I should add that the the bit about melody-drone being the soul of the dulcimer is not what I would say to everyone. It's not what I would say to myself, for sure.
If you've got a perfectly good harp sitting in front of you that you play phenomenally well, it seems that there's an issue of "why not just play it on the harp." And that's why I suggested putting a premium on dulcimeriness.
As for me, the dulcimer is my first musical voice--I'm not trying to make the dulcimer sound like a dulcimer. I just ended up a dulcimer player through an improbable chain of events that put one in my hands as a teenager. I didn't choose the dulcimer on the basis of its sound or its history. Heck, sometimes I'm trying to make it sound like a harp.
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Date: 2007-04-17 05:19 pm (UTC)If you've got a perfectly good harp sitting in front of you that you play phenomenally well, it seems that there's an issue of "why not just play it on the harp." And that's why I suggested putting a premium on dulcimeriness.
As for me, the dulcimer is my first musical voice--I'm not trying to make the dulcimer sound like a dulcimer. I just ended up a dulcimer player through an improbable chain of events that put one in my hands as a teenager. I didn't choose the dulcimer on the basis of its sound or its history. Heck, sometimes I'm trying to make it sound like a harp.