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I underatand that departMnt .tore buyera think und, .u.rt and .un d.re. .ea whili _flY ot u. dis out t'rOIII lut night ' • • novt'all. Then while we ' re .avering (or l~nting) a 90- July day, the.e . . . buyera think "Ski !" . Risht nolt I ' . Jotting thilletter in .:y alvaya- with- _ notebook while vait.ing at Wuhington, D. C. ' . l'lIt1onal A1.rport to!' .y flight to Louiav1lle tor the Kentueq Mulic Weekend. It'. Hrly AUCU.t. but I'. plann1.ng the Fall DPff which will include acme Chria~. and HIInultkah ,ona. ! WhIt a bu.y au.-r thia hal been. I visit.ed dulciller pthe ring. at L1IIIa, Co.hoeton, Beu.. Grove, Co!Ib7, Boone, Boulder, Binghamton and LouiavWe. St.1ll to cc.e it the Sept..Hlbe.r sathering in Bur.l.1ngton, VelWl!nt. UntortuMte17, I.iI.ed BinoJ.n&)lul, Lake Jacc.:t, Winfield, Mt. . Vielt, Bob Evan. Fanr, the ODPC ""n Feat and the Kindred o.thering . I tooll _ny pbotognpt-.., payed mch .."sic and 118t. _ny fine duleiller people. I p.!.t thou. .nd. ot .Uea on ~ To)"Ota (it ' . a l\l1u.ry to fly for a chanee) . I think t bave the re cord tor dulcimer fettival. attended thil year - unle .. Alan Free. . n doe. - and I enjoyed thee all. I hope you.r Sw.er w. . . pecid . U:Iok for pic ture. and .torle. about the SUmmer 1979 te.tlvala and gatherinc' in the Winter 1960 DPN. A telt days age I read an article in 'llIE WASHDKiTOffIAlf concerning the .ind- r&IIblins' of a writer who otten hMrd a .olitary plane over Wun1ncton, D.C. at 3:52 AM. He wondered about the a1.rcn.tt. peraonnel and. the pa ..encera and their llvea. He tried to perlOl'll.Uu a .ound. bean! late at nleht. The writer verba.liud _n,y ot ~ tee.l.1ng1 about you. A. you probably know, I do.ott ot the phydca.l. verk ot the DFI'f - t)'ping (labeb .. yell . . COpy), layout, etc. etc. I teDd to be rather observant about people. When aub.eripUon. and corre.poJldence ccae in, I _1Le out the card tor the OPH file. I notice letterhead. and even the dedgn. on the checu ! To _, the OAf 11 .ore tban a quarterly publication cor.tain1n& articl. . and tun.. . It iI a plblleatiorl connectinc _n,y tolka, ~aelt allOng tt~lIl, ybo .hare a ~ love tor t.he dlllc_r. SolIe of you I'll probably never "«t. But you are no le .. "pedal. I ' ve found that. handling the OPN alone ill not euy. Sometimea thit hUml.n COIIput.lI!r _Ilea at.takes that would: ...ke IBM blush. 'l'bill u.ually occura Yhen sub.criber. r~celvt: two copie' 01' each i ..ue bece.u.e I 11'101dvertently typed tyO .ett of lIbell or "hen (herron) they receive no hlUe at all . Fortunately. I don ' t .... ke dozen. 01' .illtake., but becau'e 1'. a pertectionht I rl.b I _de none at all. So.iI!t1ae. I receive .n urate letter for .a.:th1n6: that ...... n · t .:t talllt. The post otfice doe. lo.e th1n&', coplel of tho DlJII.:'lJoI.Ef. PLAYERS n:wS allOng thea . I have no ...... y of k:nowini"'jOu didn ' t receive your OAf, • p.ekllge or. letter unl.e.. you tell... And every now and then .a.eth1na you .ent. didn't arrtvt' here. Thing. happen and yhether or not the lituation ...... ~ error , t.he pelt oftice ' . error or even your error, the DAf Y&nt. to _ke it rilht. Plea.a don ' ;. .ay, ......ell, I gue .. the DPI finall.7 folded- i t you don 't recdve you:r copy. Maybe)'CUI IUbacrl~tlon expu.cl. Maybe you .wed and d14n ' t tell . . your MY addre... Maybe the pelt oftlce lOlL it. Maybe I never lent it. In any event judo let lie MaY and your lituation ylU be tak('n eare ot 1Dmediately i f not ,coner. PI!ople an.yering the Spring OFff ruder .urvey dUfered in their feelina about lllUalc and tablaturea in the OAf. So.e folk. 1f8.nted .ore lIIudc, .0IIIe ...... nted le... Thill i nue 11 lovingly dedicated to thou 01' you yho Y&nted .ore audc. Special thaw 10 to the artht. contributing to tht. l ..ue: Michel Lepre, Betty SWedle and. Bill VicDan. I alao appreciate the invaluable help freely siven by Stuart Royalty. Ben Stone, Fred Meyer and Bu.an Ra.h1.a1.an thi. ~r. Plea.e continue to .end article. and art york, idea., e<Mplillt'.nt. and crltlci_ and nev.,. lett.er. . I appreciate thea aU. U you ' re In the neighborhood ot 524 IIorth Sndl!ock Street, Winche.ter. Vlra.ln1a 226ol . call (703) 667-310l1 and .top by it you ean .

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Feedhach We have a &row1n& crouP ot dulclMr playe:rl lhoIf1ns up It OW" pther1n&1 It Iiere. Inc. tba lut Tue.day ot .aeh .onth. We ltart beginnerl , exchll\ie tunel and tUnl""I, lenen1ly enjoy OW'lelvu and loot. out. our bia vlndovs aerol' the Nlululppl Rlver to the lparkl1nc l1&bll of downtown MinDMpolll. We ha.ve such a fine loc:&t.lon on t.be 3rd tloor ot an old brlek ~hoI.Ile "lth a wge rellll lbop vh1eb we use ever')' now and then tor JU .e .. lol\l lad ~.t perfoZWIDou (Suun Boyer Haley . Marpret MaeArttNr, John NeCuteheon and Wry Stra..,) . Just rlieentl1 our &ood lound (voocl floon aDd eeWn&s ) Mol been discovered b7 loeal tolkl vhD lnt..el'Ti_ and racord there tor ""tional l\Ibllc Radio lhow• . W. ve1eo.e dule1.-r folk and t'rlendl to Here, Ine . and the Tltln Clties vt.leh are rull ot all klnch ot .udc and arts 8enerally . Jwt. ao.e ot the placel vbarl you cen ort.en hear tolk WJl1e1anl : Cafe ZXtnlpore, Cedar_Riversidl Cate , Whole CUp Cotteehouse, Walker Art. Center, IVln the Guthrle Theat.re and Orchestra Hall tor the like' ot Pete Seepr. There 11 allO Walker Church and radio lhows on a nev ltat i on called Frelh Air Radio plus Cerri.on Keillor ' . 11ve radio .hov on Saturday afternoon • • Len and Bioi MacEachron Kere , Ine . 29 S.! . Maln Street M1Moapolll, )(If 55414 Sever-al years aco 1 hl.d a letter in DFR lugestine COCItlrwoul cycle cellettel (Lahyette Radio) al a worthy condder-at ioo tor thole practlel"" ~l1e pla)'in& alona. 'J'here 11 DOW a celletle recorder (CTR-47) It Radio Shack "hleh ha.. tw eou.nt.en and a cont1.maO\lI reerda optlon. .u I lquare and round danee celle.r &nd teaeher Ind aateur country lII1Ii clan. 1 find it witl . , pu-po.el ada1n.bl1 . '!here &re o boYevu ••ome pr'Obl.eal "itt. Hoe AGe durq quiet tt... 1 MVI procriurel to over~ the .. Ind would b4I t.Pn' to pt. . . tt_ on to IrI¥One ,me inqUirel. B. O. Lowery 1 Lopez lane Key Wut. TL 33040 Searl and Roebuck llst.ecl tsa-er dulet.e.rl in tbir 1902 catalog ()'OU can buy rep-inti in bookltarel). '!'be)' cost $13 . 85 and were described I I · ~tlea.l.b stNn8, can ~ twwd so I I ta play 81U7 in IU keYI ." !'he -u. engravinc lhoit. vtw,t appears to be , 12· tr.ble , ll-ball inlt~t, 10 Hs nu~o ~It have been very l1aIlted in enn-tie tun1na;.

