Group Discussions

Homemade picks

In a recent discussion about picks, a number of people shared they made their own picks. If you do, could you share a photo of the pick, what the...
@tonileewj started 2 years ago - replies: 6

Your favorite noter

I would love some input on what your preferred noters are. Noters come in so many styles that it doesnt take long at all to get lost in the...
@Nate started 2 years ago - replies: 21

Civil War Song Must Learns

Hello.  I am a music teacher.  I am looking at getting a class set of cardboard dulcimers and teaching songs focused around US History for next...
@Bvmaestro started 2 years ago - replies: 1

String gauges

I am playing "standard " D'Addario strings (12, 14, 22). To play with my church choir, I need keys such as C, F and now Bb. I started tuning down...
@Art S started 2 years ago - replies: 2

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Here’s a great tune for St. Patrick’s Day! I was just so lucky to have received my new mountain dulcimer performance stand yesterday and was able...
@Kendra Ward started 2 years ago - replies: 0

Saddle on Soundboard

Hello folks, I am getting ready to make a dulcimer for myself and would like to make it in the style where the fingerboard stops after the second...
@Nate started 2 years ago - replies: 5

Jean's 1995 Blue Lion mountain dulcimer - Berea collection

https://ljacatc.berea.edu/pawtucket/index.php/Detail/objects/9702
@Robin Thompson started 2 years ago - replies: 4

Favorite Noter/Drone Tunes

Hello everyone.  What are some of your all time favorite noter/drone songs that you play or that you would like to learn?
@Kendra Ward started 2 years ago - replies: 3

Jean's phone interview with Jean Metcalfe

Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but I had not seen it. Seems to have occurred in 1992, when Jean was about 70:...
@Strumelia started 2 years ago - replies: 2

Vertical vs Horizontal Quill?

I have heard it said a few times that holding a quill vertically, like a pen, is an older style than holding it horizontally, like a whisk. To me,...
@Nate started 2 years ago - replies: 4