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Space Oddity - live - on electric dulcimer
I performed this at the wonderful Colorado Dulcimer Festival earlier this month. David Bowie's glam rock classic, "Space Oddity," with an electric...
@Sam Edelston started 7 months ago - replies: 1
You've Got a Friend
An attempt of the feel of the original, when played on dulcimer. Folkcraft dulcimer.
@Janene Millen started 11 months ago - replies: 2
Psychedelic dulcimer: White Rabbit
It's been way too long since I posted a new video. Here's one. I was teaching a rock dulcimer class recently, talking about music from...
@Sam Edelston started 2 years ago - replies: 4
The Canadian Railroad Trilogy (Gordon Lightfoot cover)
The Canadian Railroad Trilogy dulcimer cover - YouTube
@Gordon Hardy started last year - replies: 8
Waiting for a Train (Jimmie Rodgers cover)
The classic tune by the Blue Yodeler.
@Dusty Turtle started last year - replies: 0
Kentucky Waltz (Bill Monroe cover)
Bill Monroe is rightly known as the father of bluegrass, but he also wrote a number of excellent tunes. Here is my 3-stringed attempt at...
@Dusty Turtle started last year - replies: 0
"Lucy in the Beatles Festival with Effect Pedals"
In July, I performed in a big Beatles festival in Charlotte, NC, called FabFest. Among their special guest performers were Micky Dolenz (of the...
@Sam Edelston started 2 years ago - replies: 4
All is Found from Disney's FROZEN 2
Haven't seen it but stumbled upon this interesting lullaby from the movie
@Janene Millen started 2 years ago - replies: 0
The Cars on dulcimer - "Just What I Needed"
When I demonstrate dulcimers to people, I like to ask them, "What kind of music do you love?" One day, I was giving a demo and lesson to a...
@Sam Edelston started 4 years ago - replies: 8
New World Symphony
I recently played an online concert set, and I wanted to include something slow and beautiful. This is what I came up with. (The video here was...
@Sam Edelston started 3 years ago - replies: 3
Fascinating Rhythm
This song works on a standard dulcimer in DAD, key of D. The Gershwins' classic, Fascinating Rhythm. First verse is instrumental, melody over...
@Sam Edelston started 3 years ago - replies: 0
"The Zoo"
Cover of a 1980 song by The Scorpions, a German hard rock group. The song is about the band's first visit to New York City and checking out the...
@Sam Edelston started 3 years ago - replies: 4
REM cover of The One I Love
I just watched this on YT-- pretty cool!
@Robin Thompson started 3 years ago - replies: 1
My Brightest Diamond dulcimer cover
A cover of one of my all-time favorite songs... I highly encourage you to listen to the original if you haven't! Oh, and there's an...
@glowhazel started 4 years ago - replies: 2
Motorhead cover: Ace of Spades
Maybe this is a slightly extreme arrangement, but hey, it's 2020. Motorhead's heavy metal hit, "Ace of Spades," fingerpicked Scruggs-style on an...
@Sam Edelston started 4 years ago - replies: 0
Dulcimer: On Broadway
I started playing On Broadway a couple of months ago. This is one of those cases where if you play a song a hundred times, interesting variations...
@Sam Edelston started 4 years ago - replies: 5
Surfer Girl on mountain dulcimer
Here's my three-stringed take on the Beach Boys classic. Southern California meet Appalachia. I use a 1+ fret here, but you don't need it and...
@Dusty Turtle started 5 years ago - replies: 7
Hey, hey, it's "I'm a Believer"
I was a Monkees fan growing up, yet it somehow never occurred to me to try this song until last weekend. I love how it fits on the instrument....
@Sam Edelston started 4 years ago - replies: 5