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"Retired" from 25 years in IT to attend law school, now a legal aid attorney who writes novels, paints, does photography--and plays the dulcimer!
My first dulcimer is a cardboard one from Backyard Music. It hooked me. The picture is of the Cedar Creek Walnut Classic that I built!
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@lisavb
• 6 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "You know your dulcimer has a hold on you when...":
Posted a response to "You know your dulcimer has a hold on you when...":
"This thread is cracking me up, too! @ferrator, how did you acquire the "callus stripe"? Just years of use, or some specific event not unlike a frying pan?..."
@lisavb
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "You know your dulcimer has a hold on you when...":
Posted a response to "You know your dulcimer has a hold on you when...":
"The iron skillet trick--now that is harsh. I'm starting to feel calluses building on my left fingertips from playing the guitar I got last month. Already..."
@lisavb
• one week ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "1-2-4 Chord Surprise!":
Posted a response to "1-2-4 Chord Surprise!":
"It's getting so I feel frustrated/cheated on days I can't get to my dulcimer, or can only get to it for a few minutes!"
@lisavb
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "1-2-4 Chord Surprise!":
Posted a response to "1-2-4 Chord Surprise!":
"Thanks! Only a little over a year ago, I decided to make a cardboard dulcimer more as an art/craft project, and if it was fun/easy to play, bonus. Who knew..."
@lisavb
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "1-2-4 Chord Surprise!":
Created a new forum topic "1-2-4 Chord Surprise!":
"So, I could just barely manage a 1-2-4 on my first dulcimer, the cardboard one. On my second dulcimer, the Cedar Creek walnut kit I built, the VSL is longer,..."
@lisavb
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "You know your dulcimer has a hold on you when...":
Posted a response to "You know your dulcimer has a hold on you when...":
"YOWZA! Vicious table saw! I'm doing much better already. I tend to heal fast, and now I have a nice coating of NewSkin on there. That stuff is great! It..."
@lisavb
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "You know your dulcimer has a hold on you when...":
Posted a response to "You know your dulcimer has a hold on you when...":
"LOL! I'm on the computer a lot for work, and I am very, very swift at typing. That first morning, I had a really clumsy/hasty attempt at a bandage and so..."
@lisavb
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "You know your dulcimer has a hold on you when...":
Posted a response to "You know your dulcimer has a hold on you when...":
"Thanks! I'm going to get some of that skin glue. The slice is on a really difficult spot to try to bandage. If anyone would understand or know what to do,..."
@lisavb
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "You know your dulcimer has a hold on you when...":
Created a new forum topic "You know your dulcimer has a hold on you when...":
"So I was getting ready for work yesterday, and then I sliced the tip of my ring finger on the edge of a crisp file folder. Sliced it real good. Amid..."
@lisavb
• 3 months ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on Best starting point for arranging music?:
Posted a new Comment on Best starting point for arranging music?:
"Thank you both! I think I had a fakebook in mind, but I didn’t know what a fakebook was until now. I also would love to just play the melodies of some more..."
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Best starting point for arranging music?
I would like to arrange some popular/modern songs for the dulcimer, but...
@LisavB 3 months ago - Comments: 3
Another string-related question
So, I normally play in DAD, but I'm studying Jessica Comeau's book, and...
@LisavB 3 months ago - Comments: 3
Capo off when not playing?
I'm working on learning a song right now that requires the capo on 1, so...
@LisavB 4 months ago - Comments: 6
Played "junior luthier" today
Built a Cedar Creek solid walnut hourglass dulcimer earlier this year....
@LisavB 7 months ago - Comments: 2
Luthier's Handbook--tap tuning for dulcimers?
Hi all, I "built" a cardboard dulcimer late last year from a kit, then...
@LisavB 8 months ago - Comments: 10
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05/21/19 06:40:06PM @richard-streib:
Welcome LisavB to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. Glad you joined. This is a great place to learn all about the mountain dulcimer and to meet many new friends. Best wishes on your dulcimer journey.
