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LOC recordings of the Dunnevant Family Band

with Raymond Melton on mountain dulcimer...
@Robin Thompson started 5 days ago - replies: 0

1.5 fret

Is there a way to play a song with a 1.5 in it without a 1.5 fret?
@jazzc started one week ago - replies: 6

12 to go

https://youtube.com/shorts/ccMvviLMps8?si=MJ-7IC248Fy3iwzw
@Randy Adams started 4 weeks ago - replies: 3

History of Women Players

I once read that 80 to 90 percent of Holly Tannen students were women. If you look at current photos of workshops, festivals etc. most are women....
@Homer Ross started 2 months ago - replies: 20

Favorite Dulcimer books and/or good books for beginners?

I wanted to ask others here about their favourite books on Dulcimer and post some that I will be reading.  Here is the first one I have gotten. I...
@RobMachin started 2 months ago - replies: 11

What Ever Happened to Randy Wilkinson

I have Randy Wilkinson's book and recording. I've heard others reference him and ran across his recording on Spotify. Years ago I searched the...
@Homer Ross started 2 months ago - replies: 1

Reading Tab in Chord/Melody playing

I’m a beginner dulcimer player, and having so much fun with it! I started out looking at free tabs online, and have progressed to buying music...
@StrummingSue started 2 months ago - replies: 10

Raymond Melton workshop from 1974

I thought folks from this group would be interested in this audio recording of a 1974 workshop by Raymond Melton.  The host is Michael Seeger....
@Dusty Turtle started 2 months ago - replies: 2

sources for medieval sheet music?

I just acquired a reproduction Praetorius Scheitholt, with the intent to play 'period' music as part of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA)....
@Whereupon started 2 months ago - replies: 15

Spelling?

I'm working on Suo Gan a Welsh Lullaby. Wondering if the correct spelling is Suo Gan or Suo Gam. 
@Homer Ross started 2 months ago - replies: 4