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Land of my fathers

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12/29/13 05:52:45PM @cynthia-copeland:

Nice tune, Steve. I can imagine a stadium full of rugby fans singing along.

11/30/13 10:30:00PM @benjamin-w-barr-jr:

Good job! Glad you posted.

11/27/13 09:20:07PM @ken-hulme:

Well... technically felt is a non-woven textile produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibres together. The fibers can be hair/fur or any kind - goat, sheep, horse, rabbit, etc.; or artificial fibres like acrylic But yeah; the better the fur, the better the wool.

11/27/13 05:01:30PM @steve-battarbee:

Ken I think you are probably correct as felt is made of wool right?

I assume the better the wool the better the felt.

Although I'm not going to argue with the guy in the music shop (about his description) as he was the one who first suggested I checked out mountain dulcimer after I told him I desperately wanted to play something but only had one good hand. Fortunately for me he was a Joni Mitchell fan so he knew about them, The rest,as they say, is history!

Thanks to everyone for your kind words about the tune and my Red kite

11/27/13 08:45:49AM @ken-hulme:

The "wool pick" , on this side of The Pond, is a Felt Pick, one of several types of Ukulele picks. Available at fine music stores everywhere...

Nice job on Land of My Fathers, Steve!

11/27/13 08:40:10AM @john-keane:

Nicely done!

11/27/13 08:11:27AM @steve-battarbee:
Yes I think an MD would need some serious amplification!Anyway although my Mum's name was Owen and I can see Wales from my bedroom I don't think they'd let a scouser play their national anthem!As for the pick it made of compressed wool which is a pity as I could have been the first on fotmd to provide tab and a knitting pattern in the same post!

11/27/13 04:01:29AM @john-henry:

"as for the wool pick"

11/27/13 04:00:07AM @john-henry:

Nice one Steve (I'd love to see you attempt to play it in the centre of the pitch at the Millenium Stadium, lol !) As one the wool pick, I keep saying the same thing over, this site is a great place for learning, sometimes in the most unexpected fashion.

Keep 'em coming, as Rick says, the more noter/drone the merrier !

John

11/27/13 01:16:19AM @steve-battarbee:
Thanks to all you your commentsThe pick is definitely wool and not wood but don't try trying to knit one!I was introduced to them by my local music shop but you can get them on lineThey do wear out after a while but they aren't expensiveGo for natural not synthetic wool as the synthetic one are as hard as bricks and don't seem to softenI was tuned to Ddd. You can play it DAD but the drones on the higher end sound better in Ddd I think

11/27/13 12:40:13AM @rick-kennedy:

Thumbs up, Steve . Thanks for posting--we need more noter/drone vids!

11/26/13 09:49:13PM @patty-from-virginia:

That's wonderful Jack . You do have a beautiful dulcimer. It has a lovely sound. I'm interested in your pick too. Did you purchase it from Robin?

11/26/13 07:24:33PM @wendy-coons-karrasch:

Sounds pretty Steve. I never heard of a wool pick, or is it wood? Lol, just pulling your wool...

11/26/13 05:49:48PM @steve-battarbee:

Thanks Helen.The dulcimer is a walnut Red kite I bought from Robin Clarke's Bird Rock dulcimers. I tend to use a natural wool pick mostly and did on this one.

I like the mellow sound you can achieve and the flexibility. I have not been able to get along with quills/feathers so far and hard picks have tended to sound a bit harsh in my hands