Mountain Dulcimer - Whiskey Before Breakfast - Stephen Seifert

[AirForcebro28]

I paid 250 for the exact same one MrKingCarl but mine came with a case, book, pick, and strings

[MrKingCarl]

How much did your dulcimer cost you or did you make it?

[Koolgit]

I got a Dulcimer for Christmas!

[AlteredPiano]

Makes me proud to have been raised in the mountains :)

[NothingEverything1]

cool

[Owen7058]

what tuning are you in???

[fionablau]

fantastic!!!!

[UnceBobTouchedMe]

i am speachless! your playing made me almost cry dude!

[menosdetres3]

Thank you for putting all these great videos on youtube. My grandfather built and played the dulcimer, but he died before I ever had the chance to learn myself.

[vektorblue]

very nice skill

[NejiHyuga296]

Wow, this is great! I just found out about Dulcimers today and hearing this as my first piece I officially like this instrument! :D

[falloutgirl90]

@NejiHyuga296 same as

[gutturtle]

Thoughts between the " Dulcimer " and " Woodrow " ?

Thinkin about gettin one or the other!

[tmudd24]

ahhh yes, the sound of my people :)

[natarats]

magic :)

[tstark05]

Nice!

[tomelifeisjustonebig]

Waaaaa, :-( I want a dulcimer. And to know how to play it.

[PawnSacrific3]

Wow he made that look incredibly easy.

[Rood67]

Wow! And I'm fortunate enough to live close to be able to start seeing Stephen play and looking to start taking lessons.

He is an amazing player and an exceptional person.

[lfsm4lfsm]

Thank you. So many variations. Lots to learn.

[apiarygirl]

Skill, technique, musicianship. I hear dulcimer players all the time and this is one FINE dulcimer player! Thanks for posting this!

[gutturtle]

@apiarygirl---- Thoughts between the " Dulcimer " and " Woodrow " ?

Thinkin about gettin one or the other!

[gorrig]

I have made my own dulcimer and a friend has just fitted planetary gears instead of the plain pegs that kept coming lose. Just need to learn how to play it. Love this.

[Resodeus]

@LILYRULEZZ POST IT!!!

[Owen7058]

I JUST GOT A DULCIMER I CANT WAIT TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY IT

[MadMarcusProductions]

How many strings does a dulcimer have, is it hard to play (I play other instruments), where can I find a dulcimer and lessons for it, how much noise can it make and what's it's notation length? Lots of questions but I just saw one on T.V. a minute ago so I know nothing about it.

[DarkFireLover1]

Amazing! I play a little bit but it sounds nothing near this! I loved it:D

[TheDeadlyDelilah]

What a wonderful American instrument...on ya US of A!!!

[babsmusic]

Beautiful......

[emeraldandsapphire]

Pretty.

Always thought of buying a mountain dulcimer and leaving it near the front door until my lazy butt finally picked it up and started playing - playing anything! (same actually goes for the harmonica.)

Almost age 51 and I'm still procrastinating. If I don't want to play, why do I never stop thinking about it?!

Ugh.

[Poodlepups]

@emeraldandsapphire Try going to a dulcimer camp, like the Swannanoa Gathering near Asheville, or Augusta, Common Ground on the Hill, Clifftop...even a weekend workshop can really inspire you! I didn't pick up mine for most of my adult life, now I'm really playing it!

[lilwil132]

Well played, Stephen! Thank you.

[cobbingman]

AWWW pick it... mighty fine!

[cameodemon]

its either D - A - D or D - A - A. appalachian dulcimers have three strings generally

[Bummelz]

great job on the dulcimer!! love that one!!!

[ETSUeastman515]

awesome job buddy!

[ja31971]

Thank you for posting this. Youre playing is exceptional. I am considering building or buying a dulcimer myself. Can you please tell me what tunings are common with this instrument? I remember the one time I played a dulcimer I tuned it C-G-C-G. Is this a good tuning? What are the best tunings?

[OriginalTexcalibur]

Encore! Encore! Exceptional skill and extremely entertaining. Thanks for sharing it. Now I got to check out more of your vids :)

[gwells90]

three people don't like music

i'd be honored if you checked out some of my music and more honored if you subscribed me back :) thanks for the amazing vid i watch it daily

[iorixs]

this is very excellent indeed not to say superb awesome astounding astonishing captivating and highly enjoyable

[Musicboxplayer]

Real awesome man lol

[yoyoyosarahm]

hehe great :)

[turbogorilla1]

Very good! Loved that!

