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Dulcimers and related instruments.
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Old Palestine Music Festival
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My wife and I just returned form a short vacation in east Texas to attend the Old Palestine Dulcimer Festival ( [link] ). Some ragtime and swing stuff was played. Some bluegrass and blues. Most of the music is folk/ 'old-timey'. The concerts at night were awesome and there was jamming everywhere... more »
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Hummel langeleik tunings
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Well I tried the suggested sites found afew more tunes but the few sites I emailed "bounced". A pity as I understand that there are several very unusual tunings used. Cliff Wright New Zealand.
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Tunings for Hummel an langeleik
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Any one found agood source of information for tunings of these forms of dulcimer? I have made an 8 string version and have it tuned in G and C with the drones over 3 octaves and the melody strings tuned up to A sharp for minor. However I understand that there are some more unusual traditional tunings,... more »
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What are you top 3 favorite artists and why?
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I was just wondering what sort of other music you guys listen to. My tastes are quite varied. I'll start with my list... Mine are: 1) Memorial Beach - [link] Really excellent band that sounds a lot like a-ha (#3). Also quite a bit of Beatles influence in their songs. Lyrics really good and... more »
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Piano, hammered dulcimer, guitar, multi-instrument simulator/composer software
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Some time ago, I wrote a free Virtual piano, guitar/banjo/mandolin, hammered dulcimer simulator/composer software that lets you write and play back songs thru midi and see the notes played (animated) on a musical staff and scale, piano keyboard, and hammered dulcimer etc. images. It's a nice tool especially for learning new songs.... more »
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Time to Register
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GREENWOOD FURNACE FOLK GATHERING September 10-12, 2010 Greenwood Furnace State Park between State College and Huntingdon PA [link] [link] The Greenwood Furnace Folk Gathering is a fun and friendly weekend of playing and listening to folk music - a fantastic three days of... more »
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Dulcimer as airline carry-on baggage
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Hi I am a (amateur) dulcimer player from England due to visit the USA on vacation in a few weeks and am hoping to buy a reasonable quality mountain dulcimer whilst there. My hope is to bring it back from the US to England on the plane as carry-on baggage, but info received directly from Delta airlines is... more »
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Bear Meadow Custom Fret Templates
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Just a note to let all the builders here know of these custom-made Fret Templates. Cut to any scale you want. And there are special blank- out clips for the non-diatonic positions. If you want extra frets, just remove the clip. Very simple, and a unique feature, AFAIK. Check them out at [link] look on the new menu for... more »
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