Listen to this!
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Listen to this!
Have a listen at this (IMO) beautiful rendition of Star of the County Down played on a mountain dulcimer by Nicolas Hambas.
http://dulcitunes.com/tunes/nhstar.mp3
http://dulcitunes.com/tunes/nhstar.mp3
Last edited by talimirr743 on Thu Oct 20, 2005 2:38 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Cheers!
~Andrew~
"As imperfect as we are, we each hold the world in our hands"
~Andrew~
"As imperfect as we are, we each hold the world in our hands"
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That was my impression as well.greenspiderweb wrote:That is a nice stark and lonesome version, and I particularly liked the fiddle. You can almost feel the pain and sorrow. And then there is the harp trying to pull you out from the depths, in contrast.
Thanks, I like having my emotions dragged through the mud!
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Well, that explains why it sounded so different! I thought maybe it had some very different strings on it than I was used to hearing, or the bow hair was different...so maybe it is both!talimirr743 wrote:and actually its not a fiddle, its a bowed dulcimer.
Now I see (from your other post):
http://www.blackcreekstrings.homestead. ... CIMER.html
Same bow, differnt instrument, very neat!
Thanks! It's the first bowed dulcimer I've heard that I know of! I like it.
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the luthier that builds my dulcimers is going to make me a bowed dulcimer, as soon as he can figure out how he wants to do it......
I want to play it "upright" and want a curved fretboard. I don't want frets, but want markers (probably strips of other wood inlaid on the ebony). I also want it lower in registry than a "normal" dulcimer - to give a cello like tone.
It took him a year and a half to come up with Tom's resonator dulcimer (better known as "The Dulcinator"), so this may take awhile - but it'll be more than worth the wait.
I want to play it "upright" and want a curved fretboard. I don't want frets, but want markers (probably strips of other wood inlaid on the ebony). I also want it lower in registry than a "normal" dulcimer - to give a cello like tone.
It took him a year and a half to come up with Tom's resonator dulcimer (better known as "The Dulcinator"), so this may take awhile - but it'll be more than worth the wait.
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I was wondering what a dulcimer would look like played upright. I found some pictures, mainly of Ken Bloom. On the page, the first picture is of him playing and the picture underneath and slightly to the right shows four people playing. I wonder if Nic recorded all the parts for that tune.
http://www.bolick.net/bloom/photos.html
http://www.bolick.net/bloom/photos.html
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I've seen some of Ken's work - very, very nice! Alice Ann of the Kentucky Standard Band plays one of his bowed dulcimers.
There are several songs we'd love to use it on (Yesterday, by the Beatles, for instance). It probably won't be a dulcimer we use "on stage", but will do overlays of tracks when recording.
There are several songs we'd love to use it on (Yesterday, by the Beatles, for instance). It probably won't be a dulcimer we use "on stage", but will do overlays of tracks when recording.
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BTW, would anyone know of the tableture to that tune for the mando?
I've looked for that one before, but come up dry. Is there another name for the tune that it might go by?
I've been looking on mandocafe mostly, cause if it's not there, someone knows where it might be, but I'm still waiting on a reply from one or two folks there.
I've looked for that one before, but come up dry. Is there another name for the tune that it might go by?
I've been looking on mandocafe mostly, cause if it's not there, someone knows where it might be, but I'm still waiting on a reply from one or two folks there.
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OK. I'll do this once. There are about 2 million mando tabs on this site, including Star Co Down.
http://www.alltabs.com/mandolin_tablature_list.html
http://www.alltabs.com/mandolin_tablature_list.html