[rainharper62]

stephen, this was a really good roundition of the song-thanks for posting!

[vintagerose2]

You de bomb!

[amccandlesandcameras]

amazing

[pcdion]

Sublime!!!***** (*o*)

[hisharri]

Really wonderful! Thank you!

[EternalOutbreak]

The only reason I know this instrument is because of the TV show the weekenders. It's pretty sad lol. Sounds great though.

[allendupras]

i can play this on mando.... like it :)

[bodenhofen]

very nice!!!

[Greg763]

makes it look easy

[chipmunx]

Whiskey before breakfast has never been nearly as happy or light-hearted for me as this song sounds lol

[theboxedgirl]

What an awesome instrument :D

[lrover03]

Man, I really like this. I have a dulcimer almost identical to yours with the 4 hearts. My Mom had it made by Orthey Dulcimers in Newport, Pa. and she gave it to me a few weeks ago when I was in Pennsylvania. I shipped it UPS to my home in New Mexico and despite getting extra insurance and spending hours carefully packing, they still managed to break it. :( Then they backed out on the insurance. :( I'm in the process of fixing it as I speak... Hope to play it soon. ;)

[mikenike605]

how do you tune your dulcimer?

[stroker1258]

How could this have 3 dislikes??

[FLB00]

super great!!!!

[KMQA]

Wonderful =)

I like it ..

[acuity67]

How does a dulcimer work? The frets aren't uniformly spaced like a guitar.

[digitalramyun]

@acuity67 The fretting is diatonic rather than chromatic - in other words, you don't get all the "white" and "black" notes, so you have to retune and/or use a capo to play in different keys and scales. It's rather like a tin whistle only plays in one key, though the dulcimer is a bit more flexible.

Takes a bit of getting used to if you're coming from guitar, mandolin, etc., but for me, it's part of the dulcimer's charm.

[EpicureMammon]

Great fun to watch! My mom bought a mountain dulcimer years ago and, well, almost immediately lost interest :( I played her your performance of Blackberry Winter and I think she was amazed that a MD could even sound like that! Great work :)

[rmarrsr]

Mighty Fine!

[Fotojensen]

SO good played... love it.

[pleuto514]

@upyr1

It was NOT developed in the Appalachian Mountains but brought from Irish immigrants. Yet, it was a common instruments played by people in the Appalachian mountains, which can be contrasted to the hammar dulcimer.

[EmperorofCartoons]

@pleuto514 Gotta disagree with that, while many immigrants had similar instruments, these particular types of dulcimers were first created in the area around SW Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

[allendupras]

ha..... I just realised that every time I see this video I write "father?"....

That comment is funny!!! ha but also awesome song!!! I really do like it....

why else would I be back.... :)

[Bill1960D]

Very well done!! 73,Bill

[BardofCornwall]

I could listen to this all day.

[allendupras]

father?

[yonderboogey]

wow, this is so legit. great work! keepin it alive :)

[wingclaws]

ace

[jawsrock1]

Hey, this is great. I just bought one of these at a Goodwill for less than $20. I was wondering what the tuning is on these. The instructions that it came with only say that there is no wrong way to play it, but I'm sure there's a wrong way to tune it.

[ricwade77]

Most common tuning is D-A-D

[jawsrock1]

@ricwade77 Thank you!

[Fotojensen]

SOOO goooood :o)

[BTBHSOHBOY]

Wow, just WOW!!!!!!!!!

[klyuchnikovsv]

клёво

[Fotojensen]

Damn amacing :o)

[magaum1981]

hehe,, yeah,,, it makes me wanna have some whiskey at early in the morning,

[videocurcuits]

such steady hands

my gradfather used to build dulcimers with a floating fret board to allow the sound board increased volume

but I never heard one played this well, not overstated just right!

[r3dfl4ck4l1]

this is one of the best things on youtube

[HerGuardianAngel1991]

This was fun to listen to. :)

[ganjaking187]

these things sound killer, its amazing how such a simple instrument can have such a awesome sound. peace

[SandSeaOcean]

go ahead stephen!

[longlegz99]

Great!~

[Logaff]

very cool stuff. i like this sound

[CyValkarion]

Amazing playing! You offering lessons? ha

[brittanyrosewatson]

Oh wow, I didn't know you could use a capo on a dulcimer. Do you use a special kind of capo? thanks :D

[brittanyrosewatson]

@brittanyrosewatson BTW, the playing is awesome! :)

[stephenseifert]

@bajones18 what?

