Group Discussions

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

DAd

I am learning a new song, I can't help falling in Love With You (Elvis). I have the tab. The tuning is shown as DAdMy question is when I am tuning...
@Terry Wilson started 13 years ago - replies: 10

Phyllis Gaskins New Book Is Out

A couple of months ago, I pre-ordered a copy of Phyllis Gaskins' new book "Galax Dulcimer: A Job of Journey Work". I received the book in the mail...
@Banjimer started 13 years ago - replies: 5

New Dulcimer...now I really have some extra frets!

Just received my Modern Mountain Dulcimer made by David McKinney in Arkansas. (My first dulcimer is McSpadden with 6+ and 13+) I have played a few...
@Cheryl Johnson started 13 years ago - replies: 5

Setting for Chromatic Tuner

I am trying to tune my dulcimer with an electronic tuner. When I turn the tuneron, the default setting is 440. Is that the correct setting for...
@Michael Willey started 13 years ago - replies: 7

What Happened to the Dulcimer School

Does anyone have information on what happened to Stephen Seifert's dulcimer school online? The site is there with lots of great information and...
@Cheryl Johnson started 13 years ago - replies: 5

Born again noter player

Six years ago I completely dropped the noter and became an exclusive fingerstyle player. Never touched a noter again and never planned to. Then two...
@robert schuler started 13 years ago - replies: 21

Bonaparte Crossing the Rocky Mountains - A',A,d tuning - Reed Noter and Leather Pick

Here is "Bonaparte Crossing the Rocky Mountains". I heard the tune played on banjo by Bob Carlin earlier this week and went searching for...
@Robin Clark started 13 years ago - replies: 23

Recycled table-saw table

A friend of mine gave me a table-saw so I could rip recycled oak I've been salvaging to begin making Mountain Dulcimers. It didn't come with a...
@Monterey started 13 years ago - replies: 3

videos - bowing a mountain dulcimer & playing with a noter

Friends, Dave Rogers has several excellent videos in which he's bowing a mountain dulcimer-- usually a Tennessee Music Box (TMB) built by John C....
@Robin Thompson started 13 years ago - replies: 9