France: Honoring the donkey
By Fiona Potts | From “Orientis Partibus” to “The Friendly Beasts,” Christmas songs with donkeys are part of a time-honored tradition...
France: Video series combines software to help beginners visualize tunes
By Fiona Potts | Val Cortoni is a hammered dulcimer player and instructor who lives in France, where the hammered dulcimer is called the tympanon. This name inspired the title of the video series "Tympanim," which he started publishing on YouTube in October 2022...
Finesse with Finale
By Geoff Black | Tips for using this heavyweight music notation software for mountain dulcimer tab...
England: 250 years of ‘Amazing Grace’
By Dan Evans | The words to “Amazing Grace” were written by John Newton in the small market town of Olney in north Buckinghamshire, England, where I have lived with my wife Mary for the past 28 years...
Book Review: Carol Walker’s ‘More Hands, More Dulcimers’
By Judy House | New orchestral book an exceptional source of arrangements and information. | I just received my copy of Carol Walker’s latest set of orchestral arrangements...
Canada: Traditional French-Canadian music and song
By Marc Mathieu | Blended musical traditions perfectly suited to the mountain dulcimer. Traditional folk music and song, regardless of cultural origin, are ...
Kansas: Congratulations!
By Fiona Potts | Winners of the 2023 Walnut Valley Festival National Championships for Hammered and Mountain Dulcimer.
Album Review: Baas’ ‘Unto Us a Child is Born’
By Pam Bowman | What a pleasure it is to be the person who has the privilege to clue you in to this wonderful new recording for the Christmas season!
Illinois: Gateway Dulcimer Music Festival
By Ashley Ernst | The Gateway Dulcimer Club held its 25th annual dulcimer festival...
Book Review: Wade’s ‘15 MORE Minutes a Day’
By Fiona Potts | The title of Dr. Mark Alan Wade’s new hammered dulcimer book caught my eye...