Bill Spence's incredibly simple chord playing method part 1: The 3 chord triangles.
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- Here's an easy way to find all the chords on a standard hammered dulcimer. Chords made easy!
Note that the left hand is always on the downbeat.
I have been playing for one week as of tonight. Saw these videos and they just opened up and ROCKED my world!!!!!!
I'm a visual learner and having you SHOW how the triangles fit with each other, made all the difference. Thank you.
thank you Bill, i totally failed to learn the hammered dulcimer on my own, i was completelly lost, but your videos are helping me a lot, thanks again and greetings from México.
Wow, this is wonderful, so well explained! A must view for every dulcimer player. You done a great job at making it "simple" Jeff
This is literally the most helpful youtube video I have ever seen. It helped me learn my hammered dulcimer so much faster than if I had tried to figure out the patterns on my own. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this! I am actually learning to play the dulcimer with one hand and playing the piano with the other hand it is a lot of fun!
+Kate Hurley Thanks so much for the great vote of confidence you're giving my dulcimer videos! In a field where folks seem to make everything more complicated than it really is, I've always been a strong advocate of the "KISS" principle. (Keep It Simple, Stupid).
. . . . . but playing the piano with one hand and playing the dulcimer with the other doesn't sound all that "simple" :)
Rest in peace, Bill. Thanks for these lessons
Hi Bill,
Thanks very much for this video. I have taken two things from it immediately. I guess I always knew about pattern 1 but seeing your explanation made it more useful to me for chords other than on a marked course. The second thing is that pattern 2 will be very useful for quickly finding chords with the naming note on the left side of the treble bridge. I am going to have to practice awhile on pattern 3 to be able to use it without having to think about it.
Thanks again.
Thanks for the vote of confidence, Jeff! I've got more ideas coming.
my granddad played the dulcimer and now am taking it up..i play piano but now its like im back to the start again but trying it out...thanks for the vids Bill
Easy to see what you are doing. thanks so much
Thank you Bill. I enjoyed playing these chords on my recently purchased Songbird 13/12 Hammered Dulcimer (beginner)
Yea! I'm so glad I could be of help. The Songbird, by the way, is really a great instrument at a great price.
This is so helpful! Thank you, thank you!
Bill you make it sooooooooooeasy but of course all masters make it look easy.
Thank you! This makes me feel like I can learn to play. I am in the process of buying a used one. Do you recommend a chromatic or diatonic?
Thanks so much for this instruction I have an old hammer dulcimer ...it uses piano wire
I was warned to not allow the sun to hit it or the strings could snap
Please accept my gratitude. I love this piece of instrument so very much and am willing to learn before my depression is getting worse. Do you have one available sale?
Awesome!! Thankyou :)
D major with first and second inversions, yes? i am wanting ti mearn how to play my husband’s hammered dulcimer
Thanks Bill.
You're very welcome! Did you try parts 2 & 3?
Very helpful.
Emlyn, I get my strings from Master Works Hammered Dulcimer.
:) nice job
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I have another question for you. Do you also play mountain dulcimer? I love both and have toyed with the idea of learning dulcimer for many, many years. I just don't know what I should start with.
really helpful vid thanks, where do you get your strings from? I've got a hammered dulcimer that really needs strings and I cant find where to get them!
hi I have come across a Persian santoor if I was to purchase this would I learn to play it similar to a hammered dulcimer?
Do you believe that beginners should learn by number or by the names of the strings and notes?
I've always found it difficult to try to learn either way. It's too hard to look at the strings and a sheet of music at the same time. Just learn the tune in your head so you can sing it with confidence and then find it on the instrument. Try something you really know first, like Row Row Row Your Boat, or Happy Birthday. You'll figure it out in no time because you already know it by heart.
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I'd contact David's Dulcimers online. Just google davidsdulcimers and you'll find his website.
David Lindsey builds my dulcimers and can help you with your string needs!
Bill
Bill, I went to your 3 sheets website but there is no option to purchase the cd. We only are offered an option to buy tracks/lyrics.
+Mark Gailmor I don't know what the "3 sheets website" is. You must be confusing me with someone else.
Bill Spence
Maybe so BIll, or perhaps it's a redirect.
You can get my CDs at www.andysfronthall.com
where can I buy this dulcimer?
It is made by David Lindsay in Oklahoma. Here's his website: www.davidsdulcimers.com. Here I'm playing his Concert Grand, but the smaller Bill Spence model is pretty wonderful as well.
I'm not trying to be a know it all, but you taught the 1, 6 and 4 chords (of the scale.) 1, 4, 5 chords are much more common(for example, in the key of C--- C, F and G
+Lincoln Gaskins Actually, I did NOT teach the 1, 6, and 4 chords of the scale. I simply taught how to play the first, second, and third inversions of the same chord....I used the D chord at first because it's in the middle of the instrument, and therefore easy to see the patterns. My numbers, 1-2-3 are merely my way of naming the pattern (the triangle) for each inversion. I usually say "BS 1 or BS 2 or BS 3...the BS standing for my initials!
OK, if you look, the notes on your 1, 2, and 3 chords. The first one is a D. The other two have different notes in them, and therefore are different chords.
+Lincoln Gaskins Of course they are different chords....they have different notes in them. The first one, BS 1 starting on D is a D chord, the BS 2 starting on D is a B minor chord, and BS 3 starting on D is a G chord. I'm afraid I don't understand what you're trying to say. Did you watch my next video...chords part 2? Maybe that will clarify what's going on.
OK, yeah. Sorry about that.
Wouldn't it make sense to have the 1, 4 and 5 chords all right there though? D is the BS 1, G is the BS 3 and the A(5th) chord is the BS 2 chord, just with all the notes lowered to the string directly below.
Does that make any sense? That way you don't have to jump all that way to move from a G to an A
+Lincoln Gaskins You're absolutely correct. If you'll watch my "Chords Part 2" video, you'll see exactly what you're talking about. At 1:44 into the video, I use the A7th chord (BS 2 starting on F#) instead of jumping way down to play the A using a BS 1 chord. You could also play the A chord using BS 2 starting on C#. Check out my chords 2 and 3 videos for many more ideas.
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