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video profile of Jean by Headwaters

I haven't found any mention of this video here at FOTMD, but it sure is of interest to most of us. Here is the official description of the...
@Dusty Turtle started 13 years ago - replies: 12

Dulcimer during the War Between the States

Here's some food for thought regarding if dulcimers were played in the War Between the States. John Mawhee said he got the pattern for the "Indian...
@Rob N Lackey started 13 years ago - replies: 18

The Ritchie Family of Kentucky

This may be old news to many of you but I just ran across " The Ritchie Family of Kentucky " on the Smithsonian Folkways site at...
@David Bennett started 13 years ago - replies: 1

Newbie milestone reached - first broken string!

Well I just broke a string - I knew it was bed time but I was still noodling around, messing with tunings and Kerplung! Gave me a start and woke...
@Ruth Lawrence started 13 years ago - replies: 12

simple pleasures

Although I hope to be an accomplished expert someday, Right now I am having fun taking "beginner tunes Like Boil That Cabbage Down and spending an...
@paul buckner started 13 years ago - replies: 2

Tuning app for android tablets, iphones, etc.

I just downloaded a great app for a tuner called "Cleartune" and it is only $3.99 and is a great app to give you an extra tuner for your dulcimer...
@Joseph Besse started 13 years ago - replies: 8

Is it possible to play DAD fingerstyle with these melody strings?

Hi all,I got my dulcimer yesterday, first one. It's four strings, but the two melody strings seem to me to be very far apart ... 5mm maybe 6mm ......
@David Preston started 13 years ago - replies: 5

Banjammer

I have a banjammer made by Mike Clemmer. I love it, but I need to really figure out how to play it. Does anyone here fingerpick a banjammer? I am...
@Cindy Stammich started 13 years ago - replies: 15

Elizabethan Music for Dulcimer--Randy Wilkinson

Anybody remember this piece of classic vinyl? Released in 1982 on Kicking Mule, this was a regular on my turntable back in college days. It does...
@Alaska Pfeiff started 13 years ago - replies: 3

Wartz'n'All II 3-23-2013

It was a most enjoyable day in Clarksburg, WV, for dulcimer players at the Wartz'n'All Spring Fling Dulcimer Gathering. We had a great location at...
@Rob N Lackey started 13 years ago - replies: 6