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I know some people with Dobros (Don't you think they look like Totoro?) But they never played them like slide guitars. 
As much as I say I don't like country music...did you know I'm in a Bluegrass band? ahaha
Here's a nice song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H02eC...
album version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv4nw...
The Piano Guys' Arrangement of O Come, O Come Emmanuel is so beautiful. I bought the sheet music so I can learn it on piano and violin. (I'll have to rewrite that part since the cello part goes through three clefs!)Mostly I have been listening to random "ambient music" on YouTube that's nice for reading.
I don't like country, but I do like the challenge of fiddle music. Once I get better, I'll get some sheet music.
and here is my friend Marie Little at our ukulele retreat a few years ago singing Song for Jackie by Phil Drane. I put the lyrics in the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa3LO...
Karin wrote: "Jazzy wrote: "O Come, O Come Emmanuel is one of my favourite Christmas songs as I like all the ones in minor keys. I love the way the guy is playing his guitar like a slide guitar in the first vide..."Dobros are picked but are most often played with a slide, usually a glass bar. That is the unique part of the sound, the slide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dtPc...
There is another instrument called a true "American" invention, the mountain dulcimer. I actually own a mountain dulcimer. It also uses a slide called a "noter".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6OJ1...
Bing Futch is my favorite dulcimer player. He has a podcast Dulcimerica:
Here he is performing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TCz6...
Jazzy wrote: "I know some people with Dobros (Don't you think they look like Totoro?) But they never played them like slide guitars. As much as I say I don't like country music...did you know I'm in a Bluegr..."
Very nice Jazzy. Are you in those clips?
Oooh I have a glass slide too! One of my friends said why did you buy that? Just use the top of a beer bottle! Knowing a lot of people who play folk music, there are a few of my friends who have dulcimers too. I can't remember the name of the instrument at the moment but it is on a stand and you hit the strings with two beaters. One of my friends plays that. You might know what it is.
Wow look at that kid wailing away on that dulcimer!
You know I share all these with my mandolin teacher :) xx
Lynn i'm not in the clips because I was the photographer! There was a clip somewhere of me singing Johnny B. Good, but I can't find it.
Audrey I like Yann Tiersen for listening while i'm reading sometimes
Jazzy wrote: "Oooh I have a glass slide too! One of my friends said why did you buy that? Just use the top of a beer bottle! Knowing a lot of people who play folk music, there are a few of my friends who have ..."
The one on the stand is a hammered dulcimer. The strings are hit with little hammers to produce the sound. There are a dozen or so strings. These are usually handmade and are not standardized.
The mountain dulcimer usually has three/four strings. Being a traditional handmade instrument it can have variations. Bing plays a double dulcimer with electric pick up that he specially ordered.
My dulcimer is a Folkcraft built by J. S. Ash. It has four strings, but not really. I use DAD tuning. The upper D has two strings providing the drone sound. There are many styles of tuning. It is an instrument that must be "played by ear". I bought it just for fun and haven't touched it for a couple of years...you got me to pull it down and out of the case.
I play piano/organ for very formal services: weddings, funerals, Catholic masses. I have played in groups and also solo in large Nashville churches. I started playing services in 1985. People pay me to do this. The dulcimer was for fun. I had several pieces I could play that I had worked out, but at the moment I can't remember any of them!!
It took some searching to find but this is like my instrument.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2xbv...
I'm so glad you got it out of the case again!! I like the F holes on it. They sell some like that with the folk instruments at JG Windows Music shop. Well done Karin!! Glad to know there are other musicians on here, I'm in a band for fun and I can't say i'm really good, but they still pay us!
I was playing the toy piano today, it's one of my favourite instruments.
Audrey wrote: "The Piano Guys' Arrangement of O Come, O Come Emmanuel is so beautiful. I bought the sheet music so I can learn it on piano and violin. (I'll have to rewrite that part since the cello part goes thr..."I got an arrangement as well and also sang with a track on Youtube for my parents during 2020.
