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notsothoreau
@notsothoreau
07/26/18 09:08:15PM
46 posts

Hearts Of The Dulcimer Podcast In Its 4th Year


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

I still want to listen to the Podcast. BUT...I attended a one hour workshop by the Hearts of the Dulcimer folks last night. I haven't had a chance to play with anyone else so this was great. My husband was impressed by how all the dulcimers sounded. Thank you again for doing that workshop!

I did feel badly for the lady next to me. She'd spent $200 on a dulcimer shaped instrument, with an action so high that it was difficult to play. I just hope people will do a little research before they get that first instrument.

Eric Barker
@eric-barker
07/26/18 07:21:30PM
3 posts

Extra Frets for CGG tuning (DAA)


Instruments- discuss specific features, luthiers, instrument problems & questions

I have been thinking of a second dulcimer with extra frets at the 1 1/2 and 8 1/2. But I like to use the DAA tuning down a step for singing. I know that DAD players gain some tunes/songs with the extra frets but I am not sure if the 1 1/2 and 8 1/2 frets would be the correct extra frets for a DAA (CGG) tuning system. Any advice? Thank you!

Dusty Turtle
@dusty
07/26/18 12:01:29AM
1,857 posts

Will donate student dulcimer to needy beginner


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Very generous.  The dulcimer community is just wonderful, isn't it?

Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield
07/25/18 09:56:53PM
1,345 posts

Will donate student dulcimer to needy beginner


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Richard, that is very generous of her and you. I'm currently working on refurbishing a kit built dulcimer for a friend of mine to give to one of her students. She is always looking for instruments to get children from our area started on the mountain dulcimer. Someone will have a fun time getting started with the Apple Creek.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."

Richard Streib
@richard-streib
07/25/18 07:50:23PM
277 posts

Will donate student dulcimer to needy beginner


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions


The widow of my best friend has asked me to help dispose of her late husband's student dulcimer. It will be a gift to someone (child or adult) who wants to learn to play but who does not have and cannot afford a dulcimer to start out on. The dulcimer has been played very little and looks new. It comes with a padded soft case and I will cover shipping cost for a needy learner within the 48 continental states. It is an Apple Creek ACD100 tear drop shaped model with 24.25", VSL just right for a smaller handed person or one whose hand has limited mobility.

I would like to suggest that the recipient learn to play the dulcimer and when they no longer need this instrument that they would consider passing it on to another needy learner.

Thanks for reading this.

 


updated by @richard-streib: 10/27/19 12:02:25PM
YeahSureOK
@yeahsureok
07/25/18 08:20:52AM
11 posts



So I have been having trouble with my rhythm/strumming technique. I was going to post a question but first thought I'd search the forums.
Love this thread. It addressed my problems and then some. I know it's a 5 yr old thread now, but I wanna say thanks, anyway, to everyone who contributed here.
jeffrey charles foster
@jeffrey-charles-foster
07/25/18 06:36:29AM
6 posts

Show Us Your Pets!


OFF TOPIC discussions

congrats on the new member of your family.

 

Norman Arrington
@norman-arrington
07/24/18 07:44:12PM
4 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

The selections picked speak well of the poster's taste and convictions.  Seems we need to find a folk hymn based on an irish air. I do love "Be Thou My Vision."

Glenda  Hubbard
@glenda-hubbard
07/24/18 05:13:46PM
18 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

[quote="Ken Hulme"]

Glenda -- that's a really different tune for Going Home.  Had never heard it, but I like it. 

The one I'm familiar with (and play) is based on The Largo from Dvorak's From The New World symphony,with words by William Arms Fisher in 1921.  The English boy choir Libera has an outstanding version on YouTube.  I don't have the high sweet tenor voice, but do a passable baritone version.  

  Yes that's one of my favorites too Ken. That's why I mentioned the movie Gods and Generals so it wouldn't be confused with the other song by the same name . I liked to do a medley of both songs you cant beat the beautiful version by the boys choir could listen to it all day. It was a hard choice and glad we don't have to be put in a situation where we would have to choose. 

hugssandi
@hugssandi
07/24/18 12:16:51PM
249 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

OH Susie...  I love "Wild Mountain Thyme" and would be delighted to hear you play it....

Diesel
@diesel
07/24/18 12:05:33PM
6 posts



As we all are eventually.

Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme
07/24/18 09:26:45AM
2,157 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Glenda -- that's a really different tune for Going Home.  Had never heard it, but I like it. 

