Thank you this is very interesting. Sounds beautiful 😊
@heatherwatterson590Ай бұрын
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@heatherwatterson590Ай бұрын
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@andydepaule3296Ай бұрын
Looks like you swiped my Violin design?
@SpaceMalakhiАй бұрын
Great video, thank you!
@philipvitkus2109Ай бұрын
But how do you know which wire to put on each
@cedarcreekdulcimers5054Ай бұрын
We like to put the strings on in a clockwise manner. Starting with your melody string on the left side tuner that is closest to you. Then string 2 is put on the left side tuner just above. Next the middle string is put on the top right tuner. Then finally the bass string goes on the right tuner closest to you. If you're using strings for the traditional tuning like we are (DAA) the first 3 strings are all the same, so it doesn't matter if you put them on tuner 1, 2, or 3. The last string (Bass) will be the thicker wound string in your pack.
@kimponce9632Ай бұрын
Nice. Want to hear more. Need more lessons. Great idea. Great job!
@cedarcreekdulcimers5054Ай бұрын
Hey Kim thanks for the comment! If you are new to the traditional dulcimer tuning like I use in all my videos. Go to our cedar creek dulcimers KZread page and select instructional videos. Lesson #1 teaches how to play melodies and add rhythm. After you have half a dozen one line songs figured out, then move on to Lesson #2 to learn how to add harmonies to thoes songs. Then Lesson #3 will show you how to chord your dulcimer so you can play with other musicians or backup singers. My goal is to get you to the point where you are playing on your own as quickly as possible! If you would like to learn other techniques, start with song #1 in the Dulcimer Karoke series. If I am using a technique like a "hammer on" or a ("pull off ") I will have a tutorial in-between the practice song and the Karoke song. If I'm not using any new techniques then I've already shown on previous videos, I won't have any tutorials on those videos. Thanks again for watching! Keep having fun!
@3H3H3H2 ай бұрын
This instrument uses drumsticks for strings, if it is using drumsticks it is from the percussion family, a keyboard and string instrument does not use a simple drumstick like that, a heavy and strong technical detail. There is no reason or reason to want to play it as a keyboard or string instrument, it is completely distorting it. It's always just string percussion.
@jocrosley24782 ай бұрын
Beautiful! Blessings!
@DragonAngel262 ай бұрын
FYI, none of your links work. You may want to update them.
@mspinki58203 ай бұрын
What do you have your dulcimer tuned to? I keep mine on DaD.
@cedarcreekdulcimers50543 ай бұрын
I always tune to the traditional dulcimer tuning. Most people refer to it as D AA. However, that is just one of the many keys you can tune to when you use the traditional Ionian mode. For example, in this video, we learn that if we tune to the traditional tuning key of G (G DD), we are able to play all kinds of chords we could never play tuning to D! If you've not already found it yet, I do go over tuning in this video right before we start the first song. If you would like to learn more about the traditional Ionian tuning, I explain it a little more in Mountain Dulcimer Basics lesson #1. You can find all our videos on the Cedar Creek Dulcimers KZread page. Thanks for watching! Always remember, if you're having fun, you're doing it right! Troy
@Bufforp1ngt0n3 ай бұрын
I’m amazed it’s this simple! Getting one in the next few days. I’ve tried studying guitar and piano in the past and just been really intimidated by how much there was to learn and my tight timing and motivation… but really want to get to try this one!
@zetathix4 ай бұрын
That verse running in my mind 'Bag fed C-bag', C-bag is a thing that comes before D-bag I think 😂
@travisg23034 ай бұрын
Hey that bridge is way up there by the sound hole. What's the scale length on your chord stick? I've got one of those, but in a 4 course, 4 string variant; it's scale length is 27".
@cedarcreekdulcimers50544 ай бұрын
The chord stick in this video has a 27 3/4" scale length. The bodies on our chord sticks are longer and wider at the bottom than most builders. I wanted something that would not only make a bolder, fuller tone but would carry better when playing with other instruments. Thanks for watching!
@suemariemusic4 ай бұрын
What tuning is this please? 😊
@cedarcreekdulcimers50544 ай бұрын
On my chordstick, I use an open G tuning. 4 string: D G B D. 3 string: G B D. Also, at the very end of this video, there is a tuning tutorial. Thanks for watching!