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Lynn wrote: "Karin wrote: "Jazzy wrote: "O Come, O Come Emmanuel is one of my favourite Christmas songs as I like all the ones in minor keys. I love the way the guy is playing his guitar like a slide guitar in ..."Yes, it looke like they have a slide in their left hand in that flat picking photo I found--it was just showing playing it flat rather than held like a regular guitar :)
Karin wrote: "Audrey wrote: "The Piano Guys' Arrangement of O Come, O Come Emmanuel is so beautiful. I bought the sheet music so I can learn it on piano and violin. (I'll have to rewrite that part since the cell..."It's one of the oldest surviving pieces of recorded music.
I just ordered a new violin bow, which I'm very excited about. I'm not advanced enough to do droning, but I've seen fiddle players use double stops AND a drone string at once, which I find insane.
We do double stops on the mandolin. I suppose that would be like tremolo and a double stop at once??
Audrey wrote: "Karin wrote: "Audrey wrote: "The Piano Guys' Arrangement of O Come, O Come Emmanuel is so beautiful. I bought the sheet music so I can learn it on piano and violin. (I'll have to rewrite that part ..."Yes, it is! It's not for naught that it lives on, and it lends itself well to many different kinds of arrangements.
Okay, so I am related to all Icelanders (this means nothing--all Icelanders who aren't immigrants are related, and I'm half Icleandic.)My 7th cousin twice removed (I had a relative in Iceland look this up) who is in my general age range even though in the family tree she is the 7th cousin even though technically she is of one of my grandparents' generation (genealogy is so cool--she has some very long lived ancestors who had children late--but the generations line up differently over time!) helped to bring back traditional Icelandic music.
Unlike most of Europe, this island country kept much older harmonies popular until the 20th century. Often new words are put to traditional melodies (this is done all over the world of course.) Her husband plays guitar, lanspil, etc.
The langspil is in the zither family:
This one is with the langspir but the person who recorded it didn't have the best sound equipment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGXTi...
Chris is playing a guitar here and it's live. The lyrics are 17th century but the tune was already traditional. This is a prayer for clean air after a volcanic eruption had caused a lot of air pollution and problems in agriculture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkqnf...
There are samples on their website as well https://www.funi-iceland.com/music
This is haunting but beautiful and from the other CD I have:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXhol...
FYI in Icelandic, Bára is pronounced a lot like bowra (as in take a bow, not a violin bow)
Here are two of my first cousins--one is the vocalist and the other is that amazing lead guitarist. Originally there were three of them in the band, but one gave it up when he got married (very long story). Their other brother has an awesome voice but never in the band. Johannes is a full time musician, but the vocalist has day job. Just choose the kind of music you want.Mostly in Vancouver, BC
Some kind of alternative or something band.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ7fD...
Just the lead guitarist with other musicians
BLUES with a great sax and a soloist by the Johannes on guitar. (said YO unnes, more or less--not German pronunciation--not sure which country, but he's half Greek with a shortened surname--shortened by his grandparents when they emigrated to the States, but he's been in Canada most of his life--probably anglicized!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmAui...
JAZZ with a talented vocalist but also actress KAREN HOLNESS who has gone on to big things (my cousins opted to not go that way) but a bit of the stuff with Johannes is on her Entertainment tonight profile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJpUM...
Okay, on the other side, another cousin, but only listen if you like avante garde type electronic music (not most people's cup of tea). Do NOT feel that I am selling his CDs--I have one but never actually listen to it (did once) since it's not my cup of tea but it's how he's made a living.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdT7M...
BUT not everyone in my family has musical talent! My dad can't sing--he was never good enough to join his dad's top choir at school. My sister and birth brother aren't musical, etc. It's just here and there. I am learning to sing but in no way am good like these others!
Karin, I LOVE all your stories. More, please!PS. I want a kantele :)
I like this one
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/11453...
Jazzy wrote: "Karin, I LOVE all your stories. More, please!PS. I want a kantele :)
I like this one
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/11453..."
Sure, another day :)
Music has played a big part in some of my family's history, etc.
