Episode 524 - "Christmas In Concert"

 

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Bing performs a selection of Christmas songs during a virtual concert on December 6th. Included are "Joy To The World", "O Holy Night", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "We Three Kings."

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Episode 523 - "Chord Building 6"

 

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The final chapter of a six-part series on chord-building and usage. Bing wraps things up with the diminished and augmented chords.

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Episode 522 - "Chord Building 5"

 

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Part five of a six-part series on chord-building and usage. This week, Bing takes a look at the wistful sixth and minor sixth chords.

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Episode 521 - "Chord Building 4"

 

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Part four of this six-part series continues with chord-building and progressions. This week, the focus is on the jazzy major seventh and minor seventh chords.

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Episode 520 - "Chord Building 3"

 

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For part three of this six-part series on chord-building, Bing digs deep into music theory to explain the magic of the dominant seventh chord.

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Episode 519 - "Chord Building 2"

 

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In part two of a six-part series on chord-building, Bing recaps major and minor chords, then brings in the suspended 2 and 4 chords.

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Episode 518 - "Chord Building 1"

 

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Kicking off a six-week series on chord-building, Bing takes a look at major and minor chords, how to tell the difference and using them in chord progressions.

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Episode 517 - "Jingle Bells"

 

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From the workshop series “Christmas In The Fall”, Bing teaches “Jingle Bells.” All five workshops in the series are now available on Patreon! http://www.Patreon.com/BingFutch

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Episode 516 - "Silent Night"

 

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From the workshop series “Christmas In The Fall”, Bing teaches “Silent Night.” All five workshops in the series are now available on Patreon! http://www.Patreon.com/BingFutch

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Episode 515 - “O Tannenbaum”

 

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From the workshop series “Christmas In The Fall”, Bing teaches “O Tannenbaum.” All five workshops in the series will be available on Patreon at the end of the month. http://www.Patreon.com/BingFutch

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Episode 514 - "Deck The Halls"

 

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From the workshop series “Christmas In The Fall”, Bing teaches “Deck The Halls.” All five workshops in the series will be available on Patreon at the end of the month. http://www.Patreon.com/BingFutch

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Episode 513 - “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”

 

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From the workshop series “Christmas In The Fall”, Bing teaches “We Wish You A Merry Christmas.” All five workshops in the series will be available on Patreon at the end of the month. http://www.Patreon.com/BingFutch

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Episode 512 - "Colors of the Wind"

 

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Bing performs his arrangement of “Colors of the Wind” from the Disney animated feature, “Pocahontas.”

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Episode 511 - “QDF 2.0 – 'Disney Dulcimer Dreams”

 

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Here's an excerpt from Bing's “Disney Dulcimer Dreams'” workshop during The QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival 2.0. All twelve hours of workshops are available, along with the resource material, plus everything he's ever released, for just $5 per month on Patreon. http://www.Patreon.com/BingFutch

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Episode 510 - “QDF 2.0 – 'Crooked Fiddle Tunes: Crookednado!”

 

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Here's an excerpt from Bing's “Crooked Fiddle Tunes: Crookednado!'” workshop during The QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival 2.0. All twelve hours of workshops are available, along with the resource material, plus everything he's ever released, for just $5 per month on Patreon. http://www.Patreon.com/BingFutch

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Episode 509 - “QDF 2.0 – 'My Heart Will Go On”

 

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Here's an excerpt from Bing's “My Heart Will Go On: A Study In Song'” workshop during The QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival 2.0. All twelve hours of workshops are available, along with the resource material, plus everything he's ever released, for just $5 per month on Patreon. http://www.Patreon.com/BingFutch

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Episode 508 - “QDF 2.0 – 'O Holy Night'”

 

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Here's an excerpt from Bing's “Repertoire Building: 'O Holy Night'” workshop during The QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival 2.0. All twelve hours of workshops are available, along with the resource material, plus everything he's ever released, for just $5 per month on Patreon. http://www.Patreon.com/BingFutch

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Episode 507 - “Masterclass: Advanced 3”

 

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From Bing's July Masterclass Sessions, an hour-long advanced workshop that focuses on music theory, specifically as it applies to chords. All 18 hours of sessions are available through Patreon.com/BingFutch

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Episode 506 - “Masterclass: Intermediate 2”

 

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From Bing's July Masterclass Sessions, an hour-long intermediate workshop that looks at the tune “Annie Went Down To The Cabbage Patch.” Along the way, Bing covers “scouting” an arrangement, strategic hand positioning, fill-in rhythms and more! All 18 hours of sessions are available through Patreon.com/BingFutch