@suemattes2024 ай бұрын
This is awesome!! Thank you so much
@lindaroberts12844 ай бұрын
I just purchased a gently used Cedar Creek dulcimer. The sound is so sweet!
@suemattes2024 ай бұрын
Thank you for helping me with tuning my dulcimer so I can play it with my banjo and guitar. Now do I use the cords that are on my banjo book or do I use the guitar cords in the book to play my dulcimer??
@cedarcreekdulcimers50544 ай бұрын
Either one should be fine. Your chords will match any instrument as long as your tuned to G D D on your dulcimer! Any music that has the cords you can now use! It's great how versatile the Dulcimer can be when you use this tuning!
@user-pt2gl6zz6g4 ай бұрын
Thank yo for the lesson. Very helpful.
@3H3H3H4 ай бұрын
People overcomplicate this instrument, it is a melodic string percussion instrument, which you play as if it were a steel drum, or a melodic hand drum or hand pan, but you use the delicate string sticks and follow the tone and sound of music music with low sounds and tones uses low strings and chords, high and high and bumpy sounds and tones you use the high and bumpy treble of the dulcimer. This string percussion instrument follows the same logic of playing the berimbau as a percussion instrument with strings. The logic and history of this medieval folk instrument was and always has been this. Those who distorted and complicated this instrument were the string instrumentalists who, out of greed and bad faith, did not respect the melodic percussion of the instrument, wanting to make it a harp, but it will never be or was a harp, it is just string percussion. This instrument is the brother of the steel drum, the marimba and the berimbau and the handpan. To this day, string percussion continues to be the ultimate and fatal point.
@user-xp8yl7if5w4 ай бұрын
Salut
@johnmeeks96185 ай бұрын
Because you are not actually building the instrument, you are wasting our time.
@johnathanheard25905 ай бұрын
Nice I like the new effects 👍
@TheTristanRaven5 ай бұрын
I don't know if you still check comments, but 4 years later from this video, it's still helping. I've now played this because of this video. It's become part of my warmup now even before I work on other songs.
@carolepylant10156 ай бұрын
Thanks so much. This really helped me to understand this lovely instrument.
@lauriephillips42866 ай бұрын
I was given an antique hammered dulcimer, which I have sent out to be refurbished. It doesnt have the bars/bridges, so my question is when they refurbish it will they put the bars/bridges in?
@user-go5gt4tt9o6 ай бұрын
I did it wrong and broke my string. 😢
@MidnightInExile6 ай бұрын
Bro. PLAY THE INSTRUMENT
@MissMeganBeckett6 ай бұрын
18:09 I beg you to please tune your instruments for as exactly in tune as you can. Some people definitely do have the ability to tell the difference in the sound quality between exactly in tune and slightly off. I was personally cringing and recoiling physically without meaning to when the strings were even slightly out of tune when you showed how tuning a hammer dulcimer works when you’re using an electronic tuner to get the right notes and that isn’t something that you want your audience to be doing when you’re performing a new tune. I don’t know if most people would have the same reaction as I have. I have something very similar to perfect pitch except I can’t match any played note to it’s corresponding letter on the scale or place it on sheet music, I just know if it’s perfectly in tune or if it’s not, and hearing something that’s out of tune gives me uncomfortable involuntary physical reactions, so I will always be in tune if I’m singing something by ear or it will be physically uncomfortable or painful and anxiety inducing.
@tessveloso7 ай бұрын
Great video! Thank you!
@thedumbassspeaks8 ай бұрын
That dulcimer looks a lot like my Folkcraft that I bought back in the 1990’s.
@carlaschulz42178 ай бұрын
Absolutely LOVE your video!!! I have had my mountain dulcimer about 12 years, and it has been in a bag in my closet almost since I got it because the book and DVD that came with it just left me so frustrated trying to learn the notes and fingering to play it. Thanks for making it simple and still sounding amazing. I think I can do this! 😄
@Phoenixhunter1577 ай бұрын
You CAN do this 😊❤
@hurdygurdyguy18 ай бұрын
The fret dots on your fretboard is messin’ me up, man!!
