by Steve Eulberg Vi Wickam has created a new Fiddle Lesson for the Scottish tune Miss McLeod’s Reel. that he and I like to play in our duo Fiddle Whamdiddle. I have already created a mountain dulcimer lesson in the Galax style for this tune on DulcimerCrossing here. You can also watch a couple of […]
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New Video Explains Memberships
by Steve Eulberg
DulcimerCrossing’s Linda Ratcliff has created a video answering the questions that some people have about the difference between the Premium and the Basic Memberships on our educational website. Take a look here!
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New Chromatic Dulcimer Lesson
by Steve Eulberg
Our instructor, Erin Mae Lewis, has a new lesson series for Chromatic Mountain Dulcimer, using the familiar fiddle tune, Soldier’s Joy as example to demonstrate how to play this tune in several keys!
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Chicken Reel New Lesson
Larry Conger teaches a new mountain dulcimer lesson series on DulcimerCrossing.com (I can’t hear this tune without also hearing the memory of the cartoon character, Foghorn Leghorn’s voice saying, “boy, I say boy, ya BOTHer me!”) Here is a demo of Larry playing the tune. This fun tune makes use of hammer-ons and pull-offs and […]
Historic Dulcimers in England
by Steve Eulberg I was honored to be the American mountain dulcimer tutor for the Nonsuch Dulcimer Club’s Fall Festival in Malvern, England last month. Thanks to Geoff Reeve-Black, I was also able to see some historic mountain dulcimers from his collection that I am pleased to show to you here: This one was built […]
My Review of a Great Book!
“Creating transforms the lens through which I see the world”
Lisa Sniderman‘s new book shines a light in the darkness of deep disruption: a body that is afflicted with a puzzling condition that tries to coax the mind and soul into the pit of despair and isolation.
An award-winning singer-songwriter who built a following with her art and her persona Aoede (the muse), Lisa found this character inspired her to recreate her life and career after surviving a debilitating illness. “Creating transforms the lens through which I see the world,” she writes.
Lisa quotes the African proverb: “When the music changes, so does the dance.” And then she describes quite honestly and clearly the new moves and steps that she has taken in the new dance which have helped her not only to heal, but to thrive and inspire others to heal and thrive. While this dance is intensely personal, it is not a solo, and Lisa celebrates the web of relationships that all the dancers and music makers have contributed and shared to carry her through and forward.
As a fellow musician, and a cancer survivor myself, I find many connections from her story to my own transformation and survival. Creating has been the light to my path as I go forward with eagerness and hope.
It is tempting, in the post-critical status after an illness or medical episode, to slide into rhythms that cause us to become distant from our own experience. Reading this book sent me digging through my own journals and poring over 5 years of Caring Bridge posts to recall all the hands of hope that lifted me up and set me back on my feet, with some new rhythms in my step.
I am grateful for these reminders and am excited about what is coming next, thanks to the light that this book shines in my own darkness.