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The 5th annual Lagniappe Dulcimer Fête, held in Port Allen, Louisiana, crowned the first ever LA State Dulcimer Champion at this year's festival. Meet Aaron Thornton and hear one of the tunes he played in the competition-- Turkey in the Straw. More file formats for this video, as well as other dulcimer instruction, can be found at www.robertforce.com
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Bing Futch performs "Rosin The Beau" on mountain dulcimer. [Video note: this was recorded and posted before I began the "Dulcimerica" series, one of four experimental videos to sort of test the waters. I learned this tune by listening to a recording from Stephen Seifert off of his album "Mountain Dulcimer."
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Stephen Seifert playing Whiskey Before Breakfast (PUBLIC DOMAIN) on a mountain dulcimer tuned DAD. http://stephenseifer t.com/
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David J Beede playing a collection of instruments of his own making. Octave dulcimer, gourd banjo, mouth bow, native american flute, bowed psaltery, eedy beede dulcimer
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2005 National Hammered Dulcimer champion Max Zbiral-Teller plays 'Apple Juice.' an original composition at Bard College. You can find this piece on his latest CD 'Many Tastes Are Loaded,' at his website www.maxzt.com and shortly on his YouTube page.