Group Discussions
Tuning issue (including breaking a string)
Hi all, I recently got an old dulcimer and have had a ton of fun learning to play it. However, sometimes when I tune back up to DAD from CGC I hear...
@Canadian Dulcimer Boy started 3 years ago - replies: 3
Psychedelic dulcimer: White Rabbit
It's been way too long since I posted a new video. Here's one. I was teaching a rock dulcimer class recently, talking about music from...
@Sam Edelston started 3 years ago - replies: 4
Beginner Tab
What book of tab are y’all using for drone style playing?
@Suzette started 3 years ago - replies: 9
Fixing old dulcimer
New to the forum! I was just given a mountain dulcimer by Samzie Adams, made in 1972. A friend pulled it out of a junk pile on the floor of his...
@Suzette started 3 years ago - replies: 16
Beginner help with TablEdit
I've downloaded the tab-writing application TablEdit and am totally overwhelmed on how to even begin using it. The instruction manual is...
@Leo Kretzner started 3 years ago - replies: 14
Tune It Up Buttercup
Ever see those videos where random pieces laid on a table top when with vibration they form geometric patterns? I have convinced myself that...
@Randy Adams started 3 years ago - replies: 14
Considering updating the tuning pegs
Hello all, I am considering replacing the friction pegs on my Keith Young dulcimer (see profile picture) with Grover tuning pegs. I need...
@DulcimEllen started 3 years ago - replies: 26
Article from Kentucky Educational Television
I'm sure this may have been posted here before, but KET website has a very informative and interesting web article/timeline about Jean Ritchie and...
@Strumelia started 3 years ago - replies: 2
Any Englewood, Fl Dulcimer players?
I'm a full time Englewood, Fl. resident who would like to put together a group of dulcimer players for informal gatherings during the day. I...
@jazzc started 3 years ago - replies: 1
the Hammons family 1972 film
The whole film is wonderful. Specific to mountain dulcimers, there is a segment in which Lee Hammons is working on building a dulcimer.
@Robin Thompson started 3 years ago - replies: 9