1979-03, Dulcimer Players News Vol .5 No. 3 by Dulcimer Players News

Vol. 5 No.3

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Summ r 1979 â&#x20AC;˘

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1978

IDI'l'OR:

RlBLISHED BY THE BWI AlDG! DI1IClMER S!l)P, ntOlIT ROYAL, VlRGDfIA Madeline MIIclIell

f'CMIDIR: 1'h1ll1p Muon COlmUa.l'l'IItG ARTIST: Micbel

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In order to hive 3rd Clall _11 forwarded you WIt lpeciflcal..l,y note 10 on the csrd you till out at the local Post Office when )'OU let them Itnow whel"e to forv_rd )'Our lat elan _11 . '%'he DPrt 18 .lied Jrd elan. U it. COIIIeI back to UI, we III\Ilt pay the po.tAKe -cain, and. vorle :t... ck. we don't know whc!rt to lend ),o... r DFW. We have a a_11. coUection ot lonel)t, unclau.! DFI, on I lhelt. hrhapa the ownerl think the OP!l went out of bu.lioell or that we ack I<*e relponsibility. !lot true! Don't. forget ua llhen )'OUr addre .. Challl.I, and JOUr DPK lIill follov )'011 to your new ~.

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• Then .are at le. . t ten lUck, ot ~JIU' (.c.e danger"QUI17 aWine) on the table and dealr. . Green and white llqu1d paper bottle. tUt. d.l"I.Ulk.en~ nut t.o seattered penl (with felt tipa, hard- bead poinU. rioe poinu, very t1ne poinu - but never the point needed at. attical . . .nt), The postal. seale rattle. ca100uIl.y .veryt.1.e the typevrlter carr1aa;e return •. In ot.her word., 1t ' . pre •• ti.e tor the 8ul8er DULCDmR PIAY!RS NEWS . It b. . been I very inureltina Spring . The editor lovel workln& with the DPIf beyond question. She alao lovel to play ... de and perronl. Juglln& botb grand ~ .. 1olI. hal been d1tticu1t, but not ~po. . lble . The only neptiye ruult, beddes SOllIe very late nlpt. that led to Yen early .:>rn1ncl at the delk, 11 the r;rowin& ,tack o"f lett.era I vant to In.".r - and vill an~r. but. not r1&bt. away. !bere 1a • l.onc lilt ent1.tled PRIORl.TIB8 , and It', pooving loo&er. But thtlt. Just. proves the DlJLCIMDI PIAtERS IEWS I, llrlna; and fP"OV1na. I vorUd vitb • theatre one., • -.rvelou. aeltbetie veotuJ'e, and the .,.t fa&.!'.a.e aOUDd va •• dUDt t.elephooe: 1 want. to &nlJve:r )'OW' queu.101U1. give lourceS, "7 thank you tor your grand npport and lenerll.ll~ get acquainted. hrMpe the but va,. to .... the po.t..l bu..rden t. for )"OU to ct.ll . Telephone rate. en better after II 1M and you an velco.e to call untU .1.dnlf!:ht bere . Al.o, anyt~ after 7 AM is:t'1ne. The DPIf phone nu.ber is (703) 667- 3704 . Thank you for nturnina the . urvey. . I have thoroU8hl.y enjoyed thelll and have learned IlUch about you and your ide.. t or future articlea . I vill ahare relultl with )"OU in the c:o.ina .cnthl. One eventual relult ot the lurvey wiU be a teacber/buUder/player Ult by ltatel. More about that later. I'. &lad to knoll" that ~ people enjoyed the "Pool.. and Bra.acbe." co1uan. It'. not totall¥ .belved. It'. Ju.t a can ot tl")'1ns to .tretch a Uttu ti_ around. -.n:y new dutiu wit.h t.he DPIf. I prca1_ )"OU it. will return betore lon&, .ftn it it. ' 1 not a resuJ&r teature . !'be DPIf DOW - and alvay" - need. )"OIlU input. in lobe tOR ot latter., articlel, d.n.v1n&1 and h.rbaps you're ~, "I .ent in a tune at.olt a ,.ear aso and I MoTen't leen it. in print ),et". Tbat'. TU'J t.rue, upec1&ll.:r tor tunel aDd 'one" But I trJ to provide e a1x ot intorDation and a variet.)' ot tunel in each i.aue . I think abead aI.olt a ,.ear eon.1.deril18 approaches !"or each i ..u.. Thank)"OU tor the tbou.&htt'u.l, intereltine artlcla. )'OIl bave aubmltt.ed in the p.. t, and thank you in advance tor the article. , let"')'"' and tunel you ' re plann1n& to lend in thh year. I've been tempted to print. an "Orchids to the DPN" page Ju.t once, repee.tina your much appreciated nic. C'OIIBIIIDt. about recent ilauel. The Sprina: iuue generated -.n)' positive tboU&ht., Ind 1 lailed vhen 1 read .. ch one . Tbank you for :rour encotu"alftle.Ot . What 11 the .tatis ot the tolk aide programa on p.1bl1c J"ad1o ltationl in )"DW" ...... , In Waah1.Dston. D. C. ve're contead1Jl& wit.h Ichedule cbansel and vbat 1l1&ht. be I tuture t.:rip to t.he .helr tor I fiDe FOa:r- on WETA - FM. It)"OU .nJOJ' the prograas in )'OW" ~t", .ake your t.boU&htl known before a po.. i_ ble crilll -=-nt when t.he ax 11 danal1na periouIl:r near. Support. the .tat.ionl with IlI&ll o r large pledge. it )"OU can, Ind indicate ,.our program prelersneel . Many people have helped in _ny waYI with the DPlf recent.ly, and I ' d Uke to reCOlfll:r.e ttw:. . Michel Lepn, Bett.)' Stuedle, Bill WiCULn, and John Bender have loaned their artilt.ic talent • . G&r7 W.lt.tall lpent alOJ' an hour help1nc _ 1Xtllat.e, et.c. t.he SprinS iaaue. Marlt. Jtel..l.J and ,..,,. O' Donnell, lpec1&l Winchester ne1&hborl and rriend l, t.ve helped _ kMP t.he deak "!IOrk tJ..ow1nc. Darlene Brady, Jenniter Sct.l.lt.s, Ron ~n1x, Doue: Berch and a.. Putonell .. t with t.he DPlf booth at varioul felUvall 10 I could Join in ac.e ot the activitiea . To all ot you, tt..nkl. It JOU're travelling through Winchester, Virsinia this SuaDer, pleale CAll IDd ltop b,. i t )'OIl CAn. Sometimel you have to ignore the stacks of "!IOrk to be dODe , but t.he sunIhine poura in the windOWI and -.y plant. love triendl and sood IUlie.

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Madeline Ml.clIeU DPW Iditor

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event:s calenDaR. July 12-15

The Rabbit Junction Dulcimer Featival vill be held In, around and under the Boulder Public Library at 9th and Canyon. Workshop. and concerts rlU he given by David Schnauter, "-enn

Boulder! Colorado

Roth, Sally Rogers . Mary FaIth Rhode., John

~.rae.

Hark Nel-

son, Madeline Maclfeil, Joellen Lap1dus, Leo Kretzner, Willie Jae8er , Mi chael Hubbert , Alan Free.. n, Robert Force , Albert. d'Oliche, Bonnie Carol and others.

tee. July 19:22

Contact:

There 1& •

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adllll1110n

Bonnie Car ol , (303) 442- 3924.

For the aecond year, a dulc1ae:- conte.t will be part of' the Ohio 81ll. Folk Fe.tival. Other events at the reatival include • craft show, art and photograpby .bI:N, square dandna:. old rlddle r s and banjo conteat. and .ore. The duld..IZIf!r coote.t will be held Saturday afternoon beginning at 2:00 approJdaately 1n the cr aft hall aaalc tent . Contact: Gail R. Reed. 60 Welt Main Str eet, Quaker City, Ohio 43173. (614) 679~2485.

Q!..Iaker Cl ty , Ohio

July 20--22

No hamme r ed dulcimer enthuaiaat .hould

Evart. , MiChigan

of the Or1a;1nal. DIllcimer Player! Club at the fairground. in !:var t, Michigan. Adalulon 11 f'l'ee, with a l!II8ll cha.re:e fo r

~al

the

S~ r

run Felt

caeping. For 1nJ'oraation , contact: E. A. Cox, P. O. Box Byron ~nt.cr. M.f.<:hipn 4935l. (61.6) 878-1128.

July 21- 22

136.

Bob !:vane Fana, 1/2 .He eut of R10 Grande, Ohio along State

Route 35 , 18 tbe setting for a "'et!!kend of rollr. walc u.ing

Rio Grande, OhIo

AppalaeM..an atringed lnltrumentl. Evente include open concerti &lid conteata, plUI vorkahopa on duJ.cilMer !ll8king and playinc . Conteat ca~r1es include aolo (lule_r instru.ntal, ehlU1rena IXIDpetltion (13 yearl and under), courting dule1a.er, hulllered dule_r and .ore. Contact: DulcilMer Festival , Box 330, Rl0 Grande, Ohl0 45674, (614) 245- 5305.

July 21-29

Another not- to- be - mll1ed event Cor ha_ered dule1ater enthu l1&1te (IIIOUntain duleu.er people, 0.110) 11 The Third and Hopetull,y Hot t.lt lIor theutern Cranberry lfaJIIDered DIlle1laer Gathering. It il not a feltival in the usual senle , but ia inltead a ..all, friendly gathering, a fUll - participation event . Workahops begin at 1:30 on Frida,)', vlth a "ooffeebcllae- cancert that evening . Saturday worklhops on both ~red duleu.er and .auntain dulcimer besin at 9. A concert on Saturday night will feature Bill Spence, Maddie MacNeH and Jay Round. A danct!! 101'111 fo~. Resl1trat1on tee for the YOt!!kend 1. $5 . Contact : Bob We,)', RD I , Breed Hollow Road, Horat!!ht!!ada, Ne", York 14845.

BlnghUiton ! New York

August 3- 5

It ' l d ifCicult to believe the Kentucky Music Weekend held at the Iroquo18 Amphitheater in Lou1lville is free ot charge, tor there 11 quite an ottering ot talent. PerfoMDl!rl include John Hartford , John Jacob Nilel, Jean Ritchie, Trapezoid , John McCutcheon, Malcolll DIllgl1eb &nd Grey laraon, and otherl. Worklhope: ",ill be held dur ing the actlrlty- packed weekend. COntact: Nancy Johnlon, P . O. ~ 651 , Bardltown. Kentuck7 40004, (502) 348- 5237.

Loohville ! Kentucky

August 9=12

Pt . Arena , California

The Fifth Kindred G&ther1n& for Frienda of Modea and Odd8V'rie" will be held "",here tbe San Andreal Fault meet. the lea". Pt. Arena 11 approximately 130 aile, north of San F'ranc1lco up Highway 1 in Mendocino COunty . The site 11 a tara cio.e to tolm. AI in the palt , " your dulct.tlr 1, your ticket to a weekend of you r lelf". Activ1tl el include worklhops , informal concertI , dancins . new game • • jamming Ind partying. Bring a tent or Ileep1ng gea r . Although the event w1.ll probably be catered, be Nre to b r ing ... ter 1'01" drinki~ and cockins. Contact: Albert d ' Ollcbe . 209 Jtaye Street 110, Santa Cruz, CaUfornia 95060,

(1008) 429-9762.

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CONTIN UED

CIlnal hI ten, Ohio

WinN.eld , Kan...

