Group Discussions

To What Extent Do You Plan Your Builds

Hello builders!  Just wondering about y'all's mindset toward planning. Do you operate entirely off plans? Do you build completely off intuition? Or...
@Nate started last year - replies: 18

I.D. Stamper music

I. D. Stamper of Kentucky on mountain dulcimer accompanies the early part of this 1973 film out of Appalshop.  There are clips of Mr. Stamper...
@Robin Thompson started last year - replies: 4

The Country Dance Society 1963 newsletter... fascinating!

I found this newsletter online somewhere years ago, and just stumbled on it again on my computer. It's really a wonderful time capsule of American...
@Strumelia started last year - replies: 2

Snuffy Smith

Does anyone know if a dulcimer made an appearance in the Snuffy Smith comic strip?
@Homer Ross started last year - replies: 2

Space Oddity - live - on electric dulcimer

I performed this at the wonderful Colorado Dulcimer Festival earlier this month. David Bowie's glam rock classic, "Space Oddity," with an electric...
@Sam Edelston started last year - replies: 1

one of Jean Ritchie's picks

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@Robin Thompson started last year - replies: 11

LOC recordings of the Dunnevant Family Band

with Raymond Melton on mountain dulcimer...
@Robin Thompson started last year - 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 last year - replies: 6

12 to go

https://youtube.com/shorts/ccMvviLMps8?si=MJ-7IC248Fy3iwzw
@Randy Adams started last year - 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 last year - replies: 21