A pair of dule1.-r "belter." ..... l!lcluded , and 'lao vue lold separat.e1.7. Unf'ort\lNlt.el.,y the pace .hoIr1ne; the '"beaterl" ""1 not reprinted . The $13.85 prlce vlln't ehea~ . Sears 10M Aut.ohar~ tor $1.75 and up, BUltar. f'or $2.45 and up, viollns ltarted at $2 .45 &nit banjo. at $1. 75 . You c:ou.ld buy a na.r.onic:a tor 7¢ . KG tIOUntaln du1c1.-rl are lilted . Floyd Zlllngton Charlotte, HC STOLIJf rulCDCUS

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'!'he follow-ing inltnment.s were taken t'roa our nc.e OD Apr1! 14th. It JOU ..e ~ of tt_, pl.... call UI c:oll.et at (617) 782·4195. Joanle Bron"'n, Ileal MacMillan !oaton, Man . D.aleiMr -.de by Tu !tearney July 7. 1.978 in brown cel' vith green 11nl"6. Walnut dllle1.-r _de b7 Leonard Glen . The Inat.nment ha.1 tbe extra fret pJt in at. an angle aDd a broken pq; replaced vlth an eboflY' t1ddle The duleae.r 11 ln a pine ease vlth red, ¥tIlte and blue l1n1n& .

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The tOllov1ng inltnlMntl were ltolen duri", July, 1979. Nt. dule1.-r, 4 .lr1na hour,l.an ....lnut. -add 121. 8 , no. 259 Nt. dulet.er, " 1t.r1nc bourglau 'pruee/va.lnut .aJel 111, no . 222 Nt.. dulebler, 3 .trlne hou.r&la .. IPNea/rolewood -add 41- SR, no. 276 ' - - r duld._r 12T, lIB 46 Ilrlnp IPNee/_pa/~t/___ ruth HD210 ~r d\lld._r In, lIB 46 .trlnp Ipruce/_ple/'ftlrNt H0215 All ot the Ie 1Mt~ntl are labele4 Sha4)' Grove Du1.d._ _r Co., Branlon, Mluou.rl. TheA will be an uple re_reS tor .. te retunJ ot any 1natn.a-entl aoj a Il:te&ble reward tor Into~tion vhleh leadl to arreat and conviction ot the culprit.s. Conllet.: Shady Grove Duld._r., P. O. lox 522. Branlon, Ml ..ou.rl 65616 (417) 334. 0488 or t.he TaM), County (q17) 546- 2191 4 Sheriff, For.yth. Mi'lourl 65653

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whaL's new ~ There ara •• ve r al. ".:t.o.t here" dulc1aler book. and "cord. which .hould be available in tt-e next rev veek. . Rather t.han !lention ac-th1n& nov .nd later rind t.he book or record de· ~ by all the un1'or...n ewnt. that u.ua.l.lJ happen, we vlll ""it.. Man,y capable dlllciMr playera a,.. .haril'J& their cre.tive .tfortl, a4d1n& u.e..u"b~ to the ...... ilabl. _t.eriab for dlllcJ..er .nth!.i.la.U. Ple. .e _ke the Oft' .van of dulcaer book. and record. JOU db·

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v,sy CHORD ptA Yoo MITJI)D FOR IwtmIED IlULCDD!R Al.mI)lI:: Lilah Gillett

Lilah GUlett devi.ed thll 5 paee booklet frc::. .t.erlal u.ed vitti ber bnDered dul ·t.r .t,u.dentl. Ide. . .nd uerclle. are liven for back- up playing .nd for '010 embell!..hDenu. In .ddition, color · cod.d Itripi ue1na note naae' and number l are included ror tt.e treble .nd ball brideel of the Itudent. ' 1 inatru.ent - '1'1 eilY. cn.phic vay of l.earnln&: to play. Four .aple tunea ("Re4 R1var Val..ay", "Down in the Valley", "Yeu Are My Sun.hine" an:j "Aunt Rhody") are include:( for pnct.ice. Addn .. for L1l.ah G1llet.t 11 8709 Goddlrd, Oftrland Park, Kanl.' 66214. CHRIS'DWJ A!ID EASTER HDClIS ARRANGED FOR APPJ\IACKIAlf OIlLCIMER AtmIORS: Mark and Carol Illair PUBLISHER: ~i~UOll.l Pre" (..... rlc:an Mudc Serh.) IS'B": ~9B46l.005--8 Th1l 11 the aeoond book tor Mark and. Carol BlaIr. t.he tirlt. beirli: BEST I.DVED HDClIS ARRAli FOR APPALACHVJf OOLCDCXR . Notation and. tablature aA included tor 25 hymn• • uct. at "SUf'n "ight." , "we Three K.1r1i:l of Orient m" , "0 COM All Ye Palthl\Ll " , ''Welco.e Happy Mc>rn1r1i:" , "Ke Uye." and "Cl'.r1lt. the 14rc1 11 Rhen Both Mark and Carol have '1.1111 1n Clure choira for )'Mr' aDd in their book proYide chordal. ~n&_ntl r_inilcent of Chrl~~ and. !:alter .arn1nga '106inc vlth joyl\Ll cbJ.rcb congreptlonl.

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Tbe three! JOUtI& fou... who .Jr.e up Wry St.,..,v have been in the thick of the .ountain ..uic .eer. tor yearl. John McCutcheon , TI» Bledaot and R1ch Kirby a,.. fro. Scott. County, Vir_ e1n1a, In ana 11'1 the .outhve.tern tip or the .tate t.hat h. . produced popular country per· fonerl like the car ter hally. the 'lddl1n ' ~e r . Tamily and Ralph Stanley. Wry St.rav'. ~lc cover. a broad cro'I _lection of . .ny It,.LeI of .ountain .u.1c, includ1nc tiddle InJ banjo, ba.l.la41. white and black Itr1nc baDd tane', old·tt.e IOlpel IlUlic, rq:tt.i, ct.lldren'. _terial •• lw.pe· not.a aon&l • .ountain bluel, topical lrllh pi.ce. and Carter F. . ily .ul1c. The band 1a c:oatortlble with ju.t. aboat all the innru.entl of old · tt.e _dc • lap ctu1et.r, fiddle, banjo, &u1tar, . .ndolio, aut.oM.rp, jav harp and ~red du1ct.r, and they are all repreaent.ed on the albua. TUneI incbule : "Where the Soul KeYer Diel". "1 Get. thfo Blue.", ~1e"/"Leather Br itche ... . "Dill Pickle Rae" and 1MorSln Mesan".

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ARTISTS : Dick aDd AMe Albin LABlL: Mr . Chocolate Me .. Nudc Dick and Anne Albin Uve in Powell County, Kellt.ucky and .peclaUte in mounta1n _dc. The sons. t.bey dne ccae .rrc. friend. they' .,. _t. in their '"" .... 11 over Kentuck¥, Ml ..euri, Arano. and Wnt Virginia and rn:. otber "lIlclan. and coUecton. They a1.l0 vr1t.e _ny or their own «II'J&' and three of thM .,.. inchded on A HARVEST 01 OO1.ClMERS . lnItrument. other t~ the .ountain ltulc!.er played on the albua are banJo, Jav harp and guitar. Bone' include: "Walk on the :At.th". "Shad1 Grove", -John,on Boy.", '"Bi& rc.,'s ~e Dandelion Wine", "The Wacone r' . Lad" and "Wild Mountain Th)'me". Mdre .. ror Mr. Chocolate Me .. Nudc 11 P.O. Box 211, Stanton , Kentuclq 40)80.

