Dulcimer Demo - "Rosin The Beau" - Mountain Dulcimer
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- Bing Futch performs "Rosin The Beau" on mountain dulcimer. [Video note: this was recorded and posted before I began the "Dulcimerica" series, one of four experimental videos to sort of test the waters. I learned this tune by listening to a recording from Stephen Seifert off of his album "Mountain Dulcimer."]
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Thanks for watching!
I'm tuned DAD with this song. Welcome to the mountain dulcimer family!
Bing,
I finally got my dulcimer yesterday around midday. By dinner I was playing this song, certainly not with the nuance you and Stephen Seifert display, but any success I had is due to your videos, which I've been watching obsessively for the last two months.
Thanks so much! Your musicianship and enthusiasm for the dulcimer are inspiring.
Dan
i havent touched a dulcimer since hi school. learned about them on a trip to petit jean arkansas one year
thanks for posting this!
@BardofCornwall Thanks for watching!
@JohnT341 Thank you - and thanks for watching!
Bing, this is awesome.
An eulogy...
Scott Patrick, may you find that the last stop on your road is a merry one, beyond the wild clouds and stormy skies you so skillfully danced through in life, on wings cobbled together with scattered prayers and duct tape. Even as you close your eyes, I raise my glass to the bravest, toughest, savviest old brush pilot scoundrel I ever had the misfortune to lay eyes on.
So, I ask you. Strangers, friends, lads and lasses, raise a glass to my old Rosin The Beau!
Thank you for watching, and for the critique; I sure DID forget to mention the tuning on this one! I'll definitely work with a different lighting set-up for the next videos. Thanks again!
Awesome! Hope you can play a little every day. Thanks for watching - aloha!
As a brand-spankin' new Dulci-man, I really REALLY appreciate your videos. Thanks.
Thank you! Thanks for watching!
That is wonderful! Best part is, you don't need to read music to play the dulcimer - it is the best as far as instant-gratification goes. That is simply wonderful that you've been married for 50 years! You are an inspiration to not only my wife and I, but to anyone in love. Thank you so much for your sweet note, it was just a perfect ending to my Thursday.
Sounds just like Boulevouge, the old Irish folk song that I have always loved. Beautiful. Bless you for keeping the music alive. Peace.
@commndG You will - keep working on it a little every day! Thanks for the kind words.
Really nice version! The embellishment of the melody was great.
Rosin the Beau is one of my favorites to play. I ran into a dulcimer group in Largo, FL and started learning with that group. Flew back to Ohio with the snowbirds and took up with Bill Schilling and the Dulcimore group in Salem, OH. In my studies I learned about Russell Fluharty of WVA known as the dulcimer man. Turns out he was my grandmother's cousin!! Wish I could have known him.........
@791southcourt I've been working on a method book for chromatic (you can find some preliminary sketches on my blog at nowheremusic.blogspot.com) but don't know when I'll release it. Maybe before next spring? thanks for watching!
Aloha! Thanks for checking out the video - I'm going to be teaching workshops at KMW this year - I'm looking forward to it! Hope to see you there later this month!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
Hee, Hee! I meant my dulcimer was AAD. I have since changed it to DAD and am loving it! Thanks for the info. I'm really enjoying your videos! How wonderfully inspiring you are!
@pang5 Thank you - glad you enjoyed it!
Ha-ha, thanks man - I FEEL ten years younger without it!
wow great job i could listen to that all day it makes my heart jump for joy!
I've seen you jam with Stephen on this tune and Mississippi Sawyer. I was hooked on these tunes! I'm learning both.
Fun tunes!
Awesome! He's a cool guy - looking forward to playing down there!
I just found this by accident and I'm so glad I did. I've been really depressed for quite a while now and this lifted the cloud around me enough to make me want to get my dulcimers out and play a little. Maybe it wasn't an accident after all. Thank You.
I've seen it as "bow" as well - and the tune's got so many different sets of lyrics about so many different topics, I think anything goes with it! Thanks for watching (and puzzling through it)
Wow, glad you enjoy this tune! It really is a joy to play - I'm happy to hear that you're tabbing it out! Have fun!
awesome! thanks for posting...I didn't even know what a mountain dulcimer was before watching this, but I certainly do now. Great work!
Bing looks 10 years younger without the beard!
You ROCK, dude!!!
Thank you, and Merry Christmas to you!
Thanks, I appreciate the kind words! You should definitely pick one up - they are a rare instrument that is both simple and complex all at once.
Glad you enjoyed it!
well, your playing did it Bing....im a proud new owner of one fine dulcimer! its 20 years old and dont have a scratch on it, looks brand new....the guy bought it from dollywood dulicmer store 20 years ago and paied 185.00 for it and sold it to me for 100.00 even. it tuned right up and sounds great..... let the learning began
Beautiful!
Thank you!
Thanks, Shirley - I look forward to meeting you one of these days!
Awesome! You're going to be glad you did!
Hey, glad you liked it. DAD tuning is great for so many things. Enjoy your dulcimer and welcome to the family!
Beautiful
Thanks for watching!
Thank you very much! I'm out of Orlando, Florida - will be at Kentucky Music Week later this month, Mountain Music Festival in Manitou Springs, Colorado in August - and the Nutmeg Festival in Connecticut in September. Just got back from two weeks in Ohio - so I get around a little bit - it would be great to meet you and jam!
You are very welcome - thanks for the verse, too!
Hey, thanks for that info - it's amazing, the regional differences in popular tunes. I'll have to look up the lyrics for that version. Thanks for watching!
