1985-04, Dulcimer Players News Vol. 11 No. 4 by Dulcimer Players News

Vol. It, No.4

Fall 1985

$2.50

Linda Thompson

Old Kentucky Dulcimer

Ancient Irish Airs

Chopstick Hammers

Jerry Rockwell

Music, Answers, News

Jerry Rockwell

DuLCIMER PlAYERS NEWS

Vol. II, No.4 Fall1985 CI 1985 All Rights Reserved rhr DULCIMt:R PI.A VERS NEWS is pUblished foor hlllt'S C';tCh )"c:u. l»ut'S III"(' maaed (via ~rd diw) 10 $ubKribcrs in January . Apnl. J ul), and October. Subtcnptlons in the Umted SuI(:S arc! $10 pt'T ),raT, S 18 fOT 1"'0 )' t";j;T$. Can<tda: $12 pt'T y<"u. (kher coorllrid (lu rritCC mail): $12, (air m,III): 516. RCC:CIII back iuuc:s an: ulually a\',ulablc. Cost pt'ri);w:k. WUC' is $3.2Imlhe USA Adn-nl!mg Illformanon is a,,,,Jlablc upon request.

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Table of ConlcnlJ

Landa 'Thompson InlCl'\lleW Mim~ Co/1m3

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Gnndma', Kentucky DIIk"lmcr At(Iu(' W ,... .... Carol orthc Bells

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Tumng The Fn:ued DukllTw::r PI/Ill F ..rNlS

The Acrylic [)Uk-liner IItlTN 8/adbu,.. , ,

From Chopsticks To lIammet"S

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Cllrl G(}lt mtr

The An$wcr Column 5cJm R;::f!"(J Jerry Rockwell Interview

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SPOltro Pony (mt . \luI.) arr , l.to Krmn" Spotlc:d Pony (ham \luI tab) Sorllh 1011_ C\assifled Ads .

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number OIl the ~ was some'thlrg lill' 53. Tlw: neAt panel had the IMm ~ oflhat pad ... Now Sen'ing 16. If you can scare up a ropy of Prl!pi( magawlI: f(W' the ..ttl of Augu5t 19th. It'S f(W' a laugh . I r;lanccd through a copy In an office and found a story about a youngchamp!Ollshlpftddler 'The opening sentence was something like. "Perhaps you thtnl all old· tlll'll: mUSicians sit on the front poo:h pla)'lng 8,./1 Till" CabIN,s, 0-',,'. Om)'oo llnag",e lhe reporter Il)'lng 10 dedpherthe lillc of lhis lune ancrha\'mg laped 1\ al I rowdy Jim

After CApoundlng at kngth In tnc summer O"/("I,"(r P/o\'rrs Nroo's. I'll gtneral· Iy kttp qUit! thiS IImt . Thi S li ummer has been wonderful for nil: mUSIcal I)' and fnc:ndshlp-\llse . I'd n)' In I)"I"'-~ AIrporT ""'" night close to midnight and be 00 the road carl)' the neA l morning f(W' another conctrl or ftstiYaI or \I'Oftshop. This ..'as fine fun. but things tendtd to lallguiloh on my desk . ummswered . By lhe lime you rca-ive this issue. I hope your leltcrs and requesl~ have bcell answered . If 001. be fIIIlit'nl wuh me . I' ll be clughl up

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stuion1 Dulclmemly,

/\~ /1t.4<.7<4f Mudchne MxNe,1. Ed,tor Ou/nnwr PloJ~rs Nroo"

Stvtra.1 months Igo I stuck I cartoon on the refng<'ra.t(W' door. It's cenamly appropnlte now . Sally Forth was wort[lng aI her Iksk With one of those "'Take A Number" padJI nearb)' . 'The

Frosgalt. Two years ago III Poland wa~ George . tamilton IV . Man~ yt'ol'5 ago III Poland (Sopot Festival) WI» Joan Bac/. ' 00

Wtll . t thlllk thai is about all for ntlW , OoICe again I thank you for your kllt'r and wonderful mag.IZJne. Henf)l Zellsow~ll ul . Pornon~a 4) m IJ 5Q..-116 Wnxl, .... Potaml Dear DPN: I enjoy ),ourmagnine. HO...eVCT. 1 am I Gospel hammered and mounlOun dulcimer pla~tr and I do not pilY foil musIC. I woold like 10 hear from other Gospel players and exehangt songs and musical eAperienccs. Carol Ann Shannon 1501 Nonhavcll Dr. Jtffmm, IN 47130

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Dcar DPN:

'Thank ~ou for YOOT lentr and O,./ClfMr PhI)'trs Nt'M'I . In Poland some' singers ancI groups play C'OUnlI)'. bluegraSli and folk music . Unfortunately. IIOnC of the musicilns play the dulcimers. Sut the §OUndof thedulcimcr is welHoown among fans. Polish rMdio station plays country. bluel'tiS and some'times folk evt:ry S~tur· <b~ Th,< ,\ ~.\I ....-vic-t' All " '<I)" Uad 10 NQJ/wilf, . The cditoo- is Komc · huu Paruda. In Warsa .... is CounlI)' MU$IC Anot'tatlOll of Poland (1000 membeD) . CMAP organiu many shov.,; CounlI)' In Bam Ind once for year SIS Marlboro CounlI)' PICnIC. Many Polish. Cu-chosloVIle. I"unaman musicians appear ,n thiS Picnic. Lately was wtll-k_'n Raymond

P.S Mlybe I did mistakes III this leiter. t 1m 501'1')'. but I only learn Enghsh Dcar Df>N: Sampler Records of R oche~tt'r. NY IS working on a projeci to record 191hcentury music from Western New YorIr: Slatc 011 hammer dulcimers from Westtm New Yon: Statc. Are there any readeTs Yo'OO have old dulcimers made III ChatauquiCOUllly. New yurt . or by P Wight 0( Genesee County? We ....·ould be grateful'f you would share ....·i th us IIlformallOll 011 your in5-lJUmenlS. Please eontICC James Kimball. Music DcJM .. State University at Genesco. Genesco. N Y 14454 . Thanh so much. M,I7ie Collins

Dear DPN

Thankt 10 the cal l put out las! year f(W' new wurtsbop proposals f(W' lhe Cranberry Dulcimer Gathering. we were wpphcd with an outstanding collection of \I'Oft· dlOp5 10 offer all levels of hammer duk" mer. mountain dulcimer Ind AU10011p players.

So s~t$sful was the clli. III fael. that we're asking for slill mon: topICS to be covered for the Gathering'S t~nth year July 25·27, 1986. If you've got the hlt -' emhard (strura··cm·sYo·cct '!j pllyln, tech'nlque you'", an . ..ous lo share. \le'd like to know lbout it. Stnd • wurtshop title (or ~ than one so \I'e can avoid duplication) plus I 5O-...-on:I desenJMIOIl 10. Tom 8ac' .... 46 Plt'KanI 51 .. Sl.....eham. MA 02180 (mtn. dulcimer . Aulohlrp) or lucille Reilly. P.O . BoA 712. MOOI'ts· town. NJ 08037 (hammer dukimer). The deadline for workshop proposals IS Dt ctmbrr 5 . 1985. 50 enjo~ yo ur Thanksgivi ng dinner and wnte ~our ,<leas out oYer the loog ,,·eckend. Thanks . Lucille Reilly

Dear OPN: We . Lake Michigan Fol l~,'es, are culTently 8WXCJMing established and debut lradil~lIconttmponry folk and blueg· ra.s5 rceonIings f(W' ndlO broadcast 011 a newly created altemlll\'e musIc prognlm airing over WPBK. 1490 AM. Whitehall . Michigan . We v.-ill be lransmllllllil pn· marily 10 the mid ·section of West Costal Michigan. Please send your markel - rClld~ re· It'aSt'(~) and individual/sfOUp blOl"'fMoY to: Regll Strings MusIC. DcpI LMF. Suite )(}'280, Muskegon Mall . Musltgon . MI 49440. For further IIlfonnaiiOll . phont 6161728- I2S0bet ..-een IOa .m and.5p m. MIC~ey Meloche

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Music Exchange

llPN Rack lS!iuH S 1.25 per copy Postage I copy • S(R 20.- 3 copies· $1 .30 4 or more • JlOSIlIge' p;l ld

o,,~ hoi Ju/y tkJ)' ...hil~ "lll'~/illg hOOl~ 10 HUbbaro from pic-tillg lip Ih~ mail ill

Will('h("J/rr, I considUf'd olWliru

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r«(;I,td Ilral dl')' for Ili'lp jn locmmll It .J<mg . $0 many t!mrs I had 10 It/I SOf/It'on( I cvu/dn', lid" UCtpl 10 rrrommrrnl unOl/reT SfHlfcr ,.'lro milllrl b!U\t'. Somrlimrs I COI</d,,', n"l"11 do lhal. Tht'n I 't~mbu,w

a column calltd ~A.lllrt"s ilruilt'r Exdumll"" ,,'hich fUtll in TIle Washlnglon Post on Iht' ,,'('('/.;('nds. Of rOUfsr! W... shoo/II try 10 IN SOI<fC't'1 fliT t'Qc/i /.IIht'T In

Dulcimer Players News. So, this ;SjUtlN· gins an,.", columnfw l/('opIt' trying 10 filllJ (Jrr(ll'lIrmrms ofJolvrilt' wngs wId iUllt'S

and SOOl'l"t'S of old music ft'mrmbtrtd

from chlfdhwd. Tht,.. is IIQ charJlt' for /is/;1Igs if! liris roJumn ofCOUTlt'. ,,,,II r('nd· tTS Uft'

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Elma FOOCe would like !O know If anyone an old lIOI1g abool TIr~ l.i"I~

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"'QU. Her fallleruscd lo~ing ,I yeaI'!> ago.

