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Microtonal Fretboard

Found this the other day and I thought I would share. Thoughts about the concept?  https://youtu.be/EZC69A8TsJ8?si=R4dF2XErnDY2Cxht
@Homer Ross started 3 months ago - replies: 2

Stephen Winick on Jean

https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2015/06/jean-ritchie-1922-2015/
@Robin Thompson started 3 months ago - replies: 0

a Balinese gamelan ensemble from U of KY

a group from the University of Kentucky covering Jean's Blue Diamond Mines at the festival Seedtime on the Cumberland:...
@Robin Thompson started 4 months ago - replies: 0

4 versus 3

Hi All, I hope you are well and I wish you a good week. For about the past year, I've been playing almost exclusively on four equidistant strings....
@Alex_Lubet started 4 months ago - replies: 4

Waves by Iris Shiraishi

This piece was composed for me by my wife Iris Shiraishi, who joins me on percussion.  The percussion is optional, but the piece is much better...
@Alex_Lubet started 4 months ago - replies: 2

Troublesome Creek Stringed Instruments dedication

https://youtu.be/uC1FPkVS79c?si=MdY1RBRtqUQJWAn1
@Robin Thompson started 5 months ago - replies: 3

Gunung Singgalang

Hi All, This piece was written for me by one of my former students, Jay Afrisando, who's from Indonesia and uses folk music from his country....
@Alex_Lubet started 5 months ago - replies: 2

Alex Lubet At a Place Far Away

Hi All, I suspect this is pretty unusual, as is everything I do on mountain dulcimer.  It's a fantasy on a Chinese folk song that I composed...
@Alex_Lubet started 5 months ago - replies: 6

An accomplished guitar player on my homemade dulcimer

I had no idea one could get such sounds from this plank. Rocking
@Terry Jaye started 6 months ago - replies: 0

Amazing Grace - first music I've ever played in my life

I'm slow and hesitant, but the tune is recognizable. I'll get smoother and add some chording. My history of learning to play extends to about 2...
@Terry Jaye started 6 months ago - replies: 8