Mountain Dulcimer

[TheMissouripicker]

nice sound.

[Maafa1619]

It doesn't sound like bag pipes to me. It sounds like a sitar... w/ drone strings and whatnot. 

[Gianni77]

now i want to buy a dulcimer because of you!!!

[d1g1man]

I can't place the name of the tune/artist, would please let me know what it is?

Thank you, that was wonderful!

[tmudd24]

no matter where i here this instrument, i am always home

[metamaggot]

dulcimer is a mediaeval instrument from northern europe...the name comes from old french "doulce melle" or soft melody...brought to america by early colonials...

[BenStoney]

I enjoyed that thanks - I was given a Dulcimer years ago but never really knew what to do with it - now I have some idea of how to play!

[PRSouthern]

I'm intrigued. Very cool. Very interesting. Thanks for the history too!

[beavcleaver1]

awesome instrument!

[atz123ify]

good job sir, im actually attending a dulcimer workshop this weekend

[missiramey]

michael row the boat ashore

[karlito5757]

is that Cyndi Lauper?

[Lucarius1]

Interesting instrument and a beautiful sound. Well played. Thanks for sharing

[Lucarius1]

That's a really nice song and a beautiful sound. What is the song called (I don't know it)

[oneolehippiechick]

Just lovely. I have a mountain dulcimer, made by a distant relative and given to me as a gift. I just need to learn to play it !!

Recognized the song right off 'cuz I am really oneolehippychick ;-)

[st1ffyberg]

Luv dulcimers. I glued my first one together when I was 12. And yes, I knew that tune. Keep up the good work!!!

[stephenseifert]

Who built your dulcimer? What's your tuning? String gauges?

[Eyewash03]

a standard dulcimer or Ionian tuning is from low to high. D A AA. gauges are .011, .011, .013, .024BW,

[DianeGuenziJohnson]

absolutely wonderful!! I took my first lesson yesterday and I am in love with it, I hope to be able to play this well someday soon. I love that first song, awesome!!!!

[topgun4h]

i recently got a dulcimet, but i have to say, playing in that position is so different from anything i've learned. it is fun though ^_^

[REDHEADTINKERBELLSWE]

Wow wee! I loved it ! Thanks. I know this sounds silly but i have loved a dulcimer since the Walton's when john boy got one. That was the prettiest thing I every saw. Your great. keep it up! ty

[noodles1fan]

lol i couldn't get past john boy's mole.

[ComfortablyStoned]

@noodles1fan LOL...I remember that episode of the Walton's too...how old are we? Still, that episode got me hooked on dulcimer music.

[noodles1fan]

@ComfortablyStoned im 18. i watched it in film class. how old are we?

[adbo52]

I love this old traditional style: just one left finger or a noter...

Great Job: keep on strumming! :-)

[moodyblue198945]

I just took my third lesson and love it ....would love to learn to play like that ,i can't believe you are play so beautiful with only one finger W0W!!!!!

[hongobcn]

Gordo ladron...

[gtrdriven]

it almost sounds like two dulcimers are playing Amazing song!

[sparky2k3]

great job

[CailIduna]

*****

[Drosme]

nice man. Where can I get a Dulcimer?:)

[lurholm]

Try Lark In The Morning, or Apollo's Axes. I got mine from the latter.

[laudypapa]

ive been playing guitar for about 6 years or so and am just curious, is there a big learning curve to the dulcimer?

[Antonysson]

You'll learn the basics fairly quickly, but then it can be more advanced too. There are a lot of different playing techniques.

[ChannelLightVessel]

It has a lovely sound, reminiscent as someone had said, of the bagpipes. I dare not go near a shop that sells these instruments or I risk losing my life savings.

[brittonseanweb]

@ChannelLightVessel This may be be a little late for a response. The dulcimer will not break the bank. You can get a rather nice sounding one for very little. You are looking at $100 for a great one.

[Archangel663]

I think you're a pretty cool guy man. great playing.

[chaplass]

Thanks for sharing. I have been playing Dulcimer for a while and it is a wonderful instrument to play because it can be played in a simple fashion or progressed for more difficulty. Dulcimer means sweet sound in Latin and it is certainly an instrument with a sweet sound.

[Kaijer]

i'm glad i found this video because my girlfriend has a dulcimer and I had no idea how you were supposed to play it haha

=D

thanks!

[Josonosimiti]

good job ;]

[WorldChallenge]

Wow! That's an amazing performance and an interesting instrument.