Lola Chancy lslookmg for an amlngcmcnt of WIlI/zi"K With Bfllrs.

Beth Kart of Las Vegas. NV b looking for !he words 10 I QI'erlookrd 1111 On;hid. Ill1 old weslern song she used to hear in Big Spring. TX during tile 1940'~

Winter 1984 (" 01. 10, no. I)

II is lhe monlh of lhe hazd. A gatheri ng toward pe rfeclion. AtId wiildom. A pn:paralion For decp har'eslli . h is a lime: of clouds. Warm·cool breC1.es. l.ea~es of name and amber Dancing on lhe witld. Sickles gleami ng. Shorter suns AtId dew tMt globes Along lhe g~s In cooling nighlS. Reflec1i ng worlds . Sce nlS begin to ga!her. Awan: of impetlding frosls and miSls. Slori ng themselves: 11><: ~ WCCIIlC~!oC~ or summcr IHJnc puc ~ k. Rich ebnh . Tomatoes npcning. Alld lhe: counterpoints of hal'\'cSI ScenlS of hay Alld witld·blown apples. Harmony alld bal ance. Like birdsongs over forests. AtId a preparaliun For decp harvesl~. Lore na Carrier Lou isville Dulcimer Sociely

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DULCIMERS for Quality Sound and Craftsmans hip • 20 yell's ," ,nS!lumen, ma k'ng • GUII,"nteed C," It,mlln, It ,P

Wd,e for Our new nlllloglodllY. On l y

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OR GEORGE F. ORTI-IEY PA 1;074

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The ItO\Ible with the ptaIIO _ that II 50 pruwre laden. I _ mlO conceru and contesU. The dukuna ~Km JOnle. thing ckeper inside of me lIwI the Plano _

an interview with ...

d~ .

Linda Thompson

W u II IYord 10 gd a dukiltltf"? Do)OII h llW., II Mil I... Idl ll ........ ' 0011110111, ... 11.,1

by Mitzie Collins

Rochester. NY

Ie was Mnngc. but il wasn'llwtl I III'II in SilllCf Dollar Cily. I wenl inlo I mU~lt

"ore

~, saw I book on How / 0 fluy Hommtud Du/cimtr by ~'er Pitkow and 1boughl il. The ckrlr:. a young man named Mark Bigas. WI! a mounl.lin dukllnn pllyer. He PkI, "Oh. do you play hammmd dukmerT and I said. ~No, bul 1 will .~ And be said. "Oh yeah . .. hm: an:: )'0\1 going 10 get oneT' and 1said. MI don', know .~ Milk ",id. " . know 0( fool' builders. Lei me give you their IWne$ and lid· dreue5 .~ One of Ihe builders . Danl

Hamilion 01 Arlinglon. TUII. wu III my arta . I had no idel if 1COIIld .fford one or not . So 1 5!aned saving my money and when I lhoughl 1 might have enough. 1 wrote him I posI card and 5IId. "I WIIIlIO buy. ~ dukimer ... bull hawe no idea " 'hether I can afford II or not - He got the post catd tWO days later, called me and said. Ml jU51happen 'ohaveone thai I'll sell 10 )'011 .- 1 uid. MI'II be over. - 1 Wen! and p: il the nc:'\1 day. January 15, 1981 My life changed that day .

WMn did )'011 go 10 your n n l llllMrinl 0( hammered dulciltltf" pl ayen?

Ulldu TItompWII Ii~'n in DtIllOll. Tum ruwlltud 1I"'0II1 b«t,rQIUId ~ dlus~/JI ~ ~t J~ look lIP 1M Ittun/Mrfii duin_r . SM Itas pMbliWd CJIf m.rtrl«1iotr booIttutd/UfW. For H~r",D"I, ('_r, and perfomu and li~ ~ Ihroughoul !he counll")'. The: yip of !he C\mttII "nvl ... l~ In tIamrnefN dukm1tf pI.yilll is ihown by re.lizil, thaI II htn

r"MS

Linda became inlc~ed in the duiclltler We: qllickly bec.me conne<:ted to. supporliye l1C,won. of festivals. clubs. iM'ruc·

tion boob and ilUUUmenl maten. I l&Iked with Linlb ,.'hen '1111: wac both ai1endlnl !he Advanced Hammered Dulcimer cla.u

ulhe "1II11SU1 Henlqc Woruhops. (b,-;s and Elkill$CoIlege. Elkins. WV in July of 198).

I would "y !'lOW !he soci.1has become. very btg pan of il bill I originally wanted the dukimer fIX" lhr; dulcimer . I dldn ' , know !hat wooderful people would 10 "'lIh it. I found thll out later.

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" 115 musical

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Interh.-inea 10 N'p arllf

rccoaniubk.

Inl_1 thaI Star1N

Slut"" IsIWld Hompipt .

Sure. 151 .... I dukimer and thaI was n. I had 10 hne 0I"Ie . I had to play il. Where was thaI nrsl hammered dllle!mtr you Sjlw?

II wH I I S,lvrr Dollar Cily . • "",corM vlllqe In MiS5O\lri. A young fcllow . Jlln Cotbin. ,,'U playmg il . I had never ~n one and l!houghl. -nw·S I' . l1\a, ' ... "" I have .... ned for aU of my life."

Do you think , -OIl likr I~ d ukimet'" IfIOft

ror ",UJkalI'UMlftll Of' 50riaI ~ - or

A few weeks 11I1er. The Lone Sw- Stale Dulcimer SocjeJy wu having I mtcunl and I had learned one tune out of Piclow', book. 1 playul 1\ 50 slowly It ..-as un-

WlIa' does 1M dukimer do fOf" you Iha' 1M !Hano dMsr! 'I!

Thill', • hl nl

t u~ .

I didn ' t kiloIII' Ihat. I didn't k.now anything . I boulhl a McCut cheon f«ord shortly after that, One or my k.Kb 5Ild, - Hey tlw'5a tu"",, you play'--.nd I \ Iond and aIlucd with him , It couldn'l poQibly be the J&tne tunc ! Whal ¥l'U thai

nnt meetin, like!

Dana Hamilton had everybody play

something, I had developed n'IOOIIme:ntll and unbearable stage fnght dunn, my

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piano years. and Dana had me playing In

Folk Harps From Folkcraft

front of I \Io'hok bunch of smmgcn!

Whc'n dkllhe Lone Star Slale Ouldmu Soddy lIf"Ianiu and how often d«s lhe' club mtott'! They bcsan in May of 1980 and mffi once II month . I've bttn a faithful "1I:ndcf" and I now teach worbhop:s ~ once I month . In fact. we have one of !he moSI active clubs m the United Slilles. We have thrtt hours each of hammeml duk:lIner and mountain dulcimer .....QIi(shops fIlCh monlh. followed by • rounu), dane.: that

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evening.

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Vou published 'In insltuctbl book. 1II'lih _ Iapt In summer 1982. Ylltl had only

Hammered Dulcimers, Too ,',

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IIrIIIIam IlIUM II • IIIIlmIn of IlIIs InsuulJllttlt .Ibde froIII HorIdDran 1IIIhopy'. wllnullIId II1II*. 14 Ift!bIe COWWI IUIIfd b ktrs of 0 , G, C. II1II ro13 ... fOIl..", wntd lor kfYS 01 G, C. p, and"

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Iho IUlt AppmdII&n DuiclIIIHs (611Odt1J), IriIII and CtItk "1rJII, lkr"N and II'IIIded habfttn. Olhn "-mI 1:IaIcWn, ~ Ills and .... -ott ". lrkb a 5conb/I SpfdaIIsu. TIl "hiltb, 1Iodhtut, llule$, "-'trdnu, GmII" and CaIIIpbtII ~ CbanIHS, SmII P'Ipts aDd .IIi11wy I'ipes. Pkn I caap/IeIe oo8tctIon of IIIlp and dDldaItr bookJ tnf rtronIs ".

