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Stop Stopping
by Linda Ratcliff
To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable. - Aaron Copeland
How to Stop Stopping
To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable. - Aaron Copeland
How to Stop Stopping
I think the main reason people don’t get what they want in life is because they give up too soon. You may have given up on something before, but let’s just apply this to your dulcimer playing..
- You didn’t understand what those tabs meant - so you gave up.
- You can’t figure out how to tune your dulcimer - so you gave up.
- Your hammered dulcim…
Busted & Rusted
by Linda Ratcliff
Practice will clean up the rust and put the shine back in your playing. - Linda Ratcliff
Busted & Rusted
Call me old-fashioned, but I love old things with a bit of rust on them. Sometimes we wander into antique stores, and I always gravitate to the instrument section. I wonder about who owned the instruments, how they ended up in the store in such bad condition, and whether or not I could restore one of them.
Some of you may recognize the guitar below - its name is Trigger and it …
Practice will clean up the rust and put the shine back in your playing. - Linda Ratcliff
Busted & Rusted
Call me old-fashioned, but I love old things with a bit of rust on them. Sometimes we wander into antique stores, and I always gravitate to the instrument section. I wonder about who owned the instruments, how they ended up in the store in such bad condition, and whether or not I could restore one of them.
Some of you may recognize the guitar below - its name is Trigger and it …
The Finish Line
by Linda Ratcliff
Don't be so focused on the finish line that you fail to enjoy the journey. - David Weekly
The Finish Line
I started a new diet about two months ago. And so far, all I have lost is 2 months and 8 pounds. Now you may want to pat me on the back and say, "Way to go! You didn't put it on in a day, and if you take it off slowly - it will stay off. But that's discouraging for me. I want to git'er done. I want to reach the finish line, and I want to reach it TODAY.
That's not going to…
Don't be so focused on the finish line that you fail to enjoy the journey. - David Weekly
The Finish Line
I started a new diet about two months ago. And so far, all I have lost is 2 months and 8 pounds. Now you may want to pat me on the back and say, "Way to go! You didn't put it on in a day, and if you take it off slowly - it will stay off. But that's discouraging for me. I want to git'er done. I want to reach the finish line, and I want to reach it TODAY.
That's not going to…
Beginner to Expert
by Linda Ratcliff
The expert in anything was once a beginner. - Helen Hayes
Beginner to Expert
The opening quote for this page, "Every expert was once beginner," is attributed to Helen Hayes (1900-1993). She was an actress who is one of the few in her career to win an Emmy, a Grammy, and an Oscar and a Tony. If anyone became an expert in her craft, it was Helen Hayes.
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese author born in 1949 who writes novels and short stories. He said, "If everyone waited to become an exp…
The expert in anything was once a beginner. - Helen Hayes
Beginner to Expert
The opening quote for this page, "Every expert was once beginner," is attributed to Helen Hayes (1900-1993). She was an actress who is one of the few in her career to win an Emmy, a Grammy, and an Oscar and a Tony. If anyone became an expert in her craft, it was Helen Hayes.
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese author born in 1949 who writes novels and short stories. He said, "If everyone waited to become an exp…
Ask Questions
by Linda Ratcliff
A truly wise man always has more questions than answers. - Wilson from Home Improvements
Ask Questions
Below is a series of questio…
A truly wise man always has more questions than answers. - Wilson from Home Improvements
Ask Questions
Your sub-conscious works day and night to answer any questions you ask. So asking yourself open-ended questions puts the sub-conscious to work. Answers often come "out of the blue", as ideas or notions that you might not have had otherwise. When practicing, why don't you put your subconscious mind to work by asking questions about your progress?
Below is a series of questio…
Natural Talent vs. Hard Work
by Linda Ratcliff
Hard work beats talent ... when talent doesn't work hard.
Natural Talent vs. Hard Work
Hard work beats talent ... when talent doesn't work hard.
Natural Talent vs. Hard Work
Is it possible for a person without any inherent musical talent to become skilled at playing their dulcimer? Now to clarify ... a person who lacks musical talent will usually manifest the following characteristics:
- Lacks a sense of rhythm - plays on the wrong beats.
- Tone deaf – doesn't notice when he/she strums or hammers the wrong notes or chords.
- Finds it difficult to keep in step with ot…
Squire Parsons new Hammered Dulcimer Lesson by Linda Thomas
Linda Thomas has provided us with a new lessons series for hammered dulcimer players featuring a tune by the blind Irish harper, Turlough O'Carolan, Squire Parsons. Linda's introduction and demonstration video is above.
Subscribe to DulcimerCrossing in order to have access to all (15) fifteen videos in this lesson set.
Hammered Dulcimer Highlight
Steve Eulberg gave a Hammered Dulcimer Concert Window show for Premium Subscribers at DulcimerCrossing on Saturday, May 20, 2017. Here is the highlight video.
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Prepared to be Lucky
by Steve EulbergLucky Joe's Sidewalk Saloon, in Fort Collins, Colorado, is one of the places I began honing my craft of performing in live venues at the end of the last century.
As soon as church was over in the morning, I would phone in to get my name put on the Open Mic list for what I hoped would be the prime time after the weekly Acoustic Open Mic began at 9 pm every Sunday Night.
Sometimes I was "lucky" and my name was earlier on the list, so I could listen to a few of the other players, play…
Backing Tracks Library is growing!
We keep adding to our Library of Backing Tracks which are available to our Premium Members.
The two newest are the chord progressions in the Keys of D and G which match the Albert Brumley tune: I'll Fly Away. These were created for the new Bluegrass Dulcimer series taught by Steve Eulberg.
We are continuing to produce these and other resources to assist you in your goals to "Bridge the Gap Between What You Know and Where You Want Your Music to Grow."
The two newest are the chord progressions in the Keys of D and G which match the Albert Brumley tune: I'll Fly Away. These were created for the new Bluegrass Dulcimer series taught by Steve Eulberg.
We are continuing to produce these and other resources to assist you in your goals to "Bridge the Gap Between What You Know and Where You Want Your Music to Grow."
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