by Steve Eulberg I am so excited to introduce you to this brand-new instrument. I have been waiting for it for over a year and it is finally here! Robert Stephens of South Carolina (StephensLutherie.com) has been working with Aaron O’Rourke (of Chattanooga, TN) to develop a new fingerstyle dulcimer that can also work when […]
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Good King Wenceslas
by Steve Eulberg Just in time for the year-end holidays, Deborah Hamouris provides us with a delightful arrangement and lesson on this lesser-known tune. Deborah is half of the duo Dulcimates with her spouse Buffalo. They have been playing tunes like this for the Great Dickens Faire in San Francisco for many years. She has […]
New Fiddle Lesson!
by Steve Eulberg DulcimerCrossing is excited to announce the release of a new fiddle lesson by our own guru, Vi Wickam. Spotted Pony is a fun Old-Time Missouri fiddle tune. Vi introduces this tune below. We also have lessons for this tune for Mountain Dulcimers (Erin Mae) and (Butch Ross), and (Erin Mae & Steve […]
Is the Mixolydian Mode a Major Mode?
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 […]
Funeral March of a Marionette-New DAC Lesson
DulcimerCrossing is excited to announce a brand-new fingertyle lesson for advanced players in the DAC tuning on a standard mountain dulcimer. “We are excited to be offering this lesson in DAC tuning, which helps people expand both their skills and their repertoire,” Eulberg said from his studio. “In addition, this arrangement requires some specific skills […]
New Class for Premium Members in 2020
Christmas is coming, and you’re probably thinking about what to buy your children for Christmas. What about a mountain dulcimer? If you’ve already gotten everyone a dulcimer, what about a 6 month membership to Dulcimer Crossing? It’s time to start thinking about these things, since it’s almost that time of year again! Or you might […]