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Instru:ment& • '0 Be» ao" O . ..~. Conr«tlall 0609fI (lOJI J7'9-9857 ". ~ IIId \1II1CUPif'i oa pIIont ....., VillI . . Mail _ III 'I'lnIItoI, r -. .... ~ , ...... YOll

playi ng about

I ynr

and I hair

,,-htn you publishtd this. What " ·115 the Impetus for doing II? A friend of mine. John Buquoi. wu having trouble leaming dulcimer and I only saw him once a month . He took me OUt to lunch. bought me a hambllr~r and wouldn ' t let me pay him back. I decided to JIIIY John forthe nice lunch bydeyeloplnl' way to texh him long distance . I gave him r...... IU~ at lhe .... u ""'C"!inS He eallrtl me the DCXI week and said. '1lIi5 IS the fint time rvc c,·cr been .ble 10 learn anything. Write a book. ~ IA1 rut nnd OUI • little .bout your family. 1flnO' many IUds do you ha~c?

Two daughters and 1.... 10 boys. Itow do ,·ou relale Ihc dulcimer to your

family and family

lifc~

Ie's tumed OUI 10 be a mao-elous panlime C&ltt1" for alNsy, invol~ mother. Wc published the bacH; oul"$elveJ. Alex helped punch androllll.lc pages. He helped me with the prinuns and wenl down 10 lhe prinleT and saw il all being run off. Ben plays the violin and knows my repertoire bellcr Ihan I do. Hc goes with me 10 lhe Winfield , KS fesliyal. Jennifer goes with me when I give worbhop!;. U$I comes back from collcge in the summcr and!.aka o~r my II10Ihering dUlies §O Ihat I can trlvel. My husband Wesley is the biggcst help. wpporting me emotionally. financially and physica l ly ... my dulc ime r ...-eig/ls 47 pounds. He uses his annual vIC.ion 10 come 10 Elkins and Binghamton ICranbeny Hammct" DuIc"nerGllther. inc) wilh me .

BKk to your Itarnlnll . When you Ito. the hammtnd duklmtr WCrt you famil !ar with the mUJic: for the Inslrumtnl ? No. i had to learn all of that. 1 gOIlots of

tapes. To leam lhe names of the

1Une5 , I

would hold the boll. ... hlle I .... as listen /ngto the lIpe and ~lIOlIncc 10 mytelf the name of the lline. Very pod on long tnp& i rncmonzed .. ~ name ...·all With \Iollal tunc and learned 10 di'lllngulSil them by

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DId , ·ou lum IUnt!li .1 1M i.oM SlIr Duldmu »bycrs C lub?

Yes. I alsolcamedlunc:s when IJammed "the festival 10 Mounllin View. ArtanSois and plllCe$ hle th,, _ I .... enl 10 Mounlaln View in April of the year 1 started plaYing in January, I came back with a ...·hole IiSlof (Ulte5 I intended 10 learn. My goal WIIS 10 be .ble 10 pll)' in}llm sessions. Thai wu the only thinl [ wanted 10110. I learned (0 chord when I played .... ith people: who knew many IUnes that I didn't know. 1 despaired or teaming lhem all . Who h....~

!wen

the' RlOSllnnutnllal per-

romlC'n rOf' you? Dana Ham.lton has been lhe mosl in· fluential bcclUiC I was closest 10 him . I could observe him . Sam RlueuoI and t.bl . coIm o.leli~ arc two othen who ha~ been impomnt I learn S(lrnct/une from every pod p1.yer 1 sec or hear. I think tha!"s one of my wcngths Vou',·c also lO'"' 10 Wlnrltld forM'·ml ,·e.rs, II Il! thll InnlH'n«eI your holmmtrtd duldtntr pI.ylng?

Not so much by listening 10 hammc:rc:d dulcimer pla)InJ. bul In beginning 10 hsten 10 other InstntmenlJ Esther Krcck had 5Uggesced I YoOUld do wdllO do that. AI' Dan Crary l uitar worksllop I learned Ihing5 I hayen·1 even employed yel. bIIt intend to use AI Augusta I learned a lot from R.P. Halc·sllarpsichord playing, es· peclally In using lempo variaocu for dynamic effCl:t. r also witch R.P. for the way he backs up . whall·m .nto thiS ye.... - backin, othrr in~tntmenlS or othrr duk:imers .

That·,

Do )'OU 51 nll ,,·1111 tM dulclmt'r? No. popular demand has wUested 1 shouldn ' I do lloe ohingin, wllh the duki

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At this point you mainly play Irish and Anglo-American f\ddle lu ntS . An' you mo,-Inglnto some new areas?

II seems 10 me that Malcolm Dalglish Iw a Ioc of carl)' 20Ih cenlury Fnonch Innuencc ... Ra\<ellllld Debuu). I hI~ con-

sidered world", wlm mal sound o I have fooled around .... ith Salle and 8klch •.• peopic like tIw o What dulcimer do

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I have an InSlnlmenl Danaoolll for me· a large orIC . The finlone I had was small. I ..-cnl 10 the Cranberry C"ncnnll In Blngh.am10ll 10 look aI all the lm.lnlmenlS and saw a wide vanel)' of InStruments before I decided 011 this. lIow did you htar aboullht gatherln!! in Binghamton? Through Dana and lhe O.ldmrr PlayrrsNtws. We'vc 'flIvcl~-d D 101. We Starled traveli", immediately because I wanted to hear as many diffcn:nl styles as I coold. I knew I didn' , want to sound like anyone person. I IIdminod Dana 's playing , but I didl'-t want to copy it. I intended to make my own -plat'e~ IS a dutc,ner player. It seemd to me the way 10 devc:1op my own $lyle was 10 listen 10 • 101 of diffcn:nt players instead of just one.

Do yo u h ..·e anolher book up your 5Iee'·e ..• or 011 your kltc:ht. 1l1Me? Yes . II will be longer in the makin, and muc:h shoncr in !he prodUC1lor1 . 1 .... ,11 havc about IOOtune5. more advanced and more variety . I want to lhowembdlishment!OIl orIC lune and show I'Iow to inoorporalc them into odter tU!JC1. WlIat Ite Ih lnp whkh ).~ think ar e ~ntlal Ihat )·ou [over In ..·orksl\.op5 you Ihoe? I cover dynamics and rh)·thm . I encourage i tudents to develop their own sty lc . I teach embellishment workshops, sources of tunes. arrangemenlS oflU~ and how to make your own arnngement. nUher than how 10 lUe my lunmgclt""lIl. 11",.c b I.. advantagc 10 SQI1lCQIle leaming 10 plly a5 1 do - or e~lC!ly as McCutcheon. Hamilton. RiUO!ttll or Van "ncblc . The days of the proIOIype dulcimer pllyer ~ past. n ow mU(h IInM' do you 5p!'nd on I1M' duklmtr?

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Ancient Irish Airs A Treasurehouse of Traditional Music by Barbara J. Hall Clemson, SC Guided by the authorit), o f

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ecrlesiastical and secular liICI'llIUI'C. we arc able 10 follow with t"C'nainty the general hislory of Irish music 10 a periOO m...ell earlier than the inlrodUCI ion ofChri$lianity into Ireland . In ancient ra::ords. music blends $(I intimately With the li fe of the

people of Ireland thai llll lIiSltlry is nearly as old as the history of !he lrisll race i~ lf. Bul to trace the hislory of panicu lar lrisli ain is quite a different malt~r. The old Irish mU5icians. 50 far as we all' a ....·arc.

