by Steve Eulberg Dan Evans, English-dulcimer.com, recently explored this question from his own experience, and posed the question to (3) other professional musicians/scholars of his acquaintance and shared their responses and his conclusions in his blog. Dan is both a fingerstyle guitarist and a fingerstyle mountain dulcimer player. As you can see here, this is […]
mixolydian
June Apple
Linda Thomas, from Kansas City, teaches this fun modal tune for Hammered Dulcimer Players! She is accompanied by her favorite guitarist, Dan Delancey. Together they give a fine demonstration of the fun that a mixolydian tune can be on the dulcimer. Then Linda teaches the tune and how to play back-up chords in an 11-episode […]
Benefits and Limitations of Different Tunings on Mountain Dulcimer? Part 1
by Steve Eulberg So how does one choose between the benefits and the limitations of different tunings when playing mountain dulcimer? To me the most important factors in this decision are: 1) What kind of dulcimer do I have? Is it “traditional” (with no extra frets like 6-1/2 or 1-1/2)? 2) What kind […]