[HillbillyJ]

If I'm not mistaken, the dulcimer might have originated in my home state of KY.

With those other strings ringing out, it give it almost a "bagpipe" effect.

Well played!

[picassolama]

Why thank you! Yes, KY could have very well been the beginning of the dulcimer. The strings ring of bagpipes due to the Scottish and Irish ancestry of the originators of the instrument.

[TheNosferataun]

@picassolama did you know that the first concept of the dulcimer start in holland/belgium it was called a hommel

very nice playing:P

[lollipopmind]

check out the Icelandic Langeliek, or Langspil, or the French Epinette des Vosges. Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Holland and France all have a variant, from an Icelandic sounce, or earlier the Schietholt. oddly not Irish/English/Scottish at all. Not that that matters.

[lhendri479]

Very nice playing! I love the mountain music. Let me know if y'all are ever coming to Asheville, NC. Thank you for posting.

[RichBeecher]

Nicely done!

[Dulcimerist]

Sweet! Thanks for posting that - I enjoyed it! I also didn't know that David Crosby played the dulcimer...

[picassolama]

David Crosby plays dulcimer? oh...I get it...cute :-P anyway...thanks for the comment :-)

[spektix]

beautiful. thank you for sharing

[picassolama]

Thanks for the comment, it is appreciated!

[termozzilla]

I come from south Italy, and thank to you I have discovered a beautifull sound and instrument from so far away and I fell in love with it. So, I bought fast my montain dulcimer by internet and your song became my first song. Thanks a lot.

[picassolama]

wow...I am honored. Enjoy the dulcimer, it is a very relaxing and beautiful instrument to play!

[cherryantacid421]

HEy, where ya from, I'm from Tennessee and have heard just about every type of dulcimer/mandolin/banjo/dobro/­etc etc....you could think of. And this one is pretty!!!!!!!!!!

[picassolama]

Thank you very much for the compliment, it is heartfelt :-)

[burzum21]

i really love the sound of your dulcimer , 2 days ago , i bought a strumstick , and now i want to buy a mountain dulcimer !!!!

[picassolama]

well hey! enjoy the strumstick! Dulcimers are a little more expensive, but they do sound great :-)

[creamofcardstv]

Your video clip is great and I've rated it as awesome. Please check out mine on some 1920's trading cards of musical instruments, including the Dulcimer.

[rocnerd]

bad

[chrismercer1983]

that is preety neat, I bought a dulcimer in georgia last year but never seen it played good yet, thanks for that

[HydraulicCat]

I love Dulcimers!!! :-)

Great!

[rrdoran]

very very very cool, i like how you ended the song. i play the autoharp, so its neat to see people still use old folk, mountain instruments still

[hugoestr]

My wife found a dulcimer at a yard sale almost ten years ago. We started playing with it last year, but none of our attempts sound as nice as your playing. :) Thanks for sharing this :)

[APRS]

This is brilliant, I don't know too much about the mountain dulcimer, which part of the world does it come from?

[picassolama]

The mountain dulcimer originated in the Appalachian mountains in the southeastern US - it is sometimes refered as the Appalachian Dulcimer. Thanks for your comment!

[dread66mon]

Very cool video - it's encouraging to see more people here with their dulcimers!

[picassolama]

Thanks :-) I really don't play it very much, I also have a strumstick and a 12-string guitar. Oh, and I play the doumbek drum for a bellydance troupe!

[flash233]

what is the tuning on that thing? my grandma has one and i'd love to try to learn! she said an old friend built it for her, and it would be really cool and sentimental to learn it.

[derewigewanderer14]

Great video, nice playing! I Love the sound of Dulcimers, very Pure and with the sense of Nostalgia when heard! Look forward to getting a Mountain Dulcimer myself. Great video!

[picassolama]

Thanks...yes, there's nothing like the sound of a dulcimer, definitely 'old world.'

[sickeninga]

this rocks.

[picassolama]

lol...thanks :-)

[AlexRawlings]

Beautiful playing and music. I really enjoyed this.

[picassolama]

Thanks!

[PatriarchK]

Sweet :)

[picassolama]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it :-)

[harmonioushand]

great playing!

[picassolama]

Thank you!

[Gr8Shotz]

Excellent! It even dounds a bit like a strumstick. Great video

[picassolama]

Thanks for the comment gr8shotz...hopefully you will have a strumstick in your hands some day :-)