!'be Seftl'ltb AnlIwll. Yankee Pltddler , . . thaI .tep. bIIck 1!1 t . 200 ~. to ta.te the foo1. of tMt t . , to .ee eran.~ d~.trat.e their .k1lb a.nd to .nJOJ all the ga.e. and -.aae.nu of pioneer .....rie.. Dulet-r buUder. rll.l. be part of the fest.i . . l aDd dulcmer eont.ut.. vUl be held dur1nc t.be veekel'ld of September 22- 23 . COntAct: Yankee Peddler 'e.tival Anodat.ion, ~ State Road , Med1M., Ohio 44256, (216) 239- 2554. The National tta.:ae r e4 Dulcime r Conte.t. will be held at the Winfield 8t.h rlat-Pick!ne: Cham,pion.hip. Mudc:al b1a;hUs:btl of the weekend rill inc:l.ude il'ltere.tinc work.bope and per fo~c. . by III,Icb II.IdC1&M .1 B:r;ran Bowerl, Mary hJ.t.b Rbod.e. and tbe Dobbl Brot.herl , Malc:ola Dal&llib and Grey Larsen , CIlth1' BLrtorl, Id Trieutt and otherl . Coatact: Va.ln!.at Val.lQ' AslOClatim , Boa ~5, Vint'1eld, ItanIaI 67156, (3l6) 221-3250·

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Pine Mou.ntain State I'ILrk 11 the .. tt.ina for a ctu.le-.r OIXIftntJ.on CQlpat.e vitti lIOrklbop. and concert.. rnfonatioa CIa thi, eftnt 11 ll.... teb1. but deta1.la can M obt.a1ned. rn- tbe Lou1lville Dulet.er 8oc1ety. c/o Bat.t.y St.uedl.e, Sec:ret.ar;y, 206 Alb Aven\le, ~""" Valley, lCt!IIt.uck¥ 40056. The Win ter, 1980 DUlCIMER PIA'lERS NDl'S will inclUd. nevi and pictures of the 1919 fe.Uval 'NlIOn. ntil ,tv•• J'OU until Itovember 15tb to . . Dd oop:r aM picture • • ~ don ' t torset. Aho, tts. Bpr~, 1980 OAI rll.l. OU"ry ~plete t.athal 101'~tJ.on tor tbe . ..on. ec.plete, that ii, it you II!Dd UI intor.t.ion • • , . daLeI, place, oootact for deta1l..l .... wV..l. in advance. ~,DN~. crMP up on J'OU. Deadline tor t.M Bp-inc ilwe 11 February l5t.b. HO'1'I TO nsTIVAL PAR'rICIPJ\Jfl'S AND OROAftIZJ:RS:

TABLATt11.8

POr App.llehi.n dulcf-er , .110 Cl.wh .... r/b l ueg r ••• blnjo , Fl.tplc k/flnge r plck luit.r . Lol l of f l d41e tuneal Sud SASI for llrete .tyl. Hit or sa . OO for oollP1ete elt.loa and • .-ple t.b(lp'elr, It,l.) to Jane loiterer 11~S 19tb St ., HI •• 97x)1

Paul 8lapund, John Hewell tid t.iaon:, Maryland -----f

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vowing : Your aupport 11 evIdent. ud apprec1Bt.ed . Slnee t.he you ' d be IntANllt.ed in the locat.ion or our ,ublcriben. The nu~r. below repre.ent the Sprinc 1979 inuel _11ed April In. Spedal t.1ank. 10 to our friend in Utab. How does it fHI to repre'ent the elltire .tateT Perba~ it ' . 1U, belni: the l~rDOr ....

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Arizona Arkanllal Cal1fornia

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23 8 24

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4 47

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<le_ Ireland IWy The !tetherland.

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North Carolina

OTegon PeM.ylvania

" - HamJNIhire !few Jerl''1 !lev .....'" ltew York

6 28

M1I11 .. 1ppi Mi..our!

Iforth Dakota. Ohlo Okla_

927

The PhlllpplDu

2 2

Scotland

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The DULCDmR PlAYERS !'mIS 11 alao available through the following org&nitatlona:

Andy ' , Front .-11 V'oorheeavil.lfo, • . Y.

The Folk'tore Seattle , Waah .

Jean ' , Oulc:t.er Shop Cosby. Tenne"ee

Boulder Junctlon

Onllroot. Nudc: Shop OI'&Dd Rapid" Mic:b1pn

Mow!.tain

UniontoWn. Obin

Cap:ri t.auru. Nude P'elton, Callrornia

Guitars rriend SaDdpoint, Idaho

P1c:ker ' , P'r1end Anderaon, Wane

Denver Folklore Center Denver . Colondo

Kerb David Ouita.T Studio Ann Arbor, Mic:hlaan

Ramblin ' Conrad ' , Norfolk, YirginLl

Folk Music: Center Clare.ant, California

Here , Inc:. MinneapoU • • Minn.

The SIIIl th ' . oo.t1inburg. Tenneuee

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MIldc: Merc:antlle B18 Be&r Lake, C.Ufornia

Spr1nB. 1979) _1lf'd:

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P.O. BOX 8, COSBY, TENNESSEE 37722 PH ONE : (61S) 48 7-S543 J t/lIWI.Lu Sclt1.tLiJtg Our specl.a l ty is .auntain and h...ered dulci.ers and everythin, f or the. : fini shed instru.ents and kit s Throulh by several .. kers, builders' pl ans and supplies, CRY INC CREEl PUBLISHERS instruction and son, books, r ecord al~s, and accessories . We also carry in stock or can Announce The Release Of : order other strin,ed instru-ents, as well as recorders, hal'W)ni<:as , and si.itar .II, ~~~~:~ TRADITIONAL TtJHES FOR , DULCIMER, TUNING A- A- O" wind instnments . by Jerry Rock~ell Second Edition , Revised And TRADITI()oIAL RECORDS, our Elipanded present s record inlS by :

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THI IWMERm DUtClMZR Aut.hor: lIor-n ftl&he. 1\lbU.ber: Mel JIay MB-93618 The ~red dulc1aer continue' to gI'OIf in popll..ar1t., ao4 Uterature c:ontinuu to appee.r . Thi. Mel Bay publication cont.ain. playill& intozwation and an int.roduct.ion to a ~red dulct.er tablature in addition to 28 tune.. The tunea are old favoritea wch . . "Loo& Lone Ago", "vh1te Coral lIeu.. ... "Red River Val.ley". -Iriab .... he~ ... "Oreen.leey..... "Wildwood Pl.owu" and. "Oranie. and. Le.,na". There are al.ao .ection. on .od&l tune •• eeell1l!-.:nU. ~i. . and ~ed dulet.!r .t.r1nsina; arrangement •.

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CHUSONS 1RAJICAlSES POOR DUtClMZR Harl"J N. Vebb

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It voila. The folktune. in the book vere .e1ect.ed becaUI. they are the one. heIln1 .oIl. otten in the foreign l.an6uage clauroc-l. All of tbl tune. are written in tablature in the Ionian .ode (Do Sol Sol) in chord.. All of the vordl to .ong. are written in Trench . (Direction• • etc. are in Englbh:) The tablature 111 nice and large and can be ..... U, .een fro. a diltance. Selection. include "A la ehaire fontaine". "Aloutt.e", "Au cla ire de la lune" "Frere Jacquel" ao4 "Sur Ie pont d ' Avignon".

8 IMPLI 0 I7TS POR THE DUtClM!R Author: ClaJt.on S. Jooe. PI:IbUlber: TIKI Lud.lov Nude SlMJ'a OIrrS FOR THE DULCIMER ia an inst.ruction and tunea book tor the fretted dulct.er. In addition to badc inltruction. other teebnlquea wch .. the t.a.er-on and plll-otr are il.lu.at."tad. There are Ic.e loyel¥ song. included: "Down in t.he Vill.ov Oe.rden". "Wondrou •• LoYe", "Unquiet. Gnve". "TortUM M¥ Foe". "'oulc1lle.r" aJld "Pl.amcty George Brabazon" tor .....ple. Although dlN'ennt tuninga are Uled, jUlt the (no chordl) 11 liven - an incentive to _ke yow- own arr&ll8ellent. . There h condae tablature ¥itbout Wold.:.l notatlon. The book ia 'beaut1J\ll..l¥ 1l..lultrated bl J:lH.nor Blair. A record tol..l.ov1oc the tot. and. tablature il availAble .

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Thil inltl'\lction pac.k&ge oontainl tvo albuaa pll1.l an in.truct1on/1nto~t1on book nu.berina 48 page" Several people vrote articles for the book: Woody ~dgett. ("Dulet.er Model and Tunina;. "), David Pleld ("Ifov to Build a Mountain DulciRr") and Bonnie CUol (""'cw.n and Dulc1aler Making and Playing") . Alao included are chord chub, into~tion on UI1na: a capo, tingerpick1ng on a three and four Itring dulei_r (illu.trated), plus .evera! lOng. . Nice illultration. lcattered throughout the book vere done by Bill Wick-.n. The a.lbuaa introc!uce and illultrate .:xfaJ. tunin6. stl"Ulainc. tingerpieking and t.he extra tnt plul lewral IOIIC' (found in the book) .. euaplel . AddntU for Kevin Rot.h 11 ~ 3l.1a . Unionvil.le, FA 19375. Il1LClIClRlI

Art.1st.: Pattl r..oc.an with Rullell Fluharty Label: ~e SLP-6a2 Two Welt Virginia ~red dulct.u plaJeri have Joined to produce fln albUIII or Wl!et .rude . Ruu FlUhArty. currently employed by the West Virginla Department or ec-er c.e to ~te the authentic Woldc or that .taLe, 11 no Itranger to _ny people vho have heard and M.n been influenced bJ hia -.!dc. The dulc.1.mer he ,play. on the albUII 1s vell over 130 leul old . Patty toc.an bal • ¥ide Woll1cal background play1.nc at fe . t1val.l and fair •• Har dulet.er va. c.ratt.ed b7 ANI Gudne.r or Welt Virginia. a builder for over 50 yearl . Selectiona include "Da.rlillc Jelly Gral", ·Life 11 like a MowItain SaUva)'''. "aov Great Thou Art". "Beer Barre1 Polka" and a -.d1ey or ~elt Virginia Waltl"/"Ohio Valtl";-KentucQ valt.s".

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THE FIRST or AtIlUOf Artbe.: Malcola DaIcU.h and Grey t..r.en Label: June Appal JA- 026

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TKREB FORIG Of' CHEAT WI recorded by Trape~oid in the SUlaer of 197fL Memberl ot the sroup then wtlre Sam Rlu.etta, Ralph Gordon, Tina Liden- Jon.l. Stuart L1a:ht and Paul Reiller. The . . . . red dulcitaer iI part of the Tr.pe~oid .ou.nd .lona with conceJ" tina , -.Moltn, ba .. , c.llo, fiddle, guitar and on t.hll altN. 10.: pe<lll lteel. "A Countr;r Dance"j"l'Ione_uch" 11 played by a balrIIIIered dulct.e:r quart.et. 'l'beJ"e ' a an. !.nterutins variety of allic - .c.a nItItt.e ("SilYer Swan Rag") ac:.e -onel ("'Welt Virginia") and .~ tun ('"Planxty J.ck Dlmte.ll")' O'e-row _ledies "51 Bheac Si Mhor" .od "MDJ"g.n Megan" .... lovtly. The forlLl or the Cheat. RiTer, b:y tbe vay. tlow ~ tt.e ~ aru of "l'rapet;oid llellbe.n in Randolpb County. Welt Vl'".iJ.inia.