@heatherwatterson5909 ай бұрын
Your website says these may be coming back in 2024. Can you please confirm whether or not you will be selling these in the future. Thanks. ❤
@cedarcreekdulcimers50549 ай бұрын
Our builder Chas,which makes the bodies of the electrics, has about 2 or 3 months of chemotherapy left. He plans on getting started as soon as he can afterward! Thanks for asking! Hope to be talking with you soon! Troy
@heatherwatterson5909 ай бұрын
@@cedarcreekdulcimers5054 Thank you souch for your response. Chas is in our prayers. ❤️
@heatherwatterson5909 ай бұрын
That is fantastic!
@docdoghouse23059 ай бұрын
your instrument is diatonic, right? the european "hackbrett" is chromatic?
@heatherwatterson5909 ай бұрын
Do you sell the stand at your shop?
@cedarcreekdulcimers50549 ай бұрын
Hey Heather, thanks for watching! Yes, we do sell these stands at the Branson shop! Very affordable. Give us a call at 417 334-2634. Thanks again! Troy
@antony146710 ай бұрын
Thanks!!
@Cheesus4jesus10 ай бұрын
This video made me subscribe.
@Cheesus4jesus10 ай бұрын
Dang! I want to learn how to do this ❤️
@cedarcreekdulcimers505410 ай бұрын
Hey Vanessa, thanks for watching! If you get on our KZread page; (cedarcreekdulcimers) and click on Playlist, then instructional videos. Start with lesson one to see just how easy this instrument is to learn! You literally can play with one finger on one string if you like! If you have more questions and would like to see how much dulcimers cost,or if you want to talk to a live person, you can call the store in Branson 417 334-2634 10 to 6 Monday through Saturday. Thanks again! Troy
@Cheesus4jesus10 ай бұрын
@@cedarcreekdulcimers5054 Troy I even looked up Branson to see how far of a drive it is for me. 5.5, but eventually I'll come see the store.
@walteryoung202510 ай бұрын
Fantastic
@Emanresuadeen10 ай бұрын
I imagine that this would be a great instrument for drummers, who may want to also play something more melodious.
@winkfinkerstien195710 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😎👍🏻🎶
@transistedwaves433710 ай бұрын
I have been very curious but too scared to invest in an instrument. After your video I absolutely have to own one.Thank you for the lesson!
@fu-kn1uw10 ай бұрын
Maybe all that extra wood gives it too much sustain?
@chrisfrazer183010 ай бұрын
I'm curious why there are actual frets and not just lines. That's a lot of work. It sounds fantastic.
@cedarcreekdulcimers505410 ай бұрын
Hey Chris, thanks for the comment. Keep watching the video until the end, and I show why we install actual frets on the HoBro. Thanks again for watching! Troy
@BrianBohlman11 ай бұрын
Wow, a very cool cover song on my favorite instrument! The coolest people on earth play the Mountain Dulcimer 🙂
@pianxtremeyt11 ай бұрын
I dang remember you from when I bought a dulcimer like fucking 6 years ago!!! OMG, I never thought I'd actually come across you on KZread. I forgot about my dulcimer pretty much since the week I bought it from you, but I suddenly am getting back into it. I remember buying a metronome from you too.
@patrickwoolery600011 ай бұрын
This is a lot of good info in a short video. Well done! Too many explanation videos ramble and get nowhere. And a lot of the techniques can be used on other instruments.
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Thank you this is very interesting. Sounds beautiful 😊
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Looks like you swiped my Violin design?
Great video, thank you!
But how do you know which wire to put on each
We like to put the strings on in a clockwise manner. Starting with your melody string on the left side tuner that is closest to you. Then string 2 is put on the left side tuner just above. Next the middle string is put on the top right tuner. Then finally the bass string goes on the right tuner closest to you. If you're using strings for the traditional tuning like we are (DAA) the first 3 strings are all the same, so it doesn't matter if you put them on tuner 1, 2, or 3. The last string (Bass) will be the thicker wound string in your pack.
Nice. Want to hear more. Need more lessons. Great idea. Great job!
