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@homer-ross
• 12 hours ago
• comments: 6
Liked a music item created by @dulcimermaid: Blow the Candles Out
Liked a music item created by @dulcimermaid: Blow the Candles Out
@davisjames
• 16 hours ago
• comments: 7
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: O, rebicku zahradnicky Czech folk song
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: O, rebicku zahradnicky Czech folk song
@david-beede
• 20 hours ago
• comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Blow the Candles Out:
Posted a new Comment on Blow the Candles Out:
"Lovely version, well played!"
@richard-streib
• yesterday
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @judiowens:
Posted a new Comment on @judiowens:
"Glad you joined Judiowens. Welcome to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. I have heard those words in Ode to Joy but I do not recall ever seeing them in a..."
@wally-venable
• 2 days ago
• comments: 16
Posted a new Comment on Northern WV Dulcimer Doings:
Posted a new Comment on Northern WV Dulcimer Doings:
"Mountaineer Dulcimer Club
Spring Convention
Saturday April 25 , 2026
Central United Methodist Church, 301 Fairmont Avenue, Fairmont WV
10:00 – 12:00 – Learn..."
@ken-longfield
• 2 days ago
• comments: 4
Liked a youtube item created by @ethan-chastain: Bonaparte’s Retreat - Mtn. Dulcimer
Liked a youtube item created by @ethan-chastain: Bonaparte’s Retreat - Mtn. Dulcimer
@sam-searls
• 2 days ago
• comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Bonaparte’s Retreat - Mtn. Dulcimer :
Posted a new Comment on Bonaparte’s Retreat - Mtn. Dulcimer :
"That is a nice sounding dulcimer"
@ken-longfield
• 2 days ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @judiowens:
Posted a new Comment on @judiowens:
"Judi I still haven't been able to find the exact lyrics you mention. Here is a like to Billy Bragg - Ode to Joy . Listen to it and see if that is what you..."
@ken-longfield
• 2 days ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @judiowens:
Posted a new Comment on @judiowens:
"Welcome to FOTMD, Judi. Best wishes as you plan your wedding. Do you know who sang Ode to Joy using those lyrics? They sound familiar to me, but I've been..."
@robin-thompson
• 2 days ago
• comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on Overwintering :
Posted a new Comment on Overwintering :
"Hey, @davisjames Jamie-- we're happy you like it! "
@davisjames
• 2 days ago
• comments: 8
Posted a new Comment on Overwintering :
Posted a new Comment on Overwintering :
"Oh my,that sounds great!"
@davisjames
• 2 days ago
• comments: 1
Posted a new Comment on Bill Grogan's Goat:
Posted a new Comment on Bill Grogan's Goat:
"Playing this humorous ditty on the dulcimer with a noter really gives it a different feel..I like it a lot!"
@davisjames
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: Knocknaboul Polka
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: Knocknaboul Polka
@dusty
• 3 days ago
• comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: Bejvavalo, bejvavalo (Czech folk song) for DAD Dulcimer
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: Bejvavalo, bejvavalo (Czech folk song) for DAD Dulcimer
@ondrej
• 3 days ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Bejvavalo, bejvavalo (Czech folk song) for DAD Dulcimer:
Posted a new Comment on Bejvavalo, bejvavalo (Czech folk song) for DAD Dulcimer:
"Strumelia:
Very nice. I love traditional folk tunes.
Thank you very much"
@strumelia
• 3 days ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Bejvavalo, bejvavalo (Czech folk song) for DAD Dulcimer:
Posted a new Comment on Bejvavalo, bejvavalo (Czech folk song) for DAD Dulcimer:
"Very nice. I love traditional folk tunes. "
@strumelia
• 3 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
"Happens to the best of us! (and to me as well, lol)"
@johnnyb
• 3 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
"I must admit that I was so overwhelmed looking at the tunings that I never even noticed that there were tunings listed at the beginning of each song.
Thank..."
@ondrej
• 3 days ago
• comments: 2
Posted new YouTube video(s):
Bejvavalo, bejvavalo (Czech folk song) for DAD Dulcimer
Bejvavalo, bejvavalo (Czech folk song) for DAD Dulcimer
@strumelia
• 3 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
"Great sleuthing and great logic, Dusty!"
@dusty
• 3 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
"@johnnyb, I am pretty sure that C5 is a typo. It is supposed to be D above middle C, not C above middle C. If you look at the arrangements for that tuning..."
@ondrej
• 4 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted new YouTube video(s):
Lippen schweigen from "Die lustige Witwe"
Lippen schweigen from "Die lustige Witwe"
@ondrej
• 4 days ago
• comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on O, rebicku zahradnicky Czech folk song:
Posted a new Comment on O, rebicku zahradnicky Czech folk song:
"Strumelia:
Very lovely tune... thank you!
Thank you"
@ondrej
• 4 days ago
• comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on O, rebicku zahradnicky Czech folk song:
Posted a new Comment on O, rebicku zahradnicky Czech folk song:
"Robin Thompson:
A lovely tune-- thank you for playing it and posting the video!
Robin Thompson:
A lovely tune-- thank you for playing it and posting the..."
@strumelia
• 4 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
"johnpat27:
The string calculator referenced suggested a string diameter of .005".
Just because a string calculator suggests a thin or heavy string..."
@dusty
• 5 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
"Is that for the C5?"
@johnnyb
• 5 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
"The string calculator referenced suggested a string diameter of .005"."
@johnnyb
• 5 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
"27.5"
@dusty
• 5 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
Posted a response to "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
"I have to admit that I was getting dizzy trying to make sense of all those tunings. I don't think we can fully answer your question without knowing the..."
@davisjames
• 5 days ago
• comments: 1
Liked a music item created by @sam-searls: Bill Grogan's Goat
Liked a music item created by @sam-searls: Bill Grogan's Goat
@johnnyb
• 5 days ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
Created a new forum topic "Tuning question (Barley Break/The Magic Dulcimer)":
"I recently picked up a copy of Lorraine Lee Hammond's Barley Break: An Elizabethan Songbook with Arrangements for Appalachian Dulcimer.
In this book (and The..."
@robin-thompson
• 5 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to " recognize the sound holes? ":
Posted a response to " recognize the sound holes? ":
"Such an elegant instrument! "
@robin-thompson
• 5 days ago
• comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @marg: recognize the sound holes?
Liked a forum discussions item created by @marg: recognize the sound holes?
@dusty
• 5 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to " recognize the sound holes? ":
Posted a response to " recognize the sound holes? ":
"That fret wire does indeed look like what is referred to as "jumbo frets," an upgrade that usually costs more (probably $200-$300 these days). They are..."