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@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Y Pibydd Du:

"That is gorgeous.Must be or have been a song."

@robin-thompson • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Dda tuning":

"@tonyg Indeed, I did. Thanks for pointing out my error-- I'll correct the posting. And hope I use the correct "A". I'm a dunce when writing/talking about..."

@tonyg • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Dda tuning":

"Robin......did you mean Ddda?"

@robin-thompson • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Dda tuning":

"I play DddA (using doubled high drones) and like it lots. I've been stringing instruments for awhile with a wound bass, doubled high drones, and single..."

@dusty • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Dda tuning":

"Never heard of that tuning, but if the middle string is an octave above the bass string--which is indicated by the lower case "d"--it probably has to be..."

@tonyg • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Dda tuning":

"Dda........you don't hear much about this tuning. Strumelia mentioned it in an old blog, and I was wondering if the middle string would be an unwound high d..."

@ken-longfield • 3 weeks ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @jean:

"Welcome to FOTMD, Jean. Let us know if you have any questions as you begin your dulcimer journey. You will find many resources and helpful information as you..."

@lilley-pad • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Backing tracks":

""OOPS" I will look in to"

@lilley-pad • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Backing tracks":

"Thanks again Dusty after I posted this questing I found this web sit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykL2JYGP3CM Have not explore this site but at this..."

@dusty • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Backing tracks":

"Hey @lilley-pad, not everything is free, but . . . * On YouTube, you can just search for a tune, as in "Soldier's Joy backing track" and find some stuff...."

@dusty • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Question about dulcimer popularity...":

"@randy-adams, I'm in the @Nate fan club myself, but neither you nor I are as cute as those Swifties who will be joining us once Taylor plays a jell-o mold..."

@beth-t • 3 weeks ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Dadl Dau/Gwŷr Pendref/I Lawr â'r Ffrancwyr:

"DavisJames: That is delightful,Beth.Great to hear seem jigs. . Cheers Jamie! My fingers are managing faster tunes now - though I'm still trying to get my..."

@jim-yates • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Question about dulcimer popularity...":

"Since I learned from Jean's column and before the 6+ fret became standard, I use DAA tuning most of the time. I find chording easier (probably because I'm..."

@jim-yates • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Question about dulcimer popularity...":

"I first became interested in the mountain dulcimer after reading a Teach-In by Jean Ritchie in Sing Out! magazine in the early sixties. Soon after that I..."

@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 4
Liked a youtube item created by @peter-w: My Lord, what a morning

@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @beth-t: Y Pibydd Du/The Black Piper

@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Dadl Dau/Gwŷr Pendref/I Lawr â'r Ffrancwyr:

"Typographic mistake"some" rather than "seem".Wonderful music."

@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Dadl Dau/Gwŷr Pendref/I Lawr â'r Ffrancwyr:

"That is delightful,Beth.Great to hear seem jigs. ."

@ken-longfield • 3 weeks ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @cathy-carlo:

"Welcome to FOTMD, Cathy. It's good to have you aboard. A general rule for all stringed instruments is that if you are comfortable, your dulcimer will be..."

@ken-longfield • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Question about dulcimer popularity...":

"This is an interesting conversation. I don't think there is a good method for measuring a decline or increase in popularity. Is it possible to compile a list..."

@lilley-pad • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Backing tracks":

"First I just want to say I hope everybody's happy and healthy well at least happy anyone out there have any resources, know where to find backing tracks..."

@tonyg • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Question about dulcimer popularity...":

"Come to think about it, I guess it never really was what you'd call a popular instrument. And one of my favorite quotes about the dulcimer went something..."

@randy-adams • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Question about dulcimer popularity...":

"Hey now Dusty, the Nate fanclub may be small, but it has a quality few members. xD I'm a member! Quality debatable. : ) FB has numerous dulcimer groups..."

@robin-thompson • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Question about dulcimer popularity...":

"Though I can't recall where I saw it, Harry Styles got a dulcimer from Joellen Lapidus. Taylor Swift and Tracy Chapman, as I read in one of the more recent..."

@robin-thompson • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "International Appalachian Dulcimer Day":

"Friends, International Appalachian Dulcimer Day is coming-- always the last Saturday in March. This year's date is 29 March 2025. Let's all celebrate the..."

@dusty • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Question about dulcimer popularity...":

"John C. Knopf: Has the dulcimer playing of artists such as Brian Jones or Joni Mitchell or Cyndi Lauper or Dolly Parton made a measurable difference? I..."

@nate • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Question about dulcimer popularity...":

"Hey now Dusty, the Nate fanclub may be small, but it has a quality few members. xD It's a very true point though. Popular artists of the 70s played a huge..."

@john-c-knopf • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Question about dulcimer popularity...":

"Has the dulcimer playing of artists such as Brian Jones or Joni Mitchell or Cyndi Lauper or Dolly Parton made a measurable difference? I don't know. Maybe..."

@nate • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @tonyg: A Question about dulcimer popularity...

@dusty • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Question about dulcimer popularity...":

"Interesting question. I'm not sure how to measure it, either. The dulcimer was never a popular instrument. Even in Appalachia in the 19th century, it was..."

@nate • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Question about dulcimer popularity...":

"While I totally agree with you Wally, I think that dulcimer has recently rediscovered it's place as an instrument that is great for amateur builders to make..."

@wally-venable • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Question about dulcimer popularity...":

"One measure might be the number of commercial producers of dulcimers. That has certainly declined."

@nate • 3 weeks ago • comments: 41
Posted a new Comment on How do Possum Boards REALLY work?:

"DavisJames: Hi again,Nate.It's the change in brightness that made me think of a wah wah...the pedal when you rocked it either diminished or accentuated the..."

@nate • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Question about dulcimer popularity...":

"Certainly not my interest! I really want to know what folks who have been playing for decades think about this.I am a young person and have not played for..."

@tonyg • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "A Question about dulcimer popularity...":

"Has the popularity of and interest in the mountain dulcimer declined in the last 10 or 15 years?"

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