Hey Kim thanks for the comment! If you are new to the traditional dulcimer tuning like I use in all my videos. Go to our cedar creek dulcimers KZread page and select instructional videos. Lesson #1 teaches how to play melodies and add rhythm. After you have half a dozen one line songs figured out, then move on to Lesson #2 to learn how to add harmonies to thoes songs. Then Lesson #3 will show you how to chord your dulcimer so you can play with other musicians or backup singers. My goal is to get you to the point where you are playing on your own as quickly as possible! If you would like to learn other techniques, start with song #1 in the Dulcimer Karoke series. If I am using a technique like a "hammer on" or a ("pull off ") I will have a tutorial in-between the practice song and the Karoke song. If I'm not using any new techniques then I've already shown on previous videos, I won't have any tutorials on those videos. Thanks again for watching! Keep having fun!
This instrument uses drumsticks for strings, if it is using drumsticks it is from the percussion family, a keyboard and string instrument does not use a simple drumstick like that, a heavy and strong technical detail. There is no reason or reason to want to play it as a keyboard or string instrument, it is completely distorting it. It's always just string percussion.
Beautiful! Blessings!
FYI, none of your links work. You may want to update them.
What do you have your dulcimer tuned to? I keep mine on DaD.
I always tune to the traditional dulcimer tuning. Most people refer to it as D AA. However, that is just one of the many keys you can tune to when you use the traditional Ionian mode. For example, in this video, we learn that if we tune to the traditional tuning key of G (G DD), we are able to play all kinds of chords we could never play tuning to D! If you've not already found it yet, I do go over tuning in this video right before we start the first song. If you would like to learn more about the traditional Ionian tuning, I explain it a little more in Mountain Dulcimer Basics lesson #1. You can find all our videos on the Cedar Creek Dulcimers KZread page. Thanks for watching! Always remember, if you're having fun, you're doing it right! Troy
I’m amazed it’s this simple! Getting one in the next few days. I’ve tried studying guitar and piano in the past and just been really intimidated by how much there was to learn and my tight timing and motivation… but really want to get to try this one!
That verse running in my mind 'Bag fed C-bag', C-bag is a thing that comes before D-bag I think 😂
Hey that bridge is way up there by the sound hole. What's the scale length on your chord stick? I've got one of those, but in a 4 course, 4 string variant; it's scale length is 27".
The chord stick in this video has a 27 3/4" scale length. The bodies on our chord sticks are longer and wider at the bottom than most builders. I wanted something that would not only make a bolder, fuller tone but would carry better when playing with other instruments. Thanks for watching!
What tuning is this please? 😊
On my chordstick, I use an open G tuning. 4 string: D G B D. 3 string: G B D. Also, at the very end of this video, there is a tuning tutorial. Thanks for watching!
This is awesome!! Thank you so much
I just purchased a gently used Cedar Creek dulcimer. The sound is so sweet!
Thank you for helping me with tuning my dulcimer so I can play it with my banjo and guitar. Now do I use the cords that are on my banjo book or do I use the guitar cords in the book to play my dulcimer??
Either one should be fine. Your chords will match any instrument as long as your tuned to G D D on your dulcimer! Any music that has the cords you can now use! It's great how versatile the Dulcimer can be when you use this tuning!
Thank yo for the lesson. Very helpful.
People overcomplicate this instrument, it is a melodic string percussion instrument, which you play as if it were a steel drum, or a melodic hand drum or hand pan, but you use the delicate string sticks and follow the tone and sound of music music with low sounds and tones uses low strings and chords, high and high and bumpy sounds and tones you use the high and bumpy treble of the dulcimer. This string percussion instrument follows the same logic of playing the berimbau as a percussion instrument with strings. The logic and history of this medieval folk instrument was and always has been this. Those who distorted and complicated this instrument were the string instrumentalists who, out of greed and bad faith, did not respect the melodic percussion of the instrument, wanting to make it a harp, but it will never be or was a harp, it is just string percussion. This instrument is the brother of the steel drum, the marimba and the berimbau and the handpan. To this day, string percussion continues to be the ultimate and fatal point.
Salut
Because you are not actually building the instrument, you are wasting our time.
