Welcome to Mel Bay's Dulcimer Sessions® Web Magazine

Welcome to Dulcimer Sessions! - December 2004

A Bimonthly Webzine

DulcimerSessions.com now has over a year's worth of articles and music on mountain (Appalachian) and hammered dulcimers by outstanding players, arrangers and teachers. We invite you to visit the Back Issues.

Celtic music is played with authentic flavor on both hammered and mountain dulcimers, and this issue's articles feature music, sound files and techniques for playing three Celtic beauties from outstanding players and luthiers:

A Celtic Song for Mountain Dulcimer by Neal Hellman,
featuring"The Bonny Light Horseman."
Hammered Dulcimer Luthier Spotlight on Jerry Read Smith by Rick Davis,
with lots of photos of Jerry's instruments and
Jerry's arrangement of the Irish harp tune "Lord Inchiquin."
The Bowed Dulcimer by Kenneth Bloom, with a bowed arrangement
of the Scottish "Tune from St. Andrews."
Enjoy! We appreciate all the support and feedback on our previous issues. If you have an idea or a request for a future article please contact me.

Don't forget to view previous articles in Back Issues.

If you have a request or an idea for a future article in Dulcimer Sessions, please let me know.

We hope these articles give the reader interesting information about the instruments, how they are played, their music, and the spirit of the people who play them.

Lois Hornbostel, Editor
Dulcimer Sessions
Ldulc@gte.net
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