1. T.J. Garrison Jeff Vitols Jarrod Hunt

2. Different Types Appalachian 3 to 8 strings Usually 4 strings Hammered Bass

3. Shapes Different shapes –Most Popular Hourglass –Rich Bass Sound Tear Drop –Lighter Tone (Bluegrass)

4. How to Play Tuning –Ionian –Mixolydian –Dorian, Aeolian Playing –Lap –No-armed chair –Strummed, Picked or Fingered –Chords, single notes

5. History Ancestor the scheitlot –German descent circa 1618 Appalachian Dulcimer circa 1830 – 1871 Oldest folk instrument of American creation

6. More History Belongs to Fretted Zithers class of instruments Latin prefix means “sweet sound” Traditionally played with a quill, which is a feather

7. Jean Ritchie Born 1922 in Viper, Kentucky Album None But One won Rolling Stone Critic’s Choice Award in 1977 Started what is now known as the “Dulcimer Revival” Unique style of performance –Strumming the main beats toward herself –Singing Style

8. Other Musicians Joni Mitchell –Bought Joellen Lapidus’s first made dulcimer Joellen Lapidus –Idolized Joni Mitchell Ruth Barrett –Dianic high priestess Dwain Wilder –Mountain Dulcimer maker

9. Questions 1.How many strings does the Appalachian dulcimer usually have? 2.How does the musician normally hold the Appalachian dulcimer? 3.What does the word dulcimer mean in Latin? 4.How long has the Appalachian dulcimer been around? 5.What was traditionally used to play the dulcimer?

10. Answers 1.4 2.Laying the instrument in his/her lap 3.“sweet song” 4.Mid 19 th century 5.A feather quill

11. References http://mama.essortment.com/whatisadulci_ rkfn.htmhttp://mama.essortment.com/whatisadulci_ rkfn.htm www.sci.edu/classes/ellertsen/dulcimer2.h tmlwww.sci.edu/classes/ellertsen/dulcimer2.h tml www.gilamountaindulcimers.com www.templeofdiana.org/ruth.htm http://www.pbs.org/ket/jrs/ http://www.museum.appstate.edu/christma s2002/pages/dulcimer.shtmlhttp://www.museum.appstate.edu/christma s2002/pages/dulcimer.shtml

12. References http://www.jonimitchell.com/jonihome.html www.bearmeadow.com