Nice I like the new effects 👍
I don't know if you still check comments, but 4 years later from this video, it's still helping. I've now played this because of this video. It's become part of my warmup now even before I work on other songs.
Thanks so much. This really helped me to understand this lovely instrument.
I was given an antique hammered dulcimer, which I have sent out to be refurbished. It doesnt have the bars/bridges, so my question is when they refurbish it will they put the bars/bridges in?
I did it wrong and broke my string. 😢
Bro. PLAY THE INSTRUMENT
18:09 I beg you to please tune your instruments for as exactly in tune as you can. Some people definitely do have the ability to tell the difference in the sound quality between exactly in tune and slightly off. I was personally cringing and recoiling physically without meaning to when the strings were even slightly out of tune when you showed how tuning a hammer dulcimer works when you’re using an electronic tuner to get the right notes and that isn’t something that you want your audience to be doing when you’re performing a new tune. I don’t know if most people would have the same reaction as I have. I have something very similar to perfect pitch except I can’t match any played note to it’s corresponding letter on the scale or place it on sheet music, I just know if it’s perfectly in tune or if it’s not, and hearing something that’s out of tune gives me uncomfortable involuntary physical reactions, so I will always be in tune if I’m singing something by ear or it will be physically uncomfortable or painful and anxiety inducing.
Great video! Thank you!
That dulcimer looks a lot like my Folkcraft that I bought back in the 1990’s.
Absolutely LOVE your video!!! I have had my mountain dulcimer about 12 years, and it has been in a bag in my closet almost since I got it because the book and DVD that came with it just left me so frustrated trying to learn the notes and fingering to play it. Thanks for making it simple and still sounding amazing. I think I can do this! 😄
You CAN do this 😊❤
The fret dots on your fretboard is messin’ me up, man!!
Your website says these may be coming back in 2024. Can you please confirm whether or not you will be selling these in the future. Thanks. ❤
Our builder Chas,which makes the bodies of the electrics, has about 2 or 3 months of chemotherapy left. He plans on getting started as soon as he can afterward! Thanks for asking! Hope to be talking with you soon! Troy
@@cedarcreekdulcimers5054 Thank you souch for your response. Chas is in our prayers. ❤️
That is fantastic!
your instrument is diatonic, right? the european "hackbrett" is chromatic?
Do you sell the stand at your shop?
Hey Heather, thanks for watching! Yes, we do sell these stands at the Branson shop! Very affordable. Give us a call at 417 334-2634. Thanks again! Troy
Thanks!!
This video made me subscribe.
Dang! I want to learn how to do this ❤️
Hey Vanessa, thanks for watching! If you get on our KZread page; (cedarcreekdulcimers) and click on Playlist, then instructional videos. Start with lesson one to see just how easy this instrument is to learn! You literally can play with one finger on one string if you like! If you have more questions and would like to see how much dulcimers cost,or if you want to talk to a live person, you can call the store in Branson 417 334-2634 10 to 6 Monday through Saturday. Thanks again! Troy
@@cedarcreekdulcimers5054 Troy I even looked up Branson to see how far of a drive it is for me. 5.5, but eventually I'll come see the store.
Fantastic
I imagine that this would be a great instrument for drummers, who may want to also play something more melodious.
Thank you! 😎👍🏻🎶
I have been very curious but too scared to invest in an instrument. After your video I absolutely have to own one.Thank you for the lesson!
Maybe all that extra wood gives it too much sustain?
I'm curious why there are actual frets and not just lines. That's a lot of work. It sounds fantastic.
Hey Chris, thanks for the comment. Keep watching the video until the end, and I show why we install actual frets on the HoBro. Thanks again for watching! Troy
Wow, a very cool cover song on my favorite instrument! The coolest people on earth play the Mountain Dulcimer 🙂
I dang remember you from when I bought a dulcimer like fucking 6 years ago!!! OMG, I never thought I'd actually come across you on KZread. I forgot about my dulcimer pretty much since the week I bought it from you, but I suddenly am getting back into it. I remember buying a metronome from you too.
This is a lot of good info in a short video. Well done! Too many explanation videos ramble and get nowhere. And a lot of the techniques can be used on other instruments.
How do I purchase from you