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AllSnakewood
We have a collection of local old time musicians that meet as the band...
@Robin Clark 14 years ago - Comments: 13
Sally in the Garden - Dm version
It has been a cold, wet and windy day here on the West coast of Wales...
@Robin Clark 12 years ago - Comments: 9
Found a Lovely Old Diatonic MD
A fiddle playing friend of mine gave me a call today and said he had...
@Robin Clark 13 years ago - Comments: 9
Elzic's Farewell - Noter/drone on Prussia Valley Box Dulcimer
Here is a tune I recorded this lunchtime on my Prussia Valley Box...
@Robin Clark 12 years ago - Comments: 6
Ebenezer...Err.. Old Jawbone! - Noter/drone G,D,D
Here is one of the fiddle tunes that goes by the name of "Ebenezer"...
@Robin Clark 12 years ago - Comments: 9
Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine
My friend Chris came over this evening so I opened a bottle of wine and...
@Robin Clark 13 years ago - Comments: 7
Build a Dulcimer - In an hour from scratch
We are building a shed at the back of our village hall and today lots...
@Robin Clark 6 years ago - Comments: 13
How to Improve the Sound or your Drones
Sometimes playing noter drone can sound a little 'clunky' or 'off'' –...
@Robin Clark 5 years ago - Comments: 10
Bocs Cân Idris – A new traditional instrument!
I'm running a fretted zither making project at...
@Robin Clark 5 years ago - Comments: 24
Carols at the Chapel of St Non, Pembrokeshire
I was in Pembrokeshire over last weekend and a few miles walk along...
@Robin Clark 6 years ago - Comments: 5
Student Dulcimers - Lots of them!!!!
I was asked to run the mountain dulcimer workshops at Shrewsbury Folk...
@Robin Clark 6 years ago - Comments: 11
Prussia Valley Box Dulcimer - Arrived Today!
In case you are wondering who ended up with Gregs PVBD that he...
@Robin Clark 13 years ago - Comments: 5
Developing Noter Drone Playing – The Melodic Style
Over time, I have gradually developed a style of noter drone playing...
@Robin Clark 7 years ago - Comments: 29
Working With Drones
I am often asked by folks about how they can get their noter drone...
@Robin Clark 7 years ago - Comments: 21
Any Photos or Video from Halsway Manor Week?
Does anyone have any photos or video from the Halsway Manor week...
@Robin Clark 7 years ago - Comments: 0
McSpadden 6 string Baritone
I've just received today a 6 string baritone from Jim Woods at...
@Robin Clark 7 years ago - Comments: 10
Cherub Guitar Pickup WCP-80G into Acoustic Amp
I was asked to play the incidental music at a local function last week...
@Robin Clark 8 years ago - Comments: 0
Singing with Noter Drone Dulcimer - Old Styles
I've been doing quite a bit more singing with dulcimer at gigs recently....
@Robin Clark 8 years ago - Comments: 13
All Glory Be To God On High - Noter Drone Version
Tull Glazener has posted a free DAd TAB this month for All Glory Be...
@Robin Clark 8 years ago - Comments: 8
What Wood is This?
A quick question for you building gurus....
@Robin Clark 8 years ago - Comments: 6
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Hi
Checking how you are, have not seen you on fotmd in awhile and hope you are doing well
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Robin, if someone in the UK can't share some with you, I can buy them easily here and mail them whatever speed you choose.
Great Robin, thanks! Also... if you go to the Followers TAB on your profile page here, you'll see a whole bunch of people who have applied to be your Follower... but you still need to approve them:
https://fotmd.com/robin-clark/follow
They can't PM you until you approve them. In your account settings, there is also a setting where followers are automatically approved if you want that, rather than 'pending' until you actually approve them.
I notice you have ALL your site notifications turned OFF. Do you really want things set that way? it means you will not be notified when someone tries to Follow you, or when someone sends you a private message, or when someone comments on one of your items to ask a question, ...just to name a few. You may want to go through your Notifications settings to tailor them ? They are found in your Account settings in the Notifications Tab:
https://fotmd.com/user/notifications/profile_id=158/user_id=157
Hi Robin,
You need to go to your Followers page in order to approve a bunch of pending followers. Someone wrote me they were waiting on 'pending' for a long time. Go here:
https://fotmd.com/robin-clark/follow
Very impressed with your student Dulcimers, great sound.
No Robin, cant get in thru group as there is no info there except your intial comments.
David, you need to JOIN that group in order to see the discussion replies.
And I still show pending as to the following you.
No Robin, cant get in thru group as there is no info there except your intial comments.
Hi Robin, please see my INBOX note to you. Thanks! :)
In the preface to the second edition of Ralph Lee Smith's The Story of the Dulcimer, Ron Ewing is quoted as saying that he was sending bunch of capos "to a shop in Wales." That must be you, correct?
I know you and Jeni & Billy sounded wonderful, Robin-- I'm a fan of the music of all of y'all!
Glad to have you as a friend, Robin.
Hello Robin!
I haven't dulcimer yet, but while I'm looking for instrument, I gather information about instruments, their construction, different styles of playing etc. Thank you very much for your useful info on old-style. I like old style very much and I'll learn it
Hi Robin,
I joined the noter/drone group a while back but hadn't done anything about it. The weather has been cold and windy - a perfect excuse to stay in and play music. So today for the first time, I got out the dulcimer my dad made. I tuned it to DAA and started playing around with the noter. Then I went to the page you created for "Holding and Moving the noter". Thank you SO much! the video and explanations helped me a lot! I am truly excited about learning to play noter/drone! I know there is a lot of great information to explore - but your's was the first one I went to, and it helped me a lot!
Thank you again!
Keep strumming and smiling!
Cindy
Hello Robin! Any joy in finding out whether padded gig bags for dulcimers are available or still out of stock? Let me know either way. Ta!
Hi Robin! Ta for your comment on my Twinkle Twinkle video AS WELL AS MY ukulele video (Never Let Her Slip Away). Are you a fellow uker?
Hey, Robin--Thank you for your most generous comments about Dance of the Little Dog! Though we will be heading out soon, I will post a thread about Little Dog before my head hits the pillow tonight. (Mostly, I work from an iPad these days but will get on the old laptop this evening.) I'm happy it sounds as though we were outdoors when we played. Actually, It was a bit chilly outside but I wanted to capture birdsong on the recording so opened the nearby window a bit. Again, thank you for the very kind comments!
Robin , I had some questions about playing the m/d with my guitar in opentunings , I was refered to you , hope you dont mind , I use mainly open D and G and some others , but was wondering what to tune the m/d to , to acompany the guitar , I would experiment , but am still in the process of putting together my m/d and have never played one , just gathering information I guess , thought you could help . thanks mate .
Thanks Robin. I have a new Doug Berch dulcimer coming that will have a hard case as its home. Will do something for straps....have installed D rings and a shoulder strap on a previous hard case that I had. I wondered what ideas you had. I have a soft case available for it too, but like the idea of a hard case, because of the $ I will have invested into it. Thanks for the ideas.