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Patricia Delich
@patricia-delich
10/22/15 02:20:52PM
154 posts

A new podcast about the mountain dulcimer


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Thanks for listening Lexie! I couldn't do this podcast by myself ... my husband Wayne Jiang and I partner together to produce it. 

If you're willing, we'd love it if you write a review on our iTunes page. Just go to the iTunes app and search for Hearts of the Dulcimer in the iTunes Store. You'll find us in the podcast section. If you have any questions, just let me know. 

Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme
10/22/15 02:19:55PM
2,157 posts

Recognize this Dulcimer Model or Maker?


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

Machine heads?  Those look like violin tuning pegs set from the top rather than the back...   Can't remember seeing that configuration of head and tuners for a six-string before.   It's certainly an Elliptical shape but doesn't appeer to be as deep as most Galax style dulcimers (3" or more).  As Rob says, -- can't tell much from one photo. 

Sheryl St. Clare
@sheryl-st-clare
10/22/15 01:28:43PM
259 posts

Recognize this Dulcimer Model or Maker?


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

It looks like 6 strings, maybe, because there are 6 machine heads. It looks like Galax to me, and there is a noter under the strings at the top. Also no 6+ fret. It's at an estate sale this weekend, so I don't know what they are asking, but it does sure look interesting. The people are moving to the beach, taking very little, and apparently not in love with the dulcimer, or never learned to play it...

Susie
@susie
10/22/15 01:22:21PM
516 posts

$10 Dulcimer Stand Conversion Project


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

I had a $10 guitar stand that I thought would make a great project to convert to a nice dulcimer stand. I have sewing skills and my husband has a welding torch. So, here's what we did. The bottom support (normally for the lower bout of a guitar) was converted by adding a "sling" (this is where my sewing skills came into play) to support the bottom of the dulcimer. I also sewed a hole for the strap button to rest through. This also serves the purpose of not letting the dulcimer slide off the sling. I also put some one wrap velcro on the bottom support to keep it stable from rotating (which is how they are made for guitars). Then, the top support (normally for the neck of the guitar) was converted by using the welding torch to reshape it to accomodate the wider area needed for the dulcimer. The steel is "hardened", so we couldn't just bend it by hand. Wa-la......a dulcimer stand is born. I'm really happy with how it turned out. And it is still adjustable to accomodate the height of all my dulcimers. Here are some pictures. 


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updated by @susie: 07/31/23 09:16:40PM
Rob N Lackey
@rob-n-lackey
10/22/15 01:17:44PM
420 posts

Recognize this Dulcimer Model or Maker?


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

How many strings does that thing have?  I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like that.  Without looking at it and playing it, I'd be hard pressed to give a figure on what I'd give for it.  Sure does look interesting though.

 

Lexie R Oakley
@lexie-r-oakley
10/22/15 12:56:45PM
229 posts

A new podcast about the mountain dulcimer


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Patricia, I truly enjoy your pod-casts, how you introduce people and their creative ways of enjoying our magical dulcimer and the variety of music it brings us.

Thank you for your strong support of the mountain dulcimer.

Sheryl St. Clare
@sheryl-st-clare
10/22/15 10:03:09AM
259 posts

Recognize this Dulcimer Model or Maker?


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

Does anyone recognize this dulcimer, and if so, what’s a fair asking price? 


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updated by @sheryl-st-clare: 06/08/16 09:24:05PM
Patricia Delich
@patricia-delich
10/22/15 02:54:04AM
154 posts

A new podcast about the mountain dulcimer


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Hearts Of The Dulcimer Podcast - Episode 6


Rick Scott - Canada’s premier dulcimer player


  http://bit.ly/hotdpodcast

We had fun talking with Rick, who is a dulcimer player, storyteller, actor, and singer songwriter. Rick has been playing the dulcimer for more than four decades and has received several awards and honors for his work with children’s music. This episode has lots of great music as well as entertaining stories about being a dulcimer player.

If you listened to our episode about Joni Mitchell, you heard Rick tell his story about getting picked up by Joni while hitchhiking in Canada in the 1970s.

Listen to the Hearts of the Dulcimer Podcast on your favorite podcast app, in iTunes, or on our website. And be sure to check out the episode resource page on  http://dulcimuse.com/podcast/resource/006.html  for lots more!