used no musical OOIal ion and the prtlCC'S5 of passing down tullC$ from gencr.iI!ion 10 generation became primarily pan of an

lIC1iv(' oral tradition until the $(venteenlh century. I Althoue:h a small number of Irish ain can be loo;aled in manuscriplS dating from the 5111ltCnlh centu ry. the fil'$l serious a\Itmpls 10 Inlllscribc and colkct the uadi tional melodies of lrelarKI began with the publication of Edward Buming's Gem'ral CoIl«rion ofAncien/Irish /otllSit: in 1796. Bunt ing's woO: ushered in a century of concern for the jiurv,v,1 and pl\'St'lVItion of In:land 's trad itional music that was to be highlighted by the nocable worb of several other imponant collectorS. such u ~ Petrie. P. W. Joy~e aBd later Fran~is O ·Neill.: In 1792. Bu nti ng had been hired by a poup of ~uiOlic ci til.ens calling themselvcs The Society of United lri5hmen who decided to orpnize I fe$ti val in BclfllSl with the elpl icit Intention of nocing the music. p!lCtry. and oral tradi tions flQfTl the old harpcrs .J Four years following the Belfast Fe$tival. Bunting's fiD! volume of transcriptions was published. Buntins was followed by thr; second of the gn:at ninetecnth <entu ry collcctors. George Petric. who. in 18". was in· S1rumental in foonding The Society for the Preservation and Publ ication of the McI(r dies of In:land.· Petrie publi!ohcd seven l volumes which feature almost e. clusively airs taken down fl'OfIl singcrs. Only rather

reluctantly did Pttrie include senings flQfTl trad itional i nst rumen talists .~ Pe rhaps the moSt succcss ful of the ninetecnth-century collectors " 'IS P.W. Joyce. whose Old Irish Foil: MUJic- 11M SottSs 1J>PC'lU'ed In 1909. publishIng S42 airs that were previously uncolleeted ." And no trad itional Irish musician is unfam iliar with the worts of Frands O ·Neill. who was 0fIC of the fint collectors to con· cern himse lf primari ly with the dance music of Ireland. the reels. jigs. and hornpipes rattled o ff by Icgions of pipers. fiddlers. flute players. and pl1lclllioncrs of all other instruments of traditIOnal Insh mu · sic .l Thus. the hiSlory of the recordmg of ancient Irish airs is limited by its n:lative reccncy an d marred by cerla;n i nadequaciu and errors evide nt in th e methods the collectors chose to trllnscnbc the tunes . Inaddition . mOSI or alt lrisllairs. like lhe popu lar airs of OIher CQUnlrics. have sevmlll vCrIions . In most cases. these are the resu h of gradual and almosl un· ineentional alterattOnS made by singers and players. juSt as lhe words and phrases of I living colloquial speech become gradually altered. In most European countria. popular airs wrre inspi red oflenlimes by potitical events. but n:lal;\'ely few. if any . ...·en: n:taincd by lradttion . Some-limes. how· eVeT. as in the case of Ireland . .. hen a struggle for indepcndece had been II panicularly long and haruOflC . roinciding wi th a 51l"Ong cum:nt of folk singing and tradi. tional mu sic. a eenain number of such songs survived. In:land is oncoftlle coun· tries when: pauiocic and political songs ha ve been for a long lime peculiarly pupular and perhaps innuential.· The namlllive airs popularized from 1690 to 1920 had a dt Minel heterogerlCO\lS t harocter in that lhey wcn: part literatun:. part folk · lore. part traditional music. The songs themsc lvC$ gave uuetllrlCC to tile 0pinions and feelings of an ;mporlDne pan of

the Irish prople in political. SOCial. and

reli gious maners ." From an hi storical point of vie ... . they Mve a eertain Yalue. 'They record (\"ents of local history. murders and burnings. deaths of priests and pol itical leaders during the Penal Times. '0 They gave the popular view of home affairs in peace and war. oftent imes n:neeting two main trends: the SlI1Jggle of lhe peDSanlry to take possession of the land and the nll iona list yearnings of the middle clns to free itse lf from En glud 's domination . II 'The .... riting and singmg of such polit ical 5Ong5 in the eighteenthcentury. especially In pcnods before: an expected risir.g . raised the pubti~ to a high pitch of excitement and prepared the minds o f l ushme n for com tn, dis· turbances . ~ WiII old Irtlond thtn /)(' jUt?" Says tht SMw VI/n Voght: "Will old Irtlond Ihtn /)(' jrttr :Wys 1M 5MB Vlln Voght. ~Old Irtlond shl/II /)(' jrrr. From tht crlllU 10 IfIt U/J Thtn hurroh for lilNrryr Soys IfIt SMa Von Voght : ~ Tht hurroh lor fibtrt)'!" :Wys Iht SMa Van Voght.']

Familiar lillCS from the popular baUII(]. ThrShon Van Voght. or P()()I"Old Woman . Th is aisting poem was composed In 1196 when a spin t of independence awoke among the Insh who formed a voluntary army when the Frt'neh neet sailed toatlllCl the Britiw in Ireland . tJ The personification of oppressed Ireland as a "poor old wo man" or 15 a di streMCd virgin who $load with OII~tchcd arms to the sca. announcing !be Ipproai:h of a liberating (leet. becamt ITI(n than a mere literary device 10 l ris~ patriots. As Padraic J>c,arsc. the Irish nalionalist and poet. once com· ments . " Wilen I was I child 1 believed thai there was lIC'I~all y. woman calltd Erin."'· 'The apparation of a woman impersonating Ireland was a convcnlion.al theme adopted

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by lri$h Jacobite poetS in !be eighteenth century. In these: allegorical ~gs. written accooIing to the aisling or 'vision " poem fann, the personilication of Ireland is ofte n ind ividual iud ~nd hum~nized enough to be called by a proper name Granu Waile, Grainne Mhaol, Sheela na Guir •. C.i t li n Ni Uallachian. U Dark Rosaken , Of Roisin Dubh . '~ Thi s group of politically-in spired nationali stic songs with liS recurring ~mes and rno(ifs made up a substantial body of patriotk poetry and mU5k. Prior to the yean of Ireland' s emancipation in 1922. Irish wri ters. nOlably O 'Clsey. Synge. and Yeats. coolinucd 10 draw on this embltmatic figure and entire tradi tion of legends SUfTOUndS Iv:r. hoping to lCIivlle and uni fy a divided Irish nalion. Since 1922. these ain; have fllded in p0pularity while olher politicllly-inspiring 50ftgs have come to the rortfront. Bef~ 1922, almost every piece of kgislation passed by the British govern ment. from the se,·enteenth..cenlury on. seemed to .ffect Ireland 1Idvcn:cly. Most serious. of OOII~. was the ~nal Code. introduced and augmented late in the seventecnth-century. which fOfbade Irish

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Catholics the right to ~, hold orrICe, teach school. c:ntCT • un iversity. carry I gun, 01" own land worth I1"lOfe than five gui!lea$." II was only natural. then. thaI the pu blication of Tom Paine's book, The Rightsc{Mul1. in 1791' 1 not only fired the conceptS of democracy in young America and st irred tho u&hts o f revol ut ion in FI1IfICC. but also lroused the ideals of llherty. freedom. and lItIion in Irish hearts. R ichard Sheil's song. HThe RIghts of Mart . Hpopular in England, Scot land. and lrellllld , is a variant of an American revolutionary poem by Philip FreneD\l. "God Save the Rights of Man." first printed in Phi llldelphia in 1 793.'~ One verse of the ballad shows the sympathy or the Irish people with revolutionary concerns:

I speak " 'ith CtmdQUr. one l1ight in s/umber My miM did "''tJl1d~r l1igh 10 Ath/UM. The t'C/1ler stillion of this Irish I1l11ion. Where a COIJgTCg(l/;an IlI1lI} m~ ""us sh/}"ll'" BC)"ww ",y rou/1lil1g. upon u m{)lmtam . Ncar aloumail1th(J/ clearly rim : lIeU to 1r~",bI~. I'Ill1Ot dissemble As they aJSembied /Qr the Rights of M al1 .N}

Along with the ballads of popular nationalism. un succ~ss ful rising , and oftcntimes bli nd violence and ,·ain hopes H (""T he Bailid of Arthur Me Bridc. "O'ConneWs Lamentation." HSold,cr's Joy" are other cumples of these) came the songs from the Irishman whosaw noother recou~ from the pel");Cl;Utin& Penal Laws. the devasullion famine of 1845. and oppressive political condlUOI1S than to fke his nalive Eire. Songs of departuTt: . such as " Farewel lto Erin ..... Far From Home.''11Ie Fair Hills of Eire:' '1"he Ban,~hN Defender." and songs of new life-styles elsewhere. such as '1"he Merry Black· smith" and " Paddy Wotts on the R~JI · way , H composed by emigrant Irish 1M the late ninettenth..ccntury. "oleed the chang· ing limes for many. Through man)' of Ihe nat ionalisltc songs. the de$ire was born In some: young men 10 conform to the popular ,dea or a nalional hero and perhaps to die a martyr'S death . Irthe hero or a broadside was 001 a political ~eaJot. he: was . pemaps. an ordinary country rake . One of tile typical char· IICters of broadside ballads. which ...·cre printed and sold al fairs, was the gaJl~nt

