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Home on the range (Raffele)

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State song of Kansas. This is just a video for all of you who are interested in the Raffele, a European relative of the mountain dulcimer. I chose a song that is not typical for Raffele, but rather for Mountain Dulcimer. The tuning is daa. I just got it one week ago, so my fretting is not perfect.You can find some photos of the Raffele here: http://mountaindulcimer.ning.com/photo/albums/raffele-a-european-relative-of-the-mountain-dulcimer
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Peter W.
02/15/13 07:56:14AM @peter-w:

You're welcome! Smile.gif


Peter W.
02/12/13 05:20:24PM @peter-w:

Yes, I'm very happy with it.

Yesterday a friend visited me and he accompanied my Raffele playing with the guitar. That was a great experience! Smile.gif


Dana R. McCall
02/12/13 08:43:40AM @dana-r-mccall:

Love the sound of your instrument Peter.
Peter W.
02/11/13 03:51:32AM @peter-w:

Thank you, Karen and Jim - I appreciate your encouraging comments. Smile.gif
I hope to receive two books of traditional, authentic sheet music for the Raffele from Northern Italy (an area where there is still a German speaking minority whose musical heritage is closer to Austrian and South German tradition rather than to the Italian) this week.
Jim Fawcett
02/10/13 08:24:19PM @jim-fawcett:

That has a nice sound to it Peter. Nice playing.
Karen Keane
02/10/13 05:08:42PM @karen-keane:
Cool stuff! Thanks for posting this!
Peter W.
02/10/13 04:50:35PM @peter-w:

Thank you both, Patty and Rob! :)

Yes, the Raffele is fun - in some way similar to the dulcimer, but smaller and in some ways different in the way you play it... Smile.gif Smile.gif


Patty from Virginia
02/10/13 01:28:07PM @patty-from-virginia:

Peter, that is lovely41.gif . Your Raffele is beautiful!
Rob N Lackey
02/10/13 07:49:26AM @rob-n-lackey:

Peter, that was great. Looks like a fun instrument to play.
Peter W.
02/09/13 12:33:30PM @peter-w:

Thank you very much, Dusty! You can see a fretboard comparison (Raffele - MD) in my Raffele album here on FOTMD (see the link in the video description above).
There you can also see the problem with the fretting: the frets are not flat and rounded as Dulcimer / guitar frets - but rather tall stripes of metal. The same is true for modern concert zithers - maybe it helps to achieve a clearer sound when fretting in the high frets. And it makes a slight bending effect easier.

Might not be easy to get a Raffele in the US though - it was even hard to find a good builder over here. The instrument is not very common, but is getting more popular now.

As I mentioned somewhere else, Keith Young has made some Raffeles (for a couple of European born musicians who play music of the Alpine region - www.lusmusik.com ). But I don't know how many of them he has built.

(EDIT: sorry, misspelled the URL.)


Dusty Turtle
02/09/13 12:04:57PM @dusty:

That's really great, Peter! Your fretting may not be perfect, but it is darn good. And most importantly,your ideas clearly come out strongly. I really like some of those chords. Is that a chromatic fretboard?

Now there's another instrument I want. Smile.gif


Peter W.
02/09/13 11:32:40AM @peter-w:

Thank you very much, Carrie, Wayne and John! Smile.gif I appreciate your comments! Yes, it's fun - but I also play my MD of course! Smile.gif


John Keane
02/09/13 11:15:10AM @john-keane:

It has a great sound!