New Picks

As soon as I opened a package with four V-Picks in it, I immediately rushed into my room to get my dulcimer to test them, and I really like them. I have been wanting a little thicker pick than I currently use, and this feels really good. They make two thicknesses of Bing picks, and I think I might like the thinner of the two better.

The pick that you use is really important. If you don't have the right pick, you're not going to make your dulcimer sound as good as it could.

-Nathaniel

O Come All Ye Faithful

Here's Nathaniel playing "O Come All Ye Faithful" during a special service at church. This has been Nathaniel's favorite Christmas song this year.

Little Brother on the "Boximer"

Here's a video of my little brother Asher who turned five in October. I've been teaching him dulcimer. This is his second song: Mary had a Little Lamb!

Nathaniel

First Class!

I just wanted to let you know that I will be teaching at the Cumberland Gap Dulcimer Gathering May 7-8. It's a really fun festival, and it is cost-free! I will be teaching how to make your dulcimer sound like a mandolin, which will be the first class I've taught. For more information about the festival click on the link above.

Nathaniel

Jaw Harp

Since I started playing dulcimer I never thought I would play anything other than a stringed instrument, but going on a trip to Kentucky and having nothing better to do provoked playing with a funky little thing called the Jaw Harp, which I got for my birthday a couple years ago. I had been told it was one of the easiest instruments to play, but I wasn't so sure about that. But after about three hours of trying, it finally worked. And now I am happily playing it, but I think I will stick with dulcimer. And just for a side note, my dad gave up playing it on my birthday, when he almost banged a tooth out with it.

-Nathaniel