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I use Mobilesheets o my Android table  for storing all of my music, but it is a pain when I get a .pdf file that contains a bunch of songs. Join the Jam II has about 200 songs but came to me as one file. What are the easiest ways to store these things nd be able to search them? Seems like one time I found a way to have a bunch of bookmarks automatically generated, but I can't remember how? Does anyone have any ideas?

Hi, Tom!  

I've only seen one of JR's instruments and it was at a luthier's shop in need of a repair of some kind.  As I recall, it was a heavy, sturdy instrument (as opposed to being a light build).  I didn't play it so have no idea about how it played or sounded.  

Hope you are well!  Warmest wishes,

Robin

The problem is this: my new strummer dulcimer is too small to mount a lyre on it to hold my tab sheets. It is made with the body of a ukulele. THERE IS NO ROOM! I'm thinking I'll have to use a portable stand (that is height adjustable) now if I play it outside home in a group. I despise lugging MORE STUFF around. Has anyone seen, found, got, or have a picture of a neato-solution to this issue?

Does anyone have any experience with instruments from this builder?  Strengths or weaknesses?  I am looking at a standard dulcimer and not the banjo model.

Thanks in advance for any input.

The capo allows the guitar player to play in D with the same fingering that would be used if the music were played in C.  Another option would be for you to drop the pitch of your dulcimer down a whole note to match everyone else playing in C.  Have fun!

Do you know what else they love- an open case or gig bag! It's the Purrrfect size for my cats and my small dog even tried it ( just once, she thought it smelled too much of cats, and being a dog she does have some standards! )

Joe thank you so much for your encouraging post.   Yes your avatar image is fun and original!   It's amazing how delightful some people's images are- and so much wonderful variety!      Big hug to you...

Hi Strumelia, you have created a great new site. I love it. Glad you got rid of the "typewriter" photos for new members. Wish everyone would post something original, rather than the standard stock dulcimer photo you are using for most members. I sent my photo to some online guy and got him to draw a caracature of me holding my dulcimer and it came out fairly well. My kids say it is ugly, but at least it is original, LOL!!!!  Thanks again for a great site.

joebesse@aol.com

Has anyone used the tool explained on the website "Dulcimer Simplified" for barre chords and other chords on the mountain dulcimer? I would like to get feedbck on this item, so that I might use it to teach beginner dulcimer players in my club. Thanks for any help given on this.

joebesse@aol.com

Thanks guys.   I know that it's not always intuitive and breezy to figure out how things work here-  partly because we are sooo used to things working a certain way.  We're on a whole different platform now, that was pulled around this way and that to make it function as closely as possible to how we have been used to for six years-  but some things are just plain built differently and we have to learn new 'work patterns' to get around and do stuff that used to be familiar but now works differently.

It's kind of like remodeling a house-  the entrance door used to be on the side, but you put a window there instead and relocate the door at the back so people can drive around and bring in their groceries in more easily...people will keep automatically knocking at the side window while fumbling for their keys....for a good long while...  lol.

I appreciate your extreme patience... the good news is that the place is pretty good already and will only get better slowly and steadily!  And we are now SAFE, updated, and expanded.  In contrast, the old site was being badly neglected by the old provider, and we were completely dependent on that company to keep it running FOR us.  Now there is no uncaring corporation to be dependant on anymore.  

Having those two options of how to join a forum is excellent. If you've been following it regularly, you would only want to see the most recent posts. Otherwise, you can join in the beginning and catch up. Some of these changes will be second nature to us all once we get used to the nuances of our new home.

WOW, thank you Strumelia for your work at educating us on what happens by clicking on different areas.

This has really helped and I appreciate your time and effort! 

Ken, great idea!  I'll be sure to put this in my 300 page "Tips on Navigating FOTMD" outline I was planning to write this afternoon! 

This will be wondnerful Lisa. Thanks for taking on this project.

Ken

"The dulcmer sings a sweet song."

I learned something new too! Thanks Lisa!!!

BINGO!  Never even considered clicking on the number.... thought it was just a counter!   Need to put this in your "Tips on Navigating FOTMD" file

Great!  And I didn't even have to 'fix' anything!  

I should mention however, that there IS something I'm working on fixing that is related but different-   When we are 'following' a discussion and we get an emailed notification of a new post, if we click the link in the email, we are not taken to the new post as we should be...instead we are taken to the reply box at the bottom of the discussion's first page.  This is something I currently AM working to correct.  

Works like a charm!

You guys are totally crackin me up

I need a bigger red pen.

