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@nate • one month 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 • one month 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 • one month 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-petry • one month ago • comments: 0
Signed @deniseelliott's Guestbook:

"John Petry aka Barnshopper aka HarpsNThings aka Pet Tree Music"

@ken-longfield • one month ago • comments: 3
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 • one month ago • 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 • one month ago • 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 • one month ago

@carol-h is now following @pete-babechuk

@barnjam • one month 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 • one month 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 • one month 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 • one month 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 • one month 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 • one month 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 • one month 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 • one month 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 • one month 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 • one month 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 • one month 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 • one month 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 • one month ago • comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @barnjam: Click Old Hen (AAC Dulcimer Tuning)

@homer-ross • one month ago • comments: 4
Liked a youtube item created by @barnjam: Willafjord Reel (Milford Blevins 8-String Dulcimer)

@nate • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":

"It means you asked a good question that hits on interesting ideas. :) It may be helpful to know: what exactly is the range of notes that you would like to..."

@barnjam • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":

"I never expected my question to make the rounds, but a lot of great information and ideas are being shared. John Knopf to had some great ideas as well. One..."

@nate • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":

"Dusty Turtle: What this demonstrates, I think, is that the wideness of the fretboard and the distance between strings is an important variable, perhaps more..."

@nate • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":

"Dusty Turtle:A dulcimer with a long enough VSL could be configured for 3 full, usable octaves. I personally would have no use for such a dulcimer, but it is..."

@dusty • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":

"Well let me close the circle. @Barnjam started this thread because he found it difficult to fret the middle string, so he sought a longer dulcimer with..."

@nate • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":

"Strumelia: Does that "Stringjoy" Tension Calculator tell you when one of its suggestions would likely result in a string that breaks, or a string that is too..."

@grbmusic • one month ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on @cheryl-james:

"Cheryl, I wanted to ask if you provide permission for a non-profit group to use your Foggy Dew arrangement for performance by our group Mountain Harmony. We..."

@nate • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":

"Skip: I'm a bit confused by all of this. Fourteen frets is two diatonic octaves, D to D or A to A or whatever, regardless of the VSL. A longer VSL..."

@davisjames • one month ago • comments: 3
Liked a music item created by @marshall-goers: Planxty Seymour Cleland

@grbmusic • one month ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on @grbmusic:

"Ben,Ken, and Rich, et al Thanks for the welcome. I am part of Mountain Harmony, a group of players that focus on heritage music including Celtic, spiritual,..."

@strumelia • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":

"You may as well try to trademark the name "Black Cat". (But I shouldn't have veered as far off Barnjam's topic as I did. Will try to behave now.) "

@robin-thompson • one month ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on The Haven of Rest:

"Lovely, John. "

@marko • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Extended Range Dulcimer":

"Well, now that is very interesting, indeed!"

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