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2nd Place Prize:  @hugssandi !

3rd Place Prize:  @dulcinina !

4th Place Prize:  @jan-potts !

5th Place Prize:  @lois-sprengnether-keel !

ooh the excitement is too much  . . .

And the winners are......(drum roll please)...

Patricia, I look forward to the new episode (have to finish some work before I can indulge!). 

People in the States don't know Rick Scott too well, but I met him a few years ago. A truly unique player with a vast store of cool kids tunes.  He shared one tune (I wish I could remember it) that was in a strange tuning. When I asked him about the tuning he explained that he had an old dulcimer with friction tuners that would often slip. But sometimes he kept playing rather than retuning and discovered some interesting tunings that way. What a character!

June 30, 2019 started the 5th year of the Hearts of the Dulcimer Podcast ! We hope you'll come listen to our many episodes.

Hearts of the Dulcimer Podcast - Episode 43
A Children's Music Special

https://dulcimuse.com/podcast

We’re focusing this episode on music for children on the mountain dulcimer. You’ll hear traditional and original songs, songs about whimsical instruments, animal adventures, and songs about people and places. With music from dulcimer players Heidi Muller, Bob Webb, Molly McCormack, Kevin Roth, Aubrey Atwater, Joellen Lapidus, Rick Scott, and John Elwood.

You can listen to all the  Hearts of the Dulcimer Podcast  episodes directly on our website:  https://dulcimuse.com/podcast   or in most podcast apps.

Every episode has its own resource page with photos, videos, and song lists. 

Here's the resource page for this episode:   https://dulcimuse.com/podcast/resource/043.html

Entries now CLOSED, winners announced this evening. 

Boon sure is a cute pup! 

--> TODAY is the last day you can enter this pickled dulcimer contest!!   

Entries will be closed at midnight tonight Wednesday the 31st!

Boon. A Havanese 

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@don-grundy Here's a photo of just the pick-- it is kind of heart-shaped after all.  :)

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@don-grundy It's more L-shaped with the L being fat.  Each person could adapt the basic shape for the size of their own hand.  I wanted to show the hold on the pick in the photo.  The shape is easy to keep a good yet very light hold, thereby keeping the shoulder & arm relaxed.  

--> TODAY is the last day you can enter this pickled dulcimer contest!! 

Entries will be closed at midnight tonight Wednesday the 31st!

I cut many of my picks from plastic lids/containers.  This shape offers a very comfortable loose hold and works nicely on even a fast tune. 

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Sally Ann plays scheitholt!  :)

Sally Ann

If you want info on homeopathic treatments for tick bites, let me know!

Time flies when you are having fun!  And fun is definitely here!

Happy 10th Birthday FOTMD

Silverstrings, I'm glad I could be of help.  I and everyone else on this forum was once at the same place you are at in learning the dulcimer.

Continue to ask questions when you feel the need.  Someone on this forum is ready and willing to help you discover the answers.  This forum is home to a great bunch of people.  They freely share what they have learned during their own journey with the mountain dulcimer.

Thanks for all the great insight and advice. I realized once I got to my Dulcimer Group, that my technique was the problem.  Greg Gunner, I think you nailed it. I am new at this so I am actually glad it was not my instrument. I even tried my bad technique on my Teacher’s standard McSpadden and realized I did the same thing! I appreciate all of you at FOTMD! Great site.

By all means, make use of our additional verse.  When I sing the song there is a horse named Pinto, a dog named Chili, A fish named Jelly, and a friend named Yuman.