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Word h. . drU'ted fTOIII Xentuck¥ t.hat tkne:y Johnson hal a lovely voice to c:omp11lM!nt. bel' dulcaer pl.&y1n& . ,",11 albUil contiJ'1ll' t.hat. tact.. Sha 11 joined b:y Blake Barker pl.ayins Dobro, "r.onica, IIIOUth bow, flute and . .DdoUn plu. dolns .e.. ot the vocal... Ot.her &ldc1anl on t.he albua a~ Baa Bl..IIh and Bott French. Select.ion. include "Fro~en Ohio", "Black Jaclr. Dav:y", "S1..ple Girt.... "Arlr.a.n... traveler" and "In The Pine." . Mdra•• tor Tree Froa Record. b P. O. Box 14221, Louinil.le, Jl:entuclry 4a2l4 .

mInI mu sIc less on , r ep ealS Mudcal sytDboll don ' t have to be ~lted.OIJI. One l)'IIbel can take the place of leveral '\lOrds or, . . 'Wtth. repe.tt , can Ave vrlt1n& apace. I t . lectl on of .ul1e 11 eight. ",uJ"el long and thrl writer ~t. the player t.o play t.hrI . . . IllUdc twice, t.hrI 1,1• • 0'( repeat .igna _an.I the difference between etght and 11xteen _8W'e of writinc. I f )'OU play IIILlIY tunu like "Whillr..y Betore Breakhst", tor ~ple. you p!"ObIblT pla)" the nnt. (or "A") part. tvice and the aeccnd (or "B") part. twice. I!' you aav the tune vritten in a boolr., you ' d IUrel,y Ie. repeat signl After eae:h lect1CX1. that we ' ve dileuuect why repeat ligna are tbere, ve ' ll int.erput Ute.. The I.ction to be repNted b 8ncloled vit.b these ligna I: : 1. We'll Ule VONI for an exup.le . I: Now 18 the .,nth of Mayins :1 v hen _rry ladl are playing. You'd ..y ar 'ine: Nov 11 the ..,nth ot Mayina, Nov iI the IIOnt.h ot Mayins when . J"ry ladl a~ playina. SUppoae you only find thil 'YJDbol : 1 in the IIl1lic or tablature. That laply IDeanl la return to the beginning of the IllUdc . We ' ll valk through all o f thb once. You .re play1n& a tune .nd you co. to tbia den :1 . You t.hen go block in unt.il you find thil .1gn I : and t.hen repeat eveJ"ythina betveen the two S1gnI. don ' t. find tbis sign I: 10U iO aU the vay ba.clr. to the beginn1ns af the allic . you ' ve t1nhhed )'OW' repeat, you cont.inue on tbl"ough thrl &llie. Look at. "Indian on a 5t1mp" and "'Wolae:r ' . "'Ude" 1.0 t.b1l 1l1ue . Botb \lIe repea~ It"", looIr. baclr., dpa. The tirst repeat. -iF :you tind in "Indian on a StUllP" 11 ~ . you von ' t t1nd I : 10 J'OU return to t.he begiJm1ng. Maddie MacJJeU

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Appauhop ru.. hal reI... ed. "JOM Jacob lUe," J • 32 ainute, color portrait or the great "-eriean bal..ladeer, tolbln&er, and oo.poler . Mr . Rile', nov a vigorous 86. hal been balled the Dean or Alledean Balladeer., and 11 filmed. in concert where be perto~ luch el&ules I ' "00 ' Yay Fra. My Windo,,". "Pretty Poll1". "Back 11 the Color" and "The Hang_n". StQrlel or hi, travell through the App.la.chian -.nte.lnl durin& the 1920' . 1n MUch or toUr. _.lIie are ll111ltnted. vith the photographs or Dorh UhIann. "John Jaoob .u.... _. Jolntl.1 funded. by the IatlOll&l Endowment tor the Arta and the Ke.ntuck.y Art. c:r.-.i ..1on. The u-: t'1.D 11 available tor pu"che.ae at $350 and rental at $35 rrc. Appal.hop ,.11_. P. O. Box ~3. 'JIhlt.,bur8. Jtentucq 41858.

The Tall 1978 tuue ot MUGWlMPS had tvo artiel. . devoted. to duld._r.: "The Frettecl Duld._r" by Lornine Lee and. "A tw.el' Dules.-r 'r.blJlture" by Saa Riu.etta. !be -.p.s1ne h b1&Ber than eYer - 44 page. in the ...u i ..ue. MI..IGWlNPS feature. article. about banJo" I'1cldl.. , duleUiera, coneertin.. , _n40lln., guit.ara, autohUpa, tlute., ultalel.e., zithera , aecordion., wierd. in.tl'Wllenta , unu.ua.l l*tenta . . .. . . . Subleript.iona tor the bi- lIOnthly 1III.ga%ine &Te $9 . MOOWtJ(PS, 1600 Billman Lane , Silver Sprina, Maryland 20902.

'P'RErS 1a a new "Dt~ ...,.dne devoted to aeouatieal tnltru.ent lover. ot banjo , _ndolln, acoultie guitar, clobro, .auntain dulcUier, f1dclIe, upr1&bt ba.. , ~red dulet.e.r atlel .,.doul fore1aD inatn.entl. It coven a va.t arrlY ot aide Itylel inelud.1nc toll, b1ue&HII, oW t _ . veltern, blue., Jass, cl.1Jr.ielatlel, pop.n1 .a.e torei6n aide tOral rrc. u .. to t _ . Mary Faith Rhoe.da writel a co1uaan diaeu"1n& the dules.-r. SUbledpt.ifilnl are $18 tor 12 . .nthl)- blUel. 'P'RI:lS MAGAZM, Box 6I5 - P'9, Saratoga, California 95070.

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Golden Slippers - EASY TO PLAY twf1ERED DULCIMER - KEY OF G*

4/ 4 - Count - I 1& 2& 3& 4& I STRIKE : / - Hol d for count of 1& r--7 - Count 1 & (2 fast notes)

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To pliy the tune I n , MIXOlYDIAN y~ need the extra 6-1/2 fret to get the fl . Sounds BASS-OO{U}, MID I MEL IN UNISON-DO~ an octlve above BASS . for duldllers without the extra 6- 1/2 fret GOlDEN SLlP9ERS can be chorded or an be c~nSlted for by playing I counter-note doesn ' t work too well though beause tilere .re so ..n1 F, notes) . Better to chord . G* is It Fret 7 of the Hel~ String .

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-Eil ee n Rain s Cover Photograph.: Len: Dlvld Sehnluter, Boulder, <Xl. (Photo by Bonnie carol) Upper !l1&ht. : (L to R) Mlrgaret. MacArthur, Miry rllth Rhoad. and ~r",1De Ice It the dulciller vorubop, !.h!.eddted, 1978 (Photo by au .. n ICarol Turbak) Lower !lisht: AIld.rey Hinel conductinl I vorltlbop at the COlby OIlther1nc, 1978 (Photo by B. !s8er.)

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TlIf" City nlg1".tI are __ r. nov, and t.Mre"

~lie 1n U-..., all'. hople dr. . . wit.h .t.yle, their .oney. Sidewalk. 1n tbe entertal~t. diltrieu are bu181ns with folk. Ju.t. out tOT" good tae. The 11 ripe tor .1n&1nc

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1n t.! • • treett. It JOU love to ~:r.~ toru!)' 10" people, t.t.ere ' , gold in thnl thar pav"lI.u. !.I,.n fOr. Ft. hb nut as I. atrHt.player, a. did Keonr1 tt.t> r1t1dler . Bu.Unc 1. u neQt. bonorable aad profitable pt'<lt.nlor:l (at lellat. 1n the va,.. .:mthl). and 11 l1~ll.Ied J "CUla\.ed by la.., in Boaton and U;Jndon . One of the bie .t.t.raetl~ tor _ 1a t ... trM· de to JllA.y U. kincl ot ~de I enjoy vltt.:N.t. MVinc t.o d_1 witt. the vtUaa .1Id de-and. or ub own.. " • •

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~ folk. lee- to object. to .t.rHUil'll:era _kine .oney at. what. t.hey do. OcclIIlonlilly .. utopun t.yp" wiU ..y to lie, "lWy , Mn, why are you .. kins rOr -oney? The wile .hould b. free. IIlIn," To which I reply, " No one ' . bein8 forced to ,ive .oney. Bel1de., i t I w nt. to play tor free, t.haTe are beLLer place. to do It. t.t.n on t.he ddev&lk." You'VI!' probably SHn busi.ert (Le. - at~tplayer.) and t.hought: "r can do th8t." . Ptrh8pl 70U can. But. there'. vcrk to h., and it'l not. al_ya PU!f wid, a capital r, and at. U.el It. can be dovnr1.cht. I'rl&h~nirll. Your succe•• al a iMaller 11 al dependent. on JOUr Itx.,..n.hip and JOUr .bUtty to d .. l rltb ait.loI8otion. . . t.Ny Ilriae , .. it. 18 OD your aldclIl aUu...

PICkDeG TOUR SPOT ObviOlilly. your firat Itt'p h to rind • suitable locat.ion to work, The aubways of Part. are renowned for Lheir acoult.ical properLiel, and are Ullol8olly crawlin& rltb payera vt"i~ for I"'~, In London, t.m. bUlker. vorll. Lbe queu"l ouulde lIOVie t.heat.re.. Where ever you end up playina. you wnt. to look for large numberl of p.ople or • relonably friendlY disposit.lon , Tht> IPOt. you pick lhould bne e ILiewalk vide enough for you to put your ca.e in front ot you and It.W leave r<IOII ror people to ~.. . Then you need to take a couple or dollar billa and p.it tte. in t..be ct. . . , wdgbted down by w... t.ever change you 818M ha ..... I csll th1l "pri81na the puIIp., If you're Itrictly a dtd(MJ player, you ' ll r.eed a ..,rk bencb or courLhou", step', or (it you ' ve really cot your act t.oset.her), a f olding cMir. You'll WIlnt. to be near enouc.h to a corner to get t.t.L extra trarnc, but not .0 clolle u.t you get .treet nohe fro. tVll) atl"ffta. Corners a.- to be' very t,aptiOC places to plaJ' UAUI you ~llUl bow 1'luid the)' are, aM thllt even ¥beta you've bu,llL a sood UOIiId, L~ conatant. flow of tool. Lratflc co.1nc rro. all direeLl~ acts to dls.ol.. that. erovd. Mt U .. ot an ideal spot, t."'en, 11 t.hirty 1.0 fort.y feet. troa a busy corner, with a _11 at. .,. back to act. as a re.aGat.or to help rtrlect tt.e .ound and tar enouah avay frc- Lhe doorway. of any bus1ne"e. wbo.. proprietor. eight oo.plain to the poUce . At.t.it.udes ond regulot.1onl dUrer rrOti city to city, but. len.-rally the police will just. no1 at. you, so long III there ar. no co.plalnt.s and you don·t. ob.t.ruct trarfic:. As a at.r..tplayer, you are in a vulnerable polition in resaNi. to the la", and it bebooves )"OU to toe the Jitlf'. !'&ever, ever have an O~D c:onteiner of beer or liquor out. where it can be .leer:. "'t. ' . a violation aJ...o.at. everywnere . to be played on u.e ,t.reet shOu.ld ~ dona three line.: .... 1u!!. and variety. Moat. pieura vouldta't teel ooatortable playing a thouun.1 dollar suitu out on the ddevtolk, '0 :rou !light. do be'tt.er to borrow your kid brother', y... ha, "'t.Mr Lhan d"&Biac out. )"OUr o-3~ · You n~ an inatnment. that. proJecLi well . 110 one 'll apprecu.t.e your hot lic:k. and .... ift. lli ..ando. it they can ' t hear t.hee. r1dd~e. and banjo. don'L have IllUch t.rouble In thil depar~nt, but it ' . baNi to hear a .ountein dulci_r or a tlat.plcked cuiart over t.he hubbub ot a Su..er city street. ","ping your SUilll. I're.h help'. Bnndapanking new st.rine' have a .pec1a1 utap tone to thNt, an extra briahtne .. thl.t. cuu through t.he din. ReloGator SUitara ..re redly tine for streetplaying. Bllnd. Boy Fuller ployed an 014 l'Iatlonal on the streeLi or At.lanta. One ot !aD... Cit)'" hotte.t bu.kers 11 a pita.riat ..~ Don YOUlll. ~ doe.n't but. ploy. a roundneck Dobro natpick .t)'le. Tte .. tal reaor.t.or really _u. a dUrerenee - eve,.,. note be hlu 1. as ele&r al • bell.

