Jean Ritchie, a tremendously influential voice in American song, passed yesterday, age 92. RIP. Here is the obit in the NY Times.
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All posts tagged “mountain dulcimer”
French Schottisches
I’ve been thinking about French Schottisches and learning to play a few of them on my button accordion. Here are some lovely examples I found on YouTube. Here is some very nice playing by a fellow whose YouTube handle is TheUniversalGenius… Now let’s move from… Read More
Cuckoo
Tonight’s Daily Dose features the mountain dulcimer, sometimes also called the Appalachian dulcimer. This is a fretted instrument that normally has either three or four strings. It belongs to the zither family of instruments. The Cuckoo – this is Jean Ritchie Here’s one of my… Read More
Mountain Dulcimer
I don’t think I’ve posted any mountain dulcimer music here since I moved over from Mister Anchovy’s to this space. It’s a diatonic instrument in the zither family. Usually it’s used to play American old-time music or sometimes gospel music. Of course you can also… Read More
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