Sometimes a song or performance just sticks with you. Years ago, I listened to Leo Kretzner, a dulcimer player and workshop leader from California, sing
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Let’s Use a Noter to Play “Resignation” on the Dulcimer
What’s this? Beginning dulcimer players often ask about the little wooden stick which accompanied their new dulcimer. Why, it is a “noter,” I will answer.
“I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy”
Here’s a catchy, upbeat song for the Fourth of July to play on the dulcimer. “Yankee Doodle Boy” or “I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy” was
Let’s Fingerpick Father O’Flynn for St. Patrick’s Day
Here’s a lively Irish jig, “Father O’Flynn,” for St. Patrick’s Day to play on the dulcimer. I noticed the tune while browsing through an Irish
The Big Rock Candy Mountain & Copyright Topics
I love the carefree American folk song, “The Big Rock Candy Mountain.” The song’s lyrics tells of a hobo who dreams of utopia where whiskey
Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow
This year, our Lagniappe Dulcimer Society group was asked to participate in the Creole Christmas Celebration at the Magnolia Mound Antebellum plantation in Baton Rouge.
Dulcimer Jambalaya 