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Another rewdy for the volWlle Pl'Oblell h the 11111 of • plcJo;up and a por\.eble, batterypovered •• pUtler. '!'hen _pa, luc:h . . Pignole, The Ovarf am ot-hen are cut.e HLtla vara1tl c.l*ble of . ..Inc volUlJle. end Ire light enous:h to be carried on , .boulderetrap vh1le :you play! 1''1'1 found it. • bit. too ~r.o.e to have tYO Itr_pi around .y neck et. once, thou&h. I can jUlt lee ..,.•• 11 e:bo1ti.nc to death rJ.&ht in thor aiddl.e of "Old. Joe Clark". Off to t.he dd_ will. wrrice, up on a c... to avoid dentine teet. Hav1ne; an .xl,.. In,nru.ent. on band belPl. in cu. )"OIl pop. Itrins. and JUlt tor _.riely ' , •• ke . Tou need to do lo.et.hlnc ll..1&htly 41rrerent. bee-III., frankly, people in tM. culture are .0 ttc.barded with &U1tar -..Ide en4 gulUr a.aery that the), Nn be quite blal.. I pay su1tA.r on the .treat, but I IYitc:h off to. dulc:1Mr vired tor loum. \'Ccnl • .olt -..lc:1ana, . ,..U included, voul4 agree that thl. 1a pret.ty oft the .... U. But loti of tofu .alit over Just to lee vbl.t. the wiel'd 1oo1r.1n ' thalli I'. playUl& 18, and once you've cot ' ea there ha.l.t the battle it won. than JUlt play. The belt thins about thi, .treetplayinc gia, tor the eltablllhed vi tb .t.ranger., and t.be lenlline Joy thl. t ean be generated at an blprc:.ptu hoedown. You're in the good twa bit, don't !"oraet t.t..t. If you Ju.t do it. tor the . .neT aDd don ' t enjo:r it, there ' a no point in doing it. u. aU. A u .. tul .kill 11 tht: abUity to talk and play at the .... tt.-. "Hav you dD1n& toDi&ht'" Lookina people atraight in the e:re and .peaking to t~ change. their perspective fro. that ot a di.intereated pa ••erby . "An:r tllne' you'd like to hear'" ~t laymen, when confronted with bluegr•• a .oaic, (or anything that .ound. re~tely like it) knov three na.... : nyoggy Mountain Breakdown", "Roc:ky Top" and "Oranae BlonOil SpeCial". Don't be .urprhed it you hear request. tor theae teD or tvelve tJ..e. a night . Unl.e .. I ' ve Juat played it tive alnute. before, I ' ll alwv. do reque.ta that I knoW. I don't play "The Onn1&. Blo•• 011 Special", but any pi.in I aJ.&.ht feel at playing "Rocky Top tor the u.pteenth tJ..e 1. w1~ avay by the loolr.. ot Joy and recosnitlon that Croll the flIc . . ot the tolk. on the ddevalk. Beddes, tho'e tune. are u.ual1¥ high-OCLIne . .ne~lr.er., too. Beina: • aood flIlr.e 11 belpf\ll. Once, a character in cowboy booU .auntered up to Jeve and _ and .. ld, "There ' , a dollar in your ea.e it you'll play "Orance Blono. Specl&l". I vinlr.ed to Daft. 4ravled "You. sot it, good buddy!", and t..ediatel¥ launched into "PoesY Mountain Br. .Jtdown". "Hat IIa.KI.! ", yelled. the cowboy, and he clogpd up and do.wu the ,idevallr. tor the next ten -.1nute.. "That va, rMl SOCY.I. boy''', he .aid. vhen ve r1nalq atopped playilll. "no)'Ou all 1r.nov ' J"OiSJ Fountain Breakdown' ," A look of con.ternatlon al.t have Crolled. our flIce., but Dave recovered and replied, "Uh, no, don't llQOIr' tha tone! " Jtnovins. handt'Ul ot boed.ovn tunea v1ll atand you in sood atead. There'a oothins qu1 te Uta the energy Poll-ins throu&h the air vhen you have hall a doz.en people dandnc and. tort:y or titty ~re .t.aDd1.ng around boot.1nc and clappins. But it t.ho.. tolk. at the edge of the crowd can't. hear. t.hey ' ll ju.t V1lnder on. All tho.. bodie. ablOrb 'CUM vave., and of courle aU that carr:y1ng on rabes the decibel le".l, too. Thia ia vhere )'OUr little alllp cc.e_ in haDdy . Inatead of bav1ng it turned up to _tart vith, keep about wo thirila ot )'OUr volu.e in reaerve, 10 thllt . . the crowd slowl:y buUd. you can alowly crank it up. 1'he lII.in thins to r~r b to encage )'OUr audience and let thell involvl"d in )'Our celebrat.ion ot lite and aldc . Then there are people who tend to get too involved, which bring. to: DRUNKS AND OTHER NUISANCES.

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atreetpla:Yin& lite 1. that a great. "111 peopla are ~re likel:y to ionata to )'OUr CIoU" vM.n they have a fev drinka 1n ttte., than vhen t.hey're .tone cold .obar . Drunka ean be a real probl. . . Occ::aalonally there'll be hoatlle tolk. O".lt there, and . .k1n& trackl 11 the only 1ntellJ.«ent t.hing to do . Don't. ror~et. diar:ration ia the better part ot valor. I r_ber ona group ot drunken rugb)' players who ottered to break ~ dulct.er over., hHd for.e. A. the:y a1lled a.round. yellll\l ob.cenit.iu, their .triped sh1rta and chlll..ina: delleanor vere rea1niscent of ao _ny angry JilllawJacket. bun.in« in the gutter. I thought I va. elH.d.. I t it '-ellI't been for a large by.under, vho eliatracted tbnl lone eDOU4l;h tor .. to eet avay, no tel..l.1n& vhat a1&:ht have: happened. The ~ral ot the story 11: Don't bandy vonia vitb drunken rucbY players . 'aT alre co..on tha.n the ho.tiie drunk., though. ia the Jolly tellow vho Juat vanta to be your p&l.. He ' ll valk up in the -.1d4l.e of • tons and .tart ya.-erins, "KEY! You're great! You 're fanU.tic! You oughta be in Na.hville: You ouahta be on 'Hee Hav '!" The only way to eI_l vith theu 1nebr1at.ec1 vel.hri.hera i.e to nile, keep playilll aNI . . king polite ",ralratlons ll.ke. "Oh, aee tha.nka ... re.ally' . . . iee thanlr... lot, al.ter" and .0 torth . Vbatever you do, don't atop pl&yins . CUrbside crowd. are t1clr.l.e and. they CIon atart. to diuipate in five .. tonda. So don't .top playing and. rllk lodna )'Our crowd Juat bec:au.e ~ tu.rkey 1. te.l..l.1n& you you 're grellt.

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Then there ' l t.he "fUnd ra1l1nc drunk" who leanl on t.he nee.relt. l.aIIppost and berat.el pallerlby for not donat.1n& or not. clenat.in,; enough (In hll opinlon). Wbile he . y dMrl¥ loq "tat ytlU do, aDd _y l1terall,y . .pty his pockeLa .nd live 10U every cent he bill, be ean It.l11 hurt you by bein,; loud and ~ntn.1ou .. and learinc off ot.her potent.ial Ustenerl. e. kind, but. explain to t.he t\Jndra1ler t.hat. you ' re dol". juat. fine IIOneyv-1Ie, and thankl a lot., but. you don't reall,y need hie dnmalng up the t.rad.e. U he doeln ' t. r..ke the hint., you . y have to tell tu. to .s.-er down or .ave on . In all calel, tread lightly. lnaniaate nuilancel, luch • .1 motorcyclel, fire trucka and thole nalty lit.tle Brit.ilh 'por tl carl a r e i nevitable and 1llU1t. be taken in Itride. Ju,t don ' t try to dng when one pallel by . I mean, use your head and don ' t go busking risht next to the fire station or a Ifarley. Davidson dealeuhlp, and you ' ll do o.k. Other lnan1aate nu1aancel lnclude raln· ,tol"U, jackha_n. eart.hquakel .nd other act. of God, and there'. no need to delve into tb91 here.

:"o;;e"l'~lv""'u vho bUlkl • little. Go out arxl try it Cor ea.pu ... , the ct"O'r.Ied. downtown _llA at luncbt_. the ~r t bother w1th thole fllburban lhoppi"l .111. Go lit. on the court.. hou ••• tepa or outside t.he pool hall, aflJVhere at aU, !"f!aUy . Just. get. up and &0 out. end lhare )'OUr -.J.sic with the re.t of the cc.mnity. Don't hlde )'OUr light uDder a bUlhel. I don ' t mean to set aU bibl1cal on you, but somewhere in t.here it. .ays, "Make ye • joyful no1le unto t.he Lord". An4 t.haL'. what. you. can do. MIlke a joyful nolle . =u.,~.

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• • • • I've btIen plaYin& dulcu.er I1nce I put. a1ne toptta.r a couple of )'8U aao· H7 ctu1clller 11 rr.:. a kit. M.de by ~rlM eo.~n.J of ~n,:wv.. I Ir.MY what. a ctulct.er looked Hke and I'd al_11 wanted OM, 10 I bcN&ht the Ilit., t.h1nkin& I ' d tind "'-Ofte who would lib to put. it. tot-t.her for . . . Sprine WllrIIed up to Summer and cooled ofr to ' aU . £Very o!'lce in I. whila I'd lIt. out. t.he piecel, fSneer t.he pep o r fret. vira, Ind look oyer t.he inltf"\lCUon.. ThAt. Winter I lOt. eo. .,.,ption and decided i f I val ever lOine to playa dulct.ar, I'd bauer let. bul:r lDoJ put. a'¥ kit. t.OIat.her.

So I lOt out the ~-bant. I1du ud the braC'e1 Ind 11* t.rw-. togather, JUIt. Hlle it. .. id . Only they abo .. 14 "claap it." 10 I bed to f"\In out. and buy lOIIIe, then ftpre out how to hoLl a C- claJIp on an uneven Il,lI't'Ilce 10 it. wou1l1n ' t. dip orr. I tioa11¥ lOt. thr. . or t.he" placed and 10000hov they held. Ions enoush for t.he alue t.o dry . I WIll proud

I had 1-he tramevork fln1lhed. The DeXt. part val t.he Mrdalt. beeaula of !Ill' lack-of-toob prablelll. The kit. had t.wo dlb. of _lnut., uncut. tor the top and botu:. aouMboI.nh. I t.ried a ..bre .. v and rao a b1& eracll through 0lV of t.he People 'Ulieeted a J1& or a band I"'. but. I didn't have one. I found a'¥ IOod lbarp pocket Wfa and cut out. t.he IOWIdboard. and IOIlndhola with that. I didn ' t. ruin t.he wood, bill. it. took forever. Tben I Ilued t.be ,0000boardl to t.he fn.e. I didn ' t have enough C - cla-.~, 10 I let.t..la4 on UI1n& ten \"01.-. of t.he EIItTCLO~v. BRI'I'AfflIICA. It held.. IC7 kit uao bad one lone oar"", piece of 10100:1 with pre-_rlwd fret dots, I lhallDv al'M tor piek.1ns aIJ1 a P'OO" tor t.he bridle. I cut. t.M fnt. v1re 1m ha_ra4 the piacel into the fret board . Jfo probl_ t.here , bul il took . . tvo weekI to til.. down t.he rilled a<l&n of the hats 10 t.hey wouldn 'l rip up I peraon'. fingers. Then I 81ued the fret board to lhe top of the soundbox and u.ed thole .... ten volu• • (Anlley to Halibut) to clalllP It. I sanded the pe8 box dovn and tried to Ilu. it to the top o f the Inlt~nt. There V.I nothing LO claap It. to, 10 I just. let It. on top of t.be .oundbox wMn it. V.I IUppe.ed to 80 an.:! 1\.00'.1 the dulc1aer up in a corner . The n.t. V.I eal7 - .. t.linc t.he br14&e in pace Ind ,Iud,. on t.he nUl. The next. prob~ _I t.he three bra.. nalll uled to hold the endl of t.he .trirel at t.he ull of the ilUlt..nIMnt.. !'be It.rinp 10 up OYer the edge of the t'ret.board before 8et.line to t.he brlql, Ind cut. dftp Ih.bn in t.he wood ¥ben the7 _rt t1chtened up. A piece of _Ul v. . nnded 10 I cut a .trip rro. a aoup can, -.de a 90 d~" anc1e in it. and placed it Oftr the~ . Wor lled. JUIt. tiDe. I'U never forpt. tte !Nlinc wben I N.nally 80l IQ' nev dul. ·t.er t.uned up and I played a)' r1rst s1aple lone on it.. It. lOUnded so aood, JUlt IPlaHnc up so 1nnocent17 with it.1 "aveet voice". I ""I 8rinnine 11lle a kid.t Chrllt.a1 and I could.n ' t PIt It. down. Conlidering everyt.hlD8, it. c..." out soundIng and looklna Ilri8ht . Durirll the put two yell" two _Jor prablellis have cropPed up. 1 d r opped it the dlY betore a folk f utin1 Ind the head brolle off. r aluad it. back on. The ot.her prabl. . 11 .ore serious and 1 don ' t. llnow i f 1 ' . ca;eb1e of r..c:Uinc it. The fretboard bowed .nD\l&h t.hat the h1&be-r notel In no longer true. I dQft ' t. know 1.t I'll e .... r build another du.lc.1.aer. 1'. wher DCIV . Maybe I'll JUlt buy OM nut t s . froa ~ne wno know. ¥hat be or lhe 11 doi,.:

