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Cindy Stammich
@cindy-stammich • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Want to buy Warren A. May dulcimer":
"Jill, Unfortunately I don’t have a Warren May dulcimer, but you got my curiosity up about your boat.  Just wondering what you have and do you live onboard?..."
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Created a new Group discussion "Stephen Winick on Jean ":
"..."
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Jean Ritchie and her ballad repertoire":
"If memory serves, many songs in the Ritchie family came from "Uncle Jason" and Jean wrote of this in Singing Family of the Cumberlands ...."
Alex_Lubet
@alex-lubet • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Jean Ritchie and her ballad repertoire":
"Thanks, John, very insightful. I listened to her rendition of Barbry Allan this morning and was taken by her ending every verse on scale step 2.  I kept..."
John C. Knopf
@john-c-knopf • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Jean Ritchie and her ballad repertoire":
"Alex, I think it was for family continuity and for entertainment in a time where computers, TVs and to some extent radio was non-existent.  Folks had to have..."
Alex_Lubet
@alex-lubet • 2 days ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Jean Ritchie and her ballad repertoire":
"Hi, A good week to you all. I've been doing a deep dive into Jean Ritchie lately, for the dulcimer of course, but also for the words of the ballads.  What..."
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson • 2 days ago • comments: 2
Liked a music item created by @robert-schuler: fly around
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson • 2 days ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on fly around :
"You have such a nice touch on that banjo!  Thanks, I think that banjo had nylon strings. Haven't used nylon in years. I think its time to get a set...Robert "
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 2 days ago • comments: 2
Liked a music item created by @robert-schuler: fly around
robert schuler
@robert-schuler • 3 days ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on fly around :
"Thanks for all the likes. Fly Around was the first old time tune I  learned to play...Robert "
Mark Gilston
@mark-gilston • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Updated a YouTube Video:
Once I had a sweetheart (duet)
Mark Gilston
@mark-gilston • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted new YouTube video(s):
Once I had a sweetheart (duet)
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 3 days ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Fanny Power by O'Carolan:
"Nice job on one of my favorite O'Carolan tunes! thanks Dusty, I love O’Carolan too! steve"
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 days ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Cascade:
"Kajus did a great job."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 days ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Fanny Power by O'Carolan:
"Great melody!The thumbpick is an interesting idea,makes the melody string step forward a bit. thats why I use it..you are quick to pick that up. I use a..."
Alex_Lubet
@alex-lubet • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Farewell":
"Thanks!"
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 3 days ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Redwood Dulcimer Day 2025 (ONLINE!):
"This online event is just under two weeks away, and I'm getting super excited!"
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @jill-geary: Want to buy Warren A. May dulcimer
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Old dulcimers that want to party ":
"Well I'm an old dulcimer player, and I like to party!"
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • 4 days ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @karilee:
"Welcome to FOTMD, Karilee. It's good to have you aboard. You can learn a lot just by searching through the discussions here. If you have a specific question,..."
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • 4 days ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @codelady7:
"Welcome to FOTMD, Codelady7. It is good to have you aboard. I look forward to your participation here. Ken "The dulcimer sings a sweet song.""
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • 4 days ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @willywasel:
"Welcome to FOTMD, WillyWasel. It is good to have you aboard. I look forward to your participation here. Ken "The dulcimer sings a sweet song.""
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Old dulcimers that want to party ":
"My oldest dulcimer is from 1931. It doesn't party. I don't take it out on camping trips or to parties. I do take it to mountain dulcimer events and allow..."
notsothoreau
@notsothoreau • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Old dulcimers that want to party ":
"I don't know a good way to find out about this. I have a 1976 McSpadden kit dulcimer.  The guy I got it from was happy because he knew I'd play it. I swear..."
Jill Geary
@jill-geary • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Want to buy Warren A. May dulcimer":
"P.S. I'm in NY through August (2025) then driving back to San Diego"
Strumelia
@strumelia • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @alex-lubet: A Farewell
Alex_Lubet
@alex-lubet • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Farewell":
"Good to know, thanks so much.  I think much of what I do is grounded in being entirely self taught (on dulcimer), at some distance from the mainstream..."
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Farewell":
"I'm glad I asked and appreciate your response lots!   A fan of drones here!    Though Jean learned on a 3-string dulcimer, for her second instructional..."
Jill Geary
@jill-geary • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Want to buy Warren A. May dulcimer":
"Hello friends, Looking to buy a pre-owned/pre-loved Warren May dulcimer. I'm traveling on my boat all summer, every summer, and don't want to bring my..."
Alex_Lubet
@alex-lubet • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Farewell":
"I usually play with four equidistant strings these days and use many different tunings.  But I really enjoy tuning three or even all four strings to low D...."
Alex_Lubet
@alex-lubet • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Farewell":
"I would say Jean Ritchie.  It's more obvious in other pieces.   But I would say it's really the drone and not the noter that has been the influence, as I..."
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Farewell":
"Very nice of you to listen to my music!  Ah, it's curious noter-drone style has been an influence on what you do!  I'm wondering whether a particular..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 4 days ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Youghal Harbour:
"Youghal Harbour reminds me so much of another Irish tune,,"The Blackbird".A melody I could never master."
Alex_Lubet
@alex-lubet • 4 days ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "tambourin à cordes":
"Hi All, A medieval instrument that looks a lot like a dulcimer but serves a very different role as accompaniment only to melodic instruments, sort of like a..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 4 days ago • comments: 14
Posted a new Comment on Flow Gently Sweet Afton:
"Hi Jim.It's great to hear this song again.In the 50's we learned it in school.Education in English Canada was quite Victorian then.We were taught how to..."
 
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