.( Only 'cos I met her & her partner is bigger than me ), treat the newbie like you would want to be treat in the same situation.
I fall into the DADist and Chordist camp tho. I know no better (Bad education -- beer mats )
How to welcome a new jammer
General mountain dulcimer or music discussions
I do not believe what I have just read. Thanna , Folkfan and R N Lackey have just shot down in flames the idea that dulcimer players are friendly, even- handed and open to new things . It seems that the 3 of them have run into a group of dyed -in -the wool diehard reactionaries. I understand that the States is the home of Trad Appilacian dulcimers . Talk about " how to win friends " Two choices then , 1 . face them out and stick with it until you win them over or 2 as has been said find a new group or start one yourself. In my neck of the woods( N E England ) we (dulcimer players ) are so few and far between that we are only too pleased to see each other. I put my hands up and confess ,I have never played noter,nor tried any other tuning other than DaD. Now I have more than one dulcimer, I may in future experiment,but I doubt it . Its taken too many years and too many blistered fingers to get this far. DO NOT GIVE UP.
I am more than 3,000 miles away and I feel quite angry about this,(not an easy thing to do) Thank Heaven that it (so far) hasn't happened to me.If it has, I never noticed (Thick skin ,or too much Guinness )
How to welcome a new jammer
General mountain dulcimer or music discussions
Intitial advice to a newbie to a session --- Look, Listen, & Learn. Good advice can be found on the web - Google music session etiquette. By and large, session players are keen to help and encourage new players and beginners. Thats what can sometimes keep sessions going in the future. It's sometimes forgotten that each and every one of us started somewhere, we all made mistakes , fell off tunes ( sometimes still do), played too fast, played too slow , put the second part of a different tune to the one we started. At the end of the day, it's supposed to be FUN. I look upon sessions as a way of holding a non verbal conversation with the others. Never forget there will always be one (occasionally) who will pull a face,but an awful lot won't. Again LOOK, LISTEN & LEARN . Recently read quote (Can't remember the scource) "Better to play slow with feeling and get all the notes than play fast ,have no feeling and miss most of the notes"
Happy Birthday FOTMD
OFF TOPIC discussions
Happy Birthday FOTMD From all the dulcimer players in the North East Of England .... Known or unknown .....members or not
Keep Up The Good Work(s)