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Why did. I decide to __ • dulc_r in the Nut place? Tlw.t'l a queltion I've . . ked Qlel1' ot1.en. I have no . . Ilcal background. except for eu-ntary Ichool and. the church choiT (until IIY voice eracked). The only aruver I ec.e up with 11: -kin&: a

dulc!-.r loolled. lib: f'un, 10 I did. it.. When JWIIber 1 val eo.plet.ed, I wal pr etty proud of it, c.ruc1e .1 it wal . It. never entered II)' .1nd that I Md _de a . . Ileal 1nltrument. I thought of it. only" • woodvorl:ine: project. Then one day I sot a Itrange sensation to tune it up . I tool: out Jean Ritchie ' l DULCDmR Il001( and vith lome help rro. God I _ _ Ieel to let IIY dulct.e r in t.une . It. even lOUnded. 1111e a dulc1. r! Howle Mitchell val ri&ht. "Your Chancel of ,uceell are far greater than !'ailure . " I'd cotten th1l !'ar, 10 I wondered 11' I (XIuld learn K8e Icmal fie. the book . Oh ! Oh ! It la)'l to tune to U)e'. t"u.nn¥ little black lpotl . Ara they kWins? That ended. that. . I aat deree.t.ed with Q new vork of art aero.. II)' lap. I val really down , but .~t. unlmovinsl¥ I bepn '-D It.na on the Itrln,gl. It. lure aou.nde4 nice. Then t put. Q finger on • fret. and t.he aound changed . But. it. .till lounded. nIce. My vord! I found. a leale _ Do Re M1 f. Sol 1A 1i Do. I bepn nl.ayin& notel .t randoli and round the belinnlna of a t.une . Up. lit.tle, down a lit.tle, It.r~lng .11 t.he .t.r 1n81 - and "Roell or Asel" bepn to eMr,. . What. a reel1ng! I don ' t !mow if I bave - or could - convey the lhear joy and. excitement of playil14 IllUllc on an inltrument af'ter !DOre than a fe.., years al a pauive Ihtener. I enjoyed. li8tening 10 IllUch that I thought Ihten1n8 !!IUlt. be "the" pleaaure in wile . That ' . called .elf- inflieted brain wa.hing. After that first. ni8ht ..,ith the duleialer and leveral tunel later, • new ree.l1utlon began to take 8hape and a new d1mendon val added to II)' lire . "Making" aldc 11 run . I orten think of all the lit.t.le chIldren alt.t. i ug befor e .anltroul p1.ano1 wi th Mother in t.he background. laytns, "C ' .on, praetice", and. in the back of her aind lbe t'inilbel vith ".0 you ' ll be 1111e Van Cliburn~. The ch1l.d. a1ght lay, "But. thil 11 no run" and Mot.her repliel, "It'8 not. IUppose!! to be tun. JUlt praetice R • She allo believel t.hat it III!dlclne t.alt.el 800cl U'I not doing IlQ' 8QOd. It our parenti don ' t ec:.plete the job of convincing UI that. plaling .lie 11 not. a plea.ure, there ue thol. into The Art who want to tell )'CU t.hat. . l i e 11 ~Itical and .agical and. if you 're not. at lea.t l~ lorcerer, for get It . To be lure, I'll never win • contelt as a du.Iebier JIl.a¥er . But. who laya I.It.? I don ' t. t.hink I've ever taken Q dulcimer down to pra ctice - juat to pla)'. While playing, I aight. t.ry different. t.hlngl, it I reel lIke it - and without real1ting it, I' . learning and having a iood t t . ever')' ainute. I think thil attlt.ude 11 unique to the App.lachIaD dulciaer because it 11 .0 Hly to play. In ti_. dulc!-.r players _y want to get acre out of the tn.trwDent. - .,re ocaplex It.ylel, cbo.rding, etc. In .hort. , the)' want to play better . At thi. tiae they _y leek out. t.e4cherl - but nov it.'1 t.heir own decisloD. Of courle, la.eone who h. . dllcovered. t.he ioat.l'UMnt dsht. jUlt PoIt. it awa)," - and that. ' 1 alright .110 . Playlna aJlic hn't. for everyone. Again, it'l theiT decilion. Diaeard the not.ion t.M t. aJlic lin ' t run - it. ' . ll.aply IC*ething you practice to becoae .,re prot1e1ent. Pick up • dulcimer. You vill loon discover t.hat it 11 a loving inltru.ent just vaiting to please )'01,1 . Care. . it and it ..,ill line beaut.1rul mulic to you. Fred Montal'lO

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grit wIll do. Next, cheCk to see if all the fret tapa are level vith each other . Thh 11 best done v ith a straight edge such 8S a rule r or yardstick. It they are not all level, chances are you ' ll have bu.z;z;!ne; !'rom on., place or another, Leveline: !"ret. i ... tricky oper.. t.ion, but. anyone witb the dv.:terity to play should be able to get the hang of it, With a .!!!!! fine file, file dovn the tops of all the high frets . This is done by laying the file flat across the tops ot several frets and slovly sliding the tile, conlltantly checking theu- height with the straight edge , Remember, you can file it orf, but you can ' t p!t i t back - ... nleas you replace the fret, Once the frets are level, they IllUst have their tops crovned to a round surf'llce, This is to ass\U'e the string of having one point of contact so the note will be c1eao and true, lay .asking tape along the edges of both sides of the frets to protect the finger board. With a stra1eht fine fine, file the aides of the f'retfl untU they both slope up ~rds the center of the fret lengthwise . Once this is done, the f'ret can be given its final c.rovn with 400 grit Yet/dry sandpsper. Wrapping the sandpaper around a vad of tissues helps the paper contour the shape of the f'ret. Now that the frets are level and vell rounded, you lIID.y IItill have buning and other woes, It ' ll time to a1just t.he stri"" action . . A lI1mple rule: The higher the act.ion, the less buzzing you'll have , The lover the action, the eaaier it i. to play. The triCk 1s to compromise . At the nut, the stringa should be lover than they are at the bridge . On guitars this 1& obvious. On a dulcimer, I feel the height of the nut ahould be slightly higher than on !DOat fretted instrUlllents. Dulcimers are orten played with open strings and they shouldn't buzz on the first or second fret. The final be1iht of the nut and bridge depends on your string length, the gauge of stringS used, what tunings you usually ulI'e and your playing style . If you use varied tuning. and play in ditterent atylea (finger- picking, strwm11ng, chording, beating, etc.), you ' ll have to cOlllprocaise a little . It ' s up t.o you . I ' ve heard that FlaIIIenco g'Jitarlsts don ' t Ddnd buzzing as long as their guitara have faflt actio!!. On the other hand, clauical guit&riata insist on a clean, accurate sound, Expe r iment. Try d1fferent string he1ehta, different stringa, etc. A final note on nuta and br1dges . Make lUTe the strings an;! not buzzing at these points. The stringa ahoul.:1 be well seated in the notches or grooves . This can be done with the aid of a /lllll!Lll triangular file or ra~Or blade. depending on your situation. Fretting and setting up an instrument 1s one of the final stages in achieving quality CI.nd ples-au.re from un in~tru..ent. 'l'o.ke your tt.e. It ' ll vell vereh the eN'ort, Doug Berch Brooklyn , New York

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Ramblings Dulcimer ~ Player My interest In the dulcimer goes back to 1968. vhen I first played the "Iriah Waaher-

voman" on my uncle Walter ' lI old 1nstT\llllent. It had been tucked ,yay in hi. closet for IIOTI!! years than I had been around, anll it WllI!II magic to hear those 'till-shiny steel and brass strings played again. My father waa taking it home to UBe as 8 pattern for one he was planning to make, 80 I relished the opportunity to learn it . Bdng raised In Detroit, I'd had little

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vright and blackuuth who played the fiddle and 'oIOrked in a dulcimer ractory in the

1850'., and his father played the fiddle, gult.ar. mouth organ and IIIIlndol1n , his favorite tune beine; the "Opera Reel". MJr father has an e8r~ IllellOry of a dulc1lDer player tuning up before a dance aQd knew other dulc imer player. in the neighborhood, such as Mrs . John Messenger, ber son Jake, Merle and Marcus W'elll. and the Eades brotJ'".ers. My g randmother vas Shennan ' s piano tescher, and , though she played by note, yould play second on the piano to her husband ' s fid cHe, especial..l,y for neighbors ' house part.ies. Perhapa taking IIOre atter hh -.other, lIlY rather studied the piano and organ, and was the first flutist Sherman bad known. When he was in high school , he and hh brother played with other., including fiddler John Park, for barn dances, getting $5 for going till 5 in the IIOrnine;, tU weU as other aMenities not legal in Prohibition d.aYI. They played QuadrWes. valtzel and fox trots. AI'ter high school, II1y father went to New York City and studied at the Julliard School of Music and Poll. all the ecuntry music behind hbl, though never losing interest in the d.ulcimer. In 1932 he beard a performance by John Jacob Niles on the Appalachian dule1aw:r at the MacDowell Club in New York City, and afterwards had a discu8sion. perhapa: IIIOre aptly an argument, with hbl on the meaning of tbe word "duleiDer" . He frequented the lhop of John Itoleazar, c1Jnbalom meker, who wanted to sell him a new dulcimer for $35, no doubt businen being llow in the early 30 ' s, but aU he bought from him was a pair ot CimbalOli

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ha!rmerll, which I tater da..ged by playing with in the bathtub. He did buy s Romanian t.a.mbal, which he brought .nth hbI to Grand Junction, Colorado and played there. I have a program of a seriell by the Colorado Chamber Music Society from 1940 in which "Two Early American Country Dancell" for dulcimer , violin, viola and cello vould be perfOr'1l!ed. Credit should probably go to him for being the first American to apply the dulciMe r to cl.auical music, having Vl"itten a " Sonatina in 0 major" for the dulciller about that time, now lost. Moving back to Shennan, New York, he left the dulc~r in Colorado, and when drafted into the Antsy, left the beginnings of a dulcimer he vas .-king. Thill vas pretty much the state of things as far sa the dulcimer went for twenty- seven years. I avidly t.rie4 to pick up where ~ tather left off. He had a yellowed copy of "1000 Fiddle Tunes" and picked out ~I"t. .. in tune. which he knew by na~ or mel~y: "Rickett ' s Hornpipe", "Money MuSk", "Devil ' S Dream", "Soldier's Joy", "Opera Reel", "Ourang ' s Hornpipe", "Fisher ' s Hornpipe", "McDonald ' s Reel" and ot.hers , and I learned them by note. He shoved me how to " chord" or play " secoDd ", though no fidtller vas at hand. I started college at the Univeraity of Michi _ gan that Fall, but at that time there vas no interest in Ann Arbor in traditional music . I apent a lot of time skipping classes and researching the dulcimer in the library, learning about it.s use in different countries of the world. In Apr1l of 1969, back. home, I got together with JOn Blasius, friend since childhood and a consUlllllt.e lllUalcian who picked up the fiddle , and in no time \ffl \fflre playing these old tunes together. Later that year, after working a lot of overti:Pe in a factory, I lett for Europe, and I spent the next twenty IIOnths traveling around, going all tar as India and Bhutan. One of lIlY reallons for going was to look for dule1lDers and player. in different countries . As I look back. nov, I couUl have been IllUch more successfUl in those efforts than I was, but at the age of 18 to 20, one ' s ou.tlook changes with the experiences he hall day to day. The exper1eDcea I had could lIIIlte quite another story, so I ' ll limit those whi ch relate to the dulcime r .