 

 


updated by @patricia-delich: 12/15/15 02:50:11PM
Kat Vallish
@kat-vallish
10/21/15 11:11:03AM
1 posts



I have a retail store where I ship items daily.  In the past 6 months, UPS and the USPS have become brutal in their treatment of packages.  It took me a while and a lot of broken glass, to figure out what the problem is. No matter what kind of stickers or fragile messages you put on the outside of the box, a lot of weight is often piled on top of the box.  Your box needs to be able to withstand hundreds of pounds of weight in order to arrive safely.  Hard dulcimer cases, would be of great help.  Lots of vertical cardboard would help in preventing the dulcimer from being crushed. 

I double and sometimes triple box items that I send. 

 

john p
@john-p
10/18/15 04:33:19PM
173 posts

need help with a song tab, Home on the Range


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Hi James,

Here's some sheet music for C Major, so no sharps or flats. This should make it easy to work out for yourself (the first note is on the open string).


updated by @john-p: 10/18/15 04:34:47PM
robert schuler
@robert-schuler
10/18/15 01:46:32PM
257 posts

need help with a song tab, Home on the Range


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

I play it both Daa and Ddd. Sounds great both ways... Robert

Strumelia
@strumelia
10/18/15 12:56:17PM
2,404 posts

odd frets


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Beating the straws, beaters, fiddlesticks,  ....it's an old fiddle percussion technique.  No need to associate it with anything negative, any more so than beating a drum.  Here's a great thread on fotmd about it:

http://fotmd.com/forums/forum/general-mountain-dulcimer-or-music-discussions/4572/fiddlesticks


updated by @strumelia: 10/18/15 12:58:26PM
John Keane
@john-keane
10/18/15 10:50:21AM
181 posts

Oddities hanging on your walls


OFF TOPIC discussions

Dusty...you ain't right lol!  Robin, rumor has it that you just may be correct.  winky   Jan, that sound like about the coolest trip ever!

 

James Phillips
@james-phillips
10/18/15 08:23:40AM
87 posts

need help with a song tab, Home on the Range


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

I saw, maybe I should have clarified Ionian tuning, so I will print out one of these tabs and add 3 save for the jump to the middle string parts.  

Jan Potts
@jan-potts
10/18/15 03:33:41AM
402 posts

Oddities hanging on your walls


OFF TOPIC discussions

John Keane, that dredges up quite a few memories from almost 50 years ago: 30+ teenagers on a 3-week bus trip through 2 countries, stopping at a World's Fair, 2 capitals, seeing the ocean, getting lost on the NYC subway, visiting the major cities of the northeast coast and every historic site we could cram in--with multiple verses to this tune added every day, including verses about every person on the bus.  I remember my verse was about me and a particular boy on the trip with whom I had fallen madly in love...I married him 5 years later!

Dusty Turtle
@dusty
10/17/15 10:12:15PM
1,848 posts

need help with a song tab, Home on the Range


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

 James, as you can see, Frank linked to two versions of the song, both in DAd.  The melody goes down (in fact starts on) the middle A string.  So if you want to play melody drone, you will need to tune DAA and adjust the tab accordingly.

James Phillips
@james-phillips
10/17/15 09:00:41PM
87 posts

need help with a song tab, Home on the Range


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

I have a song request for a tab that I don't have in a book, or have scene on ED, Home on the Range.  If someone has a melody line tab that they could send me, I would greatly appreciate it.  

Dusty Turtle
@dusty
10/17/15 08:31:41PM
1,848 posts

Oddities hanging on your walls


OFF TOPIC discussions

Hey, Hey! Mr. Keane ain't monkeyin' around!

Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson
10/17/15 07:49:19PM
1,551 posts

Oddities hanging on your walls


OFF TOPIC discussions

John, I'm thinking our own Ken Bloom did studio work on Monkees' music back in the day. . . 

John Keane
@john-keane
10/17/15 06:24:44PM
181 posts

Oddities hanging on your walls


OFF TOPIC discussions

It was just there (and cheap).  I held my enthusiasm in check until we paid and left lol.  Laugh

Charles Thomas
@charles-thomas
10/17/15 05:06:44PM
77 posts

Oddities hanging on your walls


OFF TOPIC discussions

John, that brings back some memories!

Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme
10/17/15 03:42:37PM
2,157 posts

odd frets


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Hand me that hickory wife beater, Rob,  I think it'll make MacLaren's March sound just right!nerd

 

Rob N Lackey
@rob-n-lackey
10/17/15 01:32:47PM
420 posts

odd frets


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Ken, for some reason I figured you'd get the reference.  devil   I still think beater is the best name for it, although I have heard it called a hammer.

 

Sheryl St. Clare
@sheryl-st-clare
10/17/15 01:18:09PM
259 posts

odd frets


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Seems to work well on Old Joe Clark. I vote for Sticks for the name.

Wout Blommers
@wout-blommers
10/17/15 09:10:11AM
96 posts

odd frets


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Being a non native speaker has some advantage, so is being naive giggle2

Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme
10/17/15 08:59:15AM
2,157 posts

odd frets


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Oh I got the reference!   I've always called them Strikers or Hammers.  I've used the technique for years, but IMHO there aren't many songs where the technique is appropriate -- Little Drummer Boy, and some of the Irish march tunes of the 1916 rebellion come to mind...

shawn wright
@shawn-wright
10/17/15 08:43:24AM
7 posts

odd frets


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

That was really interesting.  I'm too old to have much hope of reaching that level but maybe my kids could approach it with a lot of practice. 

In this day and age when people are easily offended knockers, nono .  Stick would be about as bland and non-offensive as you could get and somebody would still probably be offended.

 

Rob N Lackey
@rob-n-lackey
10/17/15 08:27:40AM
420 posts

odd frets


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Oh my!  I can hear me doing a workshop on this technique and saying, "Ok, now, knockers up."

Anyone get the reference  grin      Think 60s.

John Keane
@john-keane
10/17/15 07:37:43AM
181 posts

Oddities hanging on your walls


OFF TOPIC discussions

One of my wall hanging oddities (flea market find). 

Wout Blommers
@wout-blommers
10/17/15 03:14:30AM
96 posts

odd frets


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Sticks?

Chinese pick?

Ticker?

Mallet?

Hammer?

Rhythm Beater?

Snare drum or String durm?

Dulcimer bone?

I have a String drum bass hommel, which is played using a beater. Have to restring it, so no pictures yet. It plays a two or three tone very low drone. The thing which hit the strings is called a 'klopper' in Dutch, which should be translate as 'knocker'.


updated by @wout-blommers: 10/17/15 03:20:37AM
Charles Thomas
@charles-thomas
10/16/15 11:57:51PM
77 posts

odd frets


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

 That was inspirational! After hearing, seeing and reading I ran to our pantry, found some chopsticks and started practicing. I think we all should come up with a new name, beater sounds too violent for such a wonderful sound.

Strumelia
@strumelia
10/16/15 10:12:25PM
2,404 posts

Groups I am a member of- where to see


Site QUESTIONS ? How do I...?

 Shawn, try going to your profile page, and then hover over your name link at top right to view the drop-down menu, which should include "Groups I Belong To"- there you can see a list of the groups you are a member of.  If you don't get that menu item, try refreshing the page.  The Groups you are a member of does not show publicly on your profile.


updated by @strumelia: 09/02/18 11:59:13AM
shawn wright
@shawn-wright
10/16/15 08:01:11PM
7 posts

Groups I am a member of- where to see


Site QUESTIONS ? How do I...?

I had joined a couple of groups but none of them are showing up in my profile now.  Did I miss doing something I needed to do?


updated by @shawn-wright: 02/17/16 11:25:07AM
Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme
10/16/15 06:21:47PM
2,157 posts

And here's a callus and there's a callus..


General mountain dulcimer or music discussions

Any cyano-acrylate glue ("superglue") will work. "Superglue" was invented for surgeons who needs a fast acting adhesive to hold bits of internal organs, blood vessels and such together/closed while they applied teenie-tiny stitches.


updated by @ken-hulme: 10/16/15 06:24:14PM
Ken Hulme
@ken-hulme
10/16/15 06:19:24PM
2,157 posts



He's probably been busy on the Festival circuit.

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