Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence with Mountain Dulcimer and Bowed Psaltery

[MrTobytwirl]

Wow! What a wonederful version. Sounds great with these instruments.

[dholeton]

@MrTobytwirl

Thanks Toby

This song has a very captivating melody and it's melody calls to folk instruments like the dulcimer and bowed psaltery

Dave

[Jesusfreak101Bemis]

Thise are grandspas guitars

[dholeton]

@Jesusfreak101Bemis

Thanks Austin

[Jesusfreak101Bemis]

@dholeton Hey i didn't mean that with offense, its off a tv show and they have these on it. And this one guitar player says it haha

[dholeton]

@Jesusfreak101Bemis

That's okay Austin

Dulcimers are known by many names such as dulcimore, delcimore, scattlin, walking stick, and many others. I have never heard them referenced as grandpa's guitar (or grandspas guitar), but it's okay.

Dave

[Jesusfreak101Bemis]

Thise are grandspas guitar

[flaashorama]

Absolutely beautiful. I and another person play a pair of psalteries at the Maryland Renaissance Festival with The Renaissance Revelers. I love your arrangement of this gorgeous piece.

[dholeton]

@flaashorama

Thank You Flaash

Dave

[nolicnotrut]

I think I'm about to invite you as a friend, David.

This is magnificent stuff.

I researched this song/tune some years ago.

The tune is an ancient French carol known as 'Picardy'. The words are from a fourth-century liturgy on St. James, translated by Gerard Moultrie - 1800- and somewhen!

Who cares? It's a timeless tune.

[dholeton]

@nolicnotrut

Thanks again Colin

I agree this song is timeless. The timeless ones can really reach out and grab me, and I do everything I can to learn them.

Dave

[cjwaywell]

Very Impressive

[dholeton]

Thanks Chris

[dholeton]

@cjwaywell Thanks CJ

[Fabyr]

Excellent musician and singer! And wonderful instruments,indeed! The song is also very evocative of ancestral moods and spirituality.Compliments and a greeting from Italy.

[dholeton]

Thank You Fabyr

Greetings from Tennessee in the USA!

Dave

[SilentSepia]

WONDERFULLY BEAUTIFUL!!!

May He Who Is Smile Upon You!!!

Christ Is Born!!! Glorify Him!!!

[dholeton]

Thanks Gary

I find myself playing this song often at this time of year.

Dave

[malefic2u]

5 stars...great job!!

[dholeton]

Thank You..

[AmericanCymro]

Superb! I was just teaching myself how to play this on my dulcimer and I was fairly happy with what I came up with - until I heard this. Now I'm playing/pausing your video until I learn how you did it. Nice job with the Psaltery too. I don't have the technology to marry up my psaltery and dulcimer - but you did it nicely.

[dholeton]

Thanks Cymro...

Check the MORE INFO section on the video for my email address (email addresses aren't allowed in comments). If you would like the dulcimer tab to this song send me an email and I can reply with a pdf tab file. As for the video, I wanted to show people a little bit of what can be done but all of the instruments sound much better live and with multiple players playing the different parts. Also, if you are new to these instruments, check the Everything Dulcimer web site.

Dave

[michaeljking]

This is really beautiful, I would love to play this on my Stick Dulcimer, do You have the tabs for this?

[dholeton]

Thanks Michael... Yes, I have dulcimer tab for Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence. I don't know of a method to provide it on Youtube but can email it to you. Youtube doesn't seem to allow email addresses or websites in these comments fields, so I put my email address in the MORE INFO area above in the song description. Send an email to me and I can reply with an attachment.

Thanks

Dave

[SadieDammit]

I think I just fell in love

[dholeton]

Thanks Sadie...I get inspired every holiday season to play/sing this song.

Dave

[BlueParadoxical]

What a wonderful harmony of psaltery and dulcimer! 5 stars!

[dholeton]

Thanks Blue...I think this song creates harmony partly as an evolution of the round in the first part of the song. It is one of my favorite songs and I'm especially drawn to it at this time of year.

Dave

[00ocram]

Absolutely amazing. My favorite hymn!This is way better than an organ. Great arrangement!

[dholeton]

Thank you...It's one of my favorite's also.

Dave

[lorene31513]

Very nicely done...and a good start to my day. Your video was very skillfully done. Thanks.

Lorene

[dholeton]

Thanks Lorene...We don't really need to wait for holiday season to play or listen to this one, do we?

Dave

[dholeton]

Thank You Happy...I'm using the bows that came with the instrument from Unicorn Strings. Some psaltery makers make bows with the hairs grouped as a round cord and some makers construct bows with the hairs grouped flat like the ones I use in the video. I have both types and use either set of bows at times for slightly different sound advantages. The round ones tend to be make more sharp clear sound and the flat ones tend to make a soft sound (all depending on the selected notes).

Thanks

Dave

[HappyLizards]

Your arrangement is beautiful. And great job putting together the video. What kind of bow are you using?

[spikedylacid]

awsome!

[dholeton]

Thanks Spike...This is one of those songs I start playing a lot every year in the November-December period.

Dave

[aeroflying]

If we saw the glory of the LORD of Hosts we would all be in silence.

[dholeton]

Thanks Paul...I agree.

Dave

[GiullarediDio]

Apart from the impressive performance, the sound is also very clear on this. What kind of microphone did you record it with?

[dholeton]

Thanks Jester... I used a Shure SM58 microphone and recorded the sound on a Tascam 4-track cassette recorder. I set the controls to pick up the sound in the room and did not get vocally or instrumentally close to the instrument. I think I like this arrangement better than recording arrangements I have used in the past where I felt I needed to get close to the microphone.

Good Luck

Dave

[lawsonbob]

Really nice!

[dholeton]

Thanks Bob...This is one of those songs that I like to play/sing every year at this time.

Dave

[AllAmericanFE]

Do you have the sheet music for this song? I would love to learn it on my Hammered Dulcimer and my Bowed Psaltery so I can play it in church.

[dholeton]

Ian Yes, I have the sheet music. Send an email and I'll reply with a pdf file.

Dave

[Boondockflyfish]

excellent!

[dholeton]

Thanks Boondock