Hammered Dulcimer - Scott Williams

[Chrispainta]

I discovered his great music quite accidentally while walking in the bookstore in Santa Barbara. After being excited I bought his two CD's which I listen very often. It is a Pure Relaxation in Time !

[bcpipes]

Nice rendition. That tune is called "The Gael", by Dougie Maclean.

[enmio]

scott williams is really quite talented. i live in vegas and i've seen him at the ren fair here a couple of times, i would always look for his booth first just so i could listen to his music to get that medieval feeling going on. this is one of my favorite songs of course :) i even bought one of his first cd's, or at least i think it was his first: The Road To Lisdunvarna. <--something to that effect haha. anyways, great stuff. i miss the ren fair.

[LeninaXx]

Saw him over at Disney Downtown today and he played this song. It was so enchanting!! I really like this song he played. :)

[musiclandify]

really amazing!

please, could you say me where can I bought this intstrument and how much does it cost?

thank you very much

[rainharper62]

@musiclandify -you can buy the ham. dulcimer from master works, or james jones inst., or you can also go on ebay and look-they cost anywhere from 600/700/1000--this does not always include the hammers or music stand-you will also need a tuner & the wrench for tuning

[djypsydjazz]

@musiclandify look up the Dusty Strings company. They run a tad expensive but this wonderful instrument is worth the cost.

[ika97ful]

i saw him at disneydowntown..and he is sooo amazing...

[EllChrTie88]

Amazing. Period.

[maccermacnab]

Nicely played man, but I had to giggle at the random people in the background dressed as medieval warriors..

[nicoc3r]

sounds like last of the mohicans

[Kitsunegirl11]

two words. Fricken Amazing.

[armed241545]

just saw him yesterday he was amazing you cant walk past with out stoping when he is playing

[OSKARIUSIII]

I saw him on the renaissance faire here in vegas and he is totaly awesome I never miss a renaissance festival and Scott deserves more tha 5 stars!!

[inkybell]

How do I contact Scott Williams personally.. I NEED a HUGE favor. inkybell

[schwansongs]

Hmm... I listed his web sites there in the description... did you try e-mail addresses from those? That's all I have. Good luck asking a favor, he told me he is no longer booking weddings.

[hmrdulcimer]

What is he using for the drone? Who is playing the second part, or is that all prerecorded?

[schwansongs]

He had recorded his own backing music, playing on a CD in his tent for backup.

[droogy333]

@schwansongs no i seen him live at the scottish games before and he had a guy there making the second part i could be wrong though

[ScottyPipes]

the background has a few hammered dulcimer tracks, a bass drum, and cello.

[Poodlepups]

Very cool. I want to play this with my Irish session, even though (as you probably know) it was written by a Scotsman. Of course Cheiftains played it, so it sorta counts.! Nice audio view of the minor chords under the melody. Thanks for posting. Renee from Maryland (Ken Kolodner's student)

[orderofthelark]

(this is the person wo first spoke) srry my friend swho are in the video share this account with me.

[orderofthelark]

Yeah, sorry for the confusion...

[orderofthelark]

4:21 my friend julia comes on, then me, then Valani

[orderofthelark]

I know. thanks anyway!

[orderofthelark]

i'm sorry, Sis, I was amazed that we got on but you didn't. You were the one standing by the dulcimer the whole time...

[orderofthelark]

this realy is a good video though. I wish i could play the hammered dulcimer

[orderofthelark]

no im not bu thats ok. mabye next time i go. sorry didnt mean to seem so harsh but i was just looking forward to being in the video. Im looking for a hammered dulcimer teacher in san deigo. Do you know of any?

[schwansongs]

I don't know of any Hammered Dulcimer teachers in San Diego, but there are probably a few (perhaps try the Junior colleges in the music department? Guitar teachers may know of some.) Scott Williams teaches, but he's moved up to L.A. area. Good luck! It's a gorgeous sounding instrument.

[orderofthelark]

This is so stupid!!! He said id be in the video!!! Oh ya my friends nna noa and julia r in it bu not me!!! u can see them at the end there 2 young ladies in costumes and i lady , Noa, dressed as a boy. But im not in it!!

[schwansongs]

Somebody told you you would be in my video of Scott playing the dulcimer? Sorry I missed you, perhaps next time I can record you at RenFaire. I am still working on 2 more videos of that Faire (belly dancing and drummers), maybe you are in those?

[sandycorgi]

Pity people seemed to have seen this as wallpaper music

[BirdmanWayne94]

Great video Eduard. Awesome and amazing playing. One of the best and greatest instruments' sounds. KUDOS..... WOW!