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900 Miles - Presnell Dulcimer
One of my favourite tunes by I. D. Stamper is 900 Miles. Ike had a long VSL dulcimer that he built himself and then slack tuned it in Aeolian...
@Robin Clark started 11 years ago - replies: 16
Daisy Bell is On the Line
It's a cold dayat the end ofFebruary 1915 and Lt Tommy Hargreaves is in his dugout in the reserve trenches waiting for a message to come...
@Robin Clark started 11 years ago - replies: 11
Rosin the Beau - Again
I guess everyone plays this at some point, but here is my version. Enjoy! Rosin the Beau D-a-dd, played on self-built all walnut dulcimer.
@Bob Reinsel started 11 years ago - replies: 4
Cedar Swamp - Amburgey Dulcimer
I was listening to the old 1953 (I think?) recordings of Jean Ritchie this morning made by Alan Lomax and there is a little track called...
@Robin Clark started 11 years ago - replies: 9
Mathematicians look at sound holes
The Economist (Feb 14, 2015 issue, pg 71) has an article that is titled "Making Sweet music" that discusses the evolution of sound holes in violin...
@Ellen Rice started 11 years ago - replies: 5
How to maximize the learning experience at a festival?
Hello All,I am going to my first festival this weekend (2/28/15). Any tips out there for a newbie to maximize the learning experience? I am taking...
@Neil W. Millard started 11 years ago - replies: 11
Supplication
This is a tune from the Sacred Harp Bremen on line resource: http://www.sacredharpbremen.org/lieder/500-bis-573/539-supplication Cynthia...
@Robin Clark started 11 years ago - replies: 18
TAB for a song
Help, I need TAB for a song. I don't know if this is the right place to ask or not, but I didn't locate another place.The song is played under 4...
@Terry Wilson started 11 years ago - replies: 10
Bonnie Tammie Scolla - Jeffries Dulcimer
I was just running through the book Haand Me Doon Da Fiddle that Babs Greene pointed us all towards in this thread here...
@Robin Clark started 11 years ago - replies: 6
A little tune on my eedybeedy
This is a hardingfele tune called Felefeber written by Annbjrg Lien, played on my all mahogany eedybeedy octave dulcimer. When played with a...
@nick o'sullivan started 11 years ago - replies: 12