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Richard Streib
@richard-streib • 24 minutes ago • comments: 1
Posted a new Comment on What's your favorite finish ?:
"I don't build dulcimers, but do some other wood working. I really like a hand rubbed oil finish. With as many coats of oil rubbed well into the wood as it..."
Homer Ross
Homer Ross
Jack M
@jack-m • 2 hours ago • comments: 1
Created a new Group discussion "What's your favorite finish ?":
"Finishes are my latest concern and don't want to get into spray finishes if I can avoid it.  The back and sides will be walnut with a Port Orford cedar top..."
Dulcimer Making
DavisJames
@davisjames • 4 hours ago • comments: 2
Liked a music item created by @marshall-goers: Crawdad Song
Carol H
Carol H
Carol H
@carol-h • 6 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted new YouTube video(s):
December: Deer and the Moon
Marko
@marko • 9 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"Nate: I do like adding strings to the low end of my dulcimers and recently have been having a lot of fun with D2 A2 D3 A3 D4, but on a 4 string dulcimer I..."
John C. Knopf
@john-c-knopf • 9 hours ago
@john-c-knopf is now following @barnjam
barnjam
@barnjam • 10 hours ago
@barnjam is now following @john-c-knopf
Wally Venable
@wally-venable • 10 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"My 6-string conversion of an old Korean dulcimer has a "dropped" A on the middle set and a "raised" D on the base set. Otherwise it has the common, original,..."
barnjam
@barnjam • 10 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"@nate Thanks! Yes, that is correct on the string configuration. I'm hooked on that drop D for droning...really reminds me of a bagpipe. I'm not familiar with..."
Nate
@nate • 16 hours ago • comments: 17
Posted a new Comment on Do you have more trouble with your right hand, or left?:
"This old thread is very insightful. I've always had a much easier time with my strumming hand than my fretting hand. With about six years of practice, my..."
Nate
@nate • 17 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"Talking about bones and harmonica, I thought you might enjoy this performance by Willi Carlisle, if you haven't seen it before."
Nate
@nate • 17 hours ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"barnjam: Do you like the drop D drone? Does anyone else use a drop D string?   It sounds great. Am I understanding you correctly that the dulcimer has 4..."
John Pettreemusic
@john-petry • 18 hours ago • comments: 0
Signed @deniseelliott's Guestbook:
"John Petry aka Barnshopper aka HarpsNThings aka Pet Tree Music"
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • 21 hours ago • comments: 1
Posted a new Comment on @deniseelliott:
"Welcome to FOTMD, Denise. It's good to have you aboard. I'm glad you want to learn to play the mountain dulcimer. It is a wonderful instrument. Let know if..."
barnjam
@barnjam • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"I'd like to thank each of you for your great ideas, tips and advice. Rather than purchase another dulcimer, I decided to experiment with my 8-String Milford..."
Nate
@nate • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"Whoops, I did notice that they were bones and still typed spoons for some reason lol. Similar, but still quite different. Either way, sounds like a cool..."
Carol H
@carol-h • yesterday
@carol-h is now following @pete-babechuk
barnjam
@barnjam • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"@nate Thank you. It’s a wonderful group of folks and we have a great time playing together. The famous Dom Flemons, The American Songster, is from Phoenix..."
Nate
@nate • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"Looks like a lot of fun. I see that you are playing harmonica and spoons at the same time, which is no small feat, and the result is great.Cool to see so..."
barnjam
@barnjam • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"I learned Sal’s from the Phoenix Old Time Music Society. Here are three recordings we’ve done with various instruments and tempos, if you’re interested in..."
barnjam
@barnjam • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"Yes, that is exactly right. That makes sense that the open D string would sound “better” than the fretted D on the A string. I like low action on the melody..."
Strumelia
@strumelia • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"Are you saying that you like the tone of the melody string when it plays the tonic D note on the open string?... as opposed to the melody string tuned to A..."
barnjam
@barnjam • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"@strumelia Thanks for that tip. I can see how the noter would fit more easily between close frets. I like the speed and tactile feel I get from my bare..."
Strumelia
@strumelia • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"@barnjam ... just from my personal viewpoint-  when playing oldtime tunes up high in the second octave solely on the melody string,  -because i play with a..."
barnjam
@barnjam • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"I refreshed my memory on playing melody jn DAA, and the results are as follows. I truly enjoy the rich tonal quality of playing on the lower octave. The..."
Strumelia
@strumelia • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"barnjam: Richard Ash at Folkcraft has a great write up on the subject of hands, fingers, and VSLs...."
Nate
@nate • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"Skip, in his original post he said "I wish it were a tad longer so that I could get the best of DAA and DAD tuning, allowing me to walk down the fretboard on..."
barnjam
@barnjam • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"Thanks for moving this to the proper category. Interestingly, Richard Ash at Folkcraft has a great write up on the subject of hands, fingers, and VSLs...."
Skip
@skip • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":
"As an example; Standard, 28.5" VSL McSpadden tuned DAA will do exactly what you just described. Any dulcimer with the same fret layout will also meet that..."
Homer Ross
@homer-ross • 2 days ago • comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @barnjam: Click Old Hen (AAC Dulcimer Tuning)
Homer Ross
@homer-ross • 2 days ago • comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @barnjam: Willafjord Reel (Milford Blevins 8-String Dulcimer)
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