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The Appalachian Ducilmer. T.J. Garrison Jeff Vitols Jarrod Hunt. Different Types Appalachian 3 to 8 strings Usually 4 strings Hammered Bass. Shapes. Different shapes Most Popular Hourglass Rich Bass Sound Tear Drop Lighter Tone (Bluegrass). How to Play. Tuning Ionian Mixolydian
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The Appalachian Ducilmer T.J. Garrison Jeff Vitols Jarrod Hunt
Different Types • Appalachian • 3 to 8 strings • Usually 4 strings • Hammered • Bass
Shapes • Different shapes • Most Popular • Hourglass • Rich Bass Sound • Tear Drop • Lighter Tone (Bluegrass)
How to Play • Tuning • Ionian • Mixolydian • Dorian, Aeolian • Playing • Lap • No-armed chair • Strummed, Picked or Fingered • Chords, single notes
History • Ancestor the scheitlot • German descent circa 1618 • Appalachian Dulcimer circa 1830 – 1871 • Oldest folk instrument of American creation
More History • Belongs to Fretted Zithers class of instruments • Latin prefix means “sweet sound” • Traditionally played with a quill, which is a feather
Jean Ritchie • Born 1922 in Viper, Kentucky • Album None But One won Rolling Stone Critic’s Choice Award in 1977 • Started what is now known as the “Dulcimer Revival” • Unique style of performance • Strumming the main beats toward herself • Singing Style
Other Musicians • Joni Mitchell • Bought Joellen Lapidus’s first made dulcimer • Joellen Lapidus • Idolized Joni Mitchell • Ruth Barrett • Dianic high priestess • Dwain Wilder • Mountain Dulcimer maker
Questions • How many strings does the Appalachian dulcimer usually have? • How does the musician normally hold the Appalachian dulcimer? • What does the word dulcimer mean in Latin? • How long has the Appalachian dulcimer been around? • What was traditionally used to play the dulcimer?
Answers • 4 • Laying the instrument in his/her lap • “sweet song” • Mid 19th century • A feather quill
References • http://mama.essortment.com/whatisadulci_rkfn.htm • www.sci.edu/classes/ellertsen/dulcimer2.html • www.gilamountaindulcimers.com • www.templeofdiana.org/ruth.htm • http://www.pbs.org/ket/jrs/ • http://www.museum.appstate.edu/christmas2002/pages/dulcimer.shtml
References • http://www.jonimitchell.com/jonihome.html • www.bearmeadow.com