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The drummer doesn't seem to enjoy being filmed (0:12).

I do believe I'm in love.

This is good. Unlike most such videos, it doesn't show the teacher endlessly getting the better of the student(s), which is intended usually to enhance the teacher's reputation but often winds up making the teacher look like a jerk; instead it depicts the give-and-take that is the essence of push...

@dulcimuse Sure, I'll have to email it to you, since I can't attach it to this reply. Email me at lafdragon@gmail.com

Lovely. Are the tabs for this available?

Boy, this is one dumb-ass ad for a terrible product. Apart from the absurd and sexist message (if a criminal makes himself sexy, it will cause a female police officer to repudiate all her training and destroy her career), I very nearly killed a guy in the gym locker room who stood next to me and ...

Positively the worst jian work I've ever seen, anywhere. Nobody home.

@mrshmuly1 and @BrooklynNotQueens Whatever your opinion of Rabbi Nachman, religious separatism is something he never would have countenanced. And all traditions have shown us that great teachers are as flawed as the rest of us; that's part of the teaching. Peace, brothers.

For everyone here hating or criticizing this amazing kid because (a) he's not an old black guy and therefore has no blues to sing about, or (b) he's playing a kind of music you don't like or don't understand, here's something you maybe can get: It's about the MUSIC. If somewhere inside yourself w...

It was Richard Fariña who inspired me to play the mountain dulcimer. Got my first one in 1967 and have been playing it ever since.

@gort451: Misperception of scale.

Awesome sound. I've never heard this combination before. What's the tune?

If there's a God, why is there broccoli?

Nice work! It's interesting that some Blind Willie Johnson songs work well on dulcimer. I've done "God Don't Never Change." I have an old dulcimer whose fingerboard has warped, making the action too high to finger easily, but high enough that it can be bottlenecked--really works on that song.

How does this differ from a bouzouki? (Other than the tuning.)

Not an Asian hornet, but a queen European hornet. And no more a "killer" hornet than any other. Although it's been predicted that Asian hornets could start appearing in Britain, it will be a while, if ever, before they gain a sufficient foothold to become more than a rarity. They're hive insects,...

Never cared much for the word "tolerance," which implies forebearance in the face of pain or discomfort. The thing we're tolerating can still be causing us pain, and in the case of differences of appearance, class, gender, or opinion, tolerance still means rejection of those qualities, which, if ...

Very nice! What tuning are you using?

Now I've seen everything. Hellboy playing the dulcimer.

Very nice dulcimer and you play it well. May I suggest you acquire, if you don't have one, an electronic tuner, because you seem to be somewhat out of tune. You can reduce the "clacking" by experimenting with different types and thicknesses of picks; some clack more than others.

Now that's a dulcimer with the real old-time dulcimer sound. Practically none that have been made for the last fifty years have that distinctive watery twang. This is a great song, and I'd like to hear you play one in the old style, on the melody string only, with a noter. I'd also like to see so...

Brilliant! I never thought of trying this, but now i certainly will. It sounds great on dulcimer.

@thelamb777 Where do you get this garbage? But never mind, I have a fortune cookie slip attached to my fridge that says "Never argue with a fool," and i'm afraid you qualify. BTW, you might want to tone down your use of uppercase; shouting (which is what that is) doesn't help your position. Loud ...

Fly away, pretty bird. The defining voice of the mountains--we'll not see her like again.

What a sweet lady. The closeups of her hands as she works remind me of my grandmother, who used to cook this way when I was a little kid.

It's so wonderful to see Lou Kleinsmith again. Very few films exist of this marvelous man who I am fortunate to have known in his capacity as a Tai Chi teacher and disciple of the legendary Cheng Man-ch'ing. I studied with him for six years prior to his passing in January 1980, and he gave me my ...

@arussan

Thanks. I'd forgotten about this.

What's with all the comments that have zero to do with the video? Can't you people just watch something great without going off on your own shit?

Gorgeous! Thank you, Rebecca, and all concerned for this heartfelt and uplifting piece. Hard to imagine anything better than what you've done. Just too bad it had to be done at all. It hardly needs to be said that you don't need to be gay to get bullied; all you really need to do as a kid in most...