Beautiful Dulcimer! My older sister played & owns several. They are all unique & have their own story to tell. She’s had some strokes & hard for her to play, bit she still tries. God bless her!😇 Hope you have a Blessed week with the coming of our Lord’s birth!😇 🇺🇸💖🎄🤶🏻🎅🏻❤️‼️
Thanks for sharing! Here in Minnesota dulcimers can be hard to come by as well. It's a beautiful instrument! Always reminds me of a simpler time. Great job.
Nice Dulci. Would be fun to put lowest strings. On one of my epinettes i got C2 G2 C3 or D2 A2 D3. Its good to have very high and very low cithars and not to play in the same strings and octave level than everybody. Long live the Cithars...
Beautiful tone. Awesome sustain. Fine craftsmanship. Not sure about those tuning pegs since the tuning seems a bit off. Thank you for sharing this instrument with us.
@@KevinTeague Thank you for your reply. I understand the intended tuning. It just sounded a bit out of tune to me. Perhaps that perception derives from playback over this medium. Or perhaps these particular tuners make fine adjustment touchy.
A beautiful and unique piese of art! I've not seen a 'false bottom' before (if that is what you called it). Are those sound holes at the bottom as well?
Beautiful instrument with a beautiful sound! I was confused about the Bear Tone dulcimer, with several possibilities flashing through my mind. Closed captions revealed Baritone. Is that a regional pronunciation or is it widespread in the US? I remember the time i discovered that the American for mobile was moble. America is putting to confuse my poor elderly brain. :)
A woman who lives in Australia posts in the Facebook dulcimer forums. She and others who live there play the dulcimer, and she has also mentioned some dulcimer builders!
Thank you for replying! Of course I was exaggerating a bit. We don't have them readily available to buy in Australia, with only a handful of makers in the country. We generally don't see 'real' ones in the shops, only the Apple Creek "toy" level ones, and even then they only rarely appear. I know of only one Dulcimer maker in Oz in my state, and he has them available in limited amounts based on what he can make. It's not like in the US where you can just find Dulcimers everywhere. I bought a two Dulcimers while I was in US earlier this year and sending them to Oz cost around $180. @@KevinTeague
@@KevinTeague thank you. I loved your video,it describes my situation almost to a T. I'm also a beginner trying to find my way, so I've wasted money on instruments in search of just the right one. Also trying to teach myself. I think I'm going to need a dulcimer for noter style as I can't manage the chords.
@@binary132well if the importation taxes were not extortionate that might improver things...plus if society were more traditional folk based ....however as these options are not sadly within my power asking meto do something about it is
@@binary132 ....quite frankly Pissing into the wind! P.s .that includes making good ones because I'm not a bloody manufacturer of musical folk instruments, oh and buy the way you might believe in fairy tales but unfortunately I don't have my magic wand to hand ......!
Beautiful Dulcimer!
My older sister played & owns several.
They are all unique & have their own story to tell.
She’s had some strokes & hard for her to play, bit she still tries. God bless her!😇
Hope you have a Blessed week with the coming of our Lord’s birth!😇
🇺🇸💖🎄🤶🏻🎅🏻❤️‼️
Thanks for sharing! Here in Minnesota dulcimers can be hard to come by as well. It's a beautiful instrument! Always reminds me of a simpler time. Great job.
Thanks for listening
Beautiful instrument! Sounds great.
Beautiful dulcimer, and great playing, Kevin! I really enjoyed this... :-)
Wow! That looks and sounds amazing!
Than you!
What a beautiful instrument!
It’s beautiful!
Another beautiful dulcimer by this builder. If you don't mind,, let him know that I am definitely a huge fan.
👍👍 wow. That thing is quite the piece of art
Plus is sounds really good ☺️
Great playing, you did it justice 👍👍
Thank you very much!
Beautiful instrument made for my friend!! Jim makes extraordinary dulcimers. I have 2 of his. Beautiful sound!!
Thanks Kevin.
Love the sound!
Very neat
thank you
this is vert nice
Nice Dulci. Would be fun to put lowest strings. On one of my epinettes i got C2 G2 C3 or D2 A2 D3. Its good to have very high and very low cithars and not to play in the same strings and octave level than everybody. Long live the Cithars...
Great sound, try a noter stick . They are great on fast fiddle tunes. IA
Beautiful tone. Awesome sustain. Fine craftsmanship. Not sure about those tuning pegs since the tuning seems a bit off. Thank you for sharing this instrument with us.
The dulcimer is tuned AEA.
@@KevinTeague Thank you for your reply. I understand the intended tuning. It just sounded a bit out of tune to me. Perhaps that perception derives from playback over this medium. Or perhaps these particular tuners make fine adjustment touchy.
A beautiful and unique piese of art! I've not seen a 'false bottom' before (if that is what you called it). Are those sound holes at the bottom as well?
Beautiful instrument with a beautiful sound!
I was confused about the Bear Tone dulcimer, with several possibilities flashing through my mind. Closed captions revealed Baritone. Is that a regional pronunciation or is it widespread in the US? I remember the time i discovered that the American for mobile was moble. America is putting to confuse my poor elderly brain. :)
The sound is beautiful
Just curious now how much do they sell for
Sorry for the late reply. You can contact the builder about the price at jaminstruments.net
Looking to learn beginner any suggestions on a starter grade dulcimer .? That's good thanks in advance advance
What songs are you playing? Or just winging it!
@@bethhall5839 Down the River I Go, Uncle Joe, Goodbye is Not Forever and Wildwood Flower.
Think you've got it bad? Australia doesn't even HAVE dulcimers. Thanks for sharing your experiences and thoughts!
A woman who lives in Australia posts in the Facebook dulcimer forums. She and others who live there play the dulcimer, and she has also mentioned some dulcimer builders!
Thank you for replying! Of course I was exaggerating a bit. We don't have them readily available to buy in Australia, with only a handful of makers in the country. We generally don't see 'real' ones in the shops, only the Apple Creek "toy" level ones, and even then they only rarely appear. I know of only one Dulcimer maker in Oz in my state, and he has them available in limited amounts based on what he can make. It's not like in the US where you can just find Dulcimers everywhere. I bought a two Dulcimers while I was in US earlier this year and sending them to Oz cost around $180. @@KevinTeague
If it's any consolation it IS one of the easier instruments to build from scratch.
VSL? Video sales letter? Vienna Symphonic Library? A treatment for irritable bowel syndrome?
Vibrating string length. It's the distance between the nut and the bridge.
Can a baritone chromatic be tuned DAD or always AEA?
AEA is the standard. DAD would probably break the thicker baritone strings.
@@KevinTeague thank you. I loved your video,it describes my situation almost to a T. I'm also a beginner trying to find my way, so I've wasted money on instruments in search of just the right one. Also trying to teach myself. I think I'm going to need a dulcimer for noter style as I can't manage the chords.
Sounds similar to a guitar, just different. I like it but I play guitar so I am biased. Lol
We can't get good quality dulcimers here in the uk the quality is crap!
Better do something about it and start making good ones!
@@binary132well if the importation taxes were not extortionate that might improver things...plus if society were more traditional folk based ....however as these options are not sadly within my power asking meto do something about it is
@@binary132 ....quite frankly Pissing into the wind! P.s .that includes making good ones because I'm not a bloody manufacturer of musical folk instruments, oh and buy the way you might believe in fairy tales but unfortunately I don't have my magic wand to hand ......!
IT'S OUT OF TUNE!!!!