Timeline Entry
@ken-longfield
• one month ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @reneesarah:
Posted a new Comment on @reneesarah:
"Welcome to FOTMD, ReneeSarah. It's good to have you aboard. Have fun exploring this site and jump in to the discussions when you can. There are many great..."
@scotts
• one month ago
• comments: 351
Posted a new Comment on @richard-streib:
Posted a new Comment on @richard-streib:
"Thanks Richard. I've finally gotten around to replying to the messages received since I joined the group. "
@scotts
• one month ago
• comments: 513
Posted a new Comment on @ken-longfield:
Posted a new Comment on @ken-longfield:
"Thank you Ken. I've gotten busy of late and have not been paying much attention to the fact that I joined the group. When I've taken some pictures and..."
@scotts
• one month ago
• comments: 592
Posted a new Comment on @benjamin-w-barr-jr:
Posted a new Comment on @benjamin-w-barr-jr:
"Thank you for the welcome. As usual life got in the way of a timely response.."
@benjamin-w-barr-jr
• one month ago
• comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on @kingtut:
Posted a new Comment on @kingtut:
"Hi Kingtut, and welcome to the wonderful world of the Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. It's a good place to come, spend some time, learn about the..."
@benjamin-w-barr-jr
• one month ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @4stringgirl:
Posted a new Comment on @4stringgirl:
"Hi 4-String-Girl, and welcome to the wonderful world of the Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. It's a good place to come, spend some time, learn about the..."
@benjamin-w-barr-jr
• one month ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @scotts:
Posted a new Comment on @scotts:
"Hi Scott, and welcome to the wonderful world of the Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. It's a good place to come, spend some time, learn about the dulcimer,..."
@benjamin-w-barr-jr
• one month ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @rabbit90:
Posted a new Comment on @rabbit90:
"Hi Rabbit, and welcome to the wonderful world of the Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. It's a good place to come, spend some time, learn about the dulcimer,..."
@benjamin-w-barr-jr
• one month ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @reneesarah:
Posted a new Comment on @reneesarah:
"Hi Renee Sarah, and welcome to the wonderful world of the Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. It's a good place to come, spend some time, learn about the..."
@benjamin-w-barr-jr
• one month ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @peter-harklau:
Posted a new Comment on @peter-harklau:
"Hi Peter, and welcome back to the wonderful world of the Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. It's a good place to come, spend some time, learn about the..."
@richard-streib
• one month ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @reneesarah:
Posted a new Comment on @reneesarah:
"Welcome Reneesarah to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. Glad you joined. This is an active forum with a lot of knowledge and expertise here. Look around and..."
@alex-lubet
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Lefties":
Posted a response to "Lefties":
"Very interesting contributions, thanks so much.
For the most part, we declare ourselves right or left handed depending on how we write. The only other such..."
@davisjames
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Lefties":
Posted a response to "Lefties":
"An interesting side effect of changing the roles of right and left hands is renewed facility on the original configuration...when I started playing button..."
@dusty
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Lefties":
Posted a response to "Lefties":
"As a rightie who does everything rightie, I'm not sure what I can add here. In general, lefties are better with their right hands than righties are with..."
@alex-lubet
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Lefties":
Posted a response to "Lefties":
"Thanks, Nate. I couldn't agree more. It's one of the things I love about the dulcimer world is a sense of choice that differs so much from the classical..."
@nate
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Lefties":
Posted a response to "Lefties":
"Alex, i think it definitely depends on what kind of music is being played. Personally, i dont play very complex rhythms or strum patterns, and to me it feels..."
@strumelia
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Apologies":
Posted a response to "Apologies":
"No apologies needed, Alex! "
@alex-lubet
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Lefties":
Posted a response to "Lefties":
"According to published research I've read, when the right hand plucks and/or bows, it's doing the more difficult task. That may well seem counter-intuitive,..."
@alex-lubet
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Apologies":
Created a new forum topic "Apologies":
"Everyone,
I think I now understand how to post to the General Forum. My apologies for the confusion."
@alex-lubet
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Lefties":
Posted a response to "Lefties":
"Thanks. Forgive me, but I'm fairly new to this group and confused about how to post on the General Forum. Please advise, thanks."
@strumelia
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Lefties":
Posted a response to "Lefties":
"Hi, I'm a leftie who plays musical instruments as right-handed. I knit right handed as well. It just makes everything easier, and both hands are doing..."
@phil-myers
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Lefties":
Posted a response to "Lefties":
"I'm also a leftie that plays right-handed and started on guitar as a teenager. I've always thought of it as an advantage since my most dexterous hand is the..."
@robin-thompson
• one month ago
• comments: 28
Posted a new Comment on Sleet & Freezing Rain:
Posted a new Comment on Sleet & Freezing Rain:
"@david-pedersen & @annie-deeley Folks, I'm embarrassed to have missed replying to your nice comments way back in 2017-- my apology to each of you! I was..."
@alex-lubet
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Lefties":
Created a new forum topic "Lefties":
"Hi All,
I'm curious about folk who, like me, are lefties who play right handed. Do you think it's affected your style? Has it held you back in any way?
I..."
@homer-ross
• one month ago
• comments: 28
Posted a new Comment on Sleet & Freezing Rain:
Posted a new Comment on Sleet & Freezing Rain:
"Love this!"
@richard-streib
• one month ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @rabbit90:
Posted a new Comment on @rabbit90:
"Glad you joined. Welcome to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. You have found a good resource. There is a good bit of history and the culture of the dulcimer..."
@davisjames
• one month ago
• comments: 28
Posted a new Comment on Sleet & Freezing Rain:
Posted a new Comment on Sleet & Freezing Rain:
"That is delightful!We've been experiencing record temps and humidity here in the annual July Niagara steambath and sauna.A little sleet and rain would be..."
@ken-longfield
• one month ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @rabbit90:
Posted a new Comment on @rabbit90:
"Welcome to FOTMD, Rabbit90. It's good to have you aboard. This is a wonderful place to learn about the Appalachian dulcimer and the culture around it. Let us..."
@alex-lubet
• one month ago
• comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on 4 versus 3:
Posted a new Comment on 4 versus 3:
"I'm confident others will find this odd, but I like playing with four equidistant strings and tuning the bottom three to low D. It enables me to play fast..."
@homer-ross
• one month ago
• comments: 10
Liked a music item created by @robin-thompson: Our Foundling, a work-in-progress
Liked a music item created by @robin-thompson: Our Foundling, a work-in-progress
@richard-streib
• one month ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @scotts:
Posted a new Comment on @scotts:
"Glad you joined ScottS. Welcome. Kenl has given sage advice for selling your dulcimer here. Best wishes on finding it a new home where it will be lovingly..."
@richard-streib
• one month ago
• comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on @4stringgirl:
Posted a new Comment on @4stringgirl:
"Glad you joined 4stringGirl. Welcome to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. There is a lot of information here. Look around and see what all is here. Let us..."