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Who plays a mountain Dulcimer
Posted on 12/9/18 at 12:51 pm
Posted on 12/9/18 at 12:51 pm
And what's your story? I play for children at Martin Home Museum in Columbia La. Its great fun and even the teachers(3rd grade) have never seen one. My stress reliever at 71 years old.
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Posted on 12/9/18 at 1:40 pm to ewilliams000
I played one on my last cd. There was one in the studio, I picked it up, figured out a couple things real quick and we added it to the song we were recording at the time.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 2:05 pm to MondayMorningMarch
Took me 10 years to get where I am now. Old man, stiff fingers. If you are in a band, check out what (Bucko Futreal dulcimer) can do with his dulcimers.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 6:13 pm to ewilliams000
I don't play one proficiently but I've worked on several. Here's a cool gallery showing a cool modification to mountain dulcimers.
While guitars and most other fretted instruments are fretted chromatically, dulcimers are typically arranged in a diatonic scale. A popular dulcimer modification in recent times is adding a "six and a half" fret. It opens a player's possibilities to include the Ionian mode (think major scale, do-re-mi-fa) along with the dulcimer's traditional Mixolydian mode (folk and medieval church music) when played in the open string key and tuned to traditional D-A-D tuning. This arrangement is often found to be more conducive to chord-melody play.
Be sure to read each photo's description for what you're seeing to make more sense.
Adding a "6 1/2" fret to a mountain dulcimer
While guitars and most other fretted instruments are fretted chromatically, dulcimers are typically arranged in a diatonic scale. A popular dulcimer modification in recent times is adding a "six and a half" fret. It opens a player's possibilities to include the Ionian mode (think major scale, do-re-mi-fa) along with the dulcimer's traditional Mixolydian mode (folk and medieval church music) when played in the open string key and tuned to traditional D-A-D tuning. This arrangement is often found to be more conducive to chord-melody play.
Be sure to read each photo's description for what you're seeing to make more sense.
Adding a "6 1/2" fret to a mountain dulcimer
Posted on 12/9/18 at 7:13 pm to ewilliams000
Posted on 12/9/18 at 8:06 pm to Mizz-SEC
That's a Hammered ducimer. I've got one but too old to start learning to play it. Hoping a grandchild will get the urge.
Posted on 12/9/18 at 8:17 pm to ewilliams000
Check out. Youtube Jessica Comeaux dulcimer. One of my favorites.
This post was edited on 12/9/18 at 8:20 pm
Posted on 12/9/18 at 8:38 pm to ewilliams000
Joni Mitchell plays the dulcimer... and she's introduced by Johnny Cash.
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