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I flut. vent to !niland and did. lot of

•• king around. to bUlker., antique dealers, the Ceeil Sharp tioua. (who knew .ore about the Appdachun dulct.er than the EngUeh In.atr\Ullent). The only player I found vat Ruuell Wortley of Callbr1dse who showed me hi. tn,trumenta and played. little. IIext atop on the dulcI..er road wal GrII.:t,

AUltria, where I found. oouple traditional Styrian lnlt.rulllenta in _de ltores . I wrpriled the accordion dealer there by it WI tuned very alell like Alleriean iMtt"l.u.enta. In Bud.peat. Hungary, expectin8 to find a elmbalOlll in every DleiC .tore, I nl told that the~ were nu lonser .ade (not true) and vere slowly dbapPearlng. In Tehn.n, Iran, I found • •ute .tore with probably tventy lanturl and , apend1118 aU day cOIIIpIU"iJl8 the tone of each, bought one for $12. I heard playin& on hi, Hacllbrett, dnc:e

one there 1n a nightclub-brothel. There were lingerB and be1ly dancerl; intereatlngly. the qanun (. pealtery-type instrument) player 1n the orchestra which accompanied the singer va. replaced by a santur player when it came t~ for the dancer . Otherwise. the orchestra stayed the Sllml!! sn interestina example of the repeated use of the dulct.er in danee .usic. Several IIOnths later, while vork1n&: atiel living at a conatruction CUlP autside of Munich , I played the santur there. One evening I took it to the local Gutltube. Playing Bavarian tunel on an Iranian instrument tuned in the American Ityle .ult have pre lente:! a ItHonge ttoll_cultural IllUlleal experience to anyone who a1pt have cared to eontelllplate. Back tx:.e in 1971, I tuned up lIlY old American dulciJaerl and ltarted playing in fervor . Jon Blallul and I went to people 11ke Chet Parker and Frank Stevenl and learned tunel troe the. . The firlt meeting of the Original DulciJler Players Club I atten:!ed val an inspiration. I had been lH.rning the dulcialer in ilolation, at one tiM thinking even that there vere no player. lett, and then to lIIeet ottlerl who tuned their dulc_rll like I and who knew the lIallM! technique. and tWles ..... s truly sa tisfying.

In 1972 I \tent. to rrq father ' s old home , Chautauqua County, New York to see i f I oould find any dulct.er playerl atill e.round and, to -.r ~z;elllent.. found St.erl. van Arldale, the srandlOn of Jelle Martin, wbOla II,)' father had heard in the 30' I and thought val the belt dul~r player he ' d heard. To find that Jelle Martin ' l lllUalC wal at111 played by not only ODe grand.on, but by t.hree wal . . tonilbing. Their playing is a treat to t.he ear, and I ' ve learned a lot t'l"OII them. I ' d _to Bob Spinner, of Ell:; Rapidl , Michipn in 1971 and flut. visited bt. at his houae two yean later . He la a character of the

first degree . He ltarted playin.s t.he dul cimer in hia teena, about 19it9, and took up the c1mbaloe in 1957. He probably ooml IDOre dulc1l1lerl t.han any other Ameriean. Ria repertoire on tbe dulcimer amazed me - everything trom traditional. Iquare dance tunel to "Third Man Theme" to early 60' I pop to Hungarian czar11alel, even a few Greek nWllbeu. He probably iupired lie to take up the CillbalOlll, which brinel _ to wry intended lubJect.: how can an American dulcimer player adapt. to playirl8 dul.et.ra belo"l8ing to different. non American t.raditions'

a d.llbal.aII, or remnant.s or one, 1n a Junk store in Troy, Michigan . It had been . .de by John Hitter (Henry ford'i violin ...ker and re pairman) in Detroit in 1916. I lpent the nex~ eeveral. .anthe rest.oring it, making leg', dalllpers, restrlrl81ng and re - veneering it. Apparent.ly it had been stored where rainwater got t.he bet.ter of it. Joseph Albert of' FUnt., Michigan , a viol1n repairman and ciDIbal.Olll IIlker, now deceased , made bass atrings for it. Since that tt.. I have IIlde a new .ound- board and pin block for it and it is finally in playable shape. In t.he Fall of 1973 I found

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About a year later I found. Ukrainian 78 in a Junk lltore, one of hwlo HWIIeniuk play1ns the violln aCOOllpanied by the cymbaly or Ukrainian dulct.t!r . Tl.ken by the BIIJdc, I set out to f1nd a Ukrainian cy.bal¥ player. Af'ter cal..lln.s all t.he Ukrainian churches ·and aS80ciations lilted in t.he Detroit telephone book, I found one. He val ~ro Prolyniuk , a Janitor at the Ukrainian-"-riean Hall and, at the age of 85, va. callins it. quite with hla IllUdcal career. He tuned up the eymbal.y and played a lit.t.le. Hb instrument was M.de by Ignace Bronickl in Winnipeg, Mani tob&. in 1929 and be wanted to sell it . A short tilDe later I bought it. II local rock .-J.l1cian or Greek de.cent had a nntouri he wanted to eell about t.hat. time and I acquired it . It had belonged to EmIDI!.nuel P1CUlal who played a t different night Ip:.ts in Greektovn in Detroit during the 40's and 50 ' ., and Illy have been made by or for him in Detroit. . Had I not had reat.rict.iona of vallet and lpace, I could have an al.alOlt. total repre sentat.ive eol.l.eet.lon of dul.cl-ere rro. around t.he ItOrld . But I all IIltllfied. Haviog played for an . . tilllate!! one or two .illion t.ourlau for the p. . t four Sualer8 at. the Murray Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan - people 1I01t.l¥ from t.he Northern Midwelt but from the relt. of the eount.ry and Canada al vell - I think I can deterllline the frequency of the dul.ci-er ' 1 ule in dif_ ferent. t.raditionl on this lide ot the Atlantlc. Molt often "ntioned are dulc1lllerl of the Alller ican (ellentiall,y Brit.lah- American) tradition, followed by Hungarian- Slovak, Brit.ish , Rullian- German, Ukreinian , more or

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Et..::h of the'l! "foreign" iulcl_u .hare. el~_ntc In ~n with American dulei~r. and with each other, b~t each ha. it. own character l:tlcl, developed tor use In eacb t.radit.ion . Of the three dbeuued hera (HuT\IPrlan c1albala., Ukratnian cy.baly, Cr~k lilontou r i), tile clo.e.t to the _ r i · can dulct.er i. the Ukrainian cymbaly. lntere.ti"8lY, Ukrainian 1!ll1C'1!1 .ute n: . 'eWJle' A.erican traditional d'l.no. .uBi .on: than the other.. Tbe tun!!', (kolOlQJka, Il()l.ak, polu., tarun am _ny otlwrs) use ~tlJ' t.t!!' tonic, dce1M.nt .n:t .ub · laatn,u'lt cl1Ord. in t~1r harwo"lic IltrJeture, a. do ~rlCin tunel, and are dil~ie In _lo1y. The .... ,rlean ear thus cen adapt. to the ..

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1. tuned lv~r than the A.eriean dulct.er .nd 1. partly ehr~tle, tne e•• le.t keyB bet"' C, F, G, B tlat, E flat. and A flat _Jor and their reu ttve _!nora. I .hould .. y tt.t. the tun1n& Mr. Proayniuk taught _ leDd. It.elf be.t to thole 'el'; no doubt there are .any other tra.:Utiol)lll t.un!n&" Tbia tu.n1n& refleet.ll the use of the elarinet in Ultraln1a.n en.l~le •• althougU the violin 1. the .o.t ~n in~t.ru.nt. . The

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The dllbalaa, of all dulct.er- type In.tru · llenta, c~. c1oJeat. to What .tgtlt be called a concert or cl~s.lcal In.tru.ent.. It i. totall1 chro..tlc, 1. more or l@ •• ltandllrd· i~ed IrvJ 1$ played In ,Ufterent countrlea . Though t.he .o.::l@rn verslo,"" with a ral'lJ!C! or 0 ' (or low"r) to e ' " (or highllr) In1 with d,..~r~, vtl. lIkV'eloped by J. V. Sehun:ta In 8udape.~ in the 1870' ., it ba. round it. 'I into thll MtiV'e .-.ule ot SlOVllkla, Ro · ~nl., the Ukraine. parts or YUSO.lav1a, Albanu anj Cr.ecw, an:l ia played by e::algre GyPsy .uIcUna in Western Europe, North lind Sout.h ""riea and Au.tralla. The _Iter. of the Inatru.ent .re generall1 G~y .uslcian', whose profe •• ion il pa.se~ through t.he ramily. A GyPIIY e".,@:abll!, in i t • .o.t OOCIplAtta. rOrlll , consl'~1 or the prt.a., or leader, who play' fIr.t violin, • "tenor" violin, vbo followl t~ _lo:1y line "Iecond" violin and viola., which play rb¥ttale choN', a elar1ne~ aoJ cello, Vh1ch pla'l oblicato parta, a ct.bala. and ban viol. In the UnlteJ Bt.te. SUltar and plano are al.o u.ed. The role or the

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!be Creek .anto\lri h.. it. probleIUI II far a. learn1n& it. While t.here Ire a couple of plaJ'era in Detroit., t.here are no lonpr any profenlonal.ll. A. in GrHce, .1nee World WLl' U. t.he clarinet.-violin ..ntourl~l.u t.o COIIblnat.lon h. . la.rgely bean replaced wit.h the elect.ric bouzouki - guit.ar~ accordion aound. 'l'be usual &ll1cal f'U.nct.lon or t.he "nt.ol.lri i. a rhythaic obllpto part in accordance vit.h the .. loc1y. The IIlHar provide' t.hat tunct.lon in conteaporary Greek pop.llar &ll1c. 'naJ., alt.bou&h ..ntouri technique 11 not c:c.plex, a knovladp or Creek tune. and t.heir r~ (by our ear' , c~ot.lc 5/8. 7/8 9/8 t1ae '1&n&ture.) 11 ellential to play the lant.ol.lrl. Before I can learn t.o play it. I wUl haft to lIIke t.he acquaintance of • Creek Yiol!nlat. or cla.r1nat.I.t who .peU. !n&11.h and who would haft t.he pat.ienc. to put up vit.h abtau.. Until t.hen I 11111 haTe to be content vit.h ....nlteyinc .. vith it.

ebiJll.l.c. in a G1P87 en"-'l.e 11 to prorlde a "fU~~in" part., 8iVir\l t...r.on.1 a. vell a. rbttt. t.o t.he II'OUp. The cblball.t. a1..l0 takea ao1o breaka.

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Hunp.rlan. and Slovaka "'t.t.led in larle n~ ben in We.t.v'n Penn.ylvania and Ohio at. t.he end of t.he 19th century and bel1M1.ns of t.h1l eent.ury "here t.hey found work In t.he eoal aiDe. and .ted lIi11l. The &ldelan eyp.le ••• t.U,1I a.one: t.'- and prorlded t..1&r&nt. co..unlt.le. vith &I.lc in t.he old count.ry. playtne: for ~in&'. dance., and 1n relt.aunnt... MI.ny of the Oypay &ld~ elan. left. Fenn.ylvanla durln& t.he Depre •• lon and .,t.Ued in Cleveland ItId Det.roit., 'ofhich noll' ta,.e t.he la.rp.t an-y &ldcian ~ It.ie. in t.he ccu.nt.ry. At. one t._. it. 11 . .ld., t.hey woul.d .t.roll t.he It.reet.. 1n DIIl~ ray, t.he fllnp.r1an .ect.len or DIItroit.. 101nc tTc:. bar t.o bill' and 'II'OU14 get. t.helr pay in t.Ip'. Today Delray 11 quite bl1&ht.ed. only one er two Oypay erche.t.ra. play t.here resularl)', a"" .ny or t.he &I.lc1an. have ..'ted to t.he Wburbl . T,t. QnIIy &Ide 11 .t.W flourlabine: 1n Detroit.. aDd recent.lJ an orcbut.n cond.UOC of 13 rlollnl, 3 no1.. •• cello. 2 ball.', 2 lIlit.rl and c1al~ bal.ca _a .lIsbIed for a ·.pecial re.t.aurant. concert. 'I'he oce. . ional Gypay vedd1n& or f'Unual .t.1ll d,.." • .atI¥ &ll1clana toeet.her .

