Mountain Dulcimer - Dulcimerica Video Podcast #69

[Zeitgeist1208]

Awesome is all I can say. I will spend the money I'll get for my 17th birthday (on the 12th of August :D ) on a dulcimer. I am not quite sure, but there aren't many Germans who play those instruments. But we've got things like the Scheitholt and the Hummel (or Hommel in Dutch) which also sounds very beautiful.

But I've got a question, what's the sense of these uhmm... "double-dulcimers"? Even though yours sounds amazingly you just use the upper half of it don't you?

[theMansalad]

I think the point is to be able to have a different tuning on each neck so as to alternate quickly between your favorite ones

[wesenlord]

!!! From Russian.

[dread66mon]

Hello there!

[robbiew8n]

beautiful... not heard this for years... i remember the kaye starr version.

the horror of civil war...

...... come to that, any war!

thank you for posting

robbie

[dread66mon]

Thanks, Robbie - amen to your statement!

[robbiew8n]

again ... thank you for your kind reply

good wishes friend

robbie

[LynzM31]

Beautiful!! I'm about to get my hands on a dulcimer tomorrow and have been watching your stuff a lot lately, great music :) The stuff I'm most familiar with is mostly old American folk, so it's really neat to see you do this with it!

[dread66mon]

Hey Lynz - that's awesome, first time playing the dulcimer or about to begin?  Either way, you'll be happier with one in your hands! Thanks for watching!

[LynzM31]

Second time, actually :) I started banjo about 3 months ago with Aubrey Atwater, and she plays dulcimer, too. First got my hands on one at the Rhode Island folk fest a couple weeks ago and can't wait to borrow one to learn on!

[ulricus1]

Hey, you have a great voice. The 1 1/2 fret is realy good for such songs on the MD.

Greetings from Germany.

[dread66mon]

Hallo! Thank you for the kind words. I agree - the 1+ fret is excellent for getting into D minor and other minor keys without capoing - I'm sold on it!

[dulcidog]

I have to agree with Dulcimoree - simply outstanding! Do you learn songs mainly by ear?

[dread66mon]

Thanks for the kind vibes! It's sort of mixture - I learn songs by ear quite a bit - and then I also find tab for songs, mostly fiddle tunes, online and then find recordings to be sure I've got the gist of the melody. So, maybe 70% by ear, 30% by reading.

[Dulcimoree]

Bing- This is great! I didn't think you could possibly top I Will Move ON- but you did! You have a beautiful voice. We love your music. Thanks for putting it out there for everyone to enjoy.

Sarah

[dread66mon]

Wow, you dig "I Will Move On"? That's cool. Thank you so very much - I'm glad you're enjoying the tunes!

Aloha

[smokybrick]

Wow, great voice and the funky rythem is awesome. I really like the occasional string bending and nice vibrato. Very cool sound :)

[dread66mon]

Thank you, I appreciate you watching. : )

[brotherbleu]

Wow, great job uncle. U seem like ur always getting better all the time. That breakdown in there was off the chain. Keep it up, later!

[dread66mon]

Thanks, Neph - that means a lot! Yeah man, I've been hanging out with crazy-good players, been working scales-in-box across the strings for exercises. Glad it's showing. : )

[powwowdoc]

Your beautiful work always inspires me to keep playing. This is an awesome tune and you have a good voice.

[dread66mon]

Thank you, I appreciate your comments - and I'm glad you are inspired to play - the best kind of blessing for me. (And I learned the Breath of Fire from your page - thanks for that.)

[prosepp]

Beautiful !!

I will come back to listen to more of your music !

[dread66mon]

Thank you - and thanks for watching!

[dulcajack]

Hey Bing,

This is the kind of stuff that i really like.

Awesome. *****

Thanks

Jack

[dread66mon]

Thanks, Jack - I bet you'd do a great version of this.

[hugoestr]

What tuning are you using for Two Brothers? Thanks again for making these videos :)

[dread66mon]

This one's in DAD - thanks for watching!