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Location: Germantown, NY
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I love playing my penny whistles, the lap dulcimer, banjo, bones, limberjacks....mostly play old-time tunes, minstrel era tunes, early European dance/folk tunes, and medieval tunes..

Love my fiddling husband and playing with our cats. And my honeybees. :)

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My Blog on playing traditional style Noter/Drone style mountain dulcimer, including over 30 FREE noter style TABS and video instructions:
Strumelia's Noter Drone dulcimer BLOG

I also run a site for selling music-themed t-shirts: https://harmonias.com/

And I run "Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer", a site for mountain dulcimer players: https://fotmd.com/

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@strumelia • 2 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Drifting Thread":

"That's depressing about your weight scale, Keith. Raspberry pi... i had to look it up. Sounds like lots of fun to work on! Maybe the modern version of..."

@strumelia • 3 weeks ago • comments: 1
Created a new Group discussion "What is the first ornamentation a beginner should add to their playing?":

"What would you say the first simple fingering 'ornament' should be that a beginner would do best to add as a start from just plain blowing the notes and..."

@strumelia • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Langspil":

"Yes, chromatically fretted. 3 steel strings- two of them open drones, and only the melody string with frets under it. Thanks, I'm really enjoying it!"

@strumelia • one month ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Langspil":

"I just got a custom langspil (a traditional Icelandic zither) a couple weeks ago and have been really enjoying playing it. The biggest struggle is with my..."

@strumelia • one month ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Drifting Thread":

"Do you think they were made for these companies by Susato?Are these new or used whistles that you got? How do they play and sound? And do you have the..."

@strumelia • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Drifting Thread":

"Keith: OK, here's a first attempt with it. It's got a lovely tone in F, Keith! Very pleasant to listen to. :) Here's a challenge for you- at certain..."

@strumelia • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Favorite whistles":

"It's actually a wonderful thing to even be able to talk about one's 'favorite' whistles... it not only means you have multiple whistles, but it also means..."

@strumelia • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "F is for fun":

"Keith, I have Generation high F and a high G. You've inspired me to pull them out again and revisit. Though I like their handy 'pocket size' (more like..."

@strumelia • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Drifting Thread":

"We had about 9 inches. (such an appropriate subject for the 'drifting thread' lolol) It's not as bad here in NY as in Chicago, but it's been pretty darn..."

@strumelia • 2 months ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on @nobodaddy:

"This site is certainly well intentioned but its functionality is very poor. Can’t post a normal picture, can’t post even a very short phone video. Hi..."

@strumelia • 2 months ago • comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on @nobodaddy:

"Welcome, Nobodaddy! Happy to see you join us. "

@strumelia • 2 months ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Help Me Learn this Tune:

"From what I read, you just have to keep playing it only as fast as you can breathe comfortably. Maybe next month you can play it a fraction faster and keep..."

@strumelia • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread":

"Keith that's great! It all starts with just one tune. "

@strumelia • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Two ways to add an image to your discussion post":

"Testing embedding an image into a post here:"

@strumelia • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "Two ways to add an image to your discussion post":

"Testing adding an image attachment to a post here: "

@strumelia • 2 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "New Year Resolution":

"I thought that one of the known differences between flutes and whistles is the more breathiness involved with playing flutes. But maybe I'm wrong, or maybe..."

@strumelia • 3 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Drifting Thread":

"Lovely mellow tone on that whistle, Larry."

@strumelia • 3 months ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Drifting Thread":

"I hope both of you love your new low whistles!"

@strumelia • 3 months ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on Beginner Players:

"Personally, I find my Generations to have too soft and breathy a tone and feel. But that's probably just me (I'm pretty much a beginner). Good players seem..."