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More on the Anne Grimes book

The Anne Grimes book will soon be available, in mid-July, I believe. I can't wait to get my copy.Today I received a surprise package in the mail...
@Kendra Ward started 16 years ago - replies: 11

Turkey Picks for the Dulcimer and what other types of Feathers thats good to use playing the Dulcimer

I have heard of Turkey feathers for use of playing the Dulcimer. I had also heard Don Graves play with his feather on the Dulcimer, but don't know...
@Sue Simms started 16 years ago - replies: 53

House of the Rising Sun

This song is a favorite. And not in copyright, according to the author Ted Anthony's book Chasing the Rising Sun -- The Journey of an American...
@Tom McDonald started 16 years ago - replies: 8

"The Virginia Dulcimer: 200 Years of Bowing, Strumming and Plucking" exhibit

I play the mountain and bowed dulcimer and fiddle at Civil War reenacting events.I wanted to make a reproduction of a period instrument for...
@Marsha Harris started 16 years ago - replies: 39

The False Nut Upon the Road

I've been fiddling with false nuts, reverse capos, or whatever you call them. Details follow the picture below. This one has a pair of...
@Flint Hill started 16 years ago - replies: 13

Welsh Tunes

I thought that I'd post some tunes here from where I live.These two tunes Chris (tenor guitar/mandola) and I recorded tonight in my kitchen. They...
@Robin Clark started 16 years ago - replies: 39

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