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The Ugly Dulcimer - A Story
Somewhere and at sometime someone decided to build a mountain dulcimer kit. I imagine that the kit was ordered with the expectation of building a...
@Ken Longfield started 8 years ago - replies: 8
A simple chord accompaniment in D A A
In D A A, using the finger- chord style method, I have found that a simple chord accompaniment tabbed: D= 530, G= 630 & A= 404 is useful...
@John W. McKinstry started 8 years ago - replies: 0
Ways of getting people interested in the dulcimer
Here are some ways that I have tried to get people interested in the dulcimer. First I perform with the dulcimer, sometimes at church or at the...
@John W. McKinstry started 8 years ago - replies: 0
Melton Galax just finished!
Here's the latest cherry, spruce and maple Melton Galax dulcimer from my shop. Hope you like it!
@John C. Knopf started 8 years ago - replies: 10
Unusual dulcimer bridge
I was gifted with the very old traditional dulcimer. it has a very unusual bridge on it I've never seen one like it. The bass string is a little...
@Glenda Hubbard started 8 years ago - replies: 10
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Hank Williams cover on McSpadden Mountain dulcimer D-A-D 1+ fret. A little impromptu instr break in the middle I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
@Janene Millen started 8 years ago - replies: 1
Early Virginia tunings?
With having interest in the early Virginia dulcimers I've seen a lot of 4 equal distance strings on dulcimers much earlier than the galax...
@Mill Branch Dulcimores started 8 years ago - replies: 3
If you are going to any festivals this summer.....
So. At Underneath the Stars festival near Barnsley this weekend I met instrument maker Colin Kendall, who had a stall there. He is venturing into...
@Foggers started 8 years ago - replies: 0
Anyone like playing a chromatic with noter & drone style?
I'm just curious as to whether there's anyone out there who likes playing noter style on a chromatic, and for what reason they might do that.
@Strumelia started 8 years ago - replies: 1
Clarification needed on playing 4 equidistant strings
I've been asked to help a beginner get started on dulcimer and discovered she has 4 eq strings. I read the threads related to this and Heidi...
@dulcinina started 8 years ago - replies: 6