Hi dear folk, I'm Pooyan Nassehpoor, here the moderator. I have three news: 1. I was testing to teach Persian Hammered Dulcimer via internet and now I'm...
Dear Pooyan,  Congratulations to you on this project. I appreciate your creative thinking and I hope this way the great music we believe in reaches...
I hold mine between the index and middle fingers.but I mostly see people holding them between thumb and index finger. I'm more comfortable playing this way...
Do you use your thumb at all to hold your hammers? I hold mine with the thumb on top and index and middle fingers both on the bottom. My niece (whom some of...
I think US players typically hold their hammer between their thumb and/or index and middle fingers and the hammers we use are designed to be held that way....
Hi all, Just joined up, wanted to say hi. Also, just started playing again. I played about 10 years ago, then had kids! They are finally big enough that I have...
hi, I'm new to the group and I've just bought myself my first Hammered dulcimer, with very little information, and now i'm trying to figure out what i've got....
Are you able to see the make of the dulcimer? Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel ... From: "nessa_burntsienna" <nessa.folks@...> ...
It is quite possible that a previous owner set it up in what they regarded as a logical fashion and you may be able to move the bridges to their correct...
I know that yahoo group doesn't accept pictures but look at the header and forward some photos to me. I'm sure a few of us can figure this thing out. Sent from...
Lots of yahoo lists do accept photos (although it isn't suggested.) Don't know if hammered_dulcimer@yahoogroups.com does or not. Only the moderator can tell...
from the webpage for the group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hammered_dulcimer/photos/album/0/list you can post photos. i assume it's allowed here as there...
So I'm looking down at this dulcimer that I want to bring back to life, and it would appear one of the bridges moved. is that the correct terminology?...
With nearly a ton of pressure from the treble bridge strings gluing it would be silly. Not gluing also allows it to be moved to fine tune the notes from one...
The notes on the treble bridge are not octave apart. They are 5th harmony. If you divide the string into 5ths the bridge should be 2/5s from the left and 3/5s...
OK, let me check that again. A C on one side should be a G on the other. Maybe my ear was off. When you say treble, is that the bridge to the right, left, or...
OK, maybe my ear was off. I have a 14/13. If memory serves me correctly, I had the left bridge tuned for a D, C and G, and something else, I gotta put my...
Um, slow down a minute. SLOW DOWN A MINUTE. Not all dulcimers are tuned the same. And randomly moving bridges around is courting disaster. Standard US...
OK OK OK. I've slowed down., first off, I think I need an education in the terminology. I have two bridges, just like everyone else. the one on the left,...
The treble bridge is fifth tuned. You figured that one out pretty good. If the #1 note (do), on the marked bridge is an octave above the bass bridge (that's...
I've kind of lost track of what it is you originally wanted to do, but perhaps these comments can be of use: 1) The bridge on the left that is tuned 1 and 5...
Hey all... I'm a long timed HD admirer. Also a celtic harper and bowed psaltery player. Now, I have a HD kit on the way and thought I would begin by finding a...
It depends on your learning style. My strength is auditory so a good mp3 and the amazing slowdowner software works best. A friend takes lessons so she can...
I need help with this, and not knowing any local HD players, I thought I might ask here. I'm taking a Celtic music ear-training and repertoire-building class....
Another question from me. I'm the one whose soundbox cracked a couple of months ago. The maker kindly and promptly sent me a new instrument with some holes...
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