The one I'm familiar with (and play) is based on The Largo from Dvorak's From The New World symphony,with words by William Arms Fisher in 1921.  The English boy choir Libera has an outstanding version on YouTube.  I don't have the high sweet tenor voice, but do a passable baritone version.  

Foggers
@foggers
07/24/18 07:47:51AM
62 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

What a great question. Specifically for dulcimer, I would have to say Pretty Saro. I play it on my little ginger scale McSpadden, in reverse Ionian G. Someday I should post a video!

Dusty Turtle
@dusty
07/23/18 11:38:07PM
1,857 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Right now I'm thinking the fiddle tune "Liberty."

I've heard old timey versions , superfast bluegrass versions , a classic Cajun version , and a beautiful, slow version on the autoharp by Bryan Bowers that has a hymn-like quality to it and ever so slowly picks up momentum.  So I'm thinking the song could suffice for any mood.  

There are no words to it, so I could spend my time on that proverbial desert island writing lyrics!

Susie
@susie
07/23/18 09:40:35PM
512 posts



I lead a non-creative life....mine are all referred to by the builder. wasntme


updated by @susie: 07/24/18 02:29:20PM
hugssandi
@hugssandi
07/23/18 08:22:45PM
249 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

The song I want to choose I cannot play yet!  "My Savior's Precious Blood".  Of the things I can play, which I understand is the actual question, I guess "O Master Let Me Walk With Thee".

hugssandi
@hugssandi
07/23/18 08:19:30PM
249 posts



I did not name my first dulcimer (pictured <<<), but I did name my Feather Dulcimer Teagan.  It means "little poet".  OH how I love that thing!  Teagan has a gender identity crisis though, because at first I thought boy, now I think girl, and that could change again....  surprised

David Bennett
@david-bennett
07/23/18 06:23:50PM
61 posts



I also just refer to my dulcimers by the maker/builder
Terry Wilson
@terry-wilson
07/23/18 03:45:22PM
297 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Another must song to learn: "Going home "
Glenda, your choice is a most beautiful song. The listener can just imagine being the soldier, on his way home, after fighting a bloody war. Wow. A tear jerker .

Lisa, thank you for posting this topic. I love the spirit of it all.
Glenda  Hubbard
@glenda-hubbard
07/23/18 03:20:28PM
18 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

 I have to say Going Home from the movie Gods and Generals a movie about the Civil War. I find myself playing this one over and over. I've never grown tired of listening or playing it.. I feel like it is the perfect Dulcimer Song. I just sat an the Russell Fork River is south West Va.and played it for almost 2 hours perfect place perfect song.!  

Terry Wilson
@terry-wilson
07/23/18 09:16:17AM
297 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Ken Hulme:

Ohhhh… that's TOUGH!!

After much consideration.....   Leonard Cohen's Suzanne a.k.a Suzanne Takes You Down


Ken,
This is indeed a beautiful song. I just listened to Leonard Cohen and Neil Diamond. Wow. You picked a beauty.

In the past you have shared your lifestyle with us here on fotmd. I can understand you connecting with this song. Thank you. It's now at the top of my list of songs to learn.

Lisa, Ken's song is an excellent example of why you started this post. Imho. Nothing complicated, just select a song that you know will be there for you time eternal.
Diesel
@diesel
07/22/18 09:56:47PM
6 posts



Different strokes for different dulcimer folks.  I just think of my instruments as having a soul of sorts; released as they get played in and attuned to me.  Names personalize that feeling for me.  And just for the record, I name my tools also.  My screwdriver is named Lucille and I call my hammer Trigger; with apologies to B.B. King and Willie Nelson.

Terry Wilson
@terry-wilson
07/22/18 09:53:48PM
297 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Lisa, I am glad you like "my" song. I agree, it's a beautiful song. Irene, like you, I have lived on a river, the Flint, for many years. I love "my" river. I love it so much, that almost always, while motoring slowly up or down, early in the morning, I feel haunted by it's beauty. That's a good reason to love this wonderful song. Congratulations for your 54 years, Irine.  Fifty years for us.  Dusty, it feels good to know there are other men, and women, who don't mind admitting, that they too get emotional with certain songs. I'm glad you pulled yourself together and we're able to play this song. I love playing it on dulcimer, but I do believe the guitar is the right instrument for this song.


updated by @terry-wilson: 07/23/18 09:04:07AM
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield
07/22/18 09:24:19PM
1,345 posts



I don't name any of my instruments. Most of them are just called by the name of the builder; e.g., the Folkcraft, the Blue Lion, the Thomas, the Prichard, Number 1 (the first one I built), etc. The same goes for my banjos and guitars. They are tools to help me make music. I don't name my screw drivers, wrenches, pliers, chisels, or other tools either. It doesn't mean that I do not care for or cherish them.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."