That's the best news ever right there! I love that you're picking up the instrument - you'll have so much fun with it. Thanks for the kind words - and I hope your dulcimer arrives soon! Drop me a line if you've got a question. Aloha!
@ivanrorick Thank you! I have not heard "The Market Town" but I do play "Booth Shot Lincoln" - a bit slower than most - and I do hear some of the resemblance.
Hope to see you there!
Thank you, sir!
You've made me realize that I love hearing the mountain dulcimer! Thanks so much for your beautiful playing!
@tishierkrisis Thanks! Welcome to the mountain dulcimer family. : )
That's the best response of all - if it makes you want to pick up your fiddle! That's excellent - we need more of that happening.
Great work! I just got my Dulcimer in the mail today and I've spent the last hour or so watching this over and over again and I think I got it! Probably not quite right but it's really wonderful music!
Beautiful!!
Man tell you what that's some damn good picking to hear on a long drive home, glad for to see the old playin alive!
Thank you! And thanks for listening!
Thank you! Steve's awesome - what a magic touch that guy has.
Hi there, thanks so much! You should really hear Stephen Seifert play this tune - I learned it from him. I don't have tab for this - I learned by listening to his recording and then playing each part over and over again. I think this is on his album "Mountain Dulcimer."
The Appalachian mountain dulcimer, as it stands, is a truly American instrument, created on these shores. But it has roots in Europe; the Swedish Hummel and German Scheitholt among its forbears. Some say there is also some African and Native American influence - but as it's only about 220 years old, the dulcimer is still a "newbie" on the instrumental circuit.
Beautiful music thanks 😊
Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you, Sparky!
Dude, that was beautiful....im gonna buy one now!!
Many blessings, thank you so much!
@rainharper62 Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Lovely! Thanks for sharing!
That makes me heart sing - thank you so much. I hope we get to hear your version!
Thank you for sharing that! Glad you've gotten something out of the videos - I hit the road quite a bit; there's a schedule on the front page of my website. Be sure to introduce yourself when we meet!
That was real nice man. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks!
Thank you and welcome to the family! I get a sense that maybe you're a performer of other instruments? I've never heard that tune, but I'm sure going to look it up now. Happy new Year!
Thank you! Hope you pick up the dulcimer again!
Thank you -
I envy your wife... what joy to have this to listen to all the time😉
I try not to bug her, but she does like to listen. : )
my favorite song. this is beautiful. thank you
Very nice! Steve would be pleased with your rendition.
wish I were in or near orlando so I could hear this in person and take lessons from you. beautiful!
I do believe everything happens for a reason - I'm glad you got something positive out of this clip! The Creator rocks!
i just got my dulcimer a week ago and i really wanna learn this song i just love the sound of it
I'm gonna dust off my Tom Yocky and give these a try. Thanks for doing it. Like always, you do it well.
congrats and you're welcome!
Thanks man, I appreciate it!
I do have some Greensleeves action, will be posting it probably in December.
That's a great dulcimer! And it will last long, flourish with you as you continue to play it!
@miskatrina1517 Happy to assist - welcome to the family! : )
Great.
@mistermaggie Thank you, Gary! I'm happy to help and look forward to playing some music with you. (We'll know some of the same tunes!)
That's awesome! Would love to hear more about it.
Thanks, Alan! This is also key of D - thanks for the chords, so our guitar friends can join us in the jam!
Keep doing what you do, this clip really inspired me to go buy that duclimer for sale at the guitar store.
AWESOME!
@CloeliaNaso9 Glad you mined something out of this video - especially the melody on bass line, which is a great alternative when arranging. Saw your own videos - looking forward to many more!
@dread66mon The basic melody/progression is very old - "Market Town", "Booth Shot Lincoln" and "Old Rosin the Bow" are all derived from 17th century tune called "On the Cold Ground".
Thank you! I do have video lessons in real time, if you're ever wanting to go through some tunes!
That's awesome, dude! I thoroughly enjoyed it :)
How could I forget you? : ) I'm so happy that you've joined the mountain dulcimer family! I'm working on another songbook right now, but I have to say that this tune was based on an arrangement by Stephen Seifert, so I won't be publishing this version. Then again, I don't know if Steve has a version of this tabbed out. We'll have to wrestle for it. : ) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you!
Heh-heh, now I've got that Chuck Norris facts list going through my head.
Thank you - I'm glad you enjoyed this.
Very well played..One of my favs for the flat-top too
I have an old Burl Ives song book that does this in the key of F. He said it was a Frontiers of America circa 1838 about drinkers who attain popularity just before death. i dont know much about the dulcimer but it sounds pretty good on the guitar with a drone tuning. oh yeah by the way i do like your arrangement it wakes it up a bit from the old days. the words seem to have an open end for interpretation but his definition makes since.
Well, thank you very kindly! I hope that means that some of Steve's influence is rubbing off on me. : )
Go with four strings - if you find you prefer playing with three, you can always remove one or place it under a "drop pin" off to the side. Having four strings is great for equidistant picking! Good luck!
Thank you, so much! Congratulations on picking up the world's coolest instrument. : ) I haven't played in NJ yet - but will be in Connecticut, not too far away, this September for Nutmeg Festival. Hope to meet up with you someday!
great song and playing. :)
Bing, thanks so much for what you do. I have learned so much from what you do. I especially like this video as well as Juke Joint Hen and Nowhere Man. Hope to jam at a festival one day. Gary
@gpstogo1 I'd go with butternut top and black walnut for sides and back. Truly rich and mellow with enough crispness to balance it out. This is the version that's in the book, albeit without some of the ornamentation.