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wnae's newl THI DOBBS BJIOT'K!RS Am MARY FAITH RHOADa Aln'IBr8: Joe Dobbl, Dellllh llobbl. Mar)' ralt.b Bboadl LABZL: ,,"t.' n FiddLe 10001

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TbI Dobbl brotherl ~re bora an.;! rear'94 In north Loull1anl.. Mary Falt.h II a natlft or Center Valley. f'ennlyban1a. It w.. ~ta1tl _de: and Welt Vlrg1nia that. brought tNt. tosethPr at the Welt VlJ'Ilnia State rolk Peltival in G1envilh. Joe played prorelllonal bluep•• and Tex... !hr1.nc fWdl.e in ttl. Southwlt before .ovint; to We.t Vlrl1tlla in 1967 . Dennl. &nt" up pl.ayinc electrie sultar, but a 'inl1e vidt to We.t Vir11tl1a eonvinced hla t.hat. ttl. ~ta1n1 or Appalachia _re wn.n it va. Mpp!ninc in .. dc. Mary Fdtb ~raed herself in t.raditIonal. . . de in 1963. Ste is known in EUrope and the Bri1;U.h Ill•• I. veU a. lhe is knovn in JIort..b ~rioa. 1'be albia Fe.entl a ...plA.r of their aulic . Mar1 Faith' l princlpa1 wt.r\lllent. 11 tbe _ _ red iuld.__ r. ora...e or tbl: eutl, inclw11nc "OYU tbe Waterfall" an4 "Arkin... Tra_1er" ahe plal" ~ta1n dulc_r . Other cut.. include "'lIbera Kornplpe"rRlcltetta Hornplpe"/'"Wl-.lIl1ey Berore Breakfaat", "Red Wine", "St. Anne ' . Reel" and "'lowers or J:dlnbUrlh". Addre .. for Pret. 'n Piddle 11 521t It.th St.reet 'oint, ttmtinlton, 'oIe.t. V1r&1nll 25704. I«)VIJI' Olf DOW! THE RIVER

ARTIST: Cathy Barton LABEL: Biacuit City 132~ CatbJ la.rt.of, h. . lpent. KI't. of !It-r lit. ttl Oolu.bia. Ml ..ouri, a eoll.ep town located DOt .ort t.blln H"n .Uel fro. \.he .udJy Mi..ouri Riftr.. ac- or t.be on her albia

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port.reJ riYera in variwi ~I, .ucb a. "Roll OIl, W...ry River" Ind Jean Ritchie'l "MoY1A' On Down t.he River". Other tunel and 10".. are her (a,vorite', IUch II "ManadUU'1 Hornpipe'" "aonna Go HunUns tor the aufrlllo" /,,3IJ.t.y Rhe..r Reel", ChlldCl'O'"", "Ae Fond H .... &nd "Mullc Alone ShIIll Live".. Cat.hJ 11 .. ,itted .. dclan, equa~ It ~ playins the ~red elu1c1_r, bar.Jo and culter. Ot.-~r aal1c1&n1 on t.he albWI play1n& su1tar, rlclclle and ba . . an O....e rua, John Murdoct. tta-ona Jonel an:t Jay I'ound. PIGTOWlf FLOO i).I1ciMr ~1a1onl AM'IS!S: Leo KrehMr and J-.y Leibov1t& LAB!L: Creen Linnet SIP 1019 Leo Itrltzt\er and J,y LeiboY1ts are extraordinary .~vutern elulc1aer players vho ban lnt.ep1lt.-d U. IMlUntau!' dulet.er into t.he _iutreu re:Y1.,.1 or old-tiM It.rLna band .Iic. !bay play ,...11. jl&1. hornpipe. aDel brMkdowna with , ~lc Yirtuoaity lIlually llaoclat.ld with banjo, t1delle. aanclo1in or IUltar. In the &m.r or 19'78. Leo &nd JI.7 alons wit~ ac.e Ann Arbor, Michigan .dc1an1 platecl and tapM .. alc ror two daYI.. The hi&hUlhu or that le .. ion provid. th41 _terial tor PICTOWl'I PLIltO . Other -.adcllnl are Bill Me,ytr (t~dle, banjo), Robin Levi. (",itar), Illen Jaeoba (t1elel1e), Du. Cahn (rIddle, banJo • ..ooolin), Cralc Johnaon (SU itar ), VinnIe 1'Ufo (rWdleo) &nd Dave Orlin (banjo, CCIlcert.1na). Select1on1 include "Sandy Riftr Belle", "Spot.t..ecl PoQ7", "Porked Deer", Pl&tOWD tUnc", "Olcl Mot.her rlarulJ4t.n ... "1Iher ' l Hornpipe" rRickett.'1 Hornpipe". "BII Se1oto· and "Bonapart.e ero.. iDl the RhIne". ~

Rho:l. uland, a ltate rleb in .tbnic, rqional and occupational tradlt.1oM, v1..ll be tha alte or a ltate_vide rolil..1r. project undertaken by the Aaerlc:aD PolkUte Centu" in the Llbr&r)" ot The project v1ll br1n& a tH.II or prorelsional toliloriatl into the .tate to reeord. photosrapb &ad ana11u a wid. range or rolk eulturel actbltlel . 1ba rtrst phlle or the project bepn AUCU.t lat and v1..ll ocmt.1n~ through o.c:aber 31 1979 . It. v1ll rOCl.lI on the colactlon of relOW"OIt . . teri&ll and fielel elat.a, includ1n& no~a, pbo~aphl, and tape reeordlD11 and the a ..el_nt or current Ctlltural projp"UYI and actlY1tiel . It vUl ltart witb a tlelcl IUTVeY bl' a 11J:--.ber tH.II who will .pend two .:>aUt.1 In RbOO. bland, loClltlna and doc:u.entin& .. bro.d range or tradiUonl . The rolkloriau and other Ctlltural lpec1al1.ta who participate in the project wIll ru.rYeJ the Uyel and work or boCltbuUd.ra, fatwen, alllvorkert, ltoryte:llerl, and lUalc1anl, and w1ll docu.nt. a tull .pect". or ethnic and rqional acUvitt.e1 includ1nl; t'aaU7 t.rad1tloal, rellpou.l relt1nl..I, t.radltloaal t~, and artiltle talent.1 and Ikl11l . Sucb I cooperative JlI'Qj.<:t, ne'f't!r ~rore undertaken by 10 .an)' acenciea or. ltat4, _y Ie"" a. a pUot. Itudt ror tuture ltate-vide or naional projects in other pat'tI of the natl<xl. '!'he body of _t.er1l1l pt~r.d d\l..l"1na; the ru.rYey v1..ll be bouled at the L.1bl"VJ or Cor!,grell when it wIll be ava1lab1e ror til' r ...ueberl and the lene"l public . A ~ plete reference archhe vill alJlo be .atabliahed at; the Rhode I1la.t1d HlItorlc:al.. Sodety. Keadqual'ter' of the project will be tbe Rhod. I.land Heritq;e ec-.lIl1on, 150 BeneNt Street, P1'oT1dence. Rhode I.land 02903 (~l) 277-2669 .

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At your record It.or6, or write di"K'~

Retail Catalol, 60f, Refund.ble With

ruSES FOR

l-STRIHG OOLClHER, TlJNIHG "'-"-0"

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Dealer

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Inqulri~s Invl t~

DRONE ON MY KNEE

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Arranced by MadeUne MacHe1l

Do Sol Sol Ionian OM

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make

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home,

tun1na;

and let UI pluck- ers and piCk-era make ' till you break all your string. and 0

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Can ' t keep

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with your

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chan- pi

key. and

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I learned " Drone on 111 Knee" trOll Bonnie Carol ert.er hur1nc it It the COlb), aU.herlng in June, Since then I have IUlII h. nu.eroul tiMl at. dule1.r pttwrlnal lUId ten.hala and t.n proal,ed eount.!.ell people that. I would vrlt.e dovn Ric:har4 Dulll.lrr' , -.rveloul vitb btl pe,.ll1ion. Rlctw.rd currentlJ' lhu 1n Boul.du, Colorado, and I uncI,tn.,rId LM-t. he h. . written leveral fine lone'. "Drone on . , knee" 11 It.rw.ed thrc:Ju&hout , una .. J'OU teel UILe u'1n& • c:o.tIwtlon of plckLna and .~ (tMt ' . how I Plal' it). The te.po 11 DOd,rate . 0I.Lr thank. BO to Richard for lharinc hia lone.

