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DVD of traditional WV dulcimer players available

DVD film: The West Virginia Hills: A Tribute to the Dulcimer From Augusta Heritage site store:...
@Strumelia started 13 years ago - replies: 2

Augusta Heritage music courses in Elkins WV

I attended a week-long "Vocal Week" a while back, and it is a really wonderful learning experience. So inspiring! Augusta offers week-long...
@Strumelia started 13 years ago - replies: 0

Lorena and a daydream

Another "Warts and All" video. (Aren't y'all lucky to see the unedited junk I put out Here's Lorena on the John Mawhee repro Kevin...
@Rob N Lackey started 13 years ago - replies: 4

A recommendation for the Gaskins Galax book method...

As posted by fotmd member Anita Franklin-Snyder: I've had Phyllis Gaskins dulcimer book (CD included) for months now. It is hands down the...
@Strumelia started 13 years ago - replies: 16

Hard Times, Come Again No More.

One of my favorites for the dulcimer, published by Steven Foster, 1854. Hard Times, Come Again No More
@Jack Ferguson started 13 years ago - replies: 23

Frank Proffitt's Grandfather and Civil War Tunes

Frank Proffitt's grandfather, John Wesley Proffitt, was a southerner from East Tennessee that joined the 13th Tennessee Union Cavalry. He was...
@Banjimer started 13 years ago - replies: 1

Battle Cry of Freedom

This is widely considered tobe one of the greatest military songs ever written. Here is a capsule history from 1896 . Here is the...
@Tom McDonald started 13 years ago - replies: 3

Tenting Tonight

I learned two arrangements of this for mountain dulcimer from tab, but I had not looked at either for a few years before making this video in the...
@Tom McDonald started 13 years ago - replies: 1

Beginner Instrument?

by Roger Goode Hi all.. I am starting the methodical process of shopping for a dulcimer. I am leary of the quality of the commercial...
@Ken Hulme started 13 years ago - replies: 5

Another Tennessee Music Box Instructions

I float around this site called instructables .....sometimes folks there post guides to help build different instruments...
@RavenMadd Garcia started 13 years ago - replies: 2