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@strumelia • 2 weeks ago • comments: 9
Posted a new Comment on Fallow Ground:

"Such a contemplative and plaintive tune, fitting for a bare and quiet landscape just before winter frosty comes."

@strumelia • 2 weeks ago • comments: 9
Liked a youtube item created by @robin-thompson: Fallow Ground

@robin-thompson • 2 weeks ago • comments: 1
Liked a music item created by @davisjames: Over the waterfall.

@robin-thompson • 2 weeks ago • comments: 1
Posted a new Comment on Over the waterfall.:

"Outstanding, Jamie! Big respect for how you moved between noter and fingers! "

@davisjames • 2 weeks ago • comments: 1
Created a new Audio File:
Over the waterfall.

@dan • 2 weeks ago • comments: 9
Liked a youtube item created by @robin-thompson: Fallow Ground

@robin-thompson • 2 weeks ago • comments: 9
Posted a new Comment on Fallow Ground:

"@davisjames Jamie, as you indicated, the term can have different connotations-- from allowing a field/soil to "rest" from being planted to soil which is not..."

@davisjames • 2 weeks ago • comments: 9
Posted a new Comment on Fallow Ground:

"Great melody."Fallow ground" can have so many connotations,from positive to negative.Makes me think of all of them."

@richard-streib • 2 weeks ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @papa-bill:

"Glad you joined Papa Bill. Welcome to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. As your interest grows in the mountain dulcimer reach out to us with your questions...."

@ken-longfield • 2 weeks ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @papa-bill:

"Welcome of FOTMD, Papa Bill. If you have an interest in mountain dulcimer, this is the place to be. Have fun exploring this site. Let us know if you have any..."

@ken-longfield • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Amp Question":

"I have a Fender electric guitar amp for the electric guitar I made. I experimented with it on the clean channel with one of my dulcimers but didn't like it..."

@lilley-pad • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Amp Question":

"Hi Ken sorry it took so long to get back to you I got caught up in my ukulele experiment. thanks for the tip on the Xvive U2 Digital Wireless Guitar System...."

@davisjames • 2 weeks ago • comments: 9
Liked a youtube item created by @robin-thompson: Fallow Ground

@skip • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "experiment with the ukulele group":

"Most ukulele players play with their fingers which produce a softer sound. although some use their nails. Picks and nails make a sharper sound, even on nylon..."

@lilley-pad • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "experiment with the ukulele group":

"Hey Dusty thanks for the good advice I didn't even think about approaching it from a strumming point of view in the sense of altering the pic and maybe if I..."

@sandra-hehl • 2 weeks ago

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@dusty • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "experiment with the ukulele group":

"Jon, a few other things on string gauges. If you go to too big, the string may not fit in the grooves on the bridge and nut, or it might make those grooves..."

@ken-longfield • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "experiment with the ukulele group":

"The advice about the string has to do with the amount of tension put on the string. Too much tension and it breaks. You can check the Strothers String..."

@lilley-pad • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "experiment with the ukulele group":

"Well, just an update on my experiment with the ukulele group. What I have noticed it sounds like to me is that my melody string is what I would call, “twang”..."

@ken-longfield • 2 weeks ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @lynna-jackson:

"Welcome back. Lynna. I look forward to your participation here. Ken "The dulcimer sings a sweet song.""

@davisjames • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @ken-longfield: An Embarrassment of Mountain Dulcimers

@davisjames • 2 weeks ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Mary Ann MacDougall's march.:

"I neglected to say,the low A string was wound much thicker than in a wound d string in D-a-d tuning.An experiment,and the Folkroots hourglass could handle it."

@davisjames • 2 weeks ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Fead an Iolair(The Eagles Whistle):

"That's a mighty tune,well within the range of what we know as the "Scottish bagpipes".I recall seeing drawings from 300 years ago depicting "Irish Kerns"..."

@davisjames • 2 weeks ago • comments: 7
Liked a music item created by @beth-t: The Gower Reel

@strumelia • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @lilley-pad: resource information Baritone

@robin-thompson • 2 weeks ago • comments: 9

Posted new YouTube video(s):
Fallow Ground

@dusty • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "resource information Baritone":

"Jon, Q: What do Don Pedi, Thomasina Levy, Bing Futch, and Irma Reader have in common? A: They are all teaching at the Baritone Dulcimer Day on November..."

@shopdad • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "An Embarrassment of Mountain Dulcimers":

"If you need more on this go to "Tree Huggers" groups of animals. Hundreds of names."

@shopdad • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "An Embarrassment of Mountain Dulcimers":

"OK y"all got me going on this. Ken started it so I had to do some research, seems as though we are now including animals in groups. Ken, here is the gist of..."

@richard-streib • 3 weeks ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @lynna-jackson:

"So glad you are active here Lynna. I am looking forward to the knowledge and expertise you can share with us."

@ken-longfield • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "An Embarrassment of Mountain Dulcimers":

"You've got that right John. I tried giving my son-in-law one of the banjos this past weekend, but all he wanted was dulcimers. Ken "The dulcimer sings a..."

@john-c-knopf • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "An Embarrassment of Mountain Dulcimers":

"That'll never happen, Lisa."

@strumelia • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "An Embarrassment of Mountain Dulcimers":

"Ken, get back to me when you're serious."

@dusty • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "resource information Baritone":

"Hey Jon. Playing the baritone is a lot of fun. The increased sustain and lower register are great for slower ballads. There are some resources for..."

@ken-longfield • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "resource information Baritone":

"Shelly Stevens has a book Jamming with the Baritone Dulcimer that tells you how to retune one string on the baritone to play in the key of D with other..."

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