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Quittin' Time at Essex Mine on lap dulcimer in noter/drone style and guitar
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We're situated the way we are to try to get the best sound balance between my dulcimer and Mark's guitar. As far as tempo goes, I think I follow Mark and he thinks he follows me. However it goes, neither of us is a human metronome. :)The lap dulcimer is tuned to EAA and Mark's guitar is in standard tuning. We came up with this tune some weeks ago and enjoy playing it!
Yes, a life of its own. Thanks again, Chuck!
I love them both! I have to admit I heard Randy's first then found yours. But you know Robin, you give brith to this song and then it just sort of takes on a life of its own. Just a beautiful song.
Thanks, Chuck!Randy Adams's play of Quittin' Time (tuning he uses, timing, use of slides) lets me know how this needs to be played when played as a solo dulcimer tune-- I flat-out love what he does with the tune! To my ear, my play of the tune needs Mark's accompaniment to sound complete while accompaniment would detract, I think, from Randy's play of QT.
This is an absolutely beautiful tune - I L-O-V-E it!! You both play so well. Thanks for sharing this!
Many thanks, Nigel! We enjoy playing this together!
A beautiful tune beautifully played
Thank you, Cheryl!
Just bumped into this video, what a gem of a tune!
Ron,
This is Robin. Mark says he has no clue about whether it is difficult for the DAd dulcimer to accompany fiddles in a square dance. Perhaps you could pose your question on the general music forum.
Hi, Ron, thanks for the nice comment! This is Robin typing right now. To give you the information about the chords, I'm going to turn my computer over to Mark.
Hi Ron, In the first part (a part) I play an A chord and a G chord. On the second part (b part) I start with what I think is an A2 chord. I play the B string open on that first strum and hold the rest of the a chord on the G and D strings. Then on the next strum I hammer on the C# note on the B string to play an A Major chord in 1st position. The other 2 chords in the b part are G and E. A part of tune...A,G,A,G. B part of tune...A2, A,G,A,A2,A,E,A. I hope this helps. Mark
Thank you, Karen! We have a good time playing the tune.
That was just great!
John, you could play circles around me, my friend! I feel most fortunate to have a partner with whom to make homemade music. Thank you for the nice comment about the tune-- I'll tell Mark!
Hey, we're glad you liked this little tune, Dan and Patty! Thank you for the kind comments!
That is a nice tune Robin
. You and Mark complement each other beautifully
. I love to hear your tunes!
Many thanks, Val & Gayle! There's nothing like making music at home!
Thank you, fellas! (Hey, Mark and I have had the pleasure of spending time with you last 3 "Commentators"
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Sam, yup, we came up with this tune, too. Basically, how we've done it is I work out a tune on MD and make a recording. Mark uses the recording then to come up with with accompaniment. It's fun!
Robin, please forgive me, I'm a little slow. I read "when we were naming the tune" ... Is this an original composition from you and Mark? It's a very beautiful, lilting piece. You two have a great harmony together ... music ain't too bad either!
Y'all done real good again! That's a great tune.
Once again a job well done. Just really a joy to listen to you two play.