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TRADER BOATMAN - new free tab in my noter/drone blog...

I added a new post to my blog that includes FREE noter style tab for Virginia fiddler Pug Allen's traditional tune, Trader Boatman :...
@Strumelia started 13 years ago - replies: 5

cheap geared tuners?

Thought that I would post this where people discuss parts a lot. I have a low/mid-range quality dulcimer that I play often (for a beginner). It is...
@Rick Kennedy started 13 years ago - replies: 12

Dana's Beginner videos to learn simple songs in chord style

Gray Cat Ole Joe Clark Sugar Hill (I am tuned to CGC here) Wild wood flower I'm not a teacher by any means but I made these to teach a...
@Dana R. McCall started 13 years ago - replies: 45

Galax Etymology

Here is the history of the word "Galax" as sent to me by a scholar who was just shipped one of my Galax dulcimers. This is not to be confused with...
@Ben Seymour started 13 years ago - replies: 4

Beginners- are you getting clear tone, or are your fingers 'taking a nap' ?

I wrote a new blog post about how the way you hold your hand and fingers while fretting can really affect the tone and clarity of your music....
@Strumelia started 13 years ago - replies: 9

just won a wreck on Evil Bay

for $40.50......its work but I love to tinker ...give me your view on what I need to get ...got a ton of old wood vices at work and clamps...
@RavenMadd Garcia started 13 years ago - replies: 16

Prichard Repro.

Hey guys just wanted to share my current build, a C.N.Prichard repro. It is all poplar, and is made from drawings I made of an original. I am...
@Kevin Messenger started 13 years ago - replies: 10

Whose epinette?

Last year I bought this (seemingly unmarked) 7-string epinette de Vosges from a seller in the U.S, who had no information and I haven't been able...
@Curtis Carlisle Bouterse started 13 years ago - replies: 3

Took a drill to my Hondo 2

the buffalo secret tuners were killing me ....so I had a set of old black japanese strat tuners ....had to drill slowly to fit them in ....so my...
@RavenMadd Garcia started 13 years ago - replies: 2

How Much Pressure is required to strum? (Sylvia asks)

(New FOTMD member Sylvia Moore has asked us all the following question...I hope some of our wonderful members here will give her some helpful...
@Strumelia started 13 years ago - replies: 23