Location:
Location: Morgantown WV
Country: USA
Country: USA
My Latest Followers:
Stats
images: 3
events: 1
Activity
@wally-venable
• 2 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Jewish Music":
Posted a response to "Jewish Music":
"The request was for "Jewish worship songs." A lot of the common "Jewish songs" are holiday or folk tunes.
If you are looking for TABs for music for temple or..."
@wally-venable
• 3 days ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Good dulcimer for busking?":
Posted a response to "Good dulcimer for busking?":
"I think the loudest acoustic dulcimer I have is my Tennessee Music Box (TMB). It is home-built, and I described it in the thread..."
@wally-venable
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Just wondering........:
Posted a new Comment on Just wondering........:
"Before the Civil War, things were rather different, but by the time of Ed Thomas ....
It is far too easy to write off the cultural connections of "folks..."
@wally-venable
• 2 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to ""Extra" frets and JI vs ET":
Posted a response to ""Extra" frets and JI vs ET":
"You will occasionally encounter DAA TABs which have 6 1/2 fret notes. Don't avoid an instrument just because it has one."
@wally-venable
• 3 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "New Knopf Dulcimers website!":
Posted a response to "New Knopf Dulcimers website!":
"Your website is informative, not just a sales piece. I like the inclusion of the videos of most of your varieties letting viewers hear them."
@wally-venable
• one month ago
• comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Wartz-n-All Gathering:
Posted a new Comment on Wartz-n-All Gathering:
"I never saw Gainer, although I became aware of his presence on campus soon after I arrived here in 1964. He played an important part in Mountaineer Week..."
@wally-venable
• one month ago
• comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Wartz-n-All Gathering:
Posted a new Comment on Wartz-n-All Gathering:
"Morgantown and West Virginia University (WVU) are only abut 15 miles from Fairmont.
Dr. Patrick W. Gainer was associated with WVU from the early 1920s..."
@wally-venable
• one month ago
• comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Wartz-n-All Gathering:
Posted a new Comment on Wartz-n-All Gathering:
"Fairmont is part of North Central West Virginia. We haven't had anyone who has developed a distinctive style or produced a large number of high quality..."
@wally-venable
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Anyone have experience with a Black Mountain dulcimer?":
Posted a response to "Anyone have experience with a Black Mountain dulcimer?":
"You should consider taking your current instrument to the shop and playing both side by side. The important thing is which one suits your ear better."
@wally-venable
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "No grooves on bridge revisited":
Posted a response to "No grooves on bridge revisited":
"If a bridge is simply too high, you can lower it by taking it out and sanding or filing the bottom a bit. Do it a little at a time and tune and play it after..."
@wally-venable
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Tuning down a half step":
Posted a response to "Tuning down a half step":
"If you are a "DAA" player, you tune the Bass string down the half note, then use the same "4th fret" on the Bass to get the others. (Relative tuning works..."
@wally-venable
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "No grooves on bridge revisited":
Posted a response to "No grooves on bridge revisited":
""Kit" can mean a lot of things. For example, an fine instrument plus case plus a ukulele pick, a 3 inch "noter" plus a CD and book can be described as a kit...."