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@richard-streib • 9 hours ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @cindyc:

"Glad you joined Cindyc. Welcome to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer from a fellow North Carolinian.Learning to play the mountain dulcimer can seem..."

@pierre-yves-donnio • 11 hours ago • comments: 6
Liked a youtube item created by @dulcidom: Beauty in Tears

@robin-thompson • 13 hours ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on A Light in the Window:

"@davisjames Oh, such a lovely thing to say about the tune, Jamie! It's not always easy to try to match an appropriate-sounding title to a tune yet give it..."

@skip • 14 hours ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Help with tuning?:

"Just so you don't go to tight for the strings, Bass=D3, A=A3, dd=D4."

@ken-longfield • 15 hours ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @cindyc:

"Welcome to FOTMD, Cindyc. It's good to have you aboard. Let us know if you have any questions as you learn to play the mountain dulcimer. The is a friendly..."

@ken-longfield • 15 hours ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Help with tuning?:

"Hi, Sylvia. Richard and Strumelia gave you the advice I would have given. I just want to correct your terminology. The "nut" is the small piece of wood,..."

@davisjames • 15 hours ago • comments: 0
Liked a music item created by @randy-adams: Whistlin' Rufus

@davisjames • 15 hours ago • comments: 0
Liked a music item created by @randy-adams: Grandfathers Clock

@davisjames • 16 hours ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on A Light in the Window:

"Another song without words!In my youth it was high praise to say"they can make the fiddle talk"."

@mark-gilston • 17 hours ago • comments: 0

Posted new YouTube video(s):
Dance to your Daddy

@strumelia • 17 hours ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Help with tuning?:

"One tip is to keep plucking the string as you turn a peg, so that you know two things:1) you are using the right tuning peg for the string you think you are..."

@robin-thompson • 18 hours ago • comments: 0
Created a new Audio File:
Come In From the Cold

@robin-thompson • 18 hours ago • comments: 6
Liked a group discussions item created by @sylvia: Help with tuning?

@sylvia • 18 hours ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Help with tuning?:

"Richard, thank you! I’m a rank beginner. I learned very helpful info from your response. Yes , It makes good sense to start with the strings slack and then..."

@strumelia • 19 hours ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Help with tuning?:

"Can you give us a little more description of exactly what kind of problems you are having in tuning your dulcimer?"

@strumelia • 19 hours ago • comments: 178
Posted a new Comment on @strumelia:

"Correct... if you were not logged in, you'd not be able to post anything on this site. You might find help in how to post new discussions (and how to do..."

@sylvia • 19 hours ago • comments: 6
Liked a group discussions item created by @sylvia: Help with tuning?

@richard-streib • 19 hours ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Help with tuning?:

"I don't know how much experience you have. You may want to slacken the strings a bit from there they are now and then slowly increase tension. Always adjust..."

@sylvia • 19 hours ago • comments: 6
Created a new Group discussion "Help with tuning?":

"I am having a devil of a time tuning my new Dulcimer. It’s a McSpadden Ginger model, D-A-dd. I have an ordered an Snark electronic tuner . for now I’m..."
Beginner players

@shopdad • 19 hours ago • comments: 178
Posted a new Comment on @strumelia:

"I have been communicating with you so I can assume I am logged in. I didn't log in this AM. I don't recall ever logging out. I just "x" out of the site...."

@shopdad • 19 hours ago • comments: 178
Posted a new Comment on @strumelia:

"Good point. Makes sense. I noticed some of the responses I made were previous notes from a few years back. I wasn't sure if my comments would go into the..."

@strumelia • 20 hours ago • comments: 19
Posted a new Comment on @shopdad:

"Shopdad, i see yiou are posting comments on people's profile page 'comment walls', and you just now posted a comment on a Group's 'comment wall'.Posting..."

@shopdad • 21 hours ago • comments: 178
Posted a new Comment on @strumelia:

"I will try that too. I just posted some comments from other members. I'll see if I get a response from them. If no response in a few days I will log in again..."

@shopdad • 21 hours ago • comments: 18
Posted a new Comment on Hymn and Worship Song Players:

"I'll fly away. I was raised in church and music became the most important part of my teen life and never changed. I enjoy playing and singing some of the old..."

@shopdad • 21 hours ago • comments: 10
Posted a new Comment on @nate:

"Nate, I see you posted a question back in 2013 about length of time to build a dulcimer. I'm sure by now you have had a multitude of answers. However, I..."

@shopdad • 22 hours ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on @jack-m:

"I've built 5 dulcimers. I consider the strum stick and can jo a dulcimer. They are three string. The other three are built to accommodate 4 strings but I..."

@strumelia • 22 hours ago • comments: 19
Posted a new Comment on @shopdad:

"Your descriptions are suggesting to me that you are having trouble knowing whether you are actually logged in or logged out. Myself, i just leave me logged..."

@strumelia • 22 hours ago • comments: 19
Posted a new Comment on @shopdad:

"Perhaps you had not been logged into FOTMD for a period of time, and you were required to LOG IN first in order to see and respond to posts? I think members..."

@shopdad • 23 hours ago • comments: 19
Posted a new Comment on @shopdad:

"I am able to view these comments now. I don't recall clicking on "unjoin", but could have by accident, I believe they call it a senior moment. As far as a..."

@wally-venable • yesterday • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Gardner Winter Music Festival:

"GARDNER WINTER MUSIC FESTIVAL February 27 & 28, 2026 South Middle School, Morgantown, WV Traditional Appalachian Music,..."

@wendell-g • yesterday • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @karen-b: Wanted: The “next” dulcimer

@strumelia • yesterday • comments: 19
Posted a new Comment on @shopdad:

"Shopdad: I see I'm getting responses (12) but when I click on them I get a notice, the page is not available. Hi @Shopdad. Can you provide me with a..."

@ken-longfield • yesterday • comments: 19
Posted a new Comment on @shopdad:

"It's good to have you back. Can't help with the problems you are experiencing. I look forward to seeing some more of our instrument building. Ken "The..."

@benjamin-w-barr-jr • 2 days ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @casserole:

"Hi Casserole, 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..."

@benjamin-w-barr-jr • 2 days ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @linda5076:

"Hi Linda, 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,..."

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