Jon W Harris

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Jon W Harris
@jon-w-harris • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Rest in Peace, Larkin Bryant":
"I still miss Larkin.  She was a staple in many of larger dulcimer festivals and her classes were warm and helpful.  My copy of her book, which was part of my..."
Jon W Harris
@jon-w-harris • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Russell "Russ" Green":
"I met Russ at a local event in 1995 or 1996.  I had obtained my first dulcimer from the Flat Creek dulcimer shop in Hardy, Arkansas and was looking for an..."

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Bill Robison
01/19/22 09:43:17AM @bill-robison:

I agree with you 100% Jon.  Too many times the players pay more attention to the chords than to the melody. If they don't have the music in front of them, they sometimes get lost in the chords and lose their sync and without the melody, most songs are not recognizable.

Bill R


Jon W Harris
07/01/19 06:50:02PM @jon-w-harris:

Jon W Harris:

I am no longer building dulcimers but have been able to study instrument players more. What I have found is that fewer and fewer players hear the melody of the song they are playing.  This keeps them from being able to play by ear.  I believe we need to teach beginners to play the melody without making full chords and teach our beginners to reach for the melody notes.

This problem seems to be amplified by starting beginners in DAD tuning where beautiful arrangements are being taught with no consideration of the beginners ability to relate the melody to the major scale.

Let's teach that playing the dulcimer can be liberating instead of restrictive to tab

 


Jon W Harris
07/01/19 06:48:34PM @jon-w-harris:

I am no longer building dulcimers but have been able to study instrument players more. What I have found is that fewer and fewer players hear the melody of the song they are playing.  This keeps them from being able to play by ear.  I believe we need to teach beginners to play the melody without making full chords and teach our beginners to reach for the melody notes.

This problem seems to be amplified by starting beginners in DAD tuning where beautiful arrangements are being taught we with no consideration of the beginners ability to relate the melody to the major scale.

Let's teach that playing the dulcimer can be liberating instead of restrictive to tab