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@themusicaldabbler
• one week ago
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Posted a response to "Mountain Dulcimer on The Tonight Show":
Posted a response to "Mountain Dulcimer on The Tonight Show":
"I clearly was not using the search function correctly. I was very surprised to not find anything and will have to try again. Thanks for the reply!"
@themusicaldabbler
• 2 weeks ago
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Created a new forum topic "Mountain Dulcimer on The Tonight Show":
Created a new forum topic "Mountain Dulcimer on The Tonight Show":
"I know this isn't super recent - I think it was about a month ago. (If someone posted about it on here already, I missed it, and do apologize.) I'm not up on..."
@themusicaldabbler
• 2 weeks ago
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Posted a response to "2 dulcimer dilemma":
Posted a response to "2 dulcimer dilemma":
"Thank you for posting this. I'm also a beginner, and also happen to have 2 very similar dulcimers (though not from the same builder). I think I will do..."
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@TheMusicalDabbler 4 months ago - Comments: 1
Hi Dabbler, and welcome to the wonderful world of the Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. It's a good place to come, spend some time, learn about the dulcimer, and to meet some good people.
Ben
Glad you joined TheMusicalDabbler. Welcome to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. This is a very welcoming and friendly community of great folks. Look around and see all the information here. Present day players in general prefer chord style playing. There are a number of us here who prefer to play noter drone style.
While most dulcimers can be played noter drone, once you have played a while and find you prefer noter drone there are differences in the manufacturing design for the dulcimers which folks play noter drone style. Please ask as you have questions. We are here to support each other in our dulcimer journeys.
Yes, Ken, and thank you! If I had realized my answers to those questions were going directly on my profile, I would have written more carefully
I was fascinated when I stumbled upon mountain dulcimer "noter and drone" and modes, and determined I must learn more and try it for myself! I'm guessing I'd actually been exposed to mountain dulcimer music before, as there were many musicians in my grandfather's family, and my mother is familiar with mountain dulcimer!
Welcome to FOTMD, The Musical Dabbler. It's good to have you aboard. I hope you know that hammered dulcimers and mountain dulcimers are to very different instruments. There are many of us here who play both instruments, but the emphasis here is on mountain dulcimers. Let us know if you have any questions as you begin your dulcimer journey.
Ken
"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."