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outlaw ",ho scomtd the poiICC' and 'ym. pathrud with the poot", the h,ghwapnan whose daring deeds, IUllrbrell&h escapes, and high ~inlJ at the moment of dealh faSCinated the popular audltnce , John Cosgrave's "",art, '" Gt,,.,,,t Ifmory 0/ lilt Li.'u olld A("iollS of 'lit Most Nnllrwu...J friJII Hi,Ii.. Vly","" , first pnnled In the 1750's, was Adl one of the ~ popular boob of the Insh peasantry In 1820,l l One .weh noble blind!!, Gilderoy, the tN'MltN boy or hlrnally boy,the-mJ, be· came e:nough of, folk hero for mlnSITd~ to celebrate: him In I bIIltad The Scotsman Gdderoy, alias Patn!' M'Gn:iour, 101&5 lned and ClII:Cl.Ited with members or hiS gang 'n 1636,u There ""'ere no less than mne charges against the outllw, rangln, from kidnapping and chie!.en stealing to murde: r . H Alt hough probably wnllen much earlier" broadside publi shed in the 1690's develops the theme as vie:wed by hiS beloved, Mcg Cunningham. who ele, vates him toa romanticl'lC:d Robin 1l00d .l~ Other such outlaws, John O'Reilly's "The: Raggle-Tagg1e Gypsy," o..·el1 Roc, and Allen TplC' or HalTOw, ",ho "robbed from the n<:h and helped the poot"," deliantly n:fus,,'S to lUm'ndeT or to woO: for the government, became heroiC ~ymbol5 of freedom and of miSWlCe to I law .... hleh was called InJuslice by lIWly ,U Other ligures of las hcroo:: Mllure ""'en: often Immonahle:d III sonp of e:om· memoratlon or e:elebnlllon Turlough O'Carolan (1670 - 1138), the blind itinennt hlrper of lrellnd, oomposed many such tunes In honor of ',S p:l!rol\S For nearly finy )'Cln, O'CaroI.n tOUtN through Ireland , 5"'l,ng at the: housn of fne:nds and patTOllJ, cntenatmng them With his Slnging.nd play In, . \IIMe !nve:l·

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O'CuoIan tales of these: great battles tllat lI.ppcned 10 mysllfy Ille lIumln InIIIbit.nts by tile IndeKnbably nOIses resoundinl In the mght n Re)"llolds pr0posed the fll1)' battles .~ a fil subJCCt for O'Carolan's fir5l compos,hon RC)'nolds left home for • few <b)'S and ",lien lIc returned . OT.rolan had comp'~ -Si Bllell. S, Mhor. prescnILl!&, romanltt and rather plcl5,n, ptt:ture: offll1ry ""fe \,I 11M: Rocky Ro-d 10 Dubl nWrel'l(:5 the • h'Cnlurcll of. youn, Insh lid. "lIlk~ in 1Iand. from hIS home ofTuam. 10 Dubhn . and IlIen 10 L"'erpool The s,nger yearns for h,s relurn 10 the rod: road and ><plor QUId Enn's ,JIC MJoO TIle _ I '1'hr; RMd 10 Ll5doonvll1'Tll" has I irmllaronlln .nd siory , Lisdoonvlrn • . I IOwn in northwcsi Coonty Oarc. IJ!CS liS name from • large ron on IIIe o,_t side of the road IS one travels from Ballyvaghan tOo EnniSl)'mon. The propcrnamc:of th is fon. accordi nlllO P.W. Joyce. ,~ IlI,)olWarn., mranrnl"goppcd fon from rlS shape.nd iu dilapidated appcaralKc Peasants lIad. at one trmc . removed the c llly iIO 15 10 Ic~vc bfeaches or laps In the fon 's lurfllCC, The word Rlls." refcmng tOo acrrty lar mound of catth or cnlrelKhmenl. wal added laler. Ihe namc tllu) bccom,n, " the hs of Doonvama M)j OIlier _I' abwt loclks. .weh 1511M: Woods of K,I~cnny .-·1'he MountaIns of Kerry .- and 11M: Chffs of t.iohcT.- continue In popul.,ty. I.'i llIcy S«m tOo CYokc I pasIOBl vislOII of Ireland. bawd on llIc !deal of • no ... l iIOCldy ,n .... htth peasant and gentry ..: u",,1'd by common vtnues of inStinct and pASlIOII . llJough ....'C CI/UIOI say 10 wbat C\lcnl. tnd'I'OIIJlln~ mustt wrlh Its foundlllOll~ ,n the poIrhc.l. rehglOUs. anJ MlCi.1 mat· ten Iw for cenlUnC:!I bttn pcrculrarly p0pular.nd cvcn ,nOucnllai T1Ie antlCnl .,n

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Grandma's Dulcimer Archie Lee

R,d B.y, AL c;as), gemng Gnndma 10 play

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the old family heirioom mwntam duklmer. All the days Qf my childhood In

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south-cenlIll.l Kentucky I canrcmtmber III being laken down from the kip of the tall cherry sccmary only on Ihm: ot fouror:ca·

Although GrwMlpa Lee was I carpenter in the off-season bc:h"ttTI crop:s, he dK! not make this iostnunenl. It was made II least one lIeneralion befate he eame I1000g . The date on the bad: is 18 17, The maker, " 'e th ink, was Soli Guffey of Rowena, Ken · tuckyon the: Cumberland River some: ten mile5 from whe:re GllIndma and her second husband.luse Thrasher, lived in adjoining ClintOil COU nty. KY . They called the place Puny Ridge. IlOl completely Wltnout

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like her should be play ing _ My younger sism and I cousin of the same lie would pcslcrGrnndma until lhey wore her resistance away. Finally 5hc would give in and play. U~Jly nobody heard her bullhose IWO girls. bul. thank heaven. a couple of IIInC"I I &0' on on rhe penonnllll(:C too. Just .... hat she played. I'm no! Mire I do

remember 1\\10 tunes Ihll "'ere played almost c"ery lime - B(JflllptlTU' S Rt'rrml and S..'UI Sixlun , Son,,! SutUII is ITIOf'e commonly as Soldld I Joy today . She sang thaI one. 'I'll be 16 In '92 , (reptat. reptat). 1 1o\~ somebody but I won 't Aly wbo, I'm now the proud po5SCSlIOI'ofnot only the old cheny KCreW)', but .Iso the dulcimer ""'hlCh is also made or cheny It's tutdrop-wped and the top IS made from one pi«e of wood , The fingerbo.ud .,

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Tuning The Fretted Dulcimer Paul Furnas Palo Alto, CA Lois Hornbostel caught my anenl10n

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several hundred piece'S in the books. 1

procedure thaI I followed aMI the con· clusions that I reached in hope thallhis will lead 10 further thought and di5cussion on !he topic. I began by surveying a dolen books of

chordal and lingcr' pkking styles dulcimer music (imenlionaliy selectin! books Ihal u~ I

variely of lunmgs). and listing all

the tunings Ihal I found plus how Orlen each occurred . ( found ~ than twenty

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looIr:ed at these four pretk:Jminanl tunings IOsee if they had anything in CQlTl mon. and found lhallhey all tuned their tNlss 51rings to 00 and their middle strings to SOL - the only differeOC'C fromonc tuning to another was the pitch o f tne tl't'ble stnng . ,emAs soon as I realiled that these "Slandard" tunings ..-ere identical C)lccpI for their treble string s. it was easy to as.sign them "generic·· tuning nall"lC$ that abo functioned as tuning formulas . Tuning-7. Tuning ·6. Tuning ·4. and TUnlng·3 weI\' ~tivdy the nall"lC$ for the srand(mJ IIminings that tuned their tl't'bk: strings to match the 7th. 6th. 4th , 01" 3rd fret on tne bass string . With a minimu m of prACtict"