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Episode 505 - “Masterclass: Beginners 1”

 

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From Bing's July Masterclass Sessions, an hour-long beginners workshop that covers strings, tuning, picks, strumming, learning the fretboard and reading tablature. Each skill level features three 2-hour workshops. All 18 hours of sessions are available through Patreon.com/BingFutch

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Episode 504 -- “QDF Peek/Preview – Beginners'”

 

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Here's an excerpt from Bing's “Beginning Mountain Dulcimer” workshop during The QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival. All twelve hours of workshops are available, along with the resource material, plus everything he's ever released, for just $5 per month on Patreon. http://www.Patreon.com/BingFutch

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Episode 503 - “QDF Peek/Preview – Jammin'”

 

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Here's an excerpt from Bing's “Jammin Without A Net” workshop during The QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival. All twelve hours of workshops are available, along with the resource material, plus everything he's ever released, for just $5 per month on Patreon. http://www.Patreon.com/BingFutch

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Episode 502 - “QDF Peek/Preview – Blues”

 

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Here's an excerpt from Bing's “Mountain Dulcimer Delta Blues” workshop during The QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival. All twelve hours of workshops are available, along with the resource material, plus everything he's ever released, for just $5 per month on Patreon. http://www.Patreon.com/BingFutch

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Episode 501 - “QDF Peek/Preview – Chromatic”

 

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Here's an excerpt from Bing's “Chromatic 101” workshop during The QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival. All twelve hours of workshops are available, along with the resource material, plus everything he's ever released, for just $5 per month on Patreon. http://www.Patreon.com/BingFutch

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Episode 500 - “QDF Peek/Preview – CGG Tuning”

 

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Here's an excerpt from Bing's “Traditional Mountain Dulcimer Tuning: CGG” workshop during The QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival. All twelve hours of workshops are available, along with the resource material, plus everything he's ever released, for just $5 per month on Patreon. http://www.Patreon.com/BingFutch

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Episode 499 - “QDF Peek/Preview – Hallelujah'”

 

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Here's an excerpt from Bing's “Hallelujah: A Study In Song” workshop during The QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival. All twelve hours of workshops are available, along with the resource material, plus everything he's ever released, for just $5 per month on Patreon. http://www.Patreon.com/BingFutch

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Episode 498 - “QDF Peek/Preview - “Irish Ballads”

 

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Here's an excerpt from Bing's “Irish Ballads” workshop during The QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival. All twelve hours of workshops are available, along with the resource material, plus everything he's ever released, for just $5 per month on Patreon. http://www.Patreon.com/BingFutch

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Episode 497 - "Undertow"

 

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Bing performs his original song “Undertow" at the Saturday night concert of The QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival - June 6th, 2020. From the upcoming album "The Beauty and the Terror."

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Episode 496 - "Put You Down"

 

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Bing performs his original song "Put You Down" at the Saturday night concert of The QuaranTUNE Dulcimer Festival - June 6th, 2020. From the upcoming album "The Beauty and the Terror."

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Episode 495 - "Run On For A Long Time"

 

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Bing performs the old slave stomp "Run On For A Long Time." https://youtu.be/Y2rX8Ebl3OI

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Dulcimerica Deluxe (30 Modules Produced!)

 

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See more "Dulcimerica Deluxe" here! https://youtu.be/Y2rX8Ebl3OI

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Episode 494 - “Livestream Revisited: Get Rhythm”

 

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A 30-minute excerpt from Bing's “Get Rhythm On Mountain Dulcimer” livestream workshop on Crowdcast. The basics are covered here, from note durations to a strumming practice using quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes.

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Episode 493 - "Sweet River"

 

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Bing performs his original song “Sweet River” using a Folkcraft Instruments double mountain dulcimer, Native American flute, a Micro POG octave pedal and a Boss RC-30 Loop Station.

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Episode 492 - "Livestream Revisited: Blues Dulcimer"

 

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A 25-minute excerpt from Bing's “Learn To Play Blues On Mountain Dulcimer” livestream workshop on Crowdcast. Here, he shares some blues history, teaches the 12-bar blues form and looks at 4/4 time plus 12/8 time for strum rhythms.

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Episode 491 - "Livestream Revisited: One Little Fret"

 

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A 25-minute excerpt from Bing's “One Little Fret” livestream workshop on Crowdcast. Here, he gives a little backstory on the mountain dulcimer fretboard, shows what notes the 1 ½ fret brings and how it opens up new scale, chord and melody possibilities.

