Group Discussions

Why do you like to play Chromatic Mountain Dulcimer?

What made you try it? What makes you keep playing this kind of dulcimer? If you are just exploring the idea, what looks attractive and what...
@Steve Eulberg started 13 years ago - replies: 12

Gathering in Fairmont

Mountaineer Dulcimer Club MeetingWhen: Saturday, September 14, 2013, 10:00AM 3:00PMWhere: Central Methodist Church, Fairmont, WVDonation:...
@Rob N Lackey started 13 years ago - replies: 4

Modifing another builder's dulcimer

Has anyone ever modified another makers dulcimer so that it can be played? Here's my problem. I've got this small dulcimer that uses zither...
@folkfan started 13 years ago - replies: 9

Popsicle stick

Recently I have become somewhat serious about playing noter/drone style. Over the past year I have collected a few noters, received in the bags of...
@Terry Wilson started 13 years ago - replies: 27

Crossing The Bar

I want to play Crossing the Bar. The words come from Tennyson's famous poem. ..... not the choir version, but more like the arrangement...
@Marsha Elliott started 13 years ago - replies: 2

Questions about the Zoom H2N audio recorder

I acquired a Zoom H2N recorder a while back. I recorded my daughter playing piano at home and at her piano teacher's home. I downloaded the files...
@Patty from Virginia started 13 years ago - replies: 3

Overdubbing with Audacity

First, a disclaimer: I love Audacity. It does so much for free, you really can't beat it.Now, I've used a digital recorder for some time. I have a...
@Rob N Lackey started 13 years ago - replies: 9

Nathan Hicks and the Dulcimer He Sold to Maurice Matteson - Where is it now?

In 1933 Maurice Matteson and Mellinger Henry collected ballads on Beech Mountain in Watauga County, North Carolina. This was five years earlier...
@Banjimer started 13 years ago - replies: 2

How are members using computer tablets to store tabs for playing in jam sessions?

I've heard that you can use a tablet for storing your tabs rather than hauling 3 or 4 books of tabs everywhere you go to jam. I am considering...
@Kathy D. Jones started 13 years ago - replies: 11

Question re: bass string tuning

Hi Strumelia,I watched your video on tuning to the four main modes and I have a question. You said that you usually tune your bass string an octave...
@Sharon Hall started 13 years ago - replies: 2