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Strumelia
@strumelia • 11 minutes ago • comments: 0
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
@shopdad • 20 minutes ago • comments: 0
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..."
Alex_Lubet
@alex-lubet • 32 minutes ago
@alex-lubet is now following @john-petry
Shopdad
@shopdad • 42 minutes ago • comments: 0
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
@davisjames • an hour ago • comments: 1
Posted a new Comment on Miss MacMurray (Carolan):
"This sounds great.Yet another O'Carolan melody I'd not heard before."
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 4 hours ago • comments: 0
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
@tonyg • 6 hours ago • comments: 0
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
@ken-longfield • 6 hours ago • comments: 1
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
@ken-longfield • 6 hours ago • comments: 0
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
@strumelia • 8 hours ago • comments: 0
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
@tonyg • 8 hours ago • comments: 0
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
@tonyg • 8 hours ago • comments: 0
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
@shopdad • 8 hours ago • comments: 0
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
@shopdad • 8 hours ago • comments: 0
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
@strumelia • 9 hours ago • comments: 0
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
@shopdad • 9 hours ago • comments: 0
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
@strumelia • 9 hours ago • comments: 0
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 Turtle
@dusty • 20 hours ago • comments: 0
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
@tonyg • 20 hours ago • comments: 0
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
@richard-streib • 20 hours ago • comments: 2
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
@robin-thompson • yesterday • comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: Jewish songs songs for DAD Dulcimer
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • yesterday • comments: 2
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
@ken-longfield • yesterday • comments: 0
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: Jewish songs songs for DAD Dulcimer
Ondrej
@ondrej • yesterday • comments: 0
Posted new YouTube video(s):
Jewish songs songs for DAD Dulcimer
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • yesterday • comments: 0
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
@lilley-pad • yesterday • comments: 0
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..."
Ken Longfield
@ken-longfield • 2 days ago • comments: 2
Liked a music item created by @davisjames: Mummers'tunes.
Dusty Turtle
@dusty • 2 days ago • comments: 9
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
@richard-streib • 2 days ago • comments: 9
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 Turtle
@dusty • 2 days ago • comments: 9
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..."
William-Box
@william-box • 2 days ago
@william-box is now following @robin-clark
DavisJames
@davisjames • 2 days ago • comments: 9
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."
Noah Cline
@noah-cline • 2 days ago
@noah-cline is now following @dan
Ondrej
@ondrej • 3 days ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on Slovak folk songs for DAD Dulcimer:
"Robin-Thompson and Dusty. Thank you very much."
Mark Gilston
@mark-gilston • 3 days ago • comments: 0
Updated a YouTube Video:
Said I to Myself, Said I
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