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the worst thing possible in a playing session....
Ok, this is a two part question for beginners....1) As a beginner, what's the worst thing that ever happened to you in a jam session? And how did...
@Strumelia started 16 years ago - replies: 10
Single mic' technique
We had a gig in Bala last night at the Plas Coch pub. It was a pretty typical Saturday night pub gig! Bala was full of folk, young and old, out...
@Robin Clark started 16 years ago - replies: 5
Sugar Baby (Red Rocking Chair)
Dock Bogg's recording names the tune Sugar Baby. It's also known as Red Rocking Chair.
@Robin Thompson started 16 years ago - replies: 20
Sandy Boys
Ok Flint, you asked for it! How about sharing some versions of Sandy Boys? When a group from our Dulcimer Society practiced it for a gig last week,...
@TERI WEST started 16 years ago - replies: 30
Wayfaring Stranger
Wayfaring Stranger is a popular Southern US spiritual song. A reasonable approximation of the tune appears as "Judgment" in Ananias...
@Flint Hill started 16 years ago - replies: 11
Found a Lovely Old Diatonic MD
A fiddle playing friend of mine gave me a call today and said he had been clearing out his uncle's house and found a load of old instruments,...
@Robin Clark started 16 years ago - replies: 9
Noter and metal finger picks on a Galax dulcimer -- request for comments.
I'm attaching a ~50-second clip of Wayfaring Stranger and would love to know your reaction. I have practiced it so much that I can barely hear it...
@Flint Hill started 16 years ago - replies: 14
Red River Valley
This group is a great idea, but unfortunately one without a lot of activity. I've decided to do my part to fix that.I recorded this fairly stripped...
@Tom McDonald started 16 years ago - replies: 8
Shady Grove
There are a lot of versions of this song on YouTube. Here is one more.
@Tom McDonald started 16 years ago - replies: 32