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key signature for modal music
I hesitate to ask this question, for I don't want to start a debate. My hope is that there is a standard answer here, but if responses disagree,...
@Dusty Turtle started 4 years ago - replies: 16
how to add extra beats in a crooked tune
I am creating tab for a crooked tune by the Québécois accordion player Réjean Lizotte. The tune is basically in 4/4 time, but there are 2 extra...
@Dusty Turtle started 2 years ago - replies: 4
What is a Slip Jig?
What is a Slip Jig and how does it differ from a Jig?
@Homer Ross started 2 years ago - replies: 4
Dad/DAA duet
After watching a couple of introductory recorder videos using f/c tuned recorders, same fingering, at the same time, I thought a duet played with...
@Skip started 3 years ago - replies: 3
Getting rid of the 6 1/2 fret_Wabash Cannonball
I am thinking about getting a dulcimer with a diatonic fretboard for noter drone style. Right now I play Wabash Cannonball in Noter Drone style...
@traildad started 5 years ago - replies: 1
Great Resource for Music Theory Group
I came across this resource while browsing in the Chiff and Fipple, an excellent group for tinwhistle players. The charts apply equally well to...
@Banjimer started 11 years ago - replies: 6
Playing DAd tab songs while tuned to DAA
I have done a few word searches on the site and have not found information on this subject. I admit that I do not understand any music theory...
@kdparker started 6 years ago - replies: 10
Chords "with a slash"
We've all seen chords like these: F/C, G/C, C/E. A song I want to play has no SMN given, only the chords & those appear in it. I believe it...
@Lois Sprengnether Keel started 6 years ago - replies: 4
Circle of fifths, intervals
I'm still figuring this site out. I don't work with photo's much. Let's see if his works. Interval%20Circle%20001.JPG...
@Skip started 14 years ago - replies: 14
What key am I playing in?
Hello all! My music theory...um...leaves what to be desired, so please forgive the ignorance I am putting on display here! So, I have two...
@Rachael started 6 years ago - replies: 3
Does using a capo change the key or not
Using a capo does NOT change the key on a MD, it changes the MODE and the Tuning. Why? Because, basically, a capo is nothing more than a movable...
@Skip started 6 years ago - replies: 31
name that (partial) chord: 5-6-6+ in DAd
This is not a game, but a genuine question. I am working on an arrangement of "Londonderry Air" ("Danny Boy") in a DAd tuning, and in one spot use...
@Dusty Turtle started 7 years ago - replies: 9
four notes in place of three
In a duple meter such as 2/4 or 4/4, when three notes take the place of two we call that a triplet. Got it. What about in a triple meter when...
@Dusty Turtle started 7 years ago - replies: 6
Tuning VS Keys, Clearing the air
Many folks seem to equate tuning and key. They are NOT the same, or even equivalent. Note:This post is based on no extra frets. Extra frets can be...
@Skip started 8 years ago - replies: 1
Dulcimer Tunings Chart
I held a workshop at our south german dulcimer gathering in may 2015. It was about dulcimer tunings - leave the golden cage of D-A-D- and modes....
@Luigi started 10 years ago - replies: 28
writing dulcimer tab
Is there a book on how to take a piece of standard notation music (piano) and write it into dulcimer tab? Is there a way to know from looking at...
@Carrie H started 13 years ago - replies: 57
Possible to play in G or C??
Okay all you wonderful theory folk you've been so helpful to me in the past answering all kinds of questions. Today I have an easier one for you....
@Virginia Oman started 13 years ago - replies: 17
Tuning back and forth between dulcimer modes- simple!
I just thought I would post a link here to some very simple beginner hands-on explanations about modes on the dulcimer and how to use them...from...
@Strumelia started 14 years ago - replies: 3
This should make modes clearer (not)
Here's a chart of the ecclesiastical musical modes that shows the simple mathematics on which the modes are based. You could draw this diagram in...
@Flint Hill started 14 years ago - replies: 3
Reverse Tunings - theory
Someone please explain - in words of one syllable - how it is possible that DGd (1-4-8) tuning can conceivably be called an Ionian tuning. Why is...
@Ken Hulme started 15 years ago - replies: 22