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Location: Sammamish
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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
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "How is the COVID-19 coronavirus affecting you?":
Posted a response to "How is the COVID-19 coronavirus affecting you?":
"Thank you, Dusty. Terrifying close call you had there!
Yes, music does help...I try to play at least a bit each day, both my guitar and dulcimer. But..."
@lisavb
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "How is the COVID-19 coronavirus affecting you?":
Posted a response to "How is the COVID-19 coronavirus affecting you?":
"Thank you, Robin..."
@lisavb
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "How is the COVID-19 coronavirus affecting you?":
Posted a response to "How is the COVID-19 coronavirus affecting you?":
"I could use some bright-side thinking about now. Found out over the holidays that an old friend died of COVID out in Nebraska. And last week we had a storm..."
@lisavb
• 2 months ago
• comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Auld Lang Syne:
Posted a new Comment on Auld Lang Syne:
"Thank you for your kind words, @jost! "
@lisavb
• 2 months ago
• comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Auld Lang Syne:
Posted a new Comment on Auld Lang Syne:
"Thank you! I'm a civil legal aid attorney, and it's been a weird/stressful year. We expect a deluge of evictions and foreclosures to deal with when the..."
@lisavb
• 3 months ago
• comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence:
Posted a new Comment on Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence:
"That's what I love, too. And if you try and fail, you just make a bad note. I also paint with watercolors--one bad move and you might wreck the whole..."
@lisavb
• 3 months ago
• comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence:
Posted a new Comment on Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence:
"Thanks, Robin! Yeah, I was drawn to the chord/melody style pretty much right off the bat--and I love Jessica's arrangements. I want to up my fingerpicking..."
@lisavb
• 3 months ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on My Dulcimers:
Posted a new Comment on My Dulcimers:
"It turned out pretty well. The wood is GORGEOUS! Book-matched black walnut. There are a few flaws here and there (my assembly, not the quality of the kit..."
@lisavb
• 3 months ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on My Dulcimers:
Posted a new Comment on My Dulcimers:
"This dulcimer does have a shockingly good sound. I built it as an art project, strung it up, and was blown away. And we know what happened since...LOL. I..."
@lisavb
• 3 months ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on My Dulcimers:
Posted a new Comment on My Dulcimers:
"Aw, thanks, Irene! Sammamish is a suburb of Seattle, WA. I've not been to a "real" dulcimer class--ever. Started playing that cardboard dulcimer 2 years..."
@lisavb
• 3 months ago
• comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Sample Clip of Lovely Tones from Cherry McSpadden:
Posted a new Comment on Sample Clip of Lovely Tones from Cherry McSpadden:
"Thank you...oh, she is soooo nice! I usually play that better than I did in the clip. I should work up my nerve and do the entire thing!"
@lisavb
• 3 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "McSpadden v. Folkcraft?":
Posted a response to "McSpadden v. Folkcraft?":
"LOL, I'm embarrassed it took me so long to figure it out--I was in IT for 25 years before going to law school.
Now I've figured out the photo gallery thing,..."
@lisavb
• 3 months ago
• comments: 4
Created a new Audio File:
Sample Clip of Lovely Tones from Cherry McSpadden
Created a new Audio File:
Sample Clip of Lovely Tones from Cherry McSpadden
@lisavb
• 3 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "McSpadden v. Folkcraft?":
Posted a response to "McSpadden v. Folkcraft?":
"LOL, @nathina! That's why I didn't try to simply do a video. I'm sure my thumbs would have been even worse! Not my best rendition of that bit of melody...."
@lisavb
• 3 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "McSpadden v. Folkcraft?":
Posted a response to "McSpadden v. Folkcraft?":
"I usually call them "its," but this one is just so curvy and graceful, seems like a LADY. :) I'm no good with trees' reproductive habits...I majored in..."
@lisavb
• 3 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "McSpadden v. Folkcraft?":
Posted a response to "McSpadden v. Folkcraft?":
"She sounds...amazing. Yesterday, I spent several hours(!) trying everything imaginable on her. DAD, CGC, w/ and w/o capo, high register/low register,..."
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Best starting point for arranging music?
I would like to arrange some popular/modern songs for the dulcimer, but...
@LisavB 2 years ago - Comments: 3
Another string-related question
So, I normally play in DAD, but I'm studying Jessica Comeau's book, and...
@LisavB 2 years 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 2 years ago - Comments: 6
Played "junior luthier" today
Built a Cedar Creek solid walnut hourglass dulcimer earlier this year....
@LisavB 2 years 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 2 years ago - Comments: 10
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AllYou know your dulcimer has a hold on you...
Posted: Saturday December 26 2020, 12:22 AM
By: @banjelele
By: @banjelele
McSpadden v. Folkcraft?
Posted: Saturday November 28 2020, 4:34 PM
By: @LisavB
By: @LisavB
1-2-4 Chord Surprise!
Posted: Saturday January 18 2020, 10:34 AM
By: @LisavB
By: @LisavB
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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.