Karin wrote: "Okay, so I am related to all Icelanders (this means nothing--all Icelanders who aren't immigrants are related, and I'm half Icleandic.)My 7th cousin twice removed (I had a relative in Iceland loo..."
I love the langspir. The simple haunting melody and the cool instrument were really nice.
I have some musical cousins:The older generation - first cousins of my great grandfather:
The Carter Family Maybelle Carter, A P Carter, Sara Dougherty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZzBy...
Maybelle's daughter's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd8qA...
One of the daughters June Carter married this fella:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3NJC...
Underground, by Thelonious Monk. Muswell Hillbillies, by The Kinks
Why yes. Why yes I am, J. I get it from my dad who was an old beatnik.
As I'm nearly always listening to music I listen to a lot of different things. Still I guess I listen the most to different kinds of metal/rock and folk music from all over the world. Lately I've had a little Tom Waits obsession espacially with the song "Jockey full of Bourbon" that I discovered thanks to the excellent movie "Down by Law' from Jim Jarmusch. Also I've a still ongoing obsession on viking music such as made by the band Wardruna. Got a bit soft on the metal level lately I guess but it is never far away and probably I will be headbanging my way before the end of the week on some Black Sabbath or Judas Priest! XD
My brother is a massive Judas Priest fan!
Lynn wrote: "I have some musical cousins:The older generation - first cousins of my great grandfather:
The Carter Family Maybelle Carter, A P Carter, Sara Dougherty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZzBy......"
Cool! The Carter Family were/are really something!!!!!
So, I am distantly related to Björk although her style of music isn't my thing. But I am more closely related (5th cousin) to this world class concert pianist Víkingur Ólafsson. Sure, this is a long shot
Here is his playing Grieg with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hbi1...
Mozart at the BBC Proms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=790bY...
Debussy on Deutsche Grammaphon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KzML...
Plus there are many other things, including Bach, that he has preformed that are on Youtube
Jazzy wrote: "My brother is a massive Judas Priest fan!"Haha, some good old heavy metal never gets out of date! ;-)
Karin wrote: Here is his playing Grieg with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hbi1...
This is very good!
J wrote: "Herbie Hancock, Watermelon Man"I absolutely love the Head Hunters album. In HS my friends and I used to play Chameleon until our fingers bled.
That got me thinking of great bass lines in jazz. I put on an old favorite. Lee Morgan, The Sidewinder. Wonderful.
I'm learning the bass Chad, I don't think i'm ready for those but would love to. We're doing Dire Straits and REO Speedwagon this month.
Bookends - Simon & Garfunkel. 
Oh, gosh, memories of my childhood! When I was a kid my class sang one of their songs for the school concert--my teacher must have been a huge fan.They sing one of my all time favourite versions of Scarborough Fair. Here's the remastered original recording by them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Awsr...
I love it, it's like they're playing 'backwards'.
Karin wrote: "Lynn wrote: "I have some musical cousins:The older generation - first cousins of my great grandfather:
The Carter Family Maybelle Carter, A P Carter, Sara Dougherty
https://www.youtube.com/watch..."
Thanks : )
Karin wrote: "Oh, gosh, memories of my childhood! When I was a kid my class sang one of their songs for the school concert--my teacher must have been a huge fan.They sing one of my all time favourite versions ..."
I saw them in concert in a Reunion Concert in a big outdoor stadium in probably 1983 or 1984. Great concert.
Karin wrote: "So, I am distantly related to Björk although her style of music isn't my thing. But I am more closely related (5th cousin) to this world class concert pianist Víkingur Ólafsson. Sure, this is a l..."
I listened to some of this. Vikingur Olaffson is very talented. Also, I really enjoy Grieg's music.
Chad, checkout Herbie Hancock "Just Around the Corner", if you haven't already.
Yes! Thanks for that, J. Fantastic representation of that grooooovy funk era.
Oh, that's not a regular guitar :) That's a dobro which I think is an American-invented instrument. There are a variety of models, but they all have the metal circle thing. I never saw any growing up. They can be "flat picked" or played the way guitars are.