The art of aeC<lllpan1ment on the dulcu.er be very old. In the United State., it. 11 *l.tly forlOtten. The dulclaer _. uled t.o acoo.p&lU' the fiddle by ph,.rI in !lev York. f9nnayl..-an1a, Ohio. Mlcb1can. Indiana. Wbcon.in and Iowa and probably e1..le"Wbere . Th1 • • t.yl. 11 called "waping" in Scotland and Ens1..nd and VII probably brou&ht. over J"roa there, vith ac.a aer.n-derived playtnc cont.r1but.1nI; a. well. In ooapar1n& dulc_,.. J"roa different. culture., perhapa the ... t. int.erelt1nc llpeCt. 11 that. t.he .... &laical fUnct.ion prewu. . An awanm.n of t.hb k enential in order t.o learn to play any dul~ ciaer , "het.her ~lcan or forelp. A t.eacher or .odel i. alao e ••ent.1&l t.o .t.udy linee the tuna. and technique. ponelled by h18 have been pa.1ed down throu&h t.radi Uon and t.heir nry ... uk.. t.hnI \tOrt.toy or perpetuation. mull.

A. vith the dul~r. the J1laT1nc .tyle. of t.he clabaloa lU'e I I .any I I the nu-ber of play.,... Sc.e playen, hadnc leArl'l8d by note, are Ie .. adept at. laprod'!na tb&n tho.e vbo ara pr1arll,y acc:oapan1ltl. YOWl&er tllnp.r1.an O)<pIiel tend t.o have a ditferent. repertolra than t.he "-rican-born OypIy claM 1. . player • . Q.I. Horn.th of Det.roit 11 a •• ter of playlns clllbal.ca aCCOllpanu.ent , harlnc learned rro. Bela Zdp of lie" York City . 'rhough he 11 pertect.l¥ capable of play1Jlc an,. ntmber of 1010., be prefer. t.o t . f t the _lody t.o ot.berl and to c:c.pte..nt. it. with hil lapro~ vi'1n&. With bia crit..1ct. .nd .drice and vi t.h a lot of praetice I hope eventuallv t.o Ny I can play tne ct.bal... A two- volu.a lIet.hod, CIMBALQoI ISroLA by Ida Toth-Tarjani and Jouf Tal.U. (Budape.t., 1958. 19(7) hal bean helpt\ll..

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In upco.1ns 1Iw.. of the D'Jl£lNER PlAYERS NEWS ve hope t.o U.t. orpnhed p-oup lellona atld Wlruhopa. Pl.1e .end u. 'JlI!c1t1c info~tlon .bout. .ueh event.: place, teacher, ts.-., date. and coat . Th!. doe. not apply to Individual l ...on.. tventua~ there will be • teacher. lilt by .tate throu.p the DULClHER PLAYERS flEWS. one re.ult of lM re«ot. reader I'UM'eY.

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TbI vint.u, 1960 ~IMER PlAYERS IQ;WS will include plct.\ll"81 an'd Itor1u abo.lt the 1979 dulc1aer t . . t.l .... lI. Kovewu. throu&hout the S~r and hll ve'll liat the winner. rro. the dulc1aer contutl . More about the tuUnl good tillel later . Dulc1a!er DaYI Colhocton, Ohio May 19-20, 1979

2nd Annual Southern Reslon Mountain and Hammered Dulcimer Conteltl Mountain View. Arkana••

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Al Jacob. (Wi.conlin) Shirley Halnel (Arkan.aa) Either Kreek (Mi.louri)

Gerr)' and Sha.tQ' Chilholll, Mike Sut.ter and Jia C1"OIII!1l, play1nc two alUntaln do1c.r1 and tvo !Uitar. (Arkanaal)

On May 6th , t.he Mid-Weat F1eadh Cheoil Iriah Mulic Cont.ut vaa held In Chlcaso . All .ort. of eompet.1tion. we re held, lroat riddle to tin wh1atle to traditional Gulic .1nglng. Wade !laaptan Miller, .ountain dulcimer player, ent.em t.M allcelaneoua 1n.atruaent Clte-sory an~ won aecond place, ttm. entit.ling h1a to t.nvel to Ireland tor the 'lea.dh Cheoll nabEireaM (thit All-Ireland eo.pet.ltion) to be hel.:t In Bunc.nna, Co. Dronepl, AUCU.t 211 _26.

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(Oblo) ltendn Ward (Ohio) Wea1ey Linenkusal (Ohio)

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Madeline MacNeil (Virllnia) Dou8 Berch (Hew York) David hJ'lor (Ohio)

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Dout; Berch and Maddie Macllell (Hew 'fork and Virg1n1a) Kendra and Kenneth Ward (Ohio) Art Nichola. and Andrea Mayle (Ohio)

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yat, S~r in "'"" York vtdle vdtiD« tor a yker tl1&ht I ran aero.. _nUoD ot Alan StiYe11 at a local club. llated, but .bort ot t\I.nd., I t.rudged 'crou town and twlplT offered tmrk a. a dhhv.. her b7 the barried .anaa-nt ('bort~lItarred, Stln11 held up at CUlitcas, lone line. de.p1t.e lack of advance notice • . . )

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lot to t.alJr.ina. zYel')'One wall real loo.e, or perhapa a trit1e t1&ht ~ hard cider tio-oled and tongue. vaqed. Stive11 11 a central tigure in t.he revival ot traditional mu.ic in France, chiefly thrOUlh hi. effortl t.o generate a balil ot popular lupport tor the cult.ural integrity ot t.he Breton people. Thele ettorh, and hi. lenl1bUitiu all a per~ torwer and interpretor ot traditional allie, t.ran.cen FO~, offend pu.rbt.., and pro· vide lhtenerl vith -.n.:r wondertul ..ents. I don ' t. know alc.h about the t.rad1t.ional mudc uvi_l in France, but. I'U .Uck., neck out and '&7 t.hat it appear. to tw.,.. altered a P'Mt deal linee t.he tt.. that t.he leadlDg tisure' ot the Allerlc:a.n wurban t'ollI. .oene w oYer.badowed local. root... StIYe11 baa a piwot.a.l podt.1on in tM• • h1t't tor the French and Bretona. Arter hourll _

We .poke WJltl¥ about the dltterf!:oce in __ nlDg ot Celt.1c aide to Breton. and .... riean •. I teel that to a certain utent the focu. on Anglo~C.ltic wile 11 indicative of the in· herent bu. ot t.lt.a (ie. that it lendl itlelt to .. type ot racht preJudice.) 1'1111 18 quite at VIlriAnee nt.h Stivell ' I view of Celtic Blllc prorlding the Bretonl vlth a louree ot cultural identity (that cr Olael nat.1onal boundarie.) in the tace of being .teaarollered by French loeiety. Additionally, Btive11 pointl to a .ort of primal ba.i. in the .ulic ot .any diverle peoplel. Anlvay, I let the t.pe run, and in 111~1ng recentl¥ excerpted ¥hat toUov., thinking i t a1aht be of inte.re.t to DAf readei'll. Loul. IJ.ooelll Gouda, '!be !letberland.

There ' ll quite a reYlY8l of Interellt in the plucked dulcilaer in America, aM I under· .tand that thl. 18 1.1.0 true in France. I thought that I heard ycu. pl&y1ne dulcimer or epinette on a couple of record • .

There ' ll Ic.e 4ulclMr, no epinatte on., d1le •• The dulclMr 11 very lntera.tins tor Celtic &I.ie becauae of the dronel . It ' . aa.tb1D& ot a .tr1ne:;ed bqpipe. Celtic .. de 11 based. on the drone. and the penton - t\lnet1oft1n& oot al a .y.bol but a. I direet link to the earth .

I've beard it .. i4 by 10M that the drone and . . l.ody .t.rines act together 10 ...e vibratory way on thl bo:Iy that ' . relttul. and .•.

Yel, and used with the pentatonic scale it h. . a direct pbydcal effect, as the Celtl knev. They u.ed the .odel tor pb,yaical intluence. There 11 a lltory ot a bard that ulled a certain WJ:1e for puttina an InvadIna: ~ to aleep. and with another he WI able to make everyone cry. But th1l 1. plllible only when everythins 11 in haf'llOD,Y, not vith a PA .y.te..

In the ea.t of Brit..l.nn.1 there i. the rielle (hurd,. 1\Lf'd7) • a kind of duleI.er. but, in tact, there 11 DO tr.ditional du.lcl.er . In the 8retoft tradition tbe.re 1a little inltru.ental aldc. onl¥ voice . EVen the baa pipe. and bcaards are .odem introdue· tionl in the _Item aection of BritanD:t whera the Celtic tn.4itioo rnalnl the Itrongut . The Breton ba&Pipe ea.e onl,y in thla ceQtW'J'. lDdeed WJI~ after the last var. Thh 11 true ot other Celtie nationl, lUeh a. in Bcotland where the voice vall the molt imporLant inlltrument and the blgpipe a bit apart, a. it ' . la.ethina ot an arilltocratic tradition .

We vere IIpea.lline viLh a pipe -.ker 10 :rlande.ra -

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It looked. l1lr.e a mtlel. dule.t.er - tbne 1t.r!n&1 tuned a drooe by belt1n& U - with a .tick. He bel1em it

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10, I don ' t. t.hink ao. Ma1'be bealule of t.be prop-e ..1ve foU aide revival: Then an not. -rt7 It.r1.na s.n.~nt.a in t.he Breton tnl41t.1on. The harp goel back 11100 ,..n, but. _I .c.ewbat. Wl~ - not rull¥ a pop.U.ar 1.nJI~nt.. ~re wu I e . burdy l\U"d.1and t'14dl.e aldc in t.he Z... t. but. t.bue Ire 11Ake4 .,cb .:Ire witb French .,l1c.

The refarence to tse.r..n ~wit. lbou.ld be enlarged upon. He 11 I .-ber of Met. 1G.1eklu, I IP'OUP which to thele earl 11 the f1neat. exponent. of Dutch and 'l_hh IlUde. They have • fev LP' ., two of wMch u .. on CBS (Colu.b1a) .nd Ihould be anUable IUt.el1cta . Dll!vlt.

bu11th ~ll, p1jpulkken, and druIHerl (hurdy gu.J'dy) and 11 • preeadnent voodcraft.er. £:t:a.plel of htl work can be Iftn 1n t.he Inltrullent DolSeu. In Brussels, by vb1ch he IN.I reeent.17 ~ .. Ioned to build t'ac:d-.lles of det.e.rlorat..ed in.t.rullent. of advanced ace, •• veU a • • ~ple far -Ule public" too play on. - whIch 11 what. archive. are about for . . . I .hould abo DOte t.hat. a creat. -.n.Y of the photol in Illbert. 8000a ' a "De ~l in da Lqa lAndenw were Uten of 1nst.ru.e.nt.1 in Devita coll.ection. I blYe a nu.be:r of print.a an11aba (.. vell .1 phew. of .on recent. 1nltruaenta built. by Ke.r.an Devit) to ~ Vbo'l Int.ereat.ed. Lalt.17. hi can be ruched at. Molenst.raat. 23, 1685 Kelter, !elciUII. He pret.t.y It.roncl,y belleYeI t.hat dulct.er-type 1nlt1'Wllentl were formerly bu11t by those who vere 1nt.er. . ~ in play1n& thetl. But you -.lIM. be able to convince hill otherv1le. Sure 11 worth a t.ry .

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FOLI: MUSIC IN AMERICA. III antbo1ocY of 15 long- play1nc recorda luue4 b:y t.1le Library of Coacre .. , wrvey. the t.ra4it.1oI'*1 -.adc which fonu an e ..aDtlal part of the "-riean be.ritace. The ..adc _a aeact.ecl ~ field recordingl _de between l.89O and. t.he pre ..nt in thl ex1.enaive col..lectiona of the Llbrat'J of Con&rell and froa prIvate an4 ~re1.1 IOW"ce'. Acc:c.p&.IIJ'1nc Mcb record 11 a bookht which prod.de. clejerlpt.ive. 'blocreph.1eal and ba~ intor.at.1on about. the .... lc and perfol"M:rI, a.loai wit.h auppt.e.entary bibl1ocrapb1ea, dl'eocrapb1e:a and. Uluatratloaa. the .erle. w. . p.lbliahed vit.h • IJ'tlt. f". the .t..1ana1 KndowIIent. fOr the ArU. 'or lntor.at.lon, contact. the Llbra.ry ot Concre.. aecord.1nc Laboratory. W. . h!.n&ton, D. C. 20540.

