I am enjoying my newest favorite dulcimer — a hybrid banjo-dulcimer — which I purchased last summer. This musical instrument has the round head of
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Irish Tune for the Dulcimer — I’ll Tell Me Ma
With St. Patrick’s Day rapidly approaching, it’s time to feature an Irish tune. Over many years of playing the dulcimer, I’ve grown to appreciate and
A Riff on Itsy Bitsy Spider in Aeolian Mode
Now, here’s a children’s song reimagined in a unique fashion. While scrolling through my Facebook feed late one night, a particular reel caught my attention.
Up on the Housetop
“Up on the Housetop” is one of my most favorite, venerable Christmas tunes. It is bright, rhythmic and is a tune which everybody knows and
“Holy Manna” in DAA Tuning
Recently, I was sorting through boxes of “stuff” brought from my parent’s estate. I found an old hymnal published in 1901. The songs were catagorized
“The Wedding Dress Song” in Aeolian Mode
“The Wedding Dress Song” truly sounds like it just came out of somewhere deep in the Appalachian Mountains. It is melancholy, sad and mysterious. Plus,
Dulcimer Jambalaya 