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most playen will easily to able to m.'Dgnizc: that thtse tunings are the: $ame: a5 Millolydian . Aeolian . loman . and Donan (or D· A-d . D-A-C. D-A-A. a nd D-A·G ). Another alcgory of tunings abo ....-as appanmt . This second category ....·as SImIlar to the Standard group ucepl that the middle stri ng was tuned onc-5tep below the standard mlddle-~tring tumng . [ called this second CIItegory swndtJrd !"(lfillnllUnings. and added I ' 8 ' to the names: Tuning-7B. Tun ing-6B . and Tuning-3 8 (al!iO know as Re verse Ionian, Re\·crse Dorian. and Reverse Miltolydian , or D-Gd , D-G-C, D-G-G, etc .). The · B' in the name not only alerts yoo to the fact that it's a variant tuning , it al!iOl't'mlnds you totune the: middle 5Iring INlo ... its Slllndllrd tuning . Since: the Jum,hmJ and JroNiard .wWm categories toge ther 3C,ounl for only about 95% of the du1cilTlC'r music In pnnt. I needed a "'iJcrllo,,~QfiS l"(lri(llll CJ.tcgory to inch.ldc less common tumngs . mi sce ll aneous variant s have two .digit names like Tuning - 77 , Tuning -53, Tuning-24, and Tunmg-57 (also known as Bagpipes, NBC , MajOl"Tnad , andanAeolian variant) . T11e two digits .n the name warn you that you mu~t re -tune two strings. and the individual digits thl'mselves specify the frets on the: ban string which will give lhe pitdlCs needed for those twO strings. Finally there were a few tunlngs whICh included pitches lhat don·1 match any fm on the bass string. so I needed I final category for «ern/riC" tuning!. The names of these eccentric IUn ings eonlilin either a ''h' or a negallve number. Tuning- I~ , Tuning 31 'h. Tuning -(- I) (al!iO known as Minor Triad . Re~ersc Aeolian , and Low Aeolian _ whose tl't'ble stnng is tuned low· er than the bass) . The cctentnci ty of the name itself .... arns you that )·00 may not want to auemptonc:ofthesc tunings unless you an: sun: o f what you an: doing. The unique contribution of this naming syste m is thlll (I) it d ivides dulcimer tunings into di.tinet categories. and (2) the mere formal o f a IUntng ·$ nam~ Immc:dialC ly iderlliflCS the specIfic calCgory to which thai tuning belongs . As 50011 &.'l you know a tmning ·s category, you alrt'ady know a gl't'al deal about the tuning itsel f evcn ifyoo don't yet know which particuJar tuning it is. This category approach also makes the ~cry issue of multiple lunings less intim idating . A beginll('r wno can get back

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and fanh between any tWO SHmdurd tun ing' need not Ix .frol.ld of Iryml any other luning in the stunJDrd fonna.l . Similarly I p1ayer .... ho has learned JUSII one &lONltud ovulolll has MlrrICIt'nII sJraUto nHul'It .n any sfwulord 'WiOJl l . Players can gndually wort their WI)' through the four Cllc:g~ as lhey sam uperiencc .1Id confide,," , On ttlc other hand •• pI')'tf might de<:kIe to bypass the: two rarer ~p1eS murel),_ and Kltk for the men: 95'1> of dukulltf music Ihlr, aVAIlable m the two easier alC'gont's. Folklwmg is a Table of Tuning Names thai. shows fifteen dlffm:nllumnp In fi~e difftfenl naming systems r ha~e onulltd the Pitch Letter system flOl1l the Table sir« it could have added another 180 en tnes 10 the Table . The Table di~idcs the tunings mlO the four atcgonn so you t'aIl tee how eKh catep)' Iools In each namIng system Also folklwing is a hst of SiK naming ,ySlems with the main advutagnand dISadvantages that I 5« m nch system.

A.d.anlaRd' and DislKh'anlages of Six DilTeN:nl Naming Systems ~ aN: ccr1ain ad.-.ntaga and disad.-.nlace-Io each of' lhese lix diffn-elu s)'~ent5 Identlrylng dulelmer lunInp. T h ree oflhuy~clIIJ I15e a lh,.or,./;-

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001

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mal.e5 II CISler 10 ImaSinc the runln, pllches In your head; Seale Degttt5 (1 -5-8). Sol-Fa Syl1ab1c$ (OO-SOL-do). and Pitch utters (D-A-d. C-G-c. etC ,). T ...'O of lhe Iystems use •

m«itanlNlf approach whICh ~ your fingers where 10 find the target pnches 00 ttlc baSl wing : Fret Formula (0-4-7) and StandanJll.cd Namt (funml-7) 111e Mod.1 Name or COIJImon Name: system. .... hich ilthe most firmly CSI.bli~_ is Inc only syr;lcm In whICh the name does not al so runction as • luni ng formul ...

2. Good medII/ileal de,1CC! for findlnl targel pitches.

Con; I. Can be fru~I1IUnl or confuslnl 10 IooIc al . frel numbcr - 4" ...·hIle IIstemng for Of thlll~lnJ!

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for car nilllng InIJ for leanunl mll$il:aJ IQlerv.15. 2. Good theore1kaJ dt: ...~ for findlnlwHelpful

pitches.

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beginners

2. Scvel1ll dlffcrenllJall"lel may ClIi~ for I sinlle lunin, . Some of the ~anous names In usc for Tunlnl-1 8 are New Ionian . Re~crse Ionian . FaLse Ionian . W ide lonlln. Oc l l~e 10nlln. and HypotOnian . ) . Occasionally thc same name is I,,'en 10 ITIOf'C !han one lumnl: both Tuning-) and Tun ing-68 haye bee n cllied Darian. and both Tuning- I and Tunlng-S ba~e been called Lyd...., 4 . This I' the only nlmlllg Jystem III ...·hil:h the name doe!; TIOI allo functlOO as a tun inl formula .

with flU numbcu. 2. Dlffen .. opinIOnS on ho .... 10 ~I\I ttrlaln urianltumnp; Tumnl ' 78 can be iOOic.ted ei ther as 1-4-8 or as (5} 1-

Sol-fa Syltab6n:

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2. Avoids confuslOO .... Ith fret numben . Coo I. Sam!: d lfferinl opinion5 15 ""ith 5<:ale DeIJtt formulas: Tuntnl-7 8 can be ind icated (Ither 15 DO-FA-do or 15 SOL-

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Table of Tuning Names (.0""'" 0 f\l

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0 - ~ - 7

1-5" - 8

DO - SoL -do

AEOLIAN

T U NIN,,- 6

0-4-6

1-5-1'"

00 - SO L -TA

I ONI AN

T LJ N I Nu- &f

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1- 5 - 5

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Meet the acry lic dulclllll:l . Th is Jlkde \pcrtmcn tfma~terpiece was bui lt by Patricia Malloy of Hamilton. Ohio. It I113de Its debut at the Bob Evans Farm DulCimer Fe~tival In 1984 . .... OC-rc it at1l'11c\cd much atlention from both players and bul l(jcrs. TlIc scroll s. tai lpieces and frclboan!s are walnut wid oak. and the body is clear plcxiglass outlined "'l1h anllque gold auto pmstnp;ng. An

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CHRISTMAS MUSIC~ THE HOLLY AND THE IYY Madeline Macneil

The beouty of Christmas music cambined with the charm of the hammered dulcimer. Maddie's singing is exquisite.

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Glue the It,oodcn half-disk on the nat surface prevIOUsly pre. pared 1.1 the end of the chopstICk (Figure 4) ,

Chopsticks to Hammers Carl Gotzmer Accokeek, MD

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The Answer Column Sam Rizzena Inwood, WV ThiJ qutJli(HI and "1t.J ..'tr colwtnn d~"ls "'i,h building. playing. und curingfor dulci~rs (lxHh tUllis}. QutSli()fl$ art In"/ltd. PI~,,5t uddrtJs I~m W IhlS calumn In CUrt oJ DULCIMER PUYERS NEWS . NOte IMI limiwtions of spaa and tim~ may nutk~ II impaJSibl~ ta rtspmuJ to tl·t ry inquiry, l ...iII nOf IH' (lbl~ 10 fnill.;~ rtJporu~s othn than as tirM aliO'Ws in this column, QutJli()fl$ of gtnn{ll inl~r,st 10 ,h~ ,~udnJhip ...iII g~t priority ,

I am a r tNnt I'ffruitm hammer dulei mn en thusill5t. I met II nran whose grandfather built ont o"er a hundred years ago In Russia. lie has the instru · ment , although he has rebuilt It as the origina l had deteriorated , and the so und board was fa s ten ed duwn . dampening the .. ibrlltion. After lots of winter hours and a gin of ~'ood . I ha,'e built an instrument I am plca.scd with . I had sorne "buzz" near om of my bridge~upportssothought if I had a ..'ay oradjll$ting the height orthe s.upport I could eliminat e Ihe buzz. I uoed 5mall metric boI15 with. head d~ signed 10 accepl an alltn wrench Inserted on Ihe tnds 0( brid~c s upporu ~'herc I could tas il}' get to Iht m rrom the top of the Inslrumll('l . Whiw Ihe adjust IDfnts Indtfll t lim lnated the buz~ , il abo Increased the "Diet' and ,-ibration of the soundboard tremendously . The Russian instrument yo~ mention is probably a Tsi mbaly . a trut!itional folt 111strument of the Uhaine and . of C(HJrsc, one of the nran y Slyle~ of the true dulcimer. The fact Ihal the :IQIIndboard ..'as "fastened down~ docs nOl mean Ihat It i~ "dampening the vibr.ltion." In fact. if the soundboard is not sufficiently fastened to the: rest of the ff3me of an iastrumcnt. a sign ifICant Dmount of the ~nc'ly of Siri ng vibnltion is Io..t to fricuon, beat. and inaudible sou nd frequcrn: ies rather than rcinf~ing the musical pitches played by sounding thc: strings. Note that the :IQIIndboards of pianos. gui tars, violin5. etc. arc fastened down and that when they arc loosened by mechanical damage. Ihe attractive qualities of tone and projection suffer until they an: repain:d . This is also ,,'hy you noticed some Impro'emcnt in the voice of your instrument when )'ou eliminated your dulcimer's buzz by iKlJushng

