Shady Grove, with malevolence (angry dulcimer)

Playing my McSpadden -- quickly, angrily and with all the nuance of a jackhammer -- after pulling a frustrating all-nighter to finish a publishing project full of finely polished lies. A freelance journalist's nightmare: Barely ethical work that pays badly.

So, it was either take it out on the dulcimer or start smashing furniture.

Captured on a cheap mobile phone camera. Apologies to Jean Ritchie.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• dulcimer
• McSpadden
• Shady
• Grove
• really
• bad
• playing
• Richard
• Latker

[MrJamestheanimal]

omg where is the tab for that? i have a dulcimer that is hourglass shaped and it's made from purple mahogany (i guess im bragging a little) and i would love to learn that song

[milnoid]

@MrJamestheanimal I don't/can't use tabs (never really learnt to read music well), but Shady Grove should be pretty easy to find. I'm using a capo on fret 1, but it can also be played without a capo by downtuning the melody strings a step from DAD to DAC (or CGB-flat, if you want to match the tuning in Jean Ritchie's famous rendition).

[goodPhaedrus]

Never thought you could use the term "bad-ass" to complement something as sweet and backwoodsy as a dulcimer . . . . but wow, that is bad-ass!!!

[liquidzen56]

VIDEO,

Y U NO LONGER?

[claressadubs]

Someone "dislike"d this?!

Awesome playing!

[swordrawn]

once again you astound me with a version of shady grove i would very much enjoy seeing the tabs to.

[skylersdad100]

If that is how yu relieve your frustration when you are angry, I'm sure Jean would be proud. Just started learning this song and hope to play it as well in a good mood.LOL

Keep strumming....

[JoBrownMusic]

Wow! I can see now where this song is the grandchild of Matty Groves.

[rod1148]

Excellent!

[AmericanCymru]

That rocked!