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Aw man, you better believe it'll be fun! I can't remember when I have looked so forward to spending that much time in a car...on purpose! Can't wait to see all the gang there!
yeah right John!... : )....see you in a week or so....this is gonna be fun! Not too late Robin!
I already warned him that I'd be around lol! I started out trying to get him to sit and play a tune or two with me, but now I think I'm supposed to carry his bags and wash his car.
John, I'm jealous-- you'll get to meet Randy Adams at Dulcimerville!
It really would! Hopefully one of these days we can make that happen. I've really been looking forward to meeting a few FOTMDers at Dulcimerville in a few days. Maybe they'll let me sit at the "big kids" table a couple of times!
Hey, John, you'd make us cooler for sure!
Sorry...I forgot to add
Okay...I say we put this one with that one. I'll happily be the one to change keys...
http://mountaindulcimer.ning.com/video/electric-cabbageRandy, that's awfully sweet of you to say. Josh Turknett's oldtimejam.com version got me really wanting to make a recording of the tune.
Thanks, Robin-- it was fun! I want a reputation as someone whose porch can be made ready for music any time with a quick sweep and chairs brought out from inside.
Let's eat!!!! Best dulcimer version I ever heard.....
Great fun as ever Robin!
It looks like you have swept the porch clean - I can't see the beer though?
Robin
Thank you, friends!
Sam, although you can't see it, I am using one of those thingys
to raise the bass string at the first fret. (Only I made a new thingy -- I cut a small section from the ridged edge of a round plastic lid. Works pretty well but will likely wear out lots quicker than the little piece of whittled chopstick I've been using.)
Stephanie, some of the coolest songs are those sometimes thought of as "just for beginners." Bile 'em Cabbage is a wonderful old-timey tune and a great learning tune. Of course, in noter/drone style where strumming is really, really (Dare I add another really ?
) important, it's great to play, explore how tunes might be strummed so as to delight or even surprise the listener
without jarring the listener
.
That sounds really good Robin. I'd been trying to learn it in DAA, the EAA sounds better. I made one of those little thingys to put at the first fret. I'll have to try some of YOUR cabbage
Thank you, fellas. Bobby, I'll tell Mark what you said-- he'll like that.
John K, I called the tune yet forget to say the tuning I used.
John H, I'm using a small quill for a plectrum-- it's great for fiddle tunes!
Bile 'em Cabbage Down is one of the first tunes I learned to play on mountain dulcimer though I couldn't play it like this. And while this version is far from perfect-- many of you may have caught me speeding-up-- I hope it serves to demonstrate the importance of the strumming hand in a tune that's so widely-known and played.
Great job on that, AND you called the tune at the end!!! Loved it!
Nice one Robin, what you using in your right hand ? (your grass looks a lot greener than mine!!)
John