HI hammmer group, i really enjoy this group, i've gained a ton of helpful infromation. I am curious which dulicmer has less sustain. a fixed top or a floating...
I've noticed that the Rick Thum 17 17 has the least sustain I've heard in any hammered dulcimer. It has a floating top but I've heard both types and both can...
When I complained about excessive sustain a few years ago, the most useful reply I got was make sure that all the strings for the same note are tuned...
... Interestingly, I have also found the opposite to be true. I play a Webster (5th tuned) and it has three strings per treble course. I have found that if...
I see now... http://www.jamesjonesinstruments.com/hammereddulcimer/hddampers.html http://www.jamesjonesinstruments.com/hdaccessories/hdstands.html docs: ...
Hi, I've currently got one these: http://larkinthemorning.com/Hammered+Dulcimer+Stand+/p/HAM034/ It's nice..adjustable...altho I never really adjust it...but a...
... I haven't used tristanders myself, & have only seen them once or twice close up - but I know that people who've got them say they're pricey but very much...
I have the tri-stander setup on my dulcimer and it apparently doesn't effect the sound of the instrument much if at all. Mine came with the brackets installed,...
does anyone have difficulty with rythum? timing with quarter, eighth notes in songs I do on some songs, i have a metrnone, it does either quarter or eighth or...
Subdividing is the most commonly used tool for rhythmic precision. Count eighth note divisions (1+2+3+4+) or sixteenth note divisions (1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a) while...
For me, I can hear the rhythm, but sometimes my hands aren't strong enough or flexible enough to play as fast as I would like to and still stay in tempo. It's...
Something I have found helpful from harping is begin in a slow pace and gradually bring it up to speed. Your hands are learning muscle memory as my fingers do...
For the love of God I WISH I could go. It's been a dream for years, but being a teacher in Michigan means that particular week is just before high stakes...
Ya and I wish I could come to michigan to the festival you have the 3rd week in july. I would love to try out all the dulcimers. In winfield there are only 3...
Can't talk now. Having way too much fun at Evart"s dulcimer festival. Wish you all where here Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ... From: "abbj2002"...
Hi I went to Barcelona this past march and saw 2 street performers playing the dulcimer using this very odd hammers. I would like to know what country...
The hammers have similarities to those used for the Austrian and German Hackbrett, at least the grip part where the hammers are held between the first two...
Hi -- The hammers (and the dulcimers) are from Belarus, or at least they're the same as the ones from there. The instrument is called the tsimbaly. If they're...
They are playing the Belorussian tsymbaly, and the hammers are the style of hammers used there. They are much shorter than any other hammers I have seen....
There is a picture on Gillian Alcock's website. Perhaps you could inquire there about the hammers. http://www.netspeed.com.au/gillian.alcock/cattsimb.html .and...
Those are Belarusian tsymbaly hammers. They are quite short, about 150mm long and the heads are sometimes bare wood, sometimes covered in leather of different...
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Hello Pooyan Beautiful instruments! Sadly I do not have the spare cash :-( I would be interested in buying some hammers/beaters to add to my collection though....
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... Wish I could make it again but its out of the question for a while. The real fun is out in the campground beating on strings tell the arms feel like...
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