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SharonA Blues on hammered dulcimer??? (31) Blues on hammered dulcimer??? 20 Jul 11


Twice in the last week-and-a-half, I have been asked at jams whether I can play some blues on my hammered dulcimer. Being a novice HD player, I can't play much of anything on it yet! However, it is a chromatic HD, so ideally I could strike or pluck the necessary notes. The problem is, I can't easily bend the notes! Bending would require pushing down on the course of strings on the opposite side of the bridge from where I'd be striking or plucking. Seems like it would be kinda awkward to play any sort of a progression when I'd have to play every note with two hands...

But I could be wrong... maybe it's possible to do it and make it sound like the blues...

Anybody out there know any blues-HD players?


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