oomponcnl$ to lit more tightly and accurately . You might be int<,rested to know that adjustments sl.ICh as you ust'd havc indeed been used and arc usually mon: COIlvenientand IcSli unsightl)' ... hen adjusting access is from the bOIck of the ~trumcnt . From the back. adjustments are possible in the middle of the instrument as well as al thc: edges. Well -seasoned wood s. clima tecontrolled work. environment. and aceu· rille joirn:ry eliminate the chance of buzzes and poor tone and eliminate the 1lL"td for c~ tra adjustments which. in themselves, can be prone ttll ater1mublc~. If rhe """00_ board and braces lit together accurJtely. Ihat isall that is necessary. When in doubt. glue such componcnts limrly together. This alone may improve greatly the tOflCof a poorly lined instrument_ A frknd has a hymme rcd ( 2111 ) duld· tIl('r ",lth a,strange probkm. Tht instru ment has indh-idu al mu ,'able bridges " 'hj(:h s upport a single lon g rod running from the ooUom 10 thr top. The treble courses arc J.s tringcd and all a r c: ae· ttptabte fihhs apart from right to len Uctpt ror the Jrd Icn · hand course rrom the top_ II rl't' the bottom lstringsareall right , hul the top one is a sharped 6th rrom its partnu SI ring on the righl side. Th is course: Is dull-.'lOundin g on both skic:5 or the bridge, but c:sp«ia lly th~ leh . Is this probkm correctable b)' hu man hands or do ..'~ nH1l an u ordsm? Alt hought du lcimer demons and gremlill5 may have caused th<.' problem, they cannot negate the mathematical and phy~l cal laws of the unh·crse. And so, a si mple solu tion is possible. Fricllon can cause an improJla inte ..... al. The side of the SIring rarthest from the tuning pin mUSI be tuned Ii~t. then thc: ncar side adJu~led to achie .. e

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the fiflh , You have prob:Ibly tned Ihls 10110 a\'ail. So, the <Mher ~sl blhly IS thai the vlbrol1lng length of the offelllJlng ~tnng is not divided into the proper "'tlo to prodocc the fifth interval How can mlJ happen , you ask, If the Slrinp crou W1.lghI rods and the other grinl' an properly dlvMk<!" Slmflle ll\I, ofJelllJlII& IUinals not beln, bodged pr0perly by !he side bod,cs. S IIIcelhe left )Ide of!he problem smn, I' higher In pItch than it ought to be , either the left side of the stri ng is 100 shon or the nghl side IS too long . In miscast, It is likely the right is too long , The Rring I' not PIIshed downward ~fflClCntly on the nghl side pm (whether it be I luning pili or a hitch pin) 10 be bridged or "SlOpped" by the right -sIde: bridge rod. In fact, the Rn ng IS probably riding too high even to touch the SIde bridge. ThU$ its vlbr~l ing length IS 001 ended by the side bridge rod . as It should be, but by the tuning or hitch pili to ",hlch it is fIl5tenOO It the n ght pin block . Loosen theorrerKIing string , push it oo...n as fat as it will 8001'1 both hilch pIn ami lUn ing pIn. and retighten Qnd tune . Your problem is likely solved. LIghti ng son.. Ince nse and

chanting Skip To M,. Loll in tOl'lgues nnghl not hun. eilher. The design orthe in strument mUR allow for proper firm bOdging ofl he stnnp over the appropriate bridges and bridge caps or " rods". And the grings muS! be adjusted low on the lun ing pillS so tnat they cmss ltVer tbe bridges with suffICient anile 10 be..- firmly 01'1 the bridges hoIdlllg the bridges in place 5eCurc: ly and pro~Kllllg ilCCurate vibrating length!>. Th,s isone ' Ill , portant part of hammer dulClltlef 5ft-up and why I COMKkr a duicllncr 01'11) half done when the wood ...·ork mg IS COIllpleted. The dull_lIIJ)"ou upenence 's partly due to the lack of firm bOdglllg at one or both side bridges and because the 5)'mpathetic resonance of a Rring bodged ,n fifths islackin,. If you get things ...·orI.ing and tunOO corrttt ly , the Siring ""II pl"l). du«a noticeably more bnllianttooc: . asdo the other string!> which an,: in fifth) .

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Jerry Rockwell Constance Wanstreet Culumbus, OH From the: moment he: played a dulcimc:r. Jerry Rockwell hIlS challenged the: lKllion that the instrumc:n1 is limited to si mple tUIK'$ and accornpanimc:nts. Widely Ittogniled as an innova1Cw in Dpplying chord Iheory 10 lhe: Appalachian dulcimc:r. Jerry hopes 10 sho .... OIhers its nearly ~ndles5 harmony . "Every musical inSIt\Jmc:nl - and every musician (Of that rlUIllcr - has inherenl limitations." he said. "Anong o lher things. inslt\Jmc:n1S IITC bourd by scales and modes and lhe ir number of strings. Dulcimer players an: confined by their musical background, the type of music they .... anllO make, and their perecplions o(their inSlrumc:nlS. My jobas a teacher is 10 encourage dulcimer pl3yers tochallenge their percepcions so they can gel the most from their music . " A popular notion aboulthc dulcimer is that il is 100 limiled 10 be harmonically inlCrtsling:· Jerry lold a group of his night·school Sludents al The Ohio SIDte UniversilY. HBut a gOOtl. w lid undemand· ing of chord thooI"y will really open up a ICM of doors for you. Set aside your notions of what the dulcimer can and cannot do; and n:member thai at any given momenl in a piece. there an: endless possibilities ayailable to you:' Teaching music - ..... he:ther guilar. mandolin or dulcimc:r - allows Jerry 10 continually n:inforce and Strengthen his own mLl5ic foundation. "When Ilcach. 1 find myself reexamining my own knowledge,·· 1w: Slid. "Teaching in general works like thaI." Jerry 's musical foundations were built in the 1960's, when, as a guiur player, he ..... as innueoccd by a Yariety of musicians from the Beatles and Eric Claplon to jau guitar sty lists Johnny Smith and Wes Montgomery. - In playingjau guilar. I leurned some pop standards," he said. "The inn uenccs in tho5c IUnes· lhe colorful soonds of ·fat' chords· go back to the tum orlhe century, to people like Claude Dcbu§~y .

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hi s compositions," Jcrry e~plained . ··He broke lhe rules of traditional harmony and opened up worlds 10 popular and jan mu· sic. From my own standpoinl as 11 composer. it is in lhe music of Debussy that I find a great deal of inspiration." Other inspiration comc:s from the urban Chicago.style blues he played in high school. '·I'vc Cllpcrimcnted with some blucs on the dulcimer using a sl ide and 50fIle hem notcS:'he said , " It's a novelty and a lot of fun . The blues has become the basis for much of my dulcimer music . While It rlUIy not have the same structure as the blues, il hll$ a lot o(the feeling to il:· Jerry played blues. rock and jau guitar for six years before buying his first dulcimer a1 a Virginia Beach pawn shop . '·1 had a good time with the dulcimer righl offlhe bat." he said. " I just jammed just sort of improYised - until I gCM tired of doing somc:thing with no structure .·· Aboul Icn years ago he de\'e loped a chord reference system 10 help studenls understand how ehords are conSlructed . ·· Instead of looking at a chord encyclopedia, students can really gel close 10 the instrumcnt when they understand my chord reference syste m. 'fl)cy can build their own triads or SCI·c nth chords and learn 10 play every possible in\·c rsion of the chords:' Jcrry said. " I like to get acll)§S the main idea Ihat the dulcimer is an infinite instrumem with Dmultitude of possibilities,'· he $Did. "lind that once you urnk.-rstand the wortings of music and how il relates to the dulcimer. you haye many opportunities available to you that would otherwise be in the domain of another inSlrumc:nt. .e m" When teaching improvisation und urranging , for Cllample. I tell my students Ihal there is nothing really right or wrong with the dulcimer. Eyery note goes with every other note - somc: arc JUSt hipper than others."

