Group Discussions
Easier fretting
Hi all, Does an ebony layered fretboard make fretting easier or faster?
@David Pedersen started 11 years ago - replies: 25
The dreaded dotted note - Ashogan Farewell
I am working on "Ashogan Farewell" and it sounds fine in my living room (slow, but nice). I am going to have a challenge when I go to play this...
@Ellen Rice started 12 years ago - replies: 10
What is noter/drone style of playing?
I'm confused. In one place I see or hear that playing noter/drone is strumming bum ditty across all the strings with the right hand and picking out...
@Sam Searls started 12 years ago - replies: 9
Tuning/Tuners
I've got an old (1970s) Hughes 6 string Church dulcimer made from a kit when I was a kid. It has sentimental value, as my dad made it for me. I...
@Colleen Hailey started 12 years ago - replies: 3
How do I play with guitar players at a folk song/60's night?
Hi All,I'll bet this has been addressed here before but I haven't found the thread just yet.I am a fairly new player. I have been invited to bring...
@Ellen Rice started 12 years ago - replies: 22
Staying in tune up the fret? Challenging . . .
Hi All,I can tune my instrument so it is solidly D-A-d -- but I notice that as I move up the fret board that my notes are often a bit off. DH...
@Ellen Rice started 12 years ago - replies: 7
What kind of dulcimer do I need?
Beginners- Not sure of what kind of dulcimer you should get? Wondering if your current dulcimer is 'good enough'? Are you thinking maybe there is...
@Strumelia started 17 years ago - replies: 27
Newbie goes to Columbia River Gorge festival AKA Menucha
Hi Friends, Barbara J has nudged me to "share all the deers!" about going to the Columbia River Gorge Mountain Dulcimer festival at the Menucha...
@Ellen Rice started 12 years ago - replies: 11
Tuning using Hertz or a tablet app
My first weeks with the dulcimer were very challenging. The book I had said something like "go to a piano" (like there's one of those in every home...
@Ellen Rice started 12 years ago - replies: 6
Tuning ?
Hi to allIve been playing in DAA tuning, I have a lot of song books in DAA. Is there other tunings that will work with my DAA song books?ThanksRon
@Ronald R Eaches started 12 years ago - replies: 8
First paying gig
Well, after two years of playing I have my first paying gig. I was asked to play at the grand opening of a Farmer's Market at a small town nearby....
@Terry Wilson started 12 years ago - replies: 40
Elbow Pain
Hi, I just started playing a month or so ago, and have been experiencing elbow pain (in the arm that does the chords, not the strumming). Generally...
@Colleen Hailey started 12 years ago - replies: 13
Buying a dulcimer online
I know this is a much discussed topic. I thought I'd start a new discussion to go with the new year for people shopping in 2014. I recently spent a...
@Ellen Rice started 12 years ago - replies: 46
Music notation article
Something I wanted to share.Music notation has been a like a ghost to me. I always wanted to understand it instead of looking a tab all the time. I...
@Terry Wilson started 12 years ago - replies: 1
Songs written in DAA tuning
I purchased a book that has songs in DAA tuning. I never thought that it may be a problem trying to tune either of my dulcimers to this tuning,...
@Sheri Poel started 12 years ago - replies: 15
First Festival
Ok, now that I have my dulcimer and beginning to learn it, next up is to go to a Festival. I see several different ones in different parts of the...
@marg started 12 years ago - replies: 49
Strum Strum Strum
I am having a very hard timestrumming, would anyone like to post somestrumming patterns or how I am to tell how to strum on any music I am trying...
@marg started 12 years ago - replies: 25
Getting back to the dulcimer
Finally retired... and after being a church organist/keyboardist for 30 years it is time for some fun (not that doing what I did was not fun.. it...
@Richard Venneman started 12 years ago - replies: 2