Ken...now you'll have me counting the hairs in my hairbrush....     

(that last picture looks like a football play....)

('AngryFishingGuy' would doubtless have lots to say about all this!)   

Sheryl, KenH, KenBacker...?    Does this help you all?

LOL, Lisa. We are all discovering new things with the new site. You are doing a great job keeping things running smoothly. I hope you still have all of you hair, wits, and patience. Thanks.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."

It all makes sense. (But that doesn't mean that I'm not scared by the way Strumelia wields that red pen -- like an English teacher on a warpath!)

Ah you mean hovering over their Avatar picture on the right?  True!  though it doesnt give the exact time.

However, on the fotmd Main Page, in the lower left module titled "Latest Forum Posts"... it DOES tell you the last poster and the exact time of their post.  Also when yuo are THERE, clicking on the thread title WILL bring you to the latest post in the thread. (possibly because there's no other choices to click on)

Sorry I know that's a bit odd that it's different there than the other place, but hey nothing's perfect right?  Maybe I can do a rehaul down the road a ways...  or next year... when i'm old...  gettin there fast...  lol!  

For me it does, Lisa, but I can't answer for the others. I noticed that if you put your cursor over the last posters' name, you will see when they posted the last response.

I realize that this may not be terribly obvious, but does this help solve the issue?

I discovered it simply by trying to 'click differently' when I wasn't getting the result I expected.

Also, note the last poster's name, when they posted it, and shows their avatar...

Wow, I learned something new. Thanks Lisa.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."

Hi Lisa;

From the Home Page, click on Forums.  Select a Forum with lots of posts.  Select a Discussion with more than (I think) 25 posts.  When the Discussion opens the oldest posts will be first and at the bottom of the page is a Page Selector.  When you select Page 2 you see the most recent post(s).

Same thing happens if you start at the Forums Master Page and you select Discussions or Newest Posts.  When a Discussion with more than about 24 or 25 entries opens, you are seeing the very first entry, not the most recent...

Thanks Sam. I appreciate that. 

Ok, I'd like to start taking a look at this issue, but i need to have an exact step-by-step description of how you get to this point where you arrive at the oldest posts of a forum discussion (which is what you don't want).  

Please be very specific about where you start from, and what you click on in the series of clicking that you are doing.  

Start from the beginning- where are you starting from?  Outline each click step for me please.

Hi Gladys,

Glad you took over the jam in Pineville. I played with y'all several times and missed the group. Still playing the 2nd Saturday of the month at Jean Lafitte National Park in Lafayette. Come pass a good time with us and please keep me up to date on your Pineville group. joebesse@aol.com

Hi Kristi,

Welcome to the FOTMD. I play with the Cajun Dulcimer Society in Lafayette and Lagniappe Dulcimer Society and Red Stick Strummers in Baton Rouge. Hope we can get together sometime. Club info listed on the EverythingDulcimer website. Come pass a good time with us, LOL!!!!

Oh, here is a link for my Ibanez,  http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PFT2NT

I must say, thank you for your clip. In a way, I feel responsible for you getting one, as I got 2 in the past winter, a vintage Harmony tenor guitar that was refurbished, and my Ibanez PFT2 - Natural, a mini dreadnought style, as opposed to the parlor size which you had gotten.  Both Ibanez' are super value for there money.  As I'd shared privately, and will say publicly, if Joni Mitchell played the Ibanez George Benson model electrics live in the late 70's and early 80's, then you know that Ibanez is a brand to be trusted.  I simply can not say enough good things about mine.

The one thing Cynthia and I discovered is that the best strings for these tenors believe it or not is the La Bella tenor guitar strings.  The strings D'Addorio makes supports GDAE tuning, but are way too heavy for the standard tenor tuning of C G D A.  I emailed the guy I bought the Harmony from to ask what strings he used, and he told me La Bella, so there you go.

What a nice deep tone your new guitar has Cynthia....Anither nice addition to your collection...ENJOY!!!!!

Whew Bob! that rascal is some kind of purrrrrty!

Cynthia, I very much appreciated your review of your new tenor guitar. Loved your playing and singing of Precious Lord. I'm pleased that you are so happy with this new addition to your collection.

I love that! Thanks for sharing!!!

This is my current "go to" instrument.  Mostly because it is sitting conveniently close to the sofa.  It is all walnut with a Sassafras top.

Ibanez Artwood parlor tenor guitar. 5ths tuning, but tuned down a step. I like this tenor guitar quite well and did a short bit of review and play of it.