Amazing Grace (mountain dulcimer)

"Songs Doc Watson taught me to love"
Lew Dite with his mountain dulcimer.

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Music

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• Lew
• Dite
• Doc
• Watson

[Headless425]

very nice. i applaud. i play too, and i just wanna know, whats that thing you have in your hand?

[lewdite]

It is a noter. A stick really... You press down on the 1st string and slide to the fret. You can take a wooden chop stick and cut it in two... it works fine.

[Labrabob]

Nice job; what is the object you are using to slide on the string/s?

[lewdite]

It is a wooden dowl made especially for the dulcimer that I got in a folk instrument shop many years ago. However, I have met some great dulcimer players who use a plain wooden match stick.

[rod1148]

What tuning are you using on your dulcimer?

DAA, DAD or other?

[lewdite]

I believe I am using DAA

[shas1814]

5 stars.

I'm convinced-

I HAVE to get a dulcimer!

Thanks, Lew

[Sparrowhawk1161]

It's nice to see some one playing the dulcimer with a noter...the traditional way.  Cool

[ukhankman]

THANKS GREAT ED

[allenshepard]

@allenshepard Hays* oops

[allenshepard]

Every time I hear this song now I think of Lee Hats in alices restaurant lol

[Trillia750]

I enjoy seeing the noter used as well, to see and hear the traditional side as well as some of the more intricate things people do. I'm a wee beginner on the Dulcimer but the noter gave me the idea to use a bottle neck slide on it. One night I was picking out Steve Howe's lap steel parts in the middle of 'The Gates of Delerium' - kind of eerie on the dulcimer!

[Gernlindenbares]

respect

[moominpic]

@morroti There's a company in UK called The Really Useful Music Company who do cheap Appalachian dulcimers and can probably post to Europe.

[AshleySherkat]

I am learning to play this song and this has been very helpful! Thanks for playing this beautiful piece! Nice Job!