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Philip Boulding listeners. Northern Lights 1, listeners. New age. Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Go directly to shout page. Loading player…. Scrobble from Spotify? Connect to Spotify Dismiss. Search Search. Tags Related to: folk rh instrumental new age dulcimer droning The hammered dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument with the strings stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board.

Typically, the hammered dulcimer is set on a stand, at an angle, before the musician, who holds small mallet hammers in each hand to strike the strings cf. Appalachian dulcimer. The Graeco-Roman dulcimer sweet song derives from the Latin dulcis sweet and the Greek melos song. The dulcimer, in which the strings are beaten with small hammers, originated from the psaltery, in which the strings are plucked.

Various types of hammered dulcimers are traditionally pla… read more. The hammered dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument with the strings stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board. Appalachian dulcime… read more. The Graeco-Roman dulcimer sweet song derives from the Latin dulcis… read more. Botanist 19, listeners. Joemy Wilson 1, listeners. Vas 96, listeners. House of Waters 8, listeners.

Kalman Balogh 1, listeners. The landscape seemed stark, black and white and yet very beautiful. I was doing a tour playing in schools and libraries in northern Ontario and was crossing Georgian Bay on the Ferry going to Manitoulin Island from the Bruce Penninsula on one of those stormy fall days. Playing around on the dulcimer, I wrote this little tune. Sliding off the Roof Scorch PDF ABC When my children were small we had this old garage, well really just an overgrown shed and one fall day they had raked up this huge pile of leaves and were climbing onto the roof of that garage and leaping into the leaves!

Probably dangerous but still great fun. The tune should be played with that sort of exuberance in mind. You will find this tune recorded on the Step out of Time recording. Later on I recorded the tune as the second part of a medley with "The King of the Fairies" on the Step out of Time recording. In the medley I start with the B section but when I play it as a stand alone piece I play it as I've written out here. You can find it on my Step out of Time recording. Originally recorded on the Dulcimer Traditions cd, In I re-recorded this tune for the Back to Basics cd and added a new part and introduction.

This was written back in '92 when I was doing a lot of performing in schools and libraries. In my performance I was telling part of the story of velveteen rabbit and would play this piece of music with it. It should be played fairly quickly but try not to let it sound rushed. I usually play this tune as a medley followed by The Road to Listowel which is played in straight reel time or sometimes with Sandy's fancy if I want to keep that hornpipe rhythm going.

This is a pleasant little waltz, one of those tunes that I almost always default to when someone asks me to play a little something, the kind of tune that brings a smile to peoples faces. It should be played with a swing feel as though the eighth notes were all in tuplets.

It was recorded on the Spirit of the Land. Here is another one of those sweet little waltz tunes that I recorded on the Spirit of the Land cd. The inspiration was from my old Grandmother from Ireland who used to tell me fantastic stories of fairies and wee people who lived just over the garden wall behind the house.

This is another fast reel from the Spirit of the Land recording it was done as a medley with Dancing with Sunlight. You can see my arrangement of the two together here. On the Spirit of the Land recording this was the second part of a medley, but is a nice tune on it's own as well.

When you play this picture that fast water crashing and bubbling around the rocks and you'll get the feel for what was in my mind. It's a hornpipe and so should have that nice hornpipe swing to it. On the Spirit of the Land recording I coupled it with a traditional Canadian fiddle tune called Mosquito on the Iceberg. I've never been able to find the origins of that tune, but it's a great melody and a wonderful title.

Try it While I was there I hiked many of the trails in the hills above the sea. It was majestic and the images will stay with me for a lifetime. This music was written with that in mind, it should be played with great feeling trying to capture some of that beauty and majesty. It was also a favorite tune on the "One Winter's Eve" recording. I especially like the bassoon and flute that interweave around the melody on the recording.

Give it a listen and perhaps you can find someone to improvise around the melody for you giving you a similar effect. The inspiritation for this piece of music came from the wonderful tapestry of fall colours where I was performing in the Niagara region of southern Ontario one year.