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Daisy Bell is On the Line

It's a cold dayat the end ofFebruary 1915 and Lt Tommy Hargreaves is in his dugout in the reserve trenches waiting for a message to come...
@Robin Clark started 9 years ago - replies: 11

900 Miles - Presnell Dulcimer

One of my favourite tunes by I. D. Stamper is 900 Miles. Ike had a long VSL dulcimer that he built himself and then slack tuned it in Aeolian...
@Robin Clark started 9 years ago - replies: 16

Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau - 1 March 2015

It's St David's Day here in Wales So I couldn't resist doing a quick recording of our National anthem onmy repro Prichard (Welsh name!)...
@Robin Clark started 9 years ago - replies: 8

Maiden Lane - Playford's "Dancing Master" 1698 edition

I had so much fun tabbing and playing "Drive the Cold Winter Away," I decided to examine Playford a little more closely. Here's a fun tune, Maiden...
@Rob N Lackey started 10 years ago - replies: 4

Drink to Me Only - Clifford Glen Dulcimer

I was looking through my tune books for a new tune to have a go at tonightand found thissimplelittle song'Drink to Me Only'. I'm playing it...
@Robin Clark started 10 years ago - replies: 12

Bonnie Tammie Scolla - Jeffries Dulcimer

I was just running through the book Haand Me Doon Da Fiddle that Babs Greene pointed us all towards in this thread here...
@Robin Clark started 9 years ago - replies: 6

Farewell to Whiskey - Ledford Dulcimer

I was looking on the Jam 'N Folk web site this evening for some inspiration for a new tune to have a go at and 'Farewell to Whiskey' caught my...
@Robin Clark started 9 years ago - replies: 15

Seek Ye First

I want to learn the hymn Seek Ye First in noter drone style.The hymnal I have tells me it is in the Key of Eb in 2/2 time.Which tuning would I use...
@Richard Streib started 9 years ago - replies: 17

Achieving that Olde Tyme Sounde

So you're looking for that traditional "high silvery" sound. Your favorite builder creates a more traditional size instrument, but when it arrives,...
@Ken Hulme started 13 years ago - replies: 22

Fisher's Hornpipe - Clifford Glen Dulcimer

Hosted by Kiwi6 file hosting . Download mp3 - Free Music Hosting . I'm staying in a little cottage on the Glentruim...
@Robin Clark started 9 years ago - replies: 9

Just As I Am - Ledford Dulcimer

I was trying out some different mic's for recording dulcimer tonight in my kitchen and I thought I may as well have a go at a new tunetoo. So I...
@Robin Clark started 9 years ago - replies: 52

Home Sweet Home - Ledford Dulcimer

The more I play my staple fretted Homer Ledford dulcimer the more tone I seem to find within it. And that natural scale he used is just oh...
@Robin Clark started 10 years ago - replies: 22

Prichard Dulcimer - Halsway Carol - 29 Oct 14

I'm sure that I posted this carol last year but can't find the posting Anyway, I've been trying out various mic's to get better recordings...
@Robin Clark started 10 years ago - replies: 25

The Full English Project at the English Folk Dance and Song Society

The English Folk Dance and Song Society recently finish the enormous task of gathering together and digitizing the major collections of...
@Steve Battarbee started 10 years ago - replies: 4

How can you tell whether a tune can be played Noter&Drone style

I'm sure its probably just a question of time and experience and that I am showing my musical ignorance but other than trial and error how can you...
@Steve Battarbee started 11 years ago - replies: 86

Noter drone teacher in central NC

I am interested to find out if there may be a noter drone teacher in central NC willing to teach an older beginner. I live in Fuquay Varina,...
@Richard Streib started 10 years ago - replies: 2

String tunings for playing modal tunes...

Just tossing this out.I have a noter/drone dulcimer with staple frets and two fixed drone strings close together. I need suggestions for string...
@Gary Urick started 10 years ago - replies: 14

Dance of the Little Dog - for OLD STYLE Drone & Noter players

Friends, Mark and I put this little tune together several weeks ago-- it is named to honor our old & goofy little dog. NOTES: I am...
@Robin Thompson started 10 years ago - replies: 15

Staple Fret Design

I'm really curious about the width of the staple frets in pre-revival dulcimers and what that might imply, if anything, about how these early...
@Parker Buckley started 10 years ago - replies: 22

REWIRING ; Man of Constant Sorrow

It was suggested to me recently that I tried in-strummingI admit that I had never given a lot of thought to strumming and think of myself as bit...
@Steve Battarbee started 10 years ago - replies: 3