Timeline Entry
@strumelia
• 11 minutes ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Happy Birthday America":
Posted a response to "Happy Birthday America":
"Well that's pretty cool. Is it going to turn in the wind? Where will you put it?"
@shopdad
• 20 minutes ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Happy Birthday America":
Posted a response to "Happy Birthday America":
"The Betsey Ross 250 anniversary flag, Just finished in time before the end of July. The torch-burned center piece makes it appear old and tattered. The..."
@shopdad
• 42 minutes ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
"That's a cool story. I grafted an avocado tree. I kept two and gave one to a friend. His grew nicely with plenty of fruit. Mine didn't take and became nice..."
@davisjames
• an hour ago
• comments: 1
Posted a new Comment on Miss MacMurray (Carolan):
Posted a new Comment on Miss MacMurray (Carolan):
"This sounds great.Yet another O'Carolan melody I'd not heard before."
@dusty
• 4 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
"Hey @Shopdad, my wife and I have some raised beds for vegetables, too. No corn, though. We have tons of tomatoes and zucchini as well as some peppers and..."
@tonyg
• 6 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Eaa Tuning":
Posted a response to "Eaa Tuning":
"Wow....that's funny Ken......I do a very similar thing: when I'm in bagpipe tuning, I take an uncut cap, and slide it under both drone strings which gives..."
@ken-longfield
• 6 hours ago
• comments: 1
Posted a new Comment on @aknight53:
Posted a new Comment on @aknight53:
"Welcome to FOTMD, Aknight53. It is good to have you aboard. You will learn a great deal about the mountain dulcimer by exploring this site. If you have any..."
@ken-longfield
• 6 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Eaa Tuning":
Posted a response to "Eaa Tuning":
"While I don't play in the key of often, there are few tunes that do play in A. When I do I use a reverse capo to raise the D string to E. I've attached a..."
@strumelia
• 8 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Eaa Tuning":
Posted a response to "Eaa Tuning":
"I'm not so sure it is " not more popular with traditional players". I've used the 'reverse' often. It's really just a slight variation of an open tuning,..."
@tonyg
• 8 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Eaa Tuning":
Posted a response to "Eaa Tuning":
"I had an afterthought that's kinda related: I'm most often tuned Bbb bagpipes tuning, which allows me to play either ionian or mixolydian without retuning...."
@tonyg
• 8 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Eaa Tuning":
Posted a response to "Eaa Tuning":
"I don't have occasion to play with others, so the actual key I'm in in unimportant. Usually I'm tuned Ebb, so I just drop the first and middle strings to a...."
@shopdad
• 8 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
"Hello dusty, I'm just catching up on some past posts. I miss FOTMD and get busy with so many other things. I haven't heard of the expression either (two in a..."
@shopdad
• 8 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Happy Birthday America":
Posted a response to "Happy Birthday America":
"I usually enjoy making something in my shop to express or celebrate any occasion. I made a Betsey Ross flag for the 250th celebration.
Oops! its a video too..."
@strumelia
• 9 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Eaa Tuning":
Posted a response to "Eaa Tuning":
"You seldom go wrong if your tuning contains both the tonic/key note (note "1" in your scale) and the 5th note of your scale. So if you are playing in the..."
@shopdad
• 9 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "How are you dealing with the HEAT WAVES?":
Posted a response to "How are you dealing with the HEAT WAVES?":
"I'm in central Florida, it's hot. A normal day is upper 90's around 2 or 3 PM then cools off into the low 90's. That's a perfect set up for afternoon storms...."
@strumelia
• 9 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Eaa Tuning":
Posted a response to "Eaa Tuning":
"Dusty gave a great explanation of your 'reverse' tuning Tony. One thing I'd like to add is that one reason people use it is because it helps avoid having to..."
@dusty
• 20 hours ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Eaa Tuning":
Posted a response to "Eaa Tuning":
"Hey @tonyg, I assume the E is your bass string. If so, that would be considered a "reverse" mixolydian tuning because you are in the key of A but the bass..."
@tonyg
• 20 hours ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Eaa Tuning":
Created a new forum topic "Eaa Tuning":
"I don't find much about Eaa mixolydian tuning and was wondering why since it lends itself to traditional no chords style playing?"
@richard-streib
• 20 hours ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @jfox:
Posted a new Comment on @jfox:
"So glad you joined JFox. Like Kenl, I look forward to seeing all of your dulcimers that you have for sale. Best wishes on rehoming all of them."
@robin-thompson
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: Jewish songs songs for DAD Dulcimer
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: Jewish songs songs for DAD Dulcimer
@ken-longfield
• yesterday
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @jfox:
Posted a new Comment on @jfox:
"Welcome to FOTMD, JFox. It's good to have you aboard. Please make sure the you read and follow the rules in the For Sale forum before you post anything. It..."
@ken-longfield
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: Jewish songs songs for DAD Dulcimer
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: Jewish songs songs for DAD Dulcimer
@ken-longfield
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "How are you dealing with the HEAT WAVES?":
Posted a response to "How are you dealing with the HEAT WAVES?":
"I'm in central Pennsylvania and can't say that it has been a difficult summer. We had a few days of heat in the upper 90s and low 100s. The wildfire smoke..."
@lilley-pad
• yesterday
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "How are you dealing with the HEAT WAVES?":
Posted a response to "How are you dealing with the HEAT WAVES?":
"After hearing all your horror stories about the weather back east makes me rethink moving. Every so often I get the urge to pack up and move back East. I..."
@dusty
• 2 days ago
• comments: 9
Posted a new Comment on Headin' South:
Posted a new Comment on Headin' South:
"Richard Streib: DavisJames:
Does a dulcimer ever sound like a mandolin when you slap a capo on it!Especially the doubled melody strings.
Ron Ewing..."
@richard-streib
• 2 days ago
• comments: 9
Posted a new Comment on Headin' South:
Posted a new Comment on Headin' South:
"DavisJames:
Does a dulcimer ever sound like a mandolin when you slap a capo on it!Especially the doubled melody strings.
Ron Ewing (deceased) would build..."
@dusty
• 2 days ago
• comments: 9
Posted a new Comment on Headin' South:
Posted a new Comment on Headin' South:
"I can picture a film short, Jamie, with no dialogue. Your friend shows a picture of his wife and touches his heart, pointing to Jacksonville on a map. The..."
@davisjames
• 2 days ago
• comments: 9
Posted a new Comment on Headin' South:
Posted a new Comment on Headin' South:
"Does a dulcimer ever sound like a mandolin when you slap a capo on it!Especially the doubled melody strings."
@ondrej
• 3 days ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on Slovak folk songs for DAD Dulcimer:
Posted a new Comment on Slovak folk songs for DAD Dulcimer:
"Robin-Thompson and Dusty. Thank you very much."
