Friday, April 24, 2015

Dulcimerica 276 - "Capo Trickery"










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Here's a tutorial on how to use the capo effectively to play in different keys without having to memorize chords.

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Friday, April 17, 2015

Dulcimerica 275 - "Getting Chunky Wit' It"










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A new tool for the toolbox; the right-hand palm mute which gives you a great CHUNK sound!

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Friday, April 10, 2015

Dulcimerica 274 - "Multi-Finger Method"










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Bing demonstrates the multi-finger technique used to get up and down the fretboard more efficiently.

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Tuesday, April 07, 2015

Dulcimerica 273 - "Sliding On The Resonator"










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Bing introduces the resonator mountain dulcimer and gets into tuning, string gauges, slides, technique and some basic blues theory.

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