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SERIOUS

NIC~OL50N,

PLAYERS : ROJrtJ

PE~\,)(,

BOB DOYLE. LORRAINE LEE. ROGER ELAI NE

SILVEQ. • .JAK.E WA.L..,.Ot-.J ~

.. BOB WEY OWN" PERI=ORM WITH ONE OR MORE OF OUR. APPALA.C"IA~ OR ~A.MMER.ED DULCIMEt2.S . MAK.ERS we WOQ.k:. IN A ~UMIDITY CON,QDLLED SELECT,OUAl2.iEQ SA;WN. BOOKMATC.~ED , WAL",UT SIDES e.ACK.... '" RE.DWOOD TOPS. WliH THE Q.E'&T OF= "~E BC>DY WALt.JVT .T l4E. PEGs ARE WELL SEATED S:ZOSEWOOO A.ND WIT'-' OUR ~\loJE TUNERS MAK.EAS

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THE INSTRUMEI\J, PHYSICALLY

At-lO VISUA.LLY eALAhlCEO. T~E SCALE IS TEMPE.RED WI TH LOW AC..TIOtoJ A",",O d-4OQ..OS ACCUC2p,.'EL'f IN AMV MOPE TI-loE FULL LEhlGT1-4 0;: THE &e.ALE.. MUCH "TIMe AND ATTEMTIOt--l IS GIVEN TO DETA.\L5 AND , 0 i~r ~NO RUBBED TU"'G OIL I=INISH.

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AnonylllOUs

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by PAMELA BOZZI

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The cattle are loving, t.he Baby awakes,

But. little Lord Jesu., no crylng He _el. I love Thee, loN Je.ul, look down trOll the s ky, And atay by fIfI cradle till IIIO r nlng 11 n1gh. Be near me, Lord Je.us, I ask Thee to .t.ay

Pamela Bozzi Galtherlburg , MD

Clolfl by me (ore ve l' • and love me, I pray. BleSi aU t.he dear children in Thy tender care, And tlt U8 (or Heaven to live wlth Thee there.

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PIGTOWN FLING Dulcimer Sessions

Leo Kretzner. Jay Leibovitz and Friends Leo and Jay - two extraordinary dulcimer players with a broad range of styles and skills ....

Their friends - who play guitar. banjo. mandolin. concertina. pennywhistle and fiddle .... Plgtown Fling - the pick of the music that happened In two days of Informal sessions and good times in Ann Arbor. Michigan . ... A little Irish. a little Appalach ian. a little original - and a lot of that special magic that results when musicians get together to "Just Jam ," Spontaneous. exciting-superb playing . great Iistenlngl

Available by mail @ $6 .50 postpaid from

GREEN LINNET RECORDS 70 Turner Hill Road New Canaan. Conn. 06840

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Equal Tempered Chromatic Fret Measurements

···dan rich

I IUlpect tnat there Ire I I . l l nu-be..r ot du.lc1aer people who Ire curioul about the underp1nn1n&1 ot tret plaeelleDt tOrallal. WMt I'd lUte to do here: 11 lbeN bow another proc.ra-.er ....d I vere Iba to de rivl I tb.1ly ot _ttw-tiCill tOl'W.ll. . 1nc.lwl1nc the lo- called '!qual T_pere<'! ' tOJWJ.la uling the ~tr1cd .odd tre. Hovie M1tc.heU ' . bookat &nil I~ ~11c knowledge ot bIllwonic... .. I'. acini to talk onl,y Ibout. ctm:.e.t.ic fret tOrallal. Du1ct.er .kul. ot COUrle, knov t!w.t la.e cttro.at.1c frete ue e.it.ted tro. a dulct.Rr' l keyboard. VI _Ita two "1u.ptlonl: 1) It. exactl3' the llidpoint ot • Itrt.lII VI set an octave fret. 2) ve wlU .tart with I lars, fret IIl*ce and _ke each IUcc~1ns lpeel! . . ller 1n the '&aIe vay 10 ttat the 12th one will land enctly In the .1ddle or the It.rlna. Ttle vay we _ke these '~eI!l . . Uer 11 &eOlletriclll~ due:ribed 111 grelt detail by Howie . Briefly, _ <:<la.truct a r1ght triangle v hole legl Ire related bJ a lpeciNc proportion 10 that one lei 1.1 "'rina: le",th and the othe r the lst tret. SUccell1ve tretl are found by ueil'll the lbort.er le8 of thl trUng1e onto the longer lea: and eonlt.ruct1ng I perpendicular at that point. My artlcll vl11 .how hov that crucial proportion 11 derived.

_t~tiClll

not to lell"

Ou r ob lectlve h

to find a _th-..ttcil I."unton far ttoll r.u to bet"".n the two l eu ~ our trUln~ I • ..!IMd on the. fact tMt .1 1 111"11 b.!....S.M. IIIt(l..., tnt o f " 0' noe leA a.O is Itrln~ lInRth and the Ie. '0.0 18 th" len~ttol iro. thl nut to t hl flut fret.

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a little factarlns ,leldl:

knaw thlt :

·2 • ·1 (I - " 0'·0) II

x) • x 2 (I - wo ' .~)

III

b a. ,

the r lforl-

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• Howard V. Mitchell

THE MOUJtl'AIH DULCIMER, How to Make It and Pl&J It (Arter a Fa.hion) P'olk- Le:sacy ReCOrdl YSI- 29 'or lnfo~t1on on MrwonlC:I, lee DPrf vol. II, DO. II (Aut.." 1978) article WTltt.en by Jerry 80ckwell

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Into equltton" 11, lIt, IV we tet- "0/1l0)

nov, .lnc. 1112 h. . to b. the .1dPQlnt of lila it .... .r be tnle thn .IZ ... 1l01l

·12 ... 110 (I - " 0 .0) ' 10 :

(l - vO / .

line. our objac th. 11 to find the I'Itlo Ind prnc.de to 101ve for .0

" ve c ln I .. ~.

(112) 1/12 • I

va ...

Illlo

1 - (12)1/12 - 1/ .

1/TI- (12)1112]- . 0 17.SI7IS)14

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Th. UlPOrunt Ideal II'. Unl-"ed but we un It111 VD vtth In ""Rllion which 11 "Iler to UI. for free DiaC. ." t u1cvlltlon • • W. lui....hovn thllt: Il

'" .0 (I - "0 .0) n V

' t

.vblt1tvtln~

~.t

th ••• n.ule. Into eqvatlon V Ind tVTnln" the 1Il •• bn crlnlt

• IIHflll tool:

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I'. int.er eat.ed to kDOV 1.t other ~nd dule_r _uri color code tbe: .~J.... I .art dne v i to h opaque color. on the lett and r ight lide. ot the toreb1e bridge and auo on to he ina1de ot the b. . . b r1dge. v hich helpa vith t he tuni ng .

I rind t hetl • great help.

The octave. have Mtc:hed color l ,

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and t.hat Xn • XcI - Zn .

Sublt,it.ll t1nc t o r xn in equat i on VI and turn1n& the crank one 1. . t

t.iM . . get t he enn .are lIa, 1\I.l r Or-.UA:

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'nth flxpre .. lon viU be a:)at inltn.ent _ ke r' a bott.e- 11M becau.e it h .aat. pnetical t.o aet. up I fretbol.rd by lIO. . urina rrc. the nut. ~ tiiii the brid ge.

It ia taport~t to not. that the .. pl.e ... ntl for fr.t. Ire workable but J'our brtdt;. ~u unl be .. t b,. " r I. dflflcrtbed "'" WItod,. 'adllett 1ft th. 0'" wol 1 no. 4 fall 1976 . Hank i.n'ln In J .. " .. IteM.'. book Dulcher 'eopl. u ... the .... approach.

