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@cindy-stammich
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Want to buy Warren A. May dulcimer":
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
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Created a new Group discussion "Stephen Winick on Jean ":
Created a new Group discussion "Stephen Winick on Jean ":
@robin-thompson
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Jean Ritchie and her ballad repertoire":
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
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Jean Ritchie and her ballad repertoire":
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
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Jean Ritchie and her ballad repertoire":
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
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Jean Ritchie and her ballad repertoire":
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
• 2 days ago
• comments: 2
Liked a music item created by @robert-schuler: fly around
Liked a music item created by @robert-schuler: fly around
@robin-thompson
• 2 days ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on fly around :
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 "
@robert-schuler
• 3 days ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on fly around :
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
• 3 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted new YouTube video(s):
Once I had a sweetheart (duet)
Once I had a sweetheart (duet)
@dusty
• 3 days ago
• comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Fanny Power by O'Carolan:
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
• 3 days ago
• comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Fanny Power by O'Carolan:
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..."
@dusty
• 3 days ago
• comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Redwood Dulcimer Day 2025 (ONLINE!):
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
• 3 days ago
• comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @jill-geary: Want to buy Warren A. May dulcimer
Liked a forum discussions item created by @jill-geary: Want to buy Warren A. May dulcimer
@dusty
• 3 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Old dulcimers that want to party ":
Posted a response to "Old dulcimers that want to party ":
"Well I'm an old dulcimer player, and I like to party!"
@ken-longfield
• 4 days ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @karilee:
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
• 4 days ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @codelady7:
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
• 4 days ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @willywasel:
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
• 4 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Old dulcimers that want to party ":
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
• 4 days ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Old dulcimers that want to party ":
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
• 4 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Want to buy Warren A. May dulcimer":
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
• 4 days ago
• comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @alex-lubet: A Farewell
Liked a forum discussions item created by @alex-lubet: A Farewell
@alex-lubet
• 4 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Farewell":
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
• 4 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Farewell":
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
• 4 days ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Want to buy Warren A. May dulcimer":
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
• 4 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Farewell":
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
• 4 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Farewell":
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
• 4 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "A Farewell":
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
• 4 days ago
• comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Youghal Harbour:
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
• 4 days ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "tambourin à cordes":
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
• 4 days ago
• comments: 14
Posted a new Comment on Flow Gently Sweet Afton:
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..."