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There are a few gems in this older discussion on jam etiquette as well...

Jam Etiquette - Rules To Pick By...

The Ten Commandments of Jamming (with a few apologies to the Old Testament)

I Thou shalt not come to the jam to impresseth others with thine own talent for this is an
abomination. The music shall be the star around which all musicians rotateth and not viceth-verseth! Attempts to make thine own star shine, shall surely lead thee into darkness!

II Thou shalt not forsake the beat. Thou shalt not speed up nor slow down accidentally when playing
a tune for this shall be considered an abomination.

III Thou shalt arrange thyself in a small circle so that thou mayest see and mayest hear all the other
musicians. Thou shalt listen with thine ears to the songs and shall attempt to play in one accord with the group. Also, thou shalt lift up thine eyes to look about thee, lest there be some visual sign that someone endeavoureth to render unto thee.

IV Thou shalt play softly when someone lifteth his voice in song, when the guitar taketh a break, and when thou knowest not what thou art doing.

V Thou shalt play in tune! Tune thine instrument well and tune it often with thine electric tuner lest
the sound that emanateth from thine instrument be unclean!

VI Thou shalt commence and cease playing each tune as one, so that the noise you make be a joyful
noise and is not an abomination. Whensoever a musician sticketh forth his foot, as though he were
afflicted with a cramp in the fatted calf, thou must complete the rest of that verse and then cease. Thou shalt stick out thine own foot or else lift up thy voice, crying, "This is it!" or "Last time!" if thou hast been the one to begin the song and it hath been played sufficient times over. If the one who beginneth a tune, endeth it not by one of these signs, then the music goeth on in repetitious fashion until the
listeners shall say, "Hark, it all soundeth the same!"

VII Thou shalt concentrate and shalt not confound the music by mixing up the "A" part with the "B"
part. Most songs, but not all, proceedeth by the ancient law: "AABB". But, if thou sinneth in this regard or make any mistake that is unclean, thou mayest atone not by stopping, nay, but by reentering the song

at the proper place and playing on. Thy fellow musicians will support thee in this regard.
VIII Thou shalt be ever mindful of the key that the dulcimer is tuned in, and shall play many tunes in
that key, for the dulcimer is but a lowly instrument and must needfully be retuned every time there is a key change.

IX Thou shalt speak gentle words of encouragement to those nourished on the milk of folk, gospel
and bluegrass music, but not the meat, lest a harsh word turn one again to the darkness that is pop
music.

X Thou shalt not, by thyself, commence noodling off on a tune that the other musicians knoweth
not, unless asked or unless thou art teaching that tune for this is an abomination, and the other
musicians shall not hold thee blameless, and shall strike thee from their computer lists, yea, unto the third and fourth generation.
- Author Unknown (credited to initials L.P.)

http://www.thefreshloaf.com/node/20242/karin039s-german-feinbrot

http://www.food.com/recipe/german-dark-rye-bread-43285

Looks like the taste is in the sour dough and the spices and cocoa.

Phil, Is the bread called "Hanseaten bread" Vollweizenbrot would be whole wheat bread, but I don't seem to find "Hanseaten" brot recipe.

Spoke too soon, I'm getting there. "Hanseatenbrot" a mostly RYE bread

http://www.stadtbaeckerei-b2b.de/english/product/hanseatenbrot-prebaked.html

Boy I hope someone out there can help me. I am looking for a bread recipe for a bread that is made in Germany. Our new Daughter-in-law is from Hamburg and is missing her favorite bread. I have Looked every on-line but can't seem to find it. "Hanseaten bread"- its a dark whole wheat bread. I would like to make a couple of loafs for her if I can find the recipe.

well shoot Jim I not quite there yet I still learning them chords. but I should have the BBQ sauce there this weekend.

How poetic!

Jeremy Main said:

All you can hear Down by the Riverside is the rustling of thousands of potential noters in the wind...

Lol Anita! Here's mine...

...you're playin your dulcimer in your mind while sitting at a boring meeting at work. Been there, done that

ROFL that was awesome!! You are very creative and funny.

Justin WHO????

. . . you can name a dozen tunes recorded by Don Pedi and none by Justin Beiber.

. . .you have heard of a guy named Bing.

. . . you think of a guitar as a six-string chromatic dulcimer.

. . . food, clothing, and rent all come out of the general fund but you have a separate dulcimer budget.

. . . the word "spalted" comes up on a daily basis.

. . . the ring tone on your phone is just a D-A drone.

And the band played on . . .

Thanks for starting this thread, Phil--it really brightened my day! And, um, yes....I'm guilty of many of these, too....

phil said:

them are funny Jan and I am not going to say how many I am guilty of

them are funny Jan and I am not going to say how many I am guilty of

..... your favorite luthiers and music stores have higher speed dialer numbers than your friends and family.

...... your basement, garage, or barnis half-filled with long cardboard boxes, peanutsand bubblewrap "in case you ever need to ship another dulcimer somewhere".

.....you can't watch TV--especially the news and weather--withoutstrummin', picking' etc. on your dulcimer.

.....You sit in church and wonder, "Now how would THAT hymn sound on a Ban-Jammer?"

.....you lobby your local high school to include dulcimers in the marching band.

.....you double-check to make sure your dulcimers are safely secured in your vehicle and figure your passengers are "on their own".

.....there's many a thing you'd drop quicker than a bad habit, but your dulcimers getset down as gently as a newborn.