Aleo It t. i"tereettn~ to not. that this t . not the onl,. vl y t o lnalyze the orobi_ qUlntltathe.l,.. I .ooke of a ra.U,. of fonaula. at the outlet. To thl. potnt we he•• found the f1r.t . . .ber of thle f . . t1,. - equ.tion VI. Tht. le tlv: '!qual T_per ed' fo"",la ueed in con.tf\ICtton of Jtultare, b"ln., .. ndoltn. , dulcl.er l , e t c. TWo other ... be r . of the fe.tly are equation. VII .. Vilr. Obaervlnw. that cbro.. tl c fr.t no . 1 dlvldae a Itr lnt; Into 1/3, 1/3 I.~entl It hlneonle plrtlel 3 yield. the ,xp r l.,ton:

VlI

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rlt10 1: 11.1689S()4J3

LUe_lee keneonte Plrtlel . . . t fret DO. 5 dlvidee the

.tr1ft~

1/", 3/ 4 produe1nll

, retio 1: 11 . 8851')9191

V111

I have neve r Uled tlMoa. laat two r or.ul.e. to buI ld . n In.t~Dt and the r eror e don ' t. knov what they .ouM 11k. , bu t theyar , cloee 8nOl.llh to be Int, r eetl na. Alao , when _k i na a dulei.. r, S1.on SPlld1ng ' , a r gu. .nt, for ' ju't. intonation ' de'erYe eome eonaideratlon . (DPI vol. 2 , no .... hU1976) . Ualn& eveD • four f'\lnct i on calculator and ~tion VI 'f'CN. cao find )"OUr OlIn tnt apeea, if you kDov that the 12t.h root of 1/2 la 0.9438743127. It, bove.er, )'OU dO QOt feel confident of the _th or would 11ke to lee • coaplter ,eM rated li'tinc froa eit.her equat.ion VI , VII or VIII , lend _ t.he etr 1n& lencth , calculation _thad , at&llped eelfaddre.aed envelope and ~ per l i .tinc. Da.o Rieb 24 8ran4yv1ne Blvd. WilaiJl&1.oo, Delavare 19609

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dreydel Traditional Submitt.ed by :

1'une:

LORRAINE IEE

00 SOl Sol D A. A Ionian

Xi when 1t. ' . dry and rea- lIy,

1 J JJ ~-'::JI Drey-del

lha: ; J : .

It h. . . lovely body

With lei 10 lhort and thin . And when it. 111 all tired It drop and then I vln. The dre)'del, a Iplnnintl: t.op wIth numben on it, h Uled for S--I 8imilar to "Put. and Take". Jevbh ta.ll1u tradlt.londly play with the ciH)'del durillg the hollda.)'l.

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DOLes

A rue is underway Ibting dulc:1me.r players and IllAken by .tate. Vhen.omeone Tequesta the n&III8 of' • dulcimer person in • parUcular area I this tile will t'ac1l1t1lte our finding sOlIIeone. The DPN feels great rupondbll1ty tovard our lllalling list, that we lhould have pem.llon before r eleasing anyone ' l nUll!' and addreaa . Ther etore, only tolks who &rant.ed that permiulon on the survey 1n the Spring 1979 DPff 'Ifill be in the lpedal rue. Some of you Ull.ed out the lurvey. but ne&J..ected to aMvel" yel or no about releasing your na.e and addTe... ~Tht' quntlon vas • litt.le burrled at the end . Sorry.) I f you vent to be in the file or 1t,you teel you didn ' t anaVf!.r the que.tlon on the lurvey, plee.se send u ... card (that would be e.der to handle than a let-teT) telling UI )'QUI" IUUIIe and add r e .. , you r telephone number (11' we 1IJII.y pUll it alOfl8) and whether your _1n inter est is the ~red o r IDOUntaln dulcll1er or both. It would also he'::"p i f you teU us it you teach dulc1mer lenon. and i f you build instruments tor sale.

As you probably know , the OOLCIMER PIAYERS NEWS 18 grOW'ing. As you probably knov, inth· tion 11 growi ng also. The WLClMER PlAYERS NEWS 18 nOW' at a curlous place: IDOre help 1a neeclett 'of1th the con.truct1on of the JDIl8u1ne , yet the r e bn ' t enough IDOney to hire a full t.iIDe a .. iat.&nt . Th1. luue vaa typed and Plt together by one person (me) . I t took me an entire day to write out "Drone on my Knee II • Ot course , not. all ot the &rUdea and aonga took t.het long, but lOU can t-g1ne that a 101. ot time and ettort vent into the production. At the Male time , I apent _ny houra at IQ' deak proce .. ins; .ubscrlptions, tillins; orjen, tryins; to ansve r SOllIe letters and attempted to tind time to pertona a little . By the Winter 1"ue 1 ' 4 like to have SOlDt help. Perhaps lomeone in the area wou.l4 be interested In spending 2 or 3 daYI in Winchester helping out. ever y 3 month.. Salar y is nesotiAble . Since I love to barter, perhape ve could exchange work tor 1euOf\.I and/or books and recorol. I need a typiat. Speed ian' t a ler lous !actor, but accuraq is. lesible handwriting cel'· t.a1n1y helpe . Sc.eone who haa a little artia";1c ability would be too -.1ch to hope for ~ Tl:e work apace ian ' t the best (shar ing. table with IIIIlny taceta ot the DPH operation), but I ' ve collected lOIIe n1ce rulerl, pr e .. type and pena o ve r the p.. t fev month!. The food is vegeter ian . It you ' re interestett , talk vi'th JPe . Phone: (703) 667 · 3704 Addresa : 524 North Braddock Street, Wincheater , Virginia 22601. Cor relpondence lent to the DULCIMER PIAn:RS NEWS vilJ. r each . . loaner i f you use th1s addre .. : 524 JIor t.h Braddock Str eet, Winehelter , Virsl nia 22601. fWMERED DUtClMER PlAYERS AND BUIlDERS : The DUlCIMER PlAYERS HEWS vou.ld eapec:1ally 11ke to hear frc... you . (Are you. allve OI.It the r e'll

Back Issues Broek hsl,I. . of the OOLCIKER PlAYERS NEWS are $1.50 eac:h. poltage paid . Yor mor e Inl'or.atlon conee.rning the content. ot these ia,ue. , send a a\.&aped , sel1'-addresaC1i envelope. Vol. Vol. Vol. Vol. Vol. Vol. Vol. Vol.

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No. 4 (Fall 1m) No . 1 (Winter 1978) 110. 2 (Spring 1918)

No. 3 (Sw.er 1976) No. 4 (rall 1978) No. 1 {Winter 19'79~

No . 2 (Spr 1ne; 19'79

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in th e Shop

HD hammers When I fir,to bepn playlnc the ~red dulct.er, I found IQ' ,play1ns to be l1tdell and bland, lackirl8 the pcwer and fluidity or sound that. fir .t. at.t.racted me to the Inltru 11I!Int.. Arter IIlIch thought, I decided the MllDen might. be at rault. and not JOe . The hI.laIaer. I received vith ..,. dulct.or vere ten inch.. long, very Ucht. and .tightly .prlno. I .. de • pair or lOUd chen")" t..era about. Inen inchel 10"1 • .tnee tJtb WI toM length or vood ..... 1lable at. t.he tt... TIle De'I' '--ra wre lt1.!te.r and .. litt.le bearler. 'I1!e -aic ttat. oceurrecl when I tira" ~ vith th.- .till happen• •ach tot. I UM tho!. My accuraCJ . or-n.a.e.nt.atlon and .peed inCI'Hled ~1at.ely. '!be r1a,ht t . - r ' pn _ the COI'U1ect,lon I deaired with IQ' in.st.:-u.nt. You. -1 enjoy .u.1nc )'OUr own ~.. 110 _toter l'ov ll&t.t or Itiff you want. t.t.ea, _ke t.he .ha/1. *,"cb loacer than you intend it to be on the rWlhed ~r. Pl..ay 7010%' jlllc1M.r. bold1nc t.he ~ abattl at d1fferent point, vnt.U )'OU rind the beat place to hol!;!. t'- (wher. they respond belt IIlDd ted .cIt co..tortable). TbPn)'Ol.l can slue on -.r. to -.ke .. jp"ip and cut the ahatt to iu proper length. 'fhe toolA needed. tor earvlns ~r. are •• 1111 obt.aln~ at. any haroware ltare. I

rtc-o.aend : ~r rrc. rough ltack. azrd./or nip for 1h&p1nc the ~r. a pocket lm.1fe Vb.1eh, actUII.ll.J, can 00 tbe vhole Job. It'l great for Icnpinc azrd. balancinl the ~rl. one or two nail C c:.laapa are helpt\l.l. for c:.laaP1n& wood to a table top vt-J.le UI1n& the copine: ..v, for Ilu1nc on ear_ for _ke ~I, etc.