[bajones18]

@stephenseifert Sorry. Lame joke on the above "DAD" tuning comment.  but anyway, you're playing is phenomenal, its a pleasure to watch your videos on my down time, thanks for posting em!

[Racoon42a]

@stephenseifert

he means "I wish i'd be your son!"

Trust me, Eric the Racoon knows the truth!

[MrNick2D]

XD I say two of these in my local music shop and I couldn't figure out how to hold them. Great playing.

[lindaguitar]

Damn, you're good! There are so many beginner musicians, on every instrument, posting videos, it's always a pleasant surprise to find the good ones. :-)

[wavepainter]

Pure. Real. Right.

Artful beauty.

[GroundedSaugage]

I find dulcimer players in a sense that we are different from all the others. Thus not becoming an instrument of the stereotype. *coughs loudly* (BANJO! AHEM!)

Stereotypical "Hillbilly"

9-11 God Beer Jesus and God Bless America!

Is that what people really think of people who play these instruments? Hell! I'm agnostic and my mom's from the Dominican Republic!

[przemyslawlipiec]

What a great instrument! I´ve never seen it so far. I´m gonna get one!

It was pleasure to listen to.

[azpolly]

Love this! Okay, I'm taking my dulcimer off the wall and learning to play it like you!!

[yutzwagon2]

Want. Want want want.

[SineHacker]

I think this is officially my fav mountain dulcimer tune :D

[sirhc141]

Nice, Cheers



[rikiloo2]

Most inspiring! When I get home my insteument's coming off the wall n onto my lap. Time to start practicing. If only it were as easy as it looks!! You are so good.

[kokolorbi]

be looking for: "Magdolna Ruzsa - Felix Lajko - Meg azt mondjak (folk song)"

[kokolorbi]

@upyr1 This an ancient Hungarian musical instrument, more than a thousand year ones

[kokolorbi]

The mountain dulcimer called a citera in Hungarian

[joanfburroughs]

Wow.  You always amaze me.

Stephen, I alway enjoy seeing you play. You are a great teacher as well.

I took a class under you and have some of your teaching materials. I recommend your book Join the Jam to every dulcimer player, that book and the finger picking book are by dulcimer bibles.

[robynbrimley1]

Awsome

[fork1964]

Sounds great!

[gtrdriven]

this would be even more difficult to try to play if you drank whisky before breakfast *****

[MauroPavanelli]

beautiful!!

[plowmscat]

Love it...Jam On Dude!!!!

[SineHacker]

very nice, it looks like a difficult position to play in, but i guess you get used to it - i love the muting technique at 1.31 ;-)

[APARTEIDZONE]

VERY COOL!

[shizzle31]

so amazing Stephen, deffinitely inspired me to put down ym acoustic for a while and pick up a dulcimer

[carrtje01]

This totally made me happy to listen to this morning! I want to learn how to play one so bad!

[onelonleyfarmer]

that thing is awsome. cool. great. i love it and i want one.

[askaninjafan]

whats the reason for the variation in the fret lengths? its all weird...

[EnsoBlues]

@askaninjafan

It's the whole point of the instrument. Its solfège

[askaninjafan]

@EnsoBlues ahh, why thank you.

[sgtcharlesfloyd]

awesome!!!

[rainharper62]

thanks for all the info!-very well played!

[cadjunk]

Wow, you are great on the dulcimer. Thanks so much for sharing. Gwen

[kiyo4356]

dang dude i love the sounds that thing makes x3 would love to hear more from you, you seem very talented with how fluently you play = ) loved the hole song thanx for letting the rest of us enjoy it

[HolyMotherofGrid]

Absolutely wonderful!! Superb playing: i hope you keep on going for a LOOOOOOONG time: this stuff is fantastic :-+).

[Quatermassx]

I love whiskey. and i love this song and instrument. beauty!

[salemthegoddess]

fantastic! -

[WannaB321]

We have one of those in the closet. My wife picked it up a few years back and lost interest. This was really great -- inspiring. I can hear it calling me...... You're very good -- keep it up!

[MLDocuments]

What if you don't have a Mountain Dulcimer? Mine only goes up to 12 frets. Do I still put that on 4 or no?

[chilton12345]

Great Stuff!!

[reignbeauconnection]

I was on the fence on whether or not to get a dulcimer but I think I will now :)

Hope one day to play half as good as this guy!

[Niflehimr]

Great stuff!!

