The Mountain Dulcimer: How to Make It and Play It

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Introduction: Demonstration of the Dulciless Finger Exercise

5:29

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Tuning the Dulcimer: The Phenomenon of “Beating”

5:36

3

Tuning by Harmonics: The “Classical” Style of Playing (Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes, Study in Counterpoint)

7:57

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The “Bagpipe” Tuning and the Quill Technique (Macpherson’s Lament, Flop-Eared Mule)

6:14

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The “Finger Style” of Playing (In the Good Old Colony Days)

4:02

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Six Modal Tunings for the Traditional Dulcimer

6:12

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The "Double-Thumbing" Technique (If He's Gone, Let Him Go, Buckdancer's Choice)

6:09

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The “Three-Pairs-of-Strings” Dulcimer (Frankie and Johnny, Two Sisters)

4:06

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The Double Dulcimer (The Ash Grove, Lady, Come And See, Babylon Is Fallen)

7:48

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The Double Psaltery (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring)

2:26