a copinc aav for au.Una t.he b.. lc It.pe of the

a . . u 1IOOd

3· 4.

rue

I UIUll.llJ f1nbh -:t t..era with a peoetnt1nc oU . ~ra are very lJ.&ht aad deli cate and can . . . ~ w.rp. AI for wood, I'Te Uled eYf!ryth1na t'I"a. Bradlian rolevood to oranae crat.el (a rare bLrdvood found on the Itreetl of New York Cit;,), all. wit h good reNIt •. l ' w purpolely avoided sivins d1alendonl and. preeile directionl 11nce ~rl ~It. work for each individual. The followins ill.ultrationl, however, - J .erve as a point o r departure. Be braw and have tun.

Doua Jerel!

1685

Ball. 5th Street IIrookl.)'t1, Rev Yo rk ll230

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III tM Fall or 1m • .-y friend Rodger Barril ~ O~ City, aut.hor or IIOl1:S Off DULClKER MAIOlIG (Bob D'Arc. PubUcatlon.) vi.HeeI _ in TeD. and enl.:i6htened _ to. dule_1" lect:nlQ.ue tMt t.. opened up • new range of lOUnd color on the inat.ru.I!nt.. I reter to 1t nov .1 "Harris plck1n&". al he 1. the le.ad1nc propenent. of the .tyle and I bav. never .een &n)'ODe trom t.he Ian Co... t to the Wut who hu \lIed it. 'Mfore. At t.he 1978 Ratlonal Dulcaer ChalIplonship 1A Winfield, fCanal'. he took third place with • .oat buut.1t'\ll rendition or "Stan ot the County DcNn" in tbll unique nyle. Prior to hls vldt. I had been Iht.enina; to the Chieftain'. albwu and Dertk Bell'. harp pl&yll'11 wall a tocal point.. I val try1ns t.o play thb harp a/.a1c on lIlY dulcimer. but endine: up vith t.oo 1II.rQ' aUdes and .nvemenu on the melody atrlng. that detracted from the 11"31. note J:Wlct,Ul.lity of the harp', 10un:1. Rodser cban&ed. aU of that. in .. _toter of .inutea. This three f1n&er plclr.11'11 technique lIOru onlJ' i t you are tuned to where the IDI!lody atrlnch) and aidd1e nr1na; aN! tuned to the ..... note, luch .. in OM Ionian and EM Mixol.yII.1an or &ny of t~ tour sepllrate It.rine. tuninal luch .. DADD M1xol)'11ian or EBM Doriln ("Starr ot the Count:r t:IcNn"). InlLead ot p~y1nc . . eem1ins or ducend1n& lcaln on Lhe _lody 1t.r1ns; alone and 111d1t18 La t.he next note up or down. you ule the melody 1M II1ddle nr1nc(I) alternately. fretted one lpace apart. ao you keep a plucked ling.a not. SOUA1

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them into a s1ngle sound . SoIzIetl1!1e1 the tie connects two notes separated by a bar line (see figure 1) ; other times the tie produce. values that cannot be indicated by a sin(l:le note (see figure 2). Don ' t be cOnfUsed. by a slur, .... hich is a180 a curved line connecting notes . The slur indicated a group of notes are to be played smoothly (or l egato) or wlth one syllable ",hen s i ngi ng . Hov can you tell a t i e and a slur apa rt? The tie wlll connect notes of the SAME PITCH. The s lur will coneet not es of DIFFERENT PITCHES . Ties and Sl UTS can be found 1n "1.0, How a Rose E'er Blooming" in th i s issue o f DULClMEII PL\YERS NEWS . The last note o f the 4th measure h tied to the first note of the 5th mea.~, the last note of the 9th measure is tied to the first note of the loth measure and the last note of th~ 16th llleasure is tied to the firs t note of the 17th measure . Other note. in the song a r e slurred, all. of them found 1n the "alto" part (the notes right under the melody) . In the 4th meuure, the 2nd note 1n the alto part (stems down) 11 s lurred to the 3rd note (see , diffe r ent pitchea). If you ....ere s inging the alto part, both notes WCluld use the same syllable. The same t hing happens ..... ith the 2 nd snd 3rd notes in the 9th measure, the 2nd and 3rd note in the 16th mea s ure, and the 4th Dote in the 16th measure is slurred to t.he 1st note in the 17th meuure. To help YOU .....e · ve numbered the measures i n the song ~ Look for t.he slurred notes in "Away in a Manger". A special note to dulcimer playe rs: Orten the player continues to str Ulll through tied notes .... hen the IDIlsic !!lOves quickly, thereby preventing some "dead .pots ". You r l l l rind this situation ....ith the tied. notea in "Drone on lIlY Knee". However, "Lo, How a Rose B' re Blooming" should be played ..nth one stTWII per chord at a alO'll" to moderate speed , aod the tied chord s should be observed . Madeline MacNeil

