Group Discussions

Kusani

Advice please, re no 6 1/2 fret


When you are learning to play, 'noter/droner' style, how do you compensate for not having a  6 1/2 fret?  One can't just drop the noter to pick up...
@Kusani started 10 years ago - replies: 11
Ken Longfield

Wood Choice - Food For Thought


I came across this experiment for classical guitars and found it interesting. http://www.leonardo-guitar-research.com  Have fun with it. Ken...
@Ken Longfield started 10 years ago - replies: 13
John Keane

Monkee-ing Around!


It's about the fun and trying new stuff! 
@John Keane started 10 years ago - replies: 4
Dan

Tuning question


On the page 36 of The Dulcimer Book she has the tuning 1-5-3? Any direction on this is greatly appreciated.   DAN
@Dan started 10 years ago - replies: 2
Randy Adams

A Bump in the Road


When I started playing the noter way I had trouble getting over the frets I didn't want to play on my way to the fret I did want to play...w/o the...
@Randy Adams started 10 years ago - replies: 2
Caleb Dan Bennett

My latest dulcimer


My newest dulcimer just finished today.  Mahagony back and sides, poplar top, maple headblock and peghead, poplar and mahagony frettboard.  VSL is...
@Caleb Dan Bennett started 10 years ago - replies: 2
Robin Clark

McSpadden 6 string Baritone


I've just received today a 6 string baritone from Jim Woods at McSpadden that a customer of mine has ordered.  I've not played one of these...
@Robin Clark started 10 years ago - replies: 10
Sam Edelston

Desperado on a Dulcimer


I suspect there are a lot of Eagles fans here. The untimely passing of Eagles guitarist Glenn Frey inspired me to do a video of Desperado -- a...
@Sam Edelston started 10 years ago - replies: 5
Sam Edelston

Good Girls Don't. (But I do. On a dulcimer.)


This song popped into my head a couple of weeks ago, and it seemed like something that might work on dulcimer. Sure enough ... The Knack's classic...
@Sam Edelston started 10 years ago - replies: 0
Dan

Aha!


The subdominant is the same distance below the tonic as the dominant is above the tonic! That is why diatonic reversed tuning works. (An aha!...
@Dan started 10 years ago - replies: 2
 
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