Thank you very much Carrie!...esp after Dave gave me a hard time for not tearing it up on the hornpipe!.... : )...
Sharp observation there Dave...that is the same technique bluegrass banjo players and classical guitar players use. I don't know what it's called but uses open higher pitched strings with fretted lower pitched strings. It's hard to get used to at first b/c to make a higher pitched note fret a lower pitched string...kinda goes against my standard thinking.
'nother thing...when I started playing with a noter I used it in the standard way...up & down the melody string. It didn't take me long to figure out I wasn't very good at it. Timing a strum to coincide with the noter screaming up and down the fretboard to play them 8th notes ain't that easy for me. So I went with the skills I had...playing across the strings in the tunings & string configurations I was familiar with....& it's easier to play across the strings, with a noter, w/o frets. But I'm in the process of putting frets back on my box dulcimer...I'm thinking about giving it another shot up & down the melody string....inspired by the vids I'm seeing here.
Last thing fwiw...the 4 fretted note on the tab below can also be obtained on the melody string 3rd fret...I just like the way it rings & flows on the 4....
Thx Brian & Wayne. On the slight chance anyone was interested....& I'm bored out of my mind...I wrote the notes down on paper here. Tuned DGBd key of G. Only 3 frets are used to play this tune. The 3, 4 and unfortunately the 4. Very economical left hand movement and easy to play...although I manage to make plenty of mistakes when I play it.... : )....
Such a light feel to this, Randy, it's almost like a lullaby. Wonderful.
That was great Randy. I love the cross the strings noting you do on a fretless
Love your explanation too - really enlightening.
BTW - You have handwritten an upside down dobro TAB
Robin
Thank you very much Carrie!...esp after Dave gave me a hard time for not tearing it up on the hornpipe!.... : )...
Sharp observation there Dave...that is the same technique bluegrass banjo players and classical guitar players use. I don't know what it's called but uses open higher pitched strings with fretted lower pitched strings. It's hard to get used to at first b/c to make a higher pitched note fret a lower pitched string...kinda goes against my standard thinking.
'nother thing...when I started playing with a noter I used it in the standard way...up & down the melody string. It didn't take me long to figure out I wasn't very good at it. Timing a strum to coincide with the noter screaming up and down the fretboard to play them 8th notes ain't that easy for me. So I went with the skills I had...playing across the strings in the tunings & string configurations I was familiar with....& it's easier to play across the strings, with a noter, w/o frets. But I'm in the process of putting frets back on my box dulcimer...I'm thinking about giving it another shot up & down the melody string....inspired by the vids I'm seeing here.
Last thing fwiw...the 4 fretted note on the tab below can also be obtained on the melody string 3rd fret...I just like the way it rings & flows on the 4....
Thx Brian & Wayne. On the slight chance anyone was interested....& I'm bored out of my mind...I wrote the notes down on paper here. Tuned DGBd key of G. Only 3 frets are used to play this tune. The 3, 4 and unfortunately the 4. Very economical left hand movement and easy to play...although I manage to make plenty of mistakes when I play it.... : )....
Randy - very nice job on a great tune. I really enjoyed it.
Thx Karen. I learned it years ago, can't remember where, then started playing it again Sat. Here's a couple other versions of it.
http://cdm272901.cdmhost.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15131coll4/id/2392/rec/4
http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/6574/
I thought that was great. Where do you find such wonderful tunes?