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Nate
@nate • 47 seconds ago • comments: 3
Liked a youtube item created by @phil-myers: Be Thou My Vision
Nate
@nate • 5 minutes ago • comments: 2
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Nate
@nate • 5 minutes ago • comments: 5
Liked a music item created by @davisjames: Louie's Schottische.
Robert Owens
@robert-owens • 45 minutes ago
@robert-owens is now following @john-petry
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 2 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "six string Dulcimer":
"Although it's been dormant for some time, the 6-String Dulcimers Group here still has a lot of members.  Perhaps you could join that group and resurrect a..."
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 2 hours ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Louie's Schottische.:
"Cool! Gotta learn that one!"
Strumelia
@strumelia • 3 hours ago • comments: 5
Liked a music item created by @davisjames: Louie's Schottische.
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson • 5 hours ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Louie's Schottische.:
"It's a fun tune, for sure!  If I knew how to dance, I could dance along.  "
Frank Dudgeon
@frank-dudgeon • 17 hours ago
@frank-dudgeon is now following @john-petry
Strumelia
@strumelia • 22 hours ago • comments: 9
Posted a new Comment on Dulcimer for Travelling:
"If you go down to 20-21" scale length, nudge the fretboard to one side rather than right down the middle, keep the peghead and tail short and maybe even use..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • yesterday • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Louie's Schottische.:
"Blowing my own horn I suppose....I especially like the "diddley dump" triplet at the start of measures 2 and 4 in the 3rd. part(slow count)...I'm "hammering..."
Nate
@nate • yesterday • comments: 9
Posted a new Comment on Dulcimer for Travelling:
"Sounds like a good plan. Are you planning to install frets? On really short scale instruments I like using nice tall fretwire. So much more comfortable when..."
Wally Venable
@wally-venable • yesterday • comments: 9
Posted a new Comment on Dulcimer for Travelling:
"I decided to explore this further. The 26 inch length I mentioned in an earlier post is for a custom built box. The handle, feet, wheels, etc. have to be..."
Nate
@nate • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "six string Dulcimer":
"Sorry i Wally i mistyped that"
Wally Venable
@wally-venable • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "six string Dulcimer":
"Except that mine is Dd-Aa-aa (or maybe dD-aA-aa, or aa-Aa-Dd if you prefer the reverse order)"
Nate
@nate • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "six string Dulcimer":
"Thats similar to my favorite setup for 6 string Wally. dd-Aa- Dd"
Wally Venable
@wally-venable • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "six string Dulcimer":
"Or like an "unreal Dulcimer." On my 6-string dulcimer, tuned in DAA with 6+ fret, I have a wound string in the middle pair tuned an octave below normal and a..."
John C. Knopf
@john-c-knopf • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "six string Dulcimer":
"Depends on if you want it to sound like a mandolin or a "real" dulcimer."
Dan
@dan • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "six string Dulcimer":
"Just liken it to a 12 string guitar vs. a six string. I will say different but not better."
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "six string Dulcimer":
"Hey John.  I have a Ron Ewing baritone dulcimette made with 6 strings in three courses. Basically, each string is doubled.  I love the sound.  I has the pop..."
Nate
@nate • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "six string Dulcimer":
"I have made them a couple different ways. I made one with six courses tuned DADf#ad and it sounded awesome but the melody was at times getting drowned out by..."
Pux0r3
@pux0r3 • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Amplification of an acoustic dulcimer":
"So, I was afraid to modify my dulcimer and just jammed a KNA AP-2 onto mine. It's been fairly decent. I even got to use it in my regular jam session today..."
jp
@jp • 2 days ago • comments: 6
Liked a photos item created by @ariane: alle vier auf treppe mit md web gross
Phil Myers
@phil-myers • 2 days ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on Be Thou My Vision:
"Thanks Robin and Lisa!"
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @lilley-pad: six string Dulcimer
Lilley Pad
@lilley-pad • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "six string Dulcimer":
"Hi kids, just Jon Lilley here from cyberspace. I was hoping to get people's ideas and thoughts on something that I have no idea about. Never seen one, never..."
Richard Streib
@richard-streib • 2 days ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on Just starting out, have a question:
"If you start out with the 6.5 fret and play in Ionian mode you will learn to skip over it as if it isn't there. Starting with songs for which you know the..."
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • 2 days ago • comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on @malcolm:
"Other than that Don was the only one to send in his workshop tabs, I don't know. The others may be waiting to hand it in tomorrow and expect the folks in..."
Malcolm
@malcolm • 2 days ago • comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on @malcolm:
"Any idea why Don Pedi is the only one with tab for the Hindman Homecoming which starts tomorrow."
GreatLakes73
@greatlakes73 • 2 days ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on Just starting out, have a question:
"Thanks for the advice! I can see how it would be super easy to accumulate multiple dulcimers before knowing what I really want. 😉 of..."
GreatLakes73
@greatlakes73 • 2 days ago • comments: 3
Liked a group discussions item created by @greatlakes73: Just starting out, have a question
Strumelia
@strumelia • 2 days ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on Just starting out, have a question:
"My only suggestion is-  start with DAA tuning (or CGG, one step lower if you like)... simply because it will be easier to find all the notes you need on the..."
GreatLakes73
@greatlakes73 • 2 days ago
@greatlakes73 is now following @strumelia
GreatLakes73
@greatlakes73 • 2 days ago • comments: 3
Created a new Group discussion "Just starting out, have a question":
"Hello all! Just starting out with the dulcimer and have linked up with a local club that (I expect) will play mostly fingerdancing/chording style. I have a..."
OLD STYLE Drone & Noter players
Strumelia
@strumelia • 2 days ago • comments: 1
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: Kak U Sokola (Like a Falcon)
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