09/25/14 09:13:20AM @linda-jo-brockinton:
Sorry Gary I missed all your other posts. I put on a little women's festival every sept so been tied up the last couple of weeks. One more festival this year in New Mexico in a couple of weeks then I'm Done. Thanks for your kind posts.
09/25/14 09:08:50AM @linda-jo-brockinton:
Hi Gary .. Thanks so much. I generally tune to mixolydian CGC. Same as Mix. In DADS just a step lower. I use 10-14-24 and on the bass I use D'Addario semi-flat phosphorus Bronze string that is squeekless. I like the CGC better because I like the mellow sound, hammer Ons and pull offs are much easier and also much easier key to sing in. Of course new strings are a must if it's been tuned to DAD very long because they will be floppy. I also play in Bflat F Bflat often as it is a better singing key. All DAD music played the same in these tunings because the are all mixolydian 1-5-8 tunings. DAD is not a tuning but jus a key in mix tuning. You have a very blessed day and thank you for listening.
09/14/14 12:22:00AM @ginney-camden:
I loved that tune Linda. Your fingers move so easily over those strings.
06/29/13 07:21:19PM @karen-keane:
I want to kidnap the maple. LOL. Great playing, it sounds better than over the phone. LOL
06/29/13 10:35:47AM @linda-jo-brockinton:
I usually only play my maple mc. Because it has long sustain for fingerpicking. CGC my favorite. Strings looser , Ho and Po cleaner and easier. 10 melody string 14 and 24 semi flat wound D'Addario bass
06/29/13 10:23:40AM @linda-jo-brockinton:
Lol ... I'm a little challenge oriented. That's what I love about music , each piece is a puzzle begging to be worked. If its fast it can be faster, if its clean it can be cleaner , sweet - sweeter. One measure at a time, one phrase at a time. I have been so caught up in teaching I was getting really bored. It dawned on me that I hadn't learned anything new in awhile. Found Lasses a couple of days ago and dug in. Haven't slept much but it's gettin there . Still has some muscle glitches that are quite in there yet . Can't wait to play it some more today. Thanks for posting!!
When I close my eyes and listen to this its unthinkable that you are playing an instrument with only three strings!! Just beautiful....you show what a dulcimer can really be.
Sounds even better than it did on the phone! Wonderful job as always!
06/29/13 03:09:51AM @linda-jo-brockinton:
Thanks y'all. I posted a second one of right hand. Not much going on their. I pinch the outer strings a lot , thumb does the melody wk, pointer the middle string and bass by the middle finger. Lots of HO, PO, and slides on left hand. Sorry so many mistakes in sec version. Brain tired I guess. The other one has less mistakes. I love learning the fast ones. I call it finger fun...
Wow, Linda, you never cease to impress. Your playing here is simultaneously soft and warm and also bright and brisk. I wish we could see your right hand, for it is not obvious how to play this quickly in the soft finger style of yours. I would also guess, based on the ease of your left hand slides, that your dulcimer has remarkable action. What a soft touch you have.
This is really special. Thanks so much for posting.
06/29/13 02:22:55AM @guy-babusek:
Excellent Linda! I love those tunes a lot, and you play them so excellently; thank you so much for posting that!!
Sorry Gary I missed all your other posts. I put on a little women's festival every sept so been tied up the last couple of weeks. One more festival this year in New Mexico in a couple of weeks then I'm Done. Thanks for your kind posts.
Hi Gary .. Thanks so much. I generally tune to mixolydian CGC. Same as Mix. In DADS just a step lower. I use 10-14-24 and on the bass I use D'Addario semi-flat phosphorus Bronze string that is squeekless. I like the CGC better because I like the mellow sound, hammer Ons and pull offs are much easier and also much easier key to sing in. Of course new strings are a must if it's been tuned to DAD very long because they will be floppy. I also play in Bflat F Bflat often as it is a better singing key. All DAD music played the same in these tunings because the are all mixolydian 1-5-8 tunings. DAD is not a tuning but jus a key in mix tuning. You have a very blessed day and thank you for listening.
I loved that tune Linda. Your fingers move so easily over those strings.
Very nice Linda.
Thank you Gary!! Have a great day!
I want to kidnap the maple. LOL. Great playing, it sounds better than over the phone. LOL
I usually only play my maple mc. Because it has long sustain for fingerpicking. CGC my favorite. Strings looser , Ho and Po cleaner and easier. 10 melody string 14 and 24 semi flat wound D'Addario bass
Linda, this is wonderful. Which McSpadden are you playing in this video, and what are you tuned to?
Linda, that sure is pretty
Lol ... I'm a little challenge oriented. That's what I love about music , each piece is a puzzle begging to be worked. If its fast it can be faster, if its clean it can be cleaner , sweet - sweeter. One measure at a time, one phrase at a time. I have been so caught up in teaching I was getting really bored. It dawned on me that I hadn't learned anything new in awhile. Found Lasses a couple of days ago and dug in. Haven't slept much but it's gettin there . Still has some muscle glitches that are quite in there yet . Can't wait to play it some more today. Thanks for posting!!
Shhhhhhh ... don't nobody tell 'er that that's not possible ...
Lightly, brightly, and delightfully played. A joy to listen to.
When I close my eyes and listen to this its unthinkable that you are playing an instrument with only three strings!! Just beautiful....you show what a dulcimer can really be.
Sounds even better than it did on the phone! Wonderful job as always!
Thanks y'all. I posted a second one of right hand. Not much going on their. I pinch the outer strings a lot , thumb does the melody wk, pointer the middle string and bass by the middle finger. Lots of HO, PO, and slides on left hand. Sorry so many mistakes in sec version. Brain tired I guess. The other one has less mistakes. I love learning the fast ones. I call it finger fun...
Wow, Linda, you never cease to impress. Your playing here is simultaneously soft and warm and also bright and brisk. I wish we could see your right hand, for it is not obvious how to play this quickly in the soft finger style of yours. I would also guess, based on the ease of your left hand slides, that your dulcimer has remarkable action. What a soft touch you have.
This is really special. Thanks so much for posting.
Excellent Linda! I love those tunes a lot, and you play them so excellently; thank you so much for posting that!!