Group Discussions

Jean's ballad & song legacy

Here on Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer, we naturally tend to think of how Jean Ritchie has inspired us in terms of playing the mountain...
@Strumelia started 17 years ago - replies: 9

Snakewood

We have a collection of local old time musicians that meet as the band Snakewood. Snakewood can be anything from a duet to 10 or more musicians....
@Robin Clark started 17 years ago - replies: 13

Recording Music

So I decided that it's time to take a deep breath and record my playing, even if only to give myself feedback.Thing is, I know nothing about this.I...
@Stephanie Stuckwisch started 17 years ago - replies: 28

Bows

I'd like to hear from people what kind of bows you are using on your bowed dulcimers, and why you prefer certain kinds of bows, lengths, type of...
@Strumelia started 17 years ago - replies: 43

Rosin

Ok, Is there a reason I maybe should not be using my husband's old discarded double bass rosin on my bows for bowed psaltery playing? Is bass rosin...
@Strumelia started 17 years ago - replies: 5

Clubs in the GTA

Talking to Syd got me wondering about groups of MD players around the Greater Toronto Area. I'm wondering whether there are any up here besides the...
@B. Ross Ashley started 17 years ago - replies: 8

Child of Grace (Denson 1991) 77t

I've posted a Sacred Harp song, "Child of Grace" to ezFolk and will post it here as well. It's played melody-drone on a Rockwell YAM strung with...
@Flint Hill started 17 years ago - replies: 11

Faithful Soldier, Southern Harmony #122

We used to sing this one in West Georgia in the 1950s, and I still love it. It's from William Walker's Southern Harmony , a shape-note songbook...
@Flint Hill started 17 years ago - replies: 12

What's a Noter-Drone dulcimer?....

A member wrote to me and asked this question:What's a Noter-Drone dulcimer?I thought rather than them getting an answer from only one person, it...
@Strumelia started 17 years ago - replies: 33

I Wonder As I Wander...

I Wonder as I Wander by John Jacob Niles"I Wonder as I Wander" has its origins in a song fragment collected on July 16, 1933 by folklorist and...
@Rod Westerfield started 17 years ago - replies: 2