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Rob- this is Joe Hamilton here. I just sent you a friend request. I thought we were connected already but then again, when it comes to computer stuff, I'm far from the sharpest tool in the shed. If memory serves me, Will Ackerman did a cover of this song. Anyway, I'd sure like the tab as well. Thanks. BTW-you were lookin/soundin good at Hindman. Sure was nice of Jim to capture and share all that he did.

"Drive the Cold Winter Away," in the music I found for it, is in D minor. It works out really well in DAc tuning. In fact, I have it tabbed out now.

Send a friend request if you'd like a copy.

Rob

Click to the Members section, then use the search box to search for terms like "Nevada", "Las Vegas", maybe even also NV or LV. There are 2 other members that popped up right aways in Las Vegas when I did that search.

Hi folks ! . Was a time without appearing here. I broke my right hand and was a time without touching communities and away from my music. But now I'm fine. Hear the 1st time blues on Mountain dulcimer with our friend Dusty Turtle. I would love to play the blues instrumental Mountain Dulcimer at my shows . Please, someone has to send some tabs? Thank you.

Thanks Rob for posting these video links. I've enjoyed every one of them. I hope to make it to Hindman next year

Maddie MacNeil, This is the last of the videos Jim took of the Homecoming Concerts.

Next year we'll get everyone, complete!

If you can make it, you won't regret coming to Hindman next year. Thanks, Mike, Brett, et al. It was a blast

Thank you for all these, Rob!

Don Pedi, Don PEDI, DON PEDI! I know some of y'all have been waiting patiently for the Don Pedi portion of the concerts at Hindman, so here they are:

Enjoy! Maddie & Cari to come later!

Thanks everyone for your kind comments. Be sure to give Jim kudos for the videography. Here's a few from "Gentle Anne" Anne MacFie, "The Spandex Folkie."

Rob, I've watched a few of the videos. You did great!!! You all did great!!! Maybe I can attend next year. I would love to be able to do that. Thanks for sharing

This is wonderful! I can't wait to check these out after work today. :) Thank you!

NEW LINKS: here are most of the Friday night jam session with Ron Pen, Don Pedi, Cari Norris and me. We had a blast, as I hope will be evident from watching.

It was a fun thing to do. Videoing what I could, and did. The icing on the cake, it was the first Hindman Dulcimer Homecoming.

Thanks, Rob! Brings back happy memories of that time.

Good job on the video Jim, I almost feel like I was there. Or, feel like I was almost there.

Thanks, Ken. I had a fantastic time there, too. I recommend it for everyone who has any inclination to go to a dulcimer festival and can make it to Hindman. There will links to the Friday night jam session after the concert soon.

These videos are great. Jim did a good job of recording the action on video and in still photos. Rob is too shy to mention it, but Maddie MacNeil opened for him at the Friday night concert. Rob did himself and all of his FOTMD friends proud with a wonderful performance. I trust all of you will enjoy the videos.

I had a great time although I only managed to get to one workshop. I hope to return next year.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."

It was my pleasure to have participated in the Hindman Dulcimer Homecoming Nov 6-8, 2014. I was in the company of dulcimer greatness, that's for sure. Ralph Lee Smith and Maddie McNeil were there as well as Don Pedi, Anne MacFie and Cari Norris. The historic Hindman Settlement School was the perfect setting for this event. Teaching, playing, visiting, hanging out in the Dulcimer Shop in Hindman made for a great weekend for me. Plan to come next year; preparations are already in the works for an even better time.

Jim Fawcett kindly recorded a lot of performances and shared them with me. Here's links to some of the stage goings on. There will be more to come.

Hope y'all enjoy these. Check back for more.

Here's where you can watch the show tonight, or just go to butchross.com and see it there.

livestream video link

So, let me tell you about this crazy thing I'm doing tonight...

At 7:30pm eastern standard time, I'll be performing as part of the "Southside Casual Classics" concert series. I'll be joined by some good friends playing Classical guitar, flute and singing PLUS a string trio.
I'll be doing some of my own stuff, (like I'm not going to play Eleanor Rigby when I have a freakin' STRING SECTION!!!) but mostly the show will be me performing classical tunes on the mountain dulcimer. Why? because it can be done.

