Archive for March, 2007

• Dulcimer tune - notation, tab and recording
  Close The Windows, Lock The Doors

  Here’s a tune I’ve written on my recently-acquired 1950s Jethro Amburgey dulcimer. I’m very grateful to the folks on EverythingDulcimer.com for giving me lots of historical information about the instrument.
  The instrument only has half-frets - and therefore can only be played in the traditional melody-plus-drone style - and as a result I began [...]

  March 10th, 2007

• Autoharp Chord Bar Layout

  Having looked at this site’s search statistics I seem to be getting some traffic from people looking for chord bar diagrams for the autoharp, although I’m not sure why Google has been directing them here. Sadly, until now the cupboard has been bare! So I thought I’d document at the very least the layout I’m [...]

  March 4th, 2007

• Tune: Will Beckett’s March

  Here is the notation for a simple little tune that I wrote on March the 3rd in memory of Wild Willi Beckett, a good friend from the Official Monster Raving Loony Party who recently passed away after losing a battle against cancer.
  It got written very quickly, so it’ll undoubtedly change shape as time goes [...]

  March 4th, 2007