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Books ann RecoRns The, • • t.er1&1.8 are -.de • .,.U.ble throu&h tbe DPN in an .rtort. t.o be . . .ervlce aDd relOUrce for you the reader. lach book and record 1.a lilted lA det.l.U in the eat.t.locue for Blue Ridge Dl,ilct...r Shop alone with dulc1-.r kit., plcb, .trlnc' and othu Icee ..()r1e •. It you'd 11k, • copy of the e.t.J.ocue (1t. ' . r,...). lapl)' write aDI1 uk.

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FOR THZ DULCIMER Mark and Carol Blair

THI DULCDttR BOOK Jun R!t.chl. ~ (Oak Record Soundahett !ditlon ~) WLCIMElt PIOm J_a Mt.ch1. $,II ~ PLAYOO WD DULCIMER Dr. Rlchi"rd'11llk1e ~ FOOR AIfO TWll'fTY Mynn McSpacl4en and Dorot.b7 French ~ BRnHRD WE HAVE MET McSpadden and French ~ MERIIILT STRtJC: M:lJ!ftAD DULCIMER POll CHILDRU MI..r7 catJ-..ri. . McSpa44en ~ PLAT TIm DULeJND BY !AR AXD cmtBR lAST WATS Len and ~ Macr.acl".ron ~ a:lftISUCH FOR DULClMIR Rocer lichol_ ~ MUBICIS DELrrE OK DUl£DmB J'ocer Ilct",l.ao:I 43 . 95 MXI1ttADf DULCD4ER PlATIIG TlCHl'I~ : A stUDEIft'----w&KBOOI ZUe-en Ralnea ~ II llEARCH or THE WILD DUtCDCD Robert. Foree end Albert d'O. . cl ~ THE ArPAlACHIAl'I MOU1fTAIJ DULCIMER BOOK PIIul Pyle: ~ TVlfDfG JJCD PLAYOO THE APPAlACHIAN DULCIMER A. W. Jeffre)'a !l.:.2Q M()(I)8 OF THE DULClKER V1r,1l and NorMn lfu&he. ~ Ttl! APPALACiIV,If DUlClMER BOOK M1chloel Murph)- ~ TRE PLUCKED DULCDa:R AID fKJW TO PIA! IT JohD F. Putnu ~ 4Jf Jl.lZ.AJImIAif SOlRlBOOI: Lor...,tne Lee ~ PIrnJRIS. POl')(S .uo DULCIXD PIZCES Kevin Roth ~ Ttil B&31' DlJLClXIR MEnII)"aT Albert. a..ae ~ TI!% tIlUIrrADf DULClJQ!B (fiDw to Make and Pl..aJ' "'I"t'}Howie MhcheU ~ Booa/a.cord 1d1tlon ~ THI SlM40NS ,,,"n.y SOIIlBOOk ~ and Jean S'-m~ ~ :JJLCDmR SOIfaBOOIt Ileal Heu..n ~ THI RICIWID 'ARIKA DULCDCEJI BOOK Neal and SIlll7 llellan ~ nm WITH THE DULCDIER V. I. It.lshea ~ PACIJI'IC R1M DULCIMER SOI'II:ffiOOK lleU-n. Ruu. CIU'ol, 1oreei, .d~.. che. Hubbert. ~ I.D'I IS LIKE A HIXllfTAIlf DULClHER Heal and Sal.ly Heu..n ~ (Conta1na SOUndlbNt) 'nil CJUPPIl! CREEK DUtCIMIR BOOK Bud and Donna Ford ~'N!LV! TRADITIOKAL 1'UNES POR DULCDO:R JerT~ Rockwll~ ~L ZlP'I.ORATIOJIS FOR DULClMER Jerr~ Rockwell ~ A PAIfCD'UL HIS'J"ORT Of' THE DULClM!R V. I. lfu&he:a !IJ!Q THE DULCIMER 1\Ilmf(l BOOk RaM.)' Chrbtopher Raln ~ lOW TO PlAT !HE lJUlClXD Narprat Wint.e:n $?Qo: :APIDOS (If DULCDCIR Jodleo ~ (COiitit.na tvo MIWWlabeet.a) OOLCIMER SOIIG8AG Doro~"'~ 1. :l1LCDCIR 8O!tCBAO FCIl CHIllSDCA8 Dorotb7 May ~

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MOO!I"l'AIff DULCDCER RECORDS STRAWBERRY FAIR Madel.1ne Mac:Rell $6.96 DULCIMER: OLD TIME AlID 'lRADITlOfiALMUSIC Ralph Lee s.1t.h and M. L. Hollowell ~ OOI£DmR: MORE OIl> TIM! AIID TRADITIOflAL MUSIC Ralph Lee 9a1t.h ~ OLD TRADITIONS Jean Sdli.lllnc PORCJm8 OF Ttl! POOR .Jean and tee Sc:h1J.l..in3 ~ 1Dl1E MI'I"CHELL ~ na: KUSSlLL FAMD.Y Role;oe, Roy and Bonnie Ruuell ~ LIVIm Iff 'l'HI TRUS Ric:k and Lorro1ne Lee ~ OOIft'RABrS Ric:k and Lorraine Lee ~ STOM! CXXJNTY DULCIKER The S~nl Faadly ~ WAlIDERm:; THROtXiH THI RACXUSACK The S~nll Famlly ~ OZARK MCIOJf1'AIN DUlCIMER The Si.anl ha11,y ~ ~CHIAft ECHOES George and Mary Wi llia mSOn ~ GREEJII5LDVES : A CLASSICAL DULCIMER RECl'rAL Robert Bri c:k ~

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OOLCD4ER SONGS AND SOLOS Paul ClaytOn ~ CLEAR WATERS ~ Jean Ritc:hie ~ rHE RITCHIE FAMD.Y OF K!lf'l'UCKY .tt:.2§: JEAN RITCHIE AT tDIB .§§.:..2§ SlEDS or LOVE: DULCIMER BALLADS An4rev Rowan SUlrIIIer ~ KFlIlI ROTH SINGS AJm PIA '(5 DULCIMER ~ THE OTHER Sm! OF THE MOUJrI'AIN !L.2[ -SCMEBODY GIVE ME DIJUtCTION Kevin Roth ~ IJ1U:lMER IJIISTRtMEI'f'rL AL1U4 Kevin Roth ~ ROCIClf ' CHAIR Fred Me~r ~ THB FIRST nv VOROS Kevin Roth ~ BlACIt MOUN'l'AIN DUlClXER Alan Freellllln, Frank Beall ~ SHADY GROVE Peggy Donalcbon &a1t.h $6.96 DULCIMER ALLIANCE III (X)1'ICER'I' The Du!CIiiier Al.l1.ane;e ~ TDCES AlID TRADITIONS FOR DULClXER Roger lIic:hollon, Jake Walton ~ 'l'H! DU1.C1MER PIA'l'XRS R. IUc:oollon, S . Sobel1, L. 8obell, P. Coe, H. Tannen

AUIU4S WITH MOlINTAIJf AlfD/OB. ~ OULCIMER MUSIC (urten _ny cute) fRO' THl HV.RTlAND f1I WES'l' VIRGIIIIA Charles Maxson aDd !taren Slr.1dIICre 9010S TRADITIONALLY SUllO III IICIn'H CAROLIKA Bett.y Sllith ~ FOR MY FRIENDS 01" SOl'[; Bet.ty Smith ~ SrrrllfG Olf TOP OF THE WQRU) OUy and 0I.n0l¥ Carawan ~ iIJW CAJI' I KEEP J'RCM SDfGD'Ki John Mc:Cutc:heon ~ Ttl! OW SONGS Margaret. Mae;Art.hur ~ A SllMPU:R OF FOLK MUSIC Ni tde COllin~.

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OOI'rSTRUCTDfO THE MCXm'lADI DULCDiER Dean IU.mball ~ (Kardbac:k) TO BUILD A DULCOO'.B Paul Pyle ~ MAIDIJ AI APPAIACHIAIf OUlCIM!fI John Batley ~ JI)TE3 ON DULCIMER MAnJG Rodger Harrill ~ COIfS'!'RUt'TIOH OF A MOUIlfAD txJU:IMKR Willialll M. Sdmit.t. i!.:.n iIJW TO MAKE AND PlAY THI MOUJIfTAIN DULCIMER HoIr1e Mtt.chell~ Book/Record Edit.ton ~ KllIln'AIN DULClMER coasnrucrIotf PlANS Scot.t. Ant.e. ~ <D.IRTDIG DUlCDIER CONS'I'RtX."TION PIAlIS (Double Fret.bOil.rdJ 8c:ot.t. Ant.es !l.:l1 r.::l

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HAMmRED DULCDIER RECORDS 'l"ROUBADOOR Dorothy Carter ~ WAILIl:!, WAILLE! Dorothy Carter 1:ยง.:..2ยง AMERICM lWRoIERtD DULCDIER Original Dule!.er Playerl Club ot Michigan ~ BANISH MISFOR'lVNE Ma100la Dalglilh and Grey Larlen ~ THE FIlIST Of' AlfI'tMN lUloola Dalglilh and Grey larlen~ Expected Release: Spring 1979 GREEN ROCKY ROAD Guy earawan and. Friendl ~ MORE PATH RENT Doug Ecker and Friend. ~ HOTKER'S FAVORI'l'E HYMNS Charl. . MAxlon and. ltaren SkldlDOre ~ THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY John MeCutcbeon ~ WRYSTRAW - FRCJ.l v.RTH ro HEAVEN John McCutcheon, TOIl Bled.soe, Rich lliby ~ Ex.pacted. Release: Spring 1979 THE twta!R DULCDIER Chet hrker ~ TRAPEZOm Sail! Rinetta and Trapezoid. ~r Du1cu.r Band ~ THE HAl+lERED OOLCIMBR Al..&II Jay Round. ud Friendl ~~ COLlMBUS STOCKADE BWES Jay Round and the W1llia. . FUiIIy ~ ONE TDm FRmm Jay Round ~ HAM<E:R DULCIMER REUNIOIf Ron Penix , Jay Round, cathy Berton ~ THE lW+!ERID OOLCIMER Bill Spence and Fennis's All- Stars ~ SAnJRDAY NIGIn' IN THE PROVDfCES Bill Spence and. Fennis ' s All- Stars ~ THE twMERED DULCIMER STRIKES AGAIN Bill Spence and Fennis ' . All - Sta~~ ALEX UDVARY PRESENTS THE CIMBALCM Alex Udvary ~ PRAIlIIE WIIJ)f'WWERS Harvey Prinz and Lilah Gillett ~ DULC.IMORE PIltty ~n ~

DULCIMER BOOKS

IIlW TQ BUIW A IW!MERED DULCDmR Phillip Mason !l:.2Q THE fWI.!ERED DULCIMER IRSt'RUCTIOH BOOK Phillip MalOn ~ fO/' TQ NAill: AND PIAY THE fIAHK!::R!:D OUlCD4ER Howie Mitchell ~ Book/Record Edition ~ IfAl+(ERED DULCIMER CONSTRUCTION PLANS Soott Ante. ~ . OULCDIER OO>ll'EJU):ntI t'ToII MlJGWI.MPS $~ . ()() HAMMERED DULCIMER (an in.truction/tunes book Peter Pickow ~ PHYSICS, MUSIC THEORY AJIl) THE HAMMERED DULCIMER Rick Fogel ~

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THE tw+IJ!:REtI DULCIMER Ho~n Hughes tt.:22 SD(PLB GIrl'S FOR THE DULCIMER Clayton S . Jonel CHAnSONS FRANCAISES POUR DULCIMER Ha.rry M. Webb

" HAMmRED DULCIMgft RECORDS DULCD(ORE Patty ~n $6.98 THE FIlIST Of' A1.1l't.Jm Malco!;1ilgUah, Grey larsen TtmEE YORKS OF CHEAT Trapezoid ~ MOU!f1'AIN DULCIMER

DULCIMER INSTRUCTlOft' ALBlM (book, 2 a.lbUlU) Write for price intoraation

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The DULCIMER PLAYERS NEWS is a quarterly publication providing a flow of information for dulcimer players, dulcimer makers and others who share a special love for these instruments of "sweet songtt. Each issue contains articles on both the mountain dulcimer and the hammered dulcimer and gives sources for dulcimer related items such as books} records, kits and accessories . Playing styles, tunings, tips for beginners, instrument care and repair, inter-

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