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Strumelia's beginner noter playing YouTube series

From time to time I'll be putting up new videos on YouTube with helpful tips for beginner noter players.I'll post links to them here on this...
@Strumelia started 15 years ago - replies: 16

Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine

My friend Chris came over this evening so I opened a bottle of wine and we played another "Kitchen Session". Chris said he had been learning a...
@Robin Clark started 15 years ago - replies: 7

My New Noters

This last weekend thanks to Harpmaker (Dave) I now have a few custom noters to play with... the bottom ones is Walnutthe next up is Cherryand the...
@Rod Westerfield started 16 years ago - replies: 6

Noter and metal finger picks on a Galax dulcimer -- request for comments.

I'm attaching a ~50-second clip of Wayfaring Stranger and would love to know your reaction. I have practiced it so much that I can barely hear it...
@Flint Hill started 15 years ago - replies: 14

Found a Lovely Old Diatonic MD

A fiddle playing friend of mine gave me a call today and said he had been clearing out his uncle's house and found a load of old instruments,...
@Robin Clark started 15 years ago - replies: 9

Frailing a dulcimer?

Does anybody use frailing-like, banjo-inspired picking on a dulcimer or has anyone written about it? Seems like it's something that someone would...
@Flint Hill started 15 years ago - replies: 9

noter/drone videos

Hey ya'll, I hope it is OK to put this here? I've posted 3 new videos on our YouTube channel. Two of these are Ionian mode tunes in G, (G-D-D...
@Kendra Ward started 15 years ago - replies: 9

fiddle tunes

Is there a fiddle tune you like that doesn't translate well to noter-style dulcimer play?
@Robin Thompson started 15 years ago - replies: 5

Tunes and their modes

I am compiling a list of traditional mountain dulcimer tunes by the mode they are played in and I need your help.For example:Aeolian:Shady...
@Kendra Ward started 15 years ago - replies: 23

Key West Noter Burn

Can anyone confirm or deny the report of a noter bon fire in Key West? The initial post on this was on ED. Shudder to think of it.
@folkfan started 15 years ago - replies: 54

Snakewood

We have a collection of local old time musicians that meet as the band Snakewood. Snakewood can be anything from a duet to 10 or more musicians....
@Robin Clark started 16 years ago - replies: 13

Goose feather noter

I have been using a noter made from an adult goose flight feather. I like it, but I am new to dulcimer playing so don't have much of a basis for...
@Flint Hill started 16 years ago - replies: 4

Impenitent traditionalism

I probably shouldn't do this...I've felt several almost completely unrelated tweaks about this, lately, off two forums (this one and ED). Most of...
@razyn started 16 years ago - replies: 34

Fans of bagpipe tuning?

Any other fans of bagpipe tuning out there? On my dulcimers that have a 6.5 fret, it is an especially versatile tuning. (How nice it is to play in...
@Robin Thompson started 16 years ago - replies: 17