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@@zacharylindahl from the DnD movie? It’s a pretty easy tune and is easy to play on dulcimer. I’d be happy to explain how to convert the music into tabs if you’d like. Do you have any experience reading sheet music?

@@wildsparrowstrings that'd be awesome! I don't have any experience with sheet music, just tabs. The dulcimer is my first instrument so your shorts are mostly what I have experience with

@@zacharylindahl okay gotcha. I’ve got a little time today so let’s see if I can explain this. This is a link to the melody that I found after a Google search: musescore.com/user/40010044/scores/11294197 Here’s a quick and dirty run down for how to write tabs for the notes… Every line and space that a note can occupy is a different note. You can directly relate the notes to the frets for the double string/melody string of a dulcimer. This song starts on the bottom line of the musical staff, that will be fret 2 for the tab*. The second note is on the second line from the bottom, that’s two notes higher, that’ll be fret 4 (the space between those lines would be fret 3). The third note of the song is on the space just above the previous note so the tab goes up one position so the third note is fret 5. The fourth note moves back down to the line below the previous/the same as the second note so that would be fret 4 again. To break it down, each successive space or line moving up or down directly relates to the tabs moving up or down frets to write out the tabs. To get you started the first 4 measures (notes between the vertical bars) should be as follows: 2454 | 2454 | 24444 | 32120 Let me know if you have questions or want to send something to check. You can play these tabs in the traditional style, strumming all the strings while changing the tabs on the double string/melody string. *tablature depends on the key of the music

@@wildsparrowstrings thanks I appreciate the explanation! Going to try this out

It’s a fretless lute dulcimer of my own creation. Check my site for more details www.wildsparrowstrings.com

Absolutely, I make them. They’re Wild Sparrow Strings instruments. My website is www.wildsparrowstrings.com

I would be happy to look into shipping if you’re interested in it. Feel free to email me at wildsparrowstrings@gmail.com if you’d like to discuss.

Yes, I build all my lute dulcimers and lyres

@@wildsparrowstrings you must be a very skilled luthier.

Nah, I’m not a fan of that name

@@wildsparrowstrings everyone has an opinion, yours I respect.

Thank you, I appreciate it!

Hum, perhaps, I personally haven't heard it called this before but it all depends on what someone decides to call their instruments. Although there is a variation of a lap style dulcimer with a banjo head where the bridge is that is called a "banjo dulcimer" or by some a "dulci-banjo". So the term might also be a little ambiguous if used for both instruments. However, if a lute variety dulcimer was made with a banjo body/hide like top I could see the name "banjo dulcimer" being very applicable. I feel like having an instrument's top being made of a material used on banjo or a banjo like stringing would more warrant the classification as a banjo hybrid.

Yes, in some cultures

Their dulcimers are oriented in the same configuration so the double string will represent the top line of tablature I write. However, in traditional mountain dulcimer tablature it will be the bottom line. Mountain/lap dulcimer tablature is written in reverse of guitar and lute dulcimer tablature. If you're unsure then I would ask which line, top or bottom, has more tablature notation in it? This is usually going to be your double/melody strings.

@@wildsparrowstrings You rock! Thank you!

Thanks. I believe I just responded to your other comment about this on my other video but if you don’t see it let me know. WildSparrowStrings.com

The one in this video is a hodgepodge. The shirt and cloak were gifted (probably bought affordably offline), pants are actually thrift store capris, and the hat was from a trade with the hat maker FeltYourself (on Insta/FaceBook).

You can contact me via my email at wildsparrowstrings@gmail.com and we can discuss a build. I make them by hand. You can also check my website first to see what I’ve got for sell currently and/or look through my archive for build ideas. Thanks for asking ✌🏻

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Yes, wonderful observation! You are correct, those are typos. It should be 3/1 for both of those. I haven't had time to go back and make edits to this video. Hopefully, for now, this comment and response can assist any others who might be confused as well. Glad you enjoy the tutorials. Happy playing!

Ah! Thanks for the reply, that explains a lot hahaha. Glad I could help ^^

nice tunes , Could I play them better , If Iwas wearing a kilt ,?

Heck yeah, absolutely roll a bard

Heck yeah, absolutely roll a bard

Right now I have a tutorial for Ragnar the Red but their might be more Elder Scrolls songs coming down the pipe eventually

If you're talking about a lap dulcimer then yes. You'll want a lap dulcimer capo to make the tablature work though unless yours has a 1+ fret which you can sub for the 2's

@wildsparrowstrings this is wonderful news, thank you thank you! I wonderful friend is giving me a mountain dulcimer and I want to play zelda songs so bad. If you make any tutorials for it I'll be watching:]

Humm, well I don’t have any experience with the krar (though I’d love to play one). What notes would it need to be tuned to to match a krar?

i believe its a penatonic type scale its tuned too ,@@wildsparrowstrings

@@missbritt288 I don't think tuning it to different scales from this video would pose an issue ruclips.net/video/aJuXVEIkWNM/видео.html&ab_channel=temesgen.com