.....you need to change your will after every big dulcimer festival.

-----there's more than one broken thing in your house being held together by old dulcimer strings.

.....you can spell "Schnaufer" but have no clue as to how your great aunt's name is spelled.

That's how I would figure it! Wonderful!!

Dusty Turtle said:

. . . when you describe your tax refund as "a baritone with a galax back and maybe even ebony overlay."

There really is no end to this, is there?

May I suggest that it's to time to stop printing this nonsense!!! Some of these 'little messages' are getting to feel as if they are aimed straight at me "when you can't remember how old your kids (read grandkids) are but you know..."

JohnH

Excellent !!!!!!

I may have to have a T shirt made with "Born to DAA...." on it

Youmight be. . .when you name your kids "Old Joe" and "Cabbage."

You might be . . . when you insist that the church choir only sing in the key of D.

Youmight be . .. when renovating your home means just getting a new noter.

Youmight be . . . when you can't remember how old your kids are but you know you got that Keith Young teardrop on July 13, 1984.

Youmight be . . . when your clothes just lie in a heap on the floor but you have a spalted cherry cabinet with humidity control to store your dulcimers.

Youmight be . . . when you describe your tax refund as "a baritone with a galax back and maybe even ebony overlay."

There really is no end to this, is there?

Please pass it on.

I feel so...um...guilty lol.

I going to try, I getting ready to start a new build on a Tenseness Music Box. Bowed Dulcimer are down the road yet for me. one day when your not looking I'll pass you by in numbers

I'm on hold with mountain dulcimers for now. (Got another bowed dulcimer on order.) Feel free to catch-up to me!

phil said:

uh,, oh .... Ok you win you have more than me....... for now

uh,, oh .... Ok you win you have more than me....... for now

Uh, Phil, I'd have to count 'em to give you an exact number.

phil said:

Sounds like you need more Dulcimer Robin. ya just can't have one.

Sounds like you need more Dulcimer Robin. ya just can't have one.

Yikes, I don't! Maybe my diatonics got broken!

Dan Goad said:

I didn't know that you had a chromatic dulci, Robin.

Yikes It's became a runaway thread.

I didn't know that you had a chromatic dulci, Robin.

Nope. Hb.

Dan Goad said:

Oh, ya found G# did ya, Robin?

Oh, ya found G# did ya, Robin?

Well, I know the alphabet further than G. Guess that disqualifies me.

Your idea of adopting an orphan is someone's unwanted dulcimer.

If your "Mac" is a McSpadden rather than an Apple product.

Hey Phil, those are great.

Your Bumpah stickah says, "I brake for Dulcimer Jams".

Your tattoo of your Dadd is a three-string dulcimer on your forearm.

Great, Phil. Describes me to a T.

sorry had to do it, I was looking for some new jokes and found this.

You might be a dulcimer redneck if . . .

.....you have a tattoo that says, "Born to play DAA".

.....you decorate your dulcimer at Christmas time.

.....your idea of the ideal honeymoon is going to a dulcimer festival.

.....your dulcimer rides in the front of the truck and your wife rides in the back of the truck.

.....your wife owns a camouflage dulcimer case.

.....your garbage man is confused about which dulcimers go and which dulcimers stay.

.....you have no idea how many dulcimers you have.

.....your idea of "girls night out" is going to a Schnaufer/Siefert workshop with your friends.

.....there is a dulcimer hanging in the outhouse.

.....you go selling all your harps and buy dulcimers instead.

......your dog can sing "Old Joe Clark" recognizably.

......you sleep with more than one dulcimer.

......you insist on playing your dulcimer during a eulogy.

......your dulcimer costs more than your truck.

......there are tobacco stains down the sides of your dulcimer.

......you change your strings more often than your t-shirt.

......your truck horn plays the A part of "Mississippi Sawyer."

......you have Mason jars filled with dulcimer picks.

......your neighbor complains about the weeds in your yard growing up around stringless old dulcimers sitting on concrete blocks.

......your capo is made from a recycled Bud Lite can.

......you think safe sex is when the participants play a courting dulcimer.

......your front porch collapses under the weight of so many dulcimer players gathered for the weekly Friday night jam.

......your front porch is held up by old dulcimer cases.

......you skip your mother's funeral because it's the same time as Kentucky Music Week.

......you have a dulcimer rack in the back window of your truck.

......Mail Pouch is painted on the back side of your dulcimer.

......you spent your child support on a new McSpadden.

......you lost your favorite dulcimer in a poker game.

......Junior's first word is "DAdd."

......you don't know the alphabet past G.

......your family portrait is of all the dulcimers you own.

......when Junior counts to ten, 6 1/2 comes before 7.

......you don't make it to work because your dulcimer has a broken string.

......you carry your picks in an empty "Skoal" tin.

......Junior asks you to play with him and you reply, "What key?"

DT;

The new one I received in the mail yesterday is the only snark I've had any experience with. I have a feeling that the 'accuracy' claim is pure advertising. My Korg CA-1 seems just as good. The key feature for me though WAS the new display. I can see it while it's clipped on to the headstock of my dulcimer without using my glasses. I do question the durability of the snark. The Korg is very robust (except for cement floors). I won't use the swivel on it much, I think it would wear quickly. The clamp does seem adequate.

I had trouble on occasion with background noise (tv etc.) registering on the Korg. The snark 'reading' vibes through the head stock may be a real advantage. Still new, I'll have a more objective opinion once I've used it a while.