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Episode 490 - "Running Down A Dream"

 

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Bing performs the classic “Running Down A Dream” by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers using a Folkcraft Instruments double mountain dulcimer, a Micro POG octave pedal and a Boss RC-30 Loop Station.

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Episode 489 - "Voicings Of Reason"

 

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The big subject is chord voicings and Bing takes a deep dive into music theory, first using the piano and then translating it to the mountain dulcimer. Intervals, chord building and inversions, oh my! Download resources for this episode at the Patreon Open House: https://www.patreon.com/posts/36051796

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Episode 488 - "Tintypes Of Chords"

 

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Bing demonstrates and explains ten types of chords that can be played on the mountain dulcimer. This includes major, minor, dominant sevenths, major sevenths, minor sevenths, major sixths, minor sixths, augmented and diminished chords.

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Episode 487 - "Sad Blues"

 

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Bing plays his original tune “Sad Blues” on a Folkcraft Instruments custom resonator tuned DADF#. In memory of Ellen Ash, mother of Folkcraft owner Richard Ash; wife of luthier Jim Ash.

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Episode 486 - "For Maddie"

 

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An in memoriam episode. Bing reminisces about Madeline MacNeil and performs “Planxty Fanny Power”, which he learned from her arrangement.

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Episode 485 - “10 Things To Do In Quarantine”

 

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With the entire planet going on lockdown over COVID-19, Bing looks at 10 things that every mountain dulcimer player can do in the meantime. Things get a little silly because STIR-CRAZY.

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Episode 484 - "2 Weeks Of Magic"

 

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A celebration of the good times had at the 8th Annual Florida Gulf Coast Dulcimer Retreat and the 3rd Annual Castaway Music Cruise. For more information, visit: www.GulfCoastDulcimer.com and www.CastawayMusicCruise.com

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Episode 483 - "So Many Things: PT. 4"

 

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In the finale to a special four-part series, Bing takes all of the tracks and demonstrates the process of mixing, EQ, compression and other elements of home studio recording. Resource materials can be downloaded from: https://www.patreon.com/posts/33743486

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Episode 482 - "So Many Things: PT. 3"

 

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In part three of a special four-part series, Bing adds an improvised solo to the dulcimer and bass dulcimer tracks laid down in the previous episodes. Resource materials can be downloaded from: https://www.patreon.com/posts/33743486

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Episode 481 - "So Many Things: PT. 2"

 

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In part two of a special four-part series, Bing adds bass dulcimer to the track he recorded in the last episode. Resource materials can be downloaded from: https://www.patreon.com/posts/33743486

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Episode 480 - "So Many Things: PT. 1"

 

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In part one of a special four-part series, Bing tackles the first of many different topics for intermediate and advanced players, starting with parallel key modulations and laying down multiple tracks of a partly improvised tune. Resource materials can be downloaded from: https://www.patreon.com/posts/33743486

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Episode 479 - "1+ Fret In F & Dm"

 

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Bing takes away some of the mystery involving playing with the 1+ fret in F major and D minor. In a more advanced episode, there is a demonstration of the relative minor key and the D minor pentatonic scale, which serves as a bridge between the keys of D and D minor.

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Episode 478 - "Put It In Reverse"

 

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Suddenly deciding one morning to dive headfirst into DGD (1-4-8) tuning, Bing offers a simple guide to playing melodies and chords in “Reverse Ionian” key of G. Download the chart during Bing's Patreon Open House at: https://www.patreon.com/posts/mountain-dgd-and-33337281

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Episode 477 - "The Sky Is Falling"

 

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In this episode, Bing takes an original piece called “The Sky Is Falling” and uses it to teach improvisation techniques, chord inversions, finger-picking, selective cross-picking and counterpoint creation. Whew! It's easier than it sounds, and you can download tablature for the tune here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/32610990

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Episode 476 - "Go 'Head, Be Shy"

 

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Bing demonstrates the Dunlop Shy Slide, a unique entry-level way of getting into playing slide on the mountain dulcimer. Besides showing the basics of playing slide, Bing also plays a little blues-up version of “Amazing Grace.”

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Episode 475 - "Noter & Quill"

 

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Bing kicks off 2020 and the 13th year of “Dulcimerica” with an episode firmly rooted in the tradition of the Appalachian mountain dulcimer. Playing with a noter and quill is the subject and there's a demonstration, plus info on how to pluck a turkey feather and choose the wood for your noter.

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