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In southwutern Virginia, in the h1&h IM:IUntalnl of GraYlon and ca.rroll countiel, they build and play plucked dulcimer. in an altogether diffe rent _nner than thole IKllt of us a re famlliar ....lth . In thll general five - ltate interae ction ....bere the plucked dulcimer 11 thought to have originated, an indlcation ot it. tormer _nUinou. isolation lie. in the ract that. Jean Ritchie of Viper, Kentuck;y, 100 IID1lel away f'roIa ~x .1 the crov t11a., ne~r beard this style of Pl.al1n&. ao1 the Virginian. never beard Jean ' . at.yl.e, which WI! now accept I I traditional. BecaUIe ot this uniquene •• , at least t'll'O Galax dulcimers .~ on dllplay in the collection at the Sm.1thaonian Hiltory and Tec:bnoloiY MWleUlll in WI.lh1n8ton, O. C. It you have heard "'l'he Ruaaell Family" record (County 734), you know the traditional .ourn! ot t.he CAlIX dulcimer. Ita shape, it. conltructlon, the tuning ot its four Itrina' , and the .. nner in whlch 1 t 1, played IL!'e all unique to the Virginia highlands region. Unlike mo.t plucked dulc~rs, it is very large and deep, although it • • tring length il only 25 inchel . It 1'1.. a double botto. 10 that itl volWlle 11 not d1minilhed by playing it on the lap or a table. The inner botte. 11 a solid, integral part of the lound box. The outer bottOll, of the UIII! lhape, 11 attacbed vith I ... ll blockl of vood glued at intervall aroun:! itl periphery, wUh 'P.CeI between for the ICI,UI(! to elcape . The center It.ructural me:liber, when edge fof'lll the t'retboard. lookl for all the world Uke a 2x4 . but it 11 contoured and hollov, and doel not ertend into the sound box. Internal "ribl" attached to thil "backbone" provide great Itr ength to the inltru~nt . All four equally-spaced Itringl are tuned to the same note, u.ually D above !Diddle C. Like balpipe t.uning, wbich differ. only in havlna a ball Itring tuned In octave below the otherl, both Mixolydian (Itarting on the open .tring) and Ionian (third fret) lIOdu can be played vlthout retuning, each in a different key. WhUe the Oalax folk. don ' t do it, dropping the t'otO _lOOy Itringl ODe tone lilIilarly peralta Aeolian Ind Dorian mo:iel in two keYI vithout retuning. It would be pollible, obvioully , to re-Itring t.he instNment to play in the ~n tunfn&I, but the uniquenell and relional lound yould be lolt. The Oalax dulc1uler 11 played vith the allllil end of • wild turkey feltber from which the barbl (telthery part) have been removed~ a lharp knife, razor blade. or leillorl and Iindpaper . The end il trimmed back to I point. where the tip 11 about a aixt.eenth of an inch in d1l.aleter. CUt, don ' t .trip the barb. off; th1l take_ tw piece. of the lhaft with it and ....e.kenl the fealoher . The IMort 11 very tough and flexible • •nd last._ allDost forever i t not broken. Breakin& only Occurl i f the fe.ther 11 _truck accidenta.lly on the lide of the high rutboard, and aven then. the .ong can be finllhed out. by sl1d1n& the band down below the crease. The laneth of feather between the hand and the stringl 1& Ulually between twand five inches. depending on the 'IOlu.e level duired. Playina; the inst.ruJDent Ge.lax-Ityle involve. "noting" the Dean.t two Itringl and dran1.na; t.he other tw o The feather length lend. lpeed to the Itl'Ullllllna ••0 that a COIDbination of ....-rilt and elbow action easily pel'1llitl very Calt Itrwlllling indeed. AI a nlult, !DO.t tunel played on the inltrument in the Galax area are fiddle tunel, and lIO.t of the "licks" typical of local playins .tyles are patterned after fiddle stylel. The h1&h pitch and t'otO-note Chordl blend extremely well nth rbyt.hm guitar and ball . On "'nle Rullell Faaily" record, Ro.coe Ru ... ll addl a -.gnlfieent baritone ukelele counterwelo:l:y to _ny of hil dlughter Bonnie ' . dulcimer .... lodie •• and .on Roy filll out the lCN' end w1th fine rbyt.tw. suitar which accenta the lower notel a ball might otheMae play . Until recent.ly, only Oalax du1.cimer tunina: and playina It:yle. lave' conte.tent .ny chance of vinn1ng a ribbon at t.he Galax .nd Independence, Virgini. fiddlers conventionl . In 19'78. for per hapl the fir.t tilrae. a " conventional" five - string pluck.ed dulcilraer pla:yed in a lICit unconventional .tyle (paeudo-KBC tuni~ and bluegra'l-benJo- ltyle finger - picking) took f!rst place in the: Oalalr: contelt, although the other four winnerl played Oalax dulc1ller. in the Galax Ityle. Woody Padgett Bprinafield. Virginia

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Audrey Miller I hed the plealure of meeting AudN!Y Miller durinl t.be harsh Win te r of 1918 in the hoae of he r father, Albert Huh . Mr. Huh is a fine uattnan ot tiddl.el and 1a an oldtime f 1ddle playe.r. Audrey hal been making dulcimers since .be val about 17 yean old . Audr ey told UI an interesting atory of' hoW' .he got the patter n f o r the style o f dulcime r ahe currently u.ke. . "Thh log houle hid been torn d~ over 1n No r th carolina and the :family that had lived there had a record of this dulcimer back 200 yean and it had been brought t'r0il Scotland . Anyway. the dulcimer va. loat for 50 yea r . and they thought that it had been atolen. When they tore the houu down the dulc1lDe.r vel round wecl&ed. between the cdling and the wall. At the thot're happened to be • _n theN! who knev us. fie brought _ the dulciller and atayed with it Vh1le I _de picturu aDd drew up Ill' PIItterna to . . te 11. . "The thing vallO old, and • .ou$e had eat.en out the sound hole and fell down 1n i t and ..,.. ratt.l1o ' srou.nd in t.here, It. played INch beautit\ll .... ic and va. su ch an expert Job, ccna1der1.n' the _n probably didn ' t have III!Iny toob at. the tilDe i t _de . I ' ve been lll!lking t.his pattern ever ainee . "I had vatc~ Dad _ke fiddle, all IQ" lite and I decilled I wanted to -.Jte lOIIIflt.hing. He decided that the dulc1JDer would be the thing to start .e out on sin ce I had no know ledge of ....oo:hrork other than jpst ..... tcbinB hilD. I borrowed a dulcime r fro. a fellow woo livl!'d across the hill free us that hit father had _de. It va8 about a hw'Idred yesr. old at. the time. It wal the teardrop shape vit.h a very blunt handle . Dad IGO r e o r Ie .. hu.n ted up aome wood tor lie and left. __ to do it . It va8 rough and crude , bu t i t played and I sue .. that in8pired -. to _ke otbera. I've lllade cloae to a hundred now am! I ' d neve r done anything with YOOd before . " Au.Jrey eapecially want.ed to 8bare infol'1llltion about her _thoda in _king a dulcimer . Each piece is tawed down to 1/4 inch an::I tt.en landed down to exactly 1/8 inch aU over , uainc cali pere to "flUe. The dde. are 2" 3/4 inchea deep . to give IICre vollllle . and .. inert are cut rro. the __ wood that the re.t ot the dulcI.er is ..de. The Nngeroo.rd is hoUowed OIlt with three holea down the fretboard. Soundooles a.re U8ually "t " or hea r t ahlpe.a. She alwaya putl • handle on each dulc1JDer and orten carves a head ot a lady , hor ae or dragon on the hellllditock by using a pocket knite . Her favorite wood is walnut. " the older the better". She speaks ot three difte r ent .cund. - a loud, touah .aund. a willowy , lilting 100M and the one she .trive. for, " II, good in - bet.... een. to get the . weet dulc1Jller aound and the &00:1 .0Hd tone . The old du lci.era I have played had a good Croll between the nice .weet tone and the hard . good volume becaule they were played with riddles and guitars and a whole band ." Awll'1!Y works a lo't. of her per,olllllity into t.he in.truments .be IllllIea. "Each in.tru Mnt. '.a . . de one at a tt.. with particular attention to that one dulct..r. I like to _ke an in.trument with a ~rticular person in aind , an in.tl"Ullent I ' d like to keep tor .yseIr. I ' . not the belt. du1ct..r ·.ker in t.he vcrld but I do set a kick out ot it . What I lack in 'kill, I've got i n enthulia ... " Audrey vcru i n her father ' . vcrkshop .bout torty aile. hal Galax , V!rg~1a o n 1ih1t.e Top Mount.ain u.ing tools _de hy hill. Phyllh Gallk! n.

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)I'd

tw Haver (ex»

'0<

Alan ' r _ n (WV) and J . D. LaBa.h (OR)

2nd

Mark &. M&r1l¥n Waltrip &. Bruce lnerr (0Ii)

Debbie Kopp • Id Siapkinl (OR)

Indepeode.nce Bme Gra.. and Old- tt.a 714dler'. Conventlon

Grand: C'hI.mpion eo.p!tltion

Independe.nca, Virginia A.lan 1r~

June 29-30, 1979

l.t Jonatboa Pad&*tt (VA) Bonnie ~ (IC) ]ret Ja Bu..rcbu (VA! 2nd

11th

~nd Melton

klltb Old 1144!erl Convention Crelu:, VIr,1.n1e Aup.t. 1979

VA)

5th Sharon Shelburne (VA) Be.t All-Around

Put~r

Alan Fre..a.tl

lob Eft'" hrU D.I.lc1_r 1e.ti.....l 110 Grand., Obio

Ju..l.7 21-22, 1979

lit 2nd

3rd

Alan h~ (vv) Ut Connaway (VA) Sberon Shelburne (VA) Woody Padgett (VA) Keith Young (VA)

tablAture. and pl&71n&: id... He 11 t.ba .utbor ot Ll7I IS LrKI A )DJftAIIf DULCIMER and IlJLCDCER SONGBOOK and 11 one of' the perf'onaera on t.he .lbua PACIfIC RDI lJUU::IMER PRW'ICT .

