Group Discussions

Can a dulcimer change? Sustain is. . .loud

Hi All,I really love my instrument -- I play at least a little while almost every day. Recently it seems like the sustain (vibrato) is louder and...
@Ellen Rice started 10 years ago - replies: 17

What is a good timeframe for a lesson?

Hello All,I am a new student of the dulcimer within the past month. I was wondering how long an individual lesson should be? I just had a lesson of...
@Neil W. Millard started 10 years ago - replies: 14

Seek Ye First

I want to learn the hymn Seek Ye First in noter drone style.The hymnal I have tells me it is in the Key of Eb in 2/2 time.Which tuning would I use...
@Richard Streib started 10 years ago - replies: 17

Fisher's Hornpipe - Clifford Glen Dulcimer

Hosted by Kiwi6 file hosting . Download mp3 - Free Music Hosting . I'm staying in a little cottage on the Glentruim...
@Robin Clark started 10 years ago - replies: 9

How do you highlight the melody in Tabledit?

I've seen some arrangements in Tabledit in which the melody note is either in bold face or in a different color from the rest of the arrangement....
@Dusty Turtle started 10 years ago - replies: 8

Lee Hammons dulcimers

Hi, folks! In Winter '14 issue of GOLDENSEAL, in the article on the Hammons family, the author mentions Lee Hammons (not relation to Maggie, Burl,...
@Robin Thompson started 10 years ago - replies: 7

She's Always a Woman

Billy Joel's exquisite waltz, "She's Always a Woman," fits the dulcimer beautifully, in my opinion. (Interestingly, it's a waltz that switches...
@Sam Edelston started 10 years ago - replies: 6

How to speed up learning by slowing down .... (not just for beginners)

Ever wondered how a song in a video on here, or anywhere, is played but the finger movement is so fast or complicated that you can't take it all in...
@Mark Brothers started 10 years ago - replies: 8

My first Video; Sugar Hill, tuned CCgg

Please go to my google file and watch: advise, suggestions are most welcome. Sorry Friends, I have challenges with technology, up loads...
@Lexie R Oakley started 10 years ago - replies: 9

Design or Sound

Calling All Luthier's and MD Players of many different dulcimers; Because I am enjoying my discovery of my MD, I have been noticing...
@Lexie R Oakley started 10 years ago - replies: 12