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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