Lylia Waltrip (OR) Kelly Run (CIt)

Court1l!!s Dulct.e:r

Dana, Vlbbe.rtl Kenneth &. Muthl Ward Cath!

COver Phototljraph Ileal Keu...n 11 a lone:-t.1.- friend ot tbe DUlCDCD: PlAYERS 1mWS • • ber1.nc

Children. eo.eetitlon

In 2nd

l.t 2nd

SbaroD Greerrvood (011) Merthl Wari (Off) l:UAiee Pennlll (VY)

lit. Alan h~ (vv) 2nd Broca In&rr (OK) }rd DIuIa Vibbert. (OR)

llt

Mountain Dulciller

3rd 4th 5th

Solo OQ1c1.er In.tl"UMntal - Male

2nd

(w)

(OR) (OH)

Wla\.'. Ahead1' !be Winter 1980 Dpt( prca1 ... picture. end ltori. . of' the 1979 du1c~r f'eltivel., a lelend in Which the dulc1mer plal' an ~ portent pert, en article en parf'ol"Dinl

plul dulc1.ller arranc_nU by 1Hd lit 2nd

Bec~ Iklrna

Ro.. Moore

(011) (wv)

Meyer. Roo Zv1n& aDd other.. It',your wb.cript.ion up1re. wi th the tall i ...... . renew betore it .11111 7OUl' -.ind . We're lUre you ltOn ' t want to .hl the

Winter l ..ue.

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Thh verllon or Carolan ' , "hrewell to Mu.le" transcribed t~ • t4pe or W. B. Yeat " daughter- tn _law play1nc Celtic bar p 1n a ~rroMll!lonce at !forth carolina Stat.e University in Ralelg It fev y.. ra ISO . "Farewell to Mulic" _. t.he l . . t pUCf' vrlttt'n by the harpllt. 'l\lrl.cci. Carolan shortly befor e his doth It age 68. Derek Bell (ot the Chlert.ana) ~ _ corded "hnovell to Music" on hh alb". CAlIOIAB"S RleHIPr (Claddagh CCle). 'lbe piecl!' til tor ita fre-edo. of phrasing and leee-nt, IlOO it d~. not talle kindl,. to being Icrunched into 4/4 ta.. Carrie Cratlpton 1500 1/2 SlapkinlJ Street Raleigh, He 27606

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MAR'YL'ND R!8IDE.'ft'S: Pleue lndlXl .. 0;4 Sale!' Tax

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Ron R!nix

143 1(. l.akWOod Ale. &ttil'lore, MD 2.12.2.4

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\lhen Mki ng a cloth dulcimer baa , I p!t a pocket on it. Tbll 11 handy tor carrying pich, noters, extra Itringl , etc . AboJ,t 5" 1!l.U8re , tin1lhed, wi th flap secure:!. by velcro. Sev the pocket. on before the lid. leaa of tNo beS 11 Ie,", up. Sew the handle or lboulder ItMiP o~ while aed.ng t.be lide seUl. Gene l.yoOI

1521 Watova Road Toledo , Ohio

4)6l4

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New Releases From

June Appal Recordings

Guy CarawaD

JAOO6-THE FIRSI' OF AVI'UMN

Malcolm DalgU8b & Grey Larsen

Wry Straw: Jobn McCutcheon, Rich Kirby & Tom Bledsoe

Ot"-.,. album. wlticlt illclud~ (M Appol4chiIJn 011"'0" Hommer Dukimf!f': JAOO3- HOW CAN I KEEP PROM SINGING JoAn. McCurclsNn & Frif!ruU

JAOIQ-RED WING ID. StamJHr JAou - THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY John McCutcllNrc JAOJ6- BANISH MISFORTUNE Malcolm Dol,b. ,. & Lo,...n

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GO RD MUSI Summer C l ea ranc e Sale! Air BnI_tIed (Tull Color) Ink on Rlrct-.nt

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order s of 5 or .ore .

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Books ann ReCORns Boob and reconh and ot.Mr dlllc1l11Or-rehted _t.eru,lt are _de ndt.bleo t.hroujh t.he DULCIMER PlAYERS NEWS 1n an effort. to be a .t-ni ce anJ relource for )'OU the rHder. Be -

C8Ule et lpaC. U.1t.at1en.l. tto... e _t.eru,lI v11l be 111t.e4 twice ,earl,y 1DJte&d er in .. co 1..ue. fnfever, .iapb vr1tA and uk tel" a lilt.i", whenevet" d..1nd and )'OU'U receive a !'ree eat.a1ocue outl1nirll '.be bookl and record. 1n .a.e det.aU. lIew 1t.H18 .nd t.t.ir pr1ce. w1ll be 1ht..d 1n .. eh DPIf. ORtlE:RmG IXPORMATIOlf

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1'M.re is a ,hang. in the po,~ an.! plck1n,a nu.. In an .f'tort to lleap ~t. doIm • • alnw. ot poat.&le .... 0 CharflN 1n the peat. When a book e r record arr1ved daMpd or 11mpl)' didn ' t. arrive, t.he DPn atooJ behind it. :and aent. another. Then ite.. bepn to dllappear .... lth regul4dt.v anJ the repl4ee""lt COI t.1 bepn t o hur~ . Therefore, book. and record I ue now unto by lk1iud Pllree1 Servi ce. It. will coat ua both a little .ot'e, but. you vill "caive thiftla -.Jeh quicker an;! the i teu vill be iuured. I t you ..nj too aactl po..U,. )'O.I. ' U re~ln a cre.1it l1iP' not eDeJUCb polUp .1Id we'll at. )"OIl llnoV .

$1.10 tor t.he tirst additional 2 booka.

3 boob,

tor Hell

$1.20 f'or Lbe ttrat. 2 albwu (001' double albua). 15f: tor each &.1:1 • • !.buII.

WnaL's new~ 8OOr.:3

(~r~ Dulril",r)

HA*ERED DULCIKElI (an irutruct.ion/tunea booII.) hter PickeN ~ THE HNMIII.ED DlJLCIMER Io,...n Muchaa ~ EASY CHORD PLAYIltC METtI)O FOR KAIOOU!ED DULCIMER Lllah Gillet.t. ~ 8OOJ1(3

(Mount.ain Dul('i_r)

SIMPLE CInS FOR THI IlILC'DCD Cl.a,t.on S . Jon.. ~ ctWISOlCS TJWllCAISES POUR DULCIMD Harry M. Webb ~ CHRIS1W.S AKD £ASTER ImCIB ARRAlfCED FOIl APPAIACKtAlf DUlCIMER Mark and carol Blair ~

DULClMCIm PIIt.ty LooM.n ~ THI at Atm.Id Ma1cola Dal&lbh, Grey Laraen THREE FORtS OF ~1' Trapezoid ~ WAILLEZ. VAILI..El Dorothy cart.ar ~ MOVD ' Olf DOWJf nm RIVER c.t.hy Barton ~

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(Mountain Dule1l11!r)

BLACX MOUITAIlf DUIJ:DI!R Alan Tree_n, fn.nk BH.ll ~ SHADY CROVI haY OI:!naldaon SIIit.h $6.98 OOLClMER ALLWCE llf COllCDT The DuleIiier Alliance ~ DULCIMER IISTRUCTrOlf ALBlJt (book. 2 albuaa) Kevin Rot.h $18.00 PIG'I'Om fLDfC Leo lrcune-r, Jay Ldbcrtiu ~

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Virgill1a rel1dentl, plea.. a44 ~ I.Iea t..u. to )'OUr erder.

The ~UU:IMER PLAYER:, NEW::: is a quarter!s rubl1.!&tic.n providing a fljw c.~ In~orm~tlon for ~~lcime~ plovers, <ulcimer ~kers

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70e DrN ~s publl.~ed four times ear~ year. Issues (approximately ~4 pages in !ength) are mailed to oubscribers :'lring the f"irst weC"K of" January, April, Julv and October . Subs~riptions are' $6 per year . Individual current and back lsJues are ·' . ~O eaoh. Madeline MacN0il, Editor

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