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Kendra Ward

Tunes and their modes


I am compiling a list of traditional mountain dulcimer tunes by the mode they are played in and I need your help.For example:Aeolian:Shady...
@Kendra Ward started 16 years ago - replies: 23
Flint Hill

Pretty Saro in D tuning: What key and mode?


This is a long reply to Julie Elman's question about the key and mode of Pretty Saro when it is played in D tuning. B. Ross Ashley gave some...
@Flint Hill started 16 years ago - replies: 20
folkfan

When is enough enough?


When do you decide that you are in enough pain that you need to stop what you are doing? Are you smart and say enough's enough at the first sharp...
@folkfan started 16 years ago - replies: 11
Robin Thompson

Zoom H2 & 2 instruments


Mark and I have recorded music with him playing guitar and me playing bowed dulcimer. We can't seem to get the balance quite right as far as volume...
@Robin Thompson started 16 years ago - replies: 7
folkfan

Insomnia/Night Pain/Mind won't shut off


Well here I am sitting at the computer at 5:45 AM, normally with the aid of my meds I would be asleep right now. But I haven't been asleep all...
@folkfan started 16 years ago - replies: 2
Flint Hill

Clamanda -- Cooper #42


Flannery O'Connor once said that the American South was not so muchChrist-centered as Christ-haunted. O'Connor's phrase comes to mind when I hear...
@Flint Hill started 16 years ago - replies: 8
folkfan

Hearing Difficulties


So far, I've talked about a couple of problems I've had with learning music under the Memory Problems discussion and under Hand Pain. It's time to...
@folkfan started 16 years ago - replies: 25
folkfan

Hand Pain


Decades ago, I tried to learn chords, but had to give up. Playing chords seemed to be the way everyone was going, even had a workshop instructor...
@folkfan started 16 years ago - replies: 9
Robin Thompson

Appalachian Journey - streaming video


Mountain dulcimer, ballad singing, and even a mouth bow and lots more to be seen & heard! http://www.folkstreams.net/film,128 PS-Wish...
@Robin Thompson started 16 years ago - replies: 9
Kendra Ward

Are noter players troublemakers?


Hello,I am beginning to wonder if being a noter player makes me automatically a troublemaker? It seems that every time someone posts something...
@Kendra Ward started 16 years ago - replies: 213
 
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