By Linda Ratcliff The Barlow knife design dates back 400 years, and is a type of folding pocket knife that features double or single blades that open at one end only. The knife-style bears the name of a man named Barlow of Sheffield, England, one of the earliest and most famous makers. This knife has […]
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Not My Monkey New Recording by Fiddle Whamdiddle
Vi and I have been hard at work and have finally sent our newest recording off to the manufacturer this week!Not My Monkey features our original tune (by the same name), John Denver’s Matthew, Aura Lea (written in 1861 by a relative of Vi’s Grandm…
I Wonder as I Wander (DAC) by Steve Eulberg
Steve Eulberg has long been taken by this traditional American tune from Appalachia, collected and added to by John Jacob Niles. Here Steve introduces the tune and tells the story and describes how to tune for the Aeolian mode, in which this tune resides. Here is the lesson set. Subscribe to DulcimerCrossing.com to see the rest of the […]
Erin Mae Lewis featured in Hearts of the Dulcimer Podcast
Here is another resource for mountain dulcimer players! Wayne Jiang and Patricia Delich, the producers of the Hearts of the Dulcimer DVD, have created a regular Podcast, called Hearts of the Dulcimer. The most recent episode (#007) features our own DulcimerCrossing teacher, Erin Mae Lewis, not as a Bond girl, but as the Secret Agent […]
Dampers on Hammered Dulcimer
Steve Eulberg introduces the tool of dampers, how they work and how they can be used on the hammered dulcimer in this new lesson set. Changing the timbre of the tone is the thing he likes because it broadens the sonic palette for playing the sweet music! Here is the lesson set. Subscribe to DulcimerCrossing.com to […]
Stir Up Your Power for Hammered Dulcimer
A new seasonal lesson for Hammered Dulcimer features an original tune by Steve Eulberg. Steve wrote this tune as a song for his congregation to sing in the season of Advent when he was an inner city pastor in Kansas City. Guy George later covered it and the two of them have played it on […]