Group Discussions

Getting the first dulcimer

As a sr. adult I have always found when purchasing instruments that quality was a big part of wanting to practice and play the instrument.  Four...
@PapaSims started 8 years ago - replies: 18

Short leather strap on dulcimer

Is this used to hang your dulcimer on the wall?
@Don Grundy started 8 years ago - replies: 5

Singing with my dulcimer...

I have always been one to play and sing, because why would you play and not sing?  LOL!  I used to have this throaty, theater voice, but I did not...
@hugssandi started 8 years ago - replies: 3

Clothes & gear when playing for historical settings

Thought I'd post this here to chatter about what we bring/use/wear when we go to gigs or gatherings in Civil War reenactment type settings.  It's...
@Strumelia started 8 years ago - replies: 19

Satisfied - public domain hymn played in noter & drone style

https://soundcloud.com/robin-thompson-5/satisfied-hymn-in-public-domain   http://hymnary.org/text/all_my_life_i_had_a_longing   My dear...
@Robin Thompson started 8 years ago - replies: 8

Clinch Mountain Backstep - Copyrighted?

Is this a copyrighted tune?  I've seen it was written by Ralph Stanley, so I suspect it is.  I wanted to play it at a fiddlers' convention but they...
@Gail Webber started 8 years ago - replies: 10

KC, Missouri to Denver

Strings okay?
@Don Grundy started 8 years ago - replies: 4

Build #9

My first voyage away from the more traditional style, maple/walnut, 6 string, turquoise inlace with a turquoise stone from a ring I bought in...
@Kusani started 8 years ago - replies: 6

First Try at Tabedit

I purchased TablEdit and worked through a 16-bar song.  I chose Burn's Log Camp from the book "Songs of the Sailor and Lumberman" by William...
@jcurtis55 started 8 years ago - replies: 5

Dulcimer Carry Case

I had just completed the box that July's Dulcimer will travel about in. I totally got lost in this fun project. The Folk Art bird on the box mimics...
@Bob started 8 years ago - replies: 6