I'm telling you all this because you DON'T have to live in Chattanooga to see this show, I'll be streaming it live on the interwebs. I don't have the upload link just yet, but I will. Just go to butchross.com and the link will be posted there.

In the meantime here's a little sample of what'll be happening tonight...

James, I'm not positive, but if you're using the version on E.D. I think it's 2x then 4x.

I decided to stretch my repertoire a bit, and decided to work on Gray Cat, a song I remember that the dulcimer group I used to go to did. My questions are: the A part repeats 2x, and the B part 2x?, and how many times? Thanks in advance,

Well, I don't have any instruments with 1 1/2 frets and don't plan on getting any. I think it's at best a compromise between a diatonic and chromatic. It also gets in my way. Perhaps I'd get used to it if I had one for some time, but I don't think that's in the cards for me right now. I understand why people get them and its use, but, to ME (stressing the me because other opinions are valid here,) I don't want one. I'm playing instruments without 6 1/2 frets more and more lately and playing in more tunings than usual. Just my 2 centavos

Why not put on a temporary 1-1/2 fret and see how you like it? Get a paper clip and some tape and put it on, then play around with it. As others have said, there are some extra chords you can get with that fret, like a C chord (in DAD) down near the nut. But I like that extra fret most for playing blues. You get the lowered third and the lowered seventh right there, making the blues easy on the dulcimer.

I like the 1 1/2 fret on my baritone. I like using the baritone to harmonize with the standard. This allows me to use a 1-5-8 tuning and still be able to play in the same key as the standard, i.e. Standard: c-g-c and baritone: g-d-g.

Michael, when are you leaving to go to McSpadden? I'm getting a baritone with the 11/2 and 81/2, possibly tomorrow. After I get my hands on one, I'll let you know if I find it troublesome. At this point I want it and was thrilled to find this baritone was made that way. I do think it will be handy for the minor modes. However, to keep things simple, I've been using a capo a lot on the stick and loving all the different keys I can get. Besides, don't you think you're going to need another trip next year to each get one with the 11/2? If one is good, two is better, right? . Anyway, can't wait to see what you two come home with.

You're welcome, Michael. I'd love to be able to have a 1 1/2 fret at this stage in my playing, but I would need a smaller fret scale instrument.

Linda

www.cabinhillmusic.com

One thing to consider about whether to add a 1 1/2 fret is where your fingers land when you play the 1-2-4 A chord. If, like me, your index finger lands in the middle of the 2nd fret space (just where the 1 1/2 fret would be), adding the 1 1/2 fret could be problematic. Janita Baker of Blue Lion pointed that out to me.

LInda

cabinhillmusic.com

About $25 - $50-60.

I've got them on all but one. But then again all but one are chromatic.

You can 'bend' a note to get the + fret sound, bend the 4, get 4+, etc. It's just hard to bend close to the nut, at least it is for me. Of course it's really hard to bend a note in N/D style of play.

I continue to hear about 1 and 1/2 frets on dulcimers. My older dulcimers do not have this feature, though both have the 6.5 fret. Just wondering if this is a coveted feature on a new dulcimer. Since I am likely going to purchase a McSpadden, is this an available feature? Thanks in advance for the information.

In addition to the 3, 4, and 7 frets, you can find harmonics above the octave, such as at the 11th fret.

If you want to understand the physics, check out this Wikipedia article .

In addition to those natural harmoncis, you can also create what I think are called artificial harmonics where you fret the string, thereby changing its vibrating string length and therefore the frets where you can find harmonics. I think Nina Zanetti explains that process either in a video or maybe just a post somewhere here on FOTMD. For example, if you fret a string at the second fret, you can find a harmonic on the 5th.

David, thanks for sharing this dulcimentary about Archie Lee. It was interesting.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."

My latest dulcimentary is about Archie Lee:

http://athensdulcimerclub.wordpress.com/dulcimentaries/archie-lee/