Dulcimerica 329 - "Happy New Year!"

 

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For the final show of 2016, Bing demonstrates and teaches an easy version of "Auld Lang Syne" for New Year's Eve on the mountain dulcimer and also reflects on the past year. Some strange things are afoot in this video - stay for after the credits!

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Dulcimerica 328 - "One-Way Ticket"

 

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On January 26th, a day before competing in the quarterfinals of the 2016 International Blues Challenge, Bing Futch recorded 14 songs at legendary Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. The resultant album, "What's Old Becomes New Again", will be released in January 2017.

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Dulcimerica 327 - "Silver Bells"

 

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Bing Futch gets into the holiday spirit with this in-depth look at taking a song from idea to arrangement on the baritone mountain dulcimer. Using "Silver Bells" as an example, Bing begins with the melody, adds chords, harmony, subtle arrangements and changes to flesh out the tune.

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