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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
Carla Maxwell

Dulcimers in Tasmania?


I'm wondering if there are any dulcimer players in Tasmania. I'll have a couple of dulcimers and be playing there next week with my husband.
@Carla Maxwell started 10 years ago - replies: 3
Peggy M

Traveling with a dulcimer


Has anyone taken their dulcimer with them when they go visit family, ie via airlines?  If so, how do you do it?  It is kind of long to be hand...
@Peggy M started 10 years ago - replies: 9
James Phillips

February 2016 Call the Tune challenge, Ode to Joy


For the month of February, starting Sunday the 7th of February, I have chosen a favorite of mine to play, Ode to Joy, which is also the tune for...
@James Phillips started 10 years ago - replies: 4
Rob N Lackey

Patty Looman Birthday Jam


Mark your calendars on Feb 6, for the Patty Looman Birthday Jam at Central United Methodist Church here in Fairmont, WV.  It starts at 10 a.m. and...
@Rob N Lackey started 10 years ago - replies: 2
Bill S

Eastern cedar for a top


I'm about to build a dulcimer and I have some Eastern cedar (not aromatic) that I'd like to use for the top.  Has anyone done this or do you think...
@Bill S started 10 years ago - replies: 6
Peggy M

Dan Doty dulcimer question


I am new to learning the dulcimer.  I had bought one years ago in 1981 or so and I don't even remember where or how I got it.  It is a Dan Doty...
@Peggy M started 10 years ago - replies: 6
 
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