[rakgtr]

the dulcimer is from america

[NiireNolweva]

Nicely done! :)

[tocky78]

Love this!  Where can I find the tabs?

[benkbenkbenk]

Rad as...

[Lassielurv]

Is it a hard instument to learn?

[jtallen12345]

no. but it's difficult to play so beautifully like this guy^^^... Get a dulcimer and i guarantee you'll be playing tunes within an hour or so lol

[sexpistolio]

cool!!

[utubetool]

this is so great

[tehtourist]

the appalachian dulcimer is a wonderful instrument. well played stephen. 5 stars.

[thsergent]

wa si 'nu mostr'!!

[Bernler75]

Isn't that "Three young women drinking whiskey before breakfast" he's playing...

Greetings from sweden ;)

[Jarrahnut]

A very nice effort ... glad he's not performing in the nude!

[MrMozBoz]

awesome.

[insectorlives]

what an unbelievably beautiful song! I recently bought a dulcimer myself and am having trouble finding written music to learn songs. anybody know of any websites?

[19emmaleigh95]

My grandmother usually goes to everythingdulcimer {.} com for tablature for her and myself.

[xkikiix]

hey man in which fret do you put the transport?

[19emmaleigh95]

the capo looks to be on the fourth fret.

[stephenseifert]

@xkikiix I'm capoing at 4.

[brockwilliam]

This is the first mountain dulcimer video I have seen. I play hammer dulcimer. What a happy sound!! Kudos and keep submitting great videos like this one!

[imaginaryteaparty]

Fantastic! You have me smiling and clapping!

[jimmiepickles]

great

[jessegiga]

HAHA - Great big smile and two thumbs up!!!!!!

[imnotlarry]

muy bueno

[9436065040]

I am looking forward to put some swiss folk music instrument in my New formed folk metal band. (Inspired from Eluveitie ).

[datfri13]

is that some kind of capo on your dulcimer?

[GermanDulcimer]

Yup, it's a special kind of capo for the mountain dulcimer.

[Anna100l]

This sounds sooo beautiful!! I love it!

[thunderheart226]

what kinda music is this?

[9436065040]

Kinda Country Music !!!!

[yutzwagon2]

I love it, love it, love it.

[greendaysaint8302]

That is really cool

[AdonijahAvenged]

it always amazes me how fast and smooth you play this.

[HockeyNick79]

B - E - A uuuutiful!!!

[Zebra902]

Geez......I thought I was fairly decent on my mountain dulcimer until I saw this guy. I guess I better head back to the closet. :(

[orestory]

bravo!!!!!!!!

[Splunge88]

That's awesome, good job

[morroti]

This song is so great when you play it at this instrument. i mean its not the same as listen to a guitar, this sounds so beautiful :D. really want to get 1 of these but there a re hard to find in denmark :(. But still 5/5 stars from here :D

[GermanDulcimer]

You can get them from Thomann, also in Denmark. THough, the quality is kinda crap. BUt what would you expect for 59€ ? :)

[peter47a]

I got the big model (for 99 eur back then) and it's ok after you visit a guitar maker. Sorry for my switch now, neuen Steg anfertigen, Bünde abschleifen, klingt wie eine eins!

[GermanDulcimer]

It still costs 99€ but with the repairs it was probably even more expensive than a normal good mountain dulcimer :)

[peter47a]

Repairs were about 50 euro total. Not too bad. Where would you buy a normal good Dulcimer instead? I haven't found any offered in germany except some odd selfmade on ebay. I was thinking to import myself a mcspadden but that'll be around 300 eur probably more.

[GermanDulcimer]

celtic minus star sells a good looking one in Germany for not too much money and so does folkfriends.

[peter47a]

thx alot!

[GermanDulcimer]

Never mind. I can send you the links if you want me to :)

[peter47a]

Buy from thomann, they have cheap instruments from hungary, hora dulcimer. Quality is ok but you should visit a guitar maker for finetuning.

[chadpijudisimo]

A-MA-ZING

[GermanDulcimer]

GRAAAAACE

[dulcimerginny]

Great version of this old fiddle tune. What is the tuning? I noticed the capo, and have one, too, might like to see if I could get anywhere near what you, magically, do. Thanks for providing the video. I'll continue to watch for more in the futue.

[flyingevolution]

nicly done you are very good i just got a 4 string mountin dulcimer stranges tuning C C C G...any advice for a beginer

[GermanDulcimer]

If you want to teach it to you at your own I would recommend "You can teach yourself Dulcimer" from the Mel Bay Company.