My “Sounding Good” Era of Life
Hmmm, I seem to be on a roll these days. While I want everyone who plays hammered dulcimer and autoharp to sound good, those last two words have become my…
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Testing Theories
Life has become really interesting around here on both the hammered dulcimer and autoharp fronts. I encourage players of both instruments to embrace what I’ve found. Hammered dulcimer: One of…
A Sonic Music Experience at The TANK
On June 6, 2016, autoharp student Garrett Sullivan and I journeyed to Rangely, Colorado some five hours west of Denver to engage in a recording session at not just…
Clunk Fest
Last week while preparing dinner, I texted briefly with an autoharp friend. (I’d just bought a smartphone and now understand how addicting texting is, now that I don’t have to…
What did I just say?!
Back on January 14, I said this: “…I thought about a curious statement players sometimes make about my teaching: “She’s trying to make me play like her.” …I desire to…
A curious comment about folk music
Recent events remind me of a comment that came my way during a gig twenty years ago. This comment has weighed on my mind ever since. My blog, now just…
Learning a new tune in a flash
My dulcimer student Angie came for her weekly lesson a couple nights ago. Because her day job required her to work over the previous weekend, plus the weekdays on either side…
Just Get Used to It
My roommate from Westminster Choir College took up playing the hammered dulcimer in 2011! Amelia (not her real name) immediately enrolled in once-a-month lessons given by her local dulcimer club. Mysteriously, the more she…
Bending the Knee to Bach
Yes, I’m a few days late talking about Johann Sebastian Bach, whose 330th birthday was March 21, 2015. My pianist friend Cheryl Saborsky invited me to go with her to…