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0.5 fret
So I've seen a 0.5 fret on the middle string only. What does that get me if I get one installed? Ability to play a Gm chord, maybe? (my knowledge...
@Tom McDonald started 16 years ago - replies: 4
Restoration - Sacred Harp (Cooper #268t)
"Restoration" was my favorite church tune when I was a kid in Georgia in the 1950s. I didn't know it at the time, but it was the only minor-key...
@Flint Hill started 16 years ago - replies: 6
Is there a Northwest playing style?
Does anyone feel Northwest dulcimer playing has its own sound or style?I've often entertained a notion that the Northwest style is a little wild...
@Heidi Muller started 16 years ago - replies: 4
Strumelia's beginner noter playing YouTube series
From time to time I'll be putting up new videos on YouTube with helpful tips for beginner noter players.I'll post links to them here on this...
@Strumelia started 16 years ago - replies: 16
Bowed Psalteries
I thought perhaps I would start a specific discussion place for bowed psalteries here in Robin's "Rosin the Bow!" group, so we don't have to keep...
@Strumelia started 16 years ago - replies: 21
Chordal Accompaniment for DAA
I found this while on line. Not posting the pdf here but the address to get to it. It looks interesting, but I'm not a chorder so can't really use...
@folkfan started 16 years ago - replies: 3
buying Jean Ritchie's recordings and books....
Has anyone bought some of Jean Ritchie's recordings or books this past year?I'm going to have to buy some new CD versions of my old worn cassettes...
@Strumelia started 16 years ago - replies: 21
What tunes are you bowing these days?
Hello to all--I'm noodling around on lots of tunes on bowed dulcimer, some of them fiddle tunes played at less than fiddle tune speed. :)...
@Robin Thompson started 16 years ago - replies: 9
Goose feather noter
I have been using a noter made from an adult goose flight feather. I like it, but I am new to dulcimer playing so don't have much of a basis for...
@Flint Hill started 17 years ago - replies: 4
Singing Family of the Cumberlands
This book is Jean Ritchie's autobiography. I am lucky to have John Reynolds' first edition hardcover copy from 1955.This book has meant so much to...
@Strumelia started 17 years ago - replies: 8