IRENE
@irene
07/22/18 08:42:39PM
168 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

The comments here in....about RIVER by Bill Staines had me looking it up on youtube.  No wonder it's a favorite.  I've never heard it and I too can love that song.  I live on the grand Mississippi....seeing the sunsets daily...sunshine and rain and big thunder clouds....remembering my past with all the kids and now just my husband and I ....looking and singing and playing our instruments together at ages 77....We'll sing our 54th anniversary in our round yurt this July 30th and be grateful for all our years together and then some. Thank you friends for posting your favorites for us to learn from them too.  aloha, irene

Dusty Turtle
@dusty
07/22/18 05:21:27PM
1,857 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Terry, I once played guitar backup to a woman singing "River" at a small community arts festival.  I was given a lyrics sheet with chords to play, but when we rehearsed I broke out in tears as I followed the lyrics.  I had to just learn the song and play without looking at the lyrics so that I could smile at the audience instead of balling like a baby.sniffcry

You are not alone.

Diesel
@diesel
07/22/18 04:49:06PM
6 posts



I have always named my instruments for the simple reason that, as space in the house is limited and accidents will happen, they live in their cases in thee olde musick closet unless I take them out for a stroll.  All black cases.  All black, identical cases...  So I write their names on paper luggage tags and attach them to the handles of their respective cases.  Makes it a lot easier to find the one I am looking for.  As for names, the last in was the circa 1890-1910 home-made baby I posted about a week or so back.  When it arrived I took a long look at it and thought 'Ohio' for provenance, but no good name came to me - though I considered 'Buckeye'.  But then we were watching an old Andy Griffith rerun Friday night in which Andy had a scene with the old codger named in this episode Jubal, Jud in others, and I thought "thats it!"  I looked up Jubal on the internet and found that he was a descendant of Cain and is credited as being the "father of all who play the harp and flute".  As I am also learning to play the fife, I knew I hit this one on the head.  Serendipity strikes!

Strumelia
@strumelia
07/22/18 04:44:18PM
2,416 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

"River" by Bill Staines is truly a beautiful and emotional song Terry.  It's very easy to understand it producing tears.

Terry Wilson
@terry-wilson
07/22/18 04:11:24PM
297 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

About 3 months after I began my journey with the dulcimer, I drove 100 miles to my first of only two D Jams. The group of around a dozen played "River (take me along), instrumental. I'd never heard of it. I thought it was the prettiest song I had ever heard. And then when I discovered the words, I was blown away again. I've been working on this song now for 6 years. My wife told me a couple of years ago, that I am ready to play the song out.  However, I love the song so deeply, I just don't want to blow it for someone else hearing it for the first time. "River", is a metaphor for the life we have each lived, and tomorrow on. If I told you how many times tears have flowed while practicing this song, one would say; "You need to get a hold of yourself, boy, or get institutionalized." One day, just maybe.


updated by @terry-wilson: 07/22/18 04:15:36PM
Dusty Turtle
@dusty
07/22/18 03:22:00PM
1,857 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

How many times can I answer this question?  If it's only once, I would have to find a tune that sounds as good fast as it does slow.  Something with words but whose melody is meaningful without the words.

I'm gonna have to percolate on this one for a spell.

Strumelia
@strumelia
07/22/18 03:17:29PM
2,416 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Yeah this is a very tough question Terry!  krazyhair

I almost picked Shady Grove. But then I had to choose a song I learned many years ago from the great Aubrey Atwater...

Wedding Dress, also sometimes called My Little Doney Gal.  I learned it at a workshop Aubrey gave, on dulcimer... but I think I actually play & sing it better on the banjo.
Anyway, I think that's the one I'd pick.  grin

IRENE
@irene
07/21/18 11:01:39PM
168 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

If you could hie to Kolob (I'll post the words to this some other time)...but any one song would become boring after too many times a playing it....We all have many.  I've loved the answers....who will watch the home place....amazing grace...Music is in all our souls else we'd not be doing it daily and posting and reading here in.  Thank you all for your posts.  aloha, irene

Terry Wilson
@terry-wilson
07/21/18 10:24:52PM
297 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Easy one for me:

"River, Take Me Along." Bill Staines.
Dan
@dan
07/21/18 09:03:20PM
207 posts

Choose just ONE song for all eternity...


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Richard Streib:

Mine would be Amazing Grace.  I can never get over how amazing God's grace is.

Ditto!!!

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