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Stroke victims use music to help them regain speech
I loved this! SO inspiring: https://www.today.com/video/how-1-stroke-survivor-used-music-to-find-his-voice-1439877699802
@Strumelia started 6 years ago - replies: 1
Is Re-Fretting Possible Without Damage?
Looking down my dulcimers (my third one) fretboard I find a slight warp going downward not side to side. My measurement indicates a rough depth...
@Paparazzi started 6 years ago - replies: 16
Trip to the lumber yard
Headed down to the local sawmill, Lumber Logs LLC, a small sawmill in St Louis that saws logs harvested from trees that are removed from local...
@WildMeadow started 6 years ago - replies: 6
Dulcimer Build Workshops
I've searched around on the web a bit and can't find many (if any) dulcimer building workshops. I've found a lot of kits and they seem fairly...
@Tanstaafl started 6 years ago - replies: 5
Questions about buying a dulcimer.
Hi, I am a beginner and looking at buying a dulcimer and had a few questions. 1. What is the difference between a Elliptical Mountain Dulcimer and...
@GwenS started 6 years ago - replies: 19
A really good history resource
I just stumbled across this great historical resource of Mountain Dulcimers and music: https://dulcimerarchive.omeka.net/ I'm sure folks here...
@Bob started 6 years ago - replies: 3
Heavy metal dulcimer - War Pigs
Black Sabbath's 1970 classic, "War Pigs," on solo electric dulcimer. Chromatic, stereo electric dulcimer built by Rod Matheson tuned DAD,...
@Sam Edelston started 6 years ago - replies: 0
Things Were Going Okay.... Then This!!!
I glued on the bottom last night, which is a two piece bookmatched black walnut. It seemed flat enough when I glued it. Late this afternoon I...
@Jimmy Lamar started 6 years ago - replies: 18
Does using a capo change the key or not
Using a capo does NOT change the key on a MD, it changes the MODE and the Tuning. Why? Because, basically, a capo is nothing more than a movable...
@Skip started 6 years ago - replies: 31
Fingerpicking Melody within a Pattern
Greetings fellow fingerpickers, The following has troubled me for a long, long time! I so hope someone will be able to provide an answer that...
@Rachael started 6 years ago - replies: 4