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Even though hiS teaching empha.;I«:S the thcon:heal aspects of music. Jerry admllS beml tIn ..... n to !he llulcimer because: of 115 mherent Simphelly. HI tlnnk then: is a danger m maLlng • simple Instrument overly complu,H he u.1d. '11x: magICal charm abo.It the dulcimer 15 5tllll15 SlmpllClty.He conveys that charm in hi s o ....·n arrangement~ by keeping the In de · liberalely sparse:. - I lile to Leep the melody up fronl ...... 1111 my ehonlal lIarmony pla}ing II supporMe role. Chon:Is should cnhance tile melody." he said , "not o\·ershao.!ow 11 ._ Jerry encoungc:5 illS Sludenl$ to apf:I«*"h eacll tunc w,lII a $C1I'iC of ad\'enture and to mfu$C the musIC Willi the,rO\O<n "liPirit" or "J;OUI " '11x: Indlvldull mlCrprrtallon ofa plCeC IS so I\C!CUS3r)' 10 erc:allve music,anshlp.he cxpl.ined. For 11131 Jl:asotl he likes 10 wcan studcnl~ away froln relding dulci mer mUllC . " If you bcromc tOO dependent on fre, numbcn or mUSICal 001.II1100. it becomes an inlermc(liary between the metod) and the 50111,- he said -rryingto put ...... ay the

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For the senoos student . he rccommrnds pnc1icinl uerci5eS for 20-30 minuteS don · Iy , Including scales. chords. hammer-oos and pull-offs. '1'hcy say for clusical gUitar. if )"ou aren't mo"lOgwad. you're rrlO\"lnltback. wartb . That's kuwI of Dscare)' IlImg, but I guess it's truc:' he said. " If)'ou ....'ant 10 devclop tecllnlcally, )"ou ha\'c 10 forge

and mandai., . "1'11 be CApcrimenllng ..... 1111 a gUlillf 5ynthcs,1.er in conjunclioo wllh the duicmlCr to come up with some IntereSl lng le~lun::s and sounds,- he said. At a rccer,t lecture , Jerry lold hl~ aud l' ence,'1'he most exciting lunc for lhemodem dulcimer is righlllOw ....,hile liS IIlstory is bemg ....'ntten ." Jerry's ,r.novallve style ensures illS place among ilS chapters.

ahead:' Jerry's own career 113.) forged OIhc:ad since hiS move to Columbus. OhIO. from Burlington. Vermont. t""O yean ago _ " I Oll,e II I0Il of my cum:nl sueccss to N.e ll,rc:n Shoshu BuddhIsm:' he slud ''I'm nO! natunll), sclf-mohvated. but through the Buddhist life philosoph) I've .chieved progre ss by cu ntinulilly challcngmg m)"!oClf~nd being .ble 10 share Il"IOIl: deeply .... ,111 my studcnIS.~ 1M: e~ plu ined. "Uving III Columbus has opened up the posslbli lliel of more teach,ng:' he said. ~ 1t 'lamn,"g how much mlerest there 15 in the dulc,mer and OOW many line plu)'el'$ thm- m-, too. ~

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What's New? Tht MO! I Dulcimer /Jean Ruchle. Greoenhll)'l. Bo~ 361. Port Waslungtoo. NY 11050 ' From the bxkofthulb!Jm: -ova the ) 'taf5 [ hl....e made about 40 rttOni albums •.• The)' all I\.avc some dul (liner accompaniment. but people .. ,soon· t1'

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511 S. Griffith Park Dr •• Bllmank. CA 9 1S06 • ThLulbum and C'IlSSCIIC tapc fea · lure 1nd1t1OfUl1 Christmas Carols played on hammer dulcimer with gUIIM. nute. piccolo. vlOlm and Cchic Iwp. Ornllmenty Mll lie Collins &: Ronnnc Ziegler. Sampler Record s. 197 Mclrose St . . RQ( he5ler. NY 1461 9 • Hammer dulcimer and harp join logether for the music ofChnSlmas on this album and casSC'tte tape:. A booIc]C{ IS included Appalac:hllln &: Irish TulRSOfi Jl ammtr DulclmcrlEwan & Guy Car.lwan. Flymg Fish Records. RFD 3. Box 370. New Markel . TN 37820 • Guy arid Evan Cllf'llwan are I faLhcfand 5QlI .... hohawe been playmg music toge:ther for the paSt dcw:n yean 1lIc,r mte~ m hammer dulcHner tOCS

bxk thai fill' tOl) TullCS on tillS album include: f'lojJ-f: tlrtd M ult . 8 0napurft CrosJi", fM Rhin~ .nd TuJS Tht FtaIM's!

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Tradltlonld Music th" future/Nu S trings AIIK he:lI. Turquoise Records. HC_1I4. Rn ~ 1l58 . Whlte sbure . K Y 41858 • No S lrlng~ Attached'S Ihlrd album realum> onglnal and contemporary 500gS played on three hammer dllJclmers. guitar. ~S5 , bowed psaltery. kahmN. synthesizer. p,ano and harmolllca xleclions include Summtrrimt. Tht F/I'mg Clout! Rtd . SQfla SI.mba and Odt III U G/(JtIv,m .

Aus tralian Traditional Songs/Mal)' Schandct. P.O . Box 5015 1. Pasadena. CA 91 105 • This booIc is dcsigncll for beginnmg 10 mterme,!!ate level hammer dulci_ mer playcrs and contams !iOIlgs am\ngcd forhammerdulcime:r. autoharp.litkllc I nd guilar. Product UpdatH Dulcimcr l)uel5. Rounds and t:nSC'm-

tMcs by Lols Homboslcl (Mel Bay Publ lCllions) wu relca!lCd m July nils fft'ned dulcimer ~ has an X'COITIpan)'mi t'aS. selle laP<" Danny Carnahan and Robin l'<'lric's 1'100 for The: Road has now been ft'lcascd by Flying Fish Records C hrtslmu OilY In Tilt Morning. guuar

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DULCIMER a la MODE: 40 tunes in tablature and music TIOIalion. Several tunes In each mooe. 57 .95 plus 7St postage

Meadowlart FINELY DESIGNED HAND-CRAFfED FOLK TOYS: Limber Jack. DQg. Pony , Btar, Clown. and Lamb S 10.95 ea. includes shippinJl:. Jean's Dulcimer Shop, P.O. Box 8, Cosby, TN 37722.

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THE KITCHEN MUS ICIAN'S OCCA· SIONAL FOR HAMMER DULCIM ER, ETC. : Booklets in standard llOIatiof1 and Sam Rineua' s lablatu~. No. !. Waltzes; No . 2. Mountain Tune!'; (no tab); No. ).

O'Carolan Tunes: No. 6, Jigs: II pp.

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Out ... a nd Wi nnl n~!lLuc illc Reilly . Shll(hch Productions, P.O. Do:r. 7 12, Moomtown. NJ 08057. ... and Wmnmg ... as deltned In speed , organil.lltion. technique. logical progress. success and TR[UMPH!! As a performer and dulcimer tcacher in the Upstate New Yorit area I wish tOCOl1gratu[atc aod thank Lucille Reilly fOf" developing Ihis system of playing , giving clear direction and specific hammcri ng lIOlIItion for the begin. ner and intcrmediale player. Lucille's tntining as a professional mu· sic teacher alld performer is demonstraled in her clI$y'lO-n:ad IC~I with rhythm e:r. cll:ises. diagrams and fifty dance lunes with hammering OOIaliOll. 'Ole three cas~I\es. complemcn ting thc instruclion book. play all e:r.cll:ises as written. Tunes first heard slowly are then played at tbnec lempo wilh accompaniment. Then: is no funher "tripping o"erOllc's hammers " ~an: h ing for strings ",hen ~mploying Ihis melhod of organiution: inilial benefit being ca~ lind SPEED In Icaming musIc . I recommend Slriking OuI ... aOO WIN NING as. selF·inSII\IChon manual or profellsional teaching \'ehicle, and r will be so bold as to stale Ihil " 'hat Bach·s !lII·tlltilHJtn ''''.; Sirl/<mien did for the keyboard Reilly's Siriking OuL. .and WINNING! ~()('s for the dulcimer. Barbara Jablon ~kl

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Roots & Branches Music New Albums and Tapes

• Christmas Day In The Morning Seth Austen ... an album and real-rime cassette tape of beautiful Christmas mei(xhes and carols played on solo guitar. Kicking Mule #- 181. ~l«rm5'

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Soon It's Going To Rain Madeline MacNeil ... an album and real·time C3.SSe n e tape of contemporary and traditional love songs accompanied by hammer dulcimer, gUllllr and flute. Kicking

Mule #244. Soon II's GOIU1tI Ram. The Wotn h W;Jc, Blow 1M Wu"" SooIkrI,f1\t Kerl Row. HdIo, Y(lIIT SarI,(, R,,'f'!" Rumc. Wdd MOllnItUn T/rym.e, S.. mmmnnt, Stnd In The Cbw'7U, R,UIET. ~lecllOl\$;

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