Timeline Entry

Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • 3 weeks ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on @rosalie:
"Welcome to FOTMD, Rosalie. It's good to have you aboard. Have fun reading the posts here and let us know if you have any questions. It's been about 12 years..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Danville Girl.:
"Thanks,Robin.I neglected to say that the tuning I used was Aaa, on a folkroots dulcimer strung for Dad with a deep body and long scale(28 inches)..I guess..."
Rosalie
@rosalie • 3 weeks ago • comments: 341
Posted a new Comment on @richard-streib:
"Thank you for the welcome, I appreciate it!"
Richard Streib
@richard-streib • 3 weeks ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on @rosalie:
"Welcome Rosalie to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. There is a lot of information here for you to enjoy. Please let us know if you have questions."
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Lute Dulcimer":
"Dusty Turtle: Well OK, so lute might be the genus, but we still need a species name.     I agree, Dusty. The main problem is that there are so many..."
Strumelia
@strumelia • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Lute Dulcimer":
"Marsha, what key do you want to be playing in?  Then we can tell you what tuning to use if you want to be playing with that 'medieval sounding' aeolian..."
Marsha Elliott
@marsha-elliott • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Lute Dulcimer":
"Thank you all for the interesting feedback. I may be wrong but am thinking that watching other videos from that guy I saw that besides using the capo on fret..."
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Lute Dulcimer":
"Well OK, so lute might be the genus, but we still need a species name.  "
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Lute Dulcimer":
"In the lexicon of stringed instruments the lute is characterized not by the number of strings but by having a sound box (often pear shaped) and a neck over..."
Strumelia
@strumelia • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Lute Dulcimer":
"There might be some confusion here between referring to "a lute" and referring to a member of the lute category of instruments... being a sound box with an..."
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Lute Dulcimer":
"It may not be a dulcimer, but it isn't a lute either.  A lute usually has 11 or more strings. I believe a Renaissance lute has 15 strings, and some courses..."
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Lute Dulcimer":
"As Strumelia so graciously pointed out, that is not a dulcimer. It is a lute with a diatonic fret board. Seagull makes an instrument similar to the one in..."
Phil Myers
@phil-myers • 3 weeks ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @macaodha:
"Me too!"
Sal Monella
@sal-monella • 3 weeks ago • comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on @sal-monella:
"Hello all. Thanks for your replies. No resolution yet as I have been side tracked by the internet (looking for the end of it) and trying to help save our..."
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson • 3 weeks ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @macaodha:
"I am missing your wonderful music, Val!  "
Jan Potts
@jan-potts • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "RIP to our good fotmd friend Terry Wilson":
"A really great guy with a big heart!  He is missed by so many!"
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • 3 weeks ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Tuner help please:
"Well, since this topic popped up again I'm wondering how you made out with your tuning pegs? Were you able to fix the one? Did you replace them? I looked and..."
Brudar
@brudar • 3 weeks ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Tuner help please:
"I’m just starting my first dulcimer build and bought a set of 4 Grover 870 tuners off Reverb for $35.  you might want to simply replace your existing tuners..."
Strumelia
@strumelia • 3 weeks ago • comments: 1
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: Waltz from Orsa (duet)
Strumelia
@strumelia • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Lute Dulcimer":
"In that video, he is simply putting a capo on fret 1, which changes you to Aeolian mode. Aeolian mode sounds minor and gives you that 'ancient' sound that..."
Mark Gilston
@mark-gilston • 3 weeks ago • comments: 1
Posted new YouTube video(s):
Seeds of Love
Marsha Elliott
@marsha-elliott • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Lute Dulcimer":
"Have any of you ever played or built a Lute Dulcimer? I saw a YouTube video that   fascinated me as I love playing Celtic and medieval tunes. I would love..."
Malcolm
@malcolm • 3 weeks ago • comments: 1
Liked a youtube item created by @gordon-hardy: The Riddle Song
Malcolm
@malcolm • 3 weeks ago • comments: 3
Liked a youtube item created by @john-w-mckinstry: The Water is Wide
Malcolm
@malcolm • 3 weeks ago • comments: 1
Liked a youtube item created by @john-w-mckinstry: Tis the Gift to be Simple
Malcolm
@malcolm • 3 weeks ago • comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @john-w-mckinstry: Go Tell It on the Mountain
Malcolm
@malcolm • 3 weeks ago • comments: 6
Liked a youtube item created by @strumelia: Clyde the limberjack
Malcolm
@malcolm • 3 weeks ago • comments: 6
Liked a youtube item created by @john-w-mckinstry: Just a Closer Walk With Thee
Malcolm
@malcolm • 3 weeks ago • comments: 3
Liked a youtube item created by @randy-adams: Who Broke the Lock On the Henhouse Door
Malcolm
@malcolm • 3 weeks ago • comments: 4
Liked a youtube item created by @peter-w: My Lord, what a morning
Malcolm
@malcolm • 3 weeks ago • comments: 25
Liked a youtube item created by @randy-adams: The Jackass Waltz
Malcolm
@malcolm • 3 weeks ago • comments: 2
Liked a music item created by @larry-conger: Bug In The Taters
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 3 weeks ago • comments: 5
Liked a music item created by @davisjames: Danville Girl.
Robin Thompson
@robin-thompson • 3 weeks ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Danville Girl.:
"So good, Jamie!  "
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 3 weeks ago • comments: 2
Liked a music item created by @larry-conger: Bug In The Taters
 
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