Slow time is one of the reasons I spin up these videos and listen. You’re the soundtrack to my morning coffee… and the soundtrack to my new porch build project. Any time I need an extremely zen dose of ultra-relaxed overthinking I know just where to go. Thank you for being here. 😎
How did I never try this tuning?! Thank you so much for this lovely diary video. Love watching and listening to your explorations. Slow dulcimer. Yes!!
Sounds so sweet! All of my dulcimers are DAD, so I borrowed one set up for DAA, to learn what I can do with that tuning. So thank you for this very helpful video! Now I can get started.
Thanks for slow time with Steve. I started to play the dulcimer 3 years ago at age 60. I don't think God will allow me the time to learn to play close to that. But who knows? Love the video
That’s a little bit like asking if a book is better than a PDF. The two things are different and sometimes they can work together. I like how tuning forks require no batteries. I like how they keep my ear in shape. there’s a time and a place for all the different options. Just because you go with one as your default doesn’t mean you can’t get better at learning the others. And like I said, they can all work together nicely.
@@stephenseifert Rick Beato (Guitar teacher on RUclips) did a show about how our ears fall 1/2 step flat sometime after 50 years old. I have always been a fan of tuning forks for the reasons you mentioned. It keeps your ears in tune. In fact, you can tune much faster if you get your ears trained to use the beat frequency. Dial in that first string then bing bing bing all the other strings are 3-5 seconds away by ear, and you can focus solely on the sound. It’s also a great interval exercise. I don’t even hold any fretted notes when tuning with a fork. Just pluck each string and listen for the interval. It’s incredibly fast and satisfying.
Slow time is one of the reasons I spin up these videos and listen. You’re the soundtrack to my morning coffee… and the soundtrack to my new porch build project.
Any time I need an extremely zen dose of ultra-relaxed overthinking I know just where to go.
Thank you for being here. 😎
How did I never try this tuning?! Thank you so much for this lovely diary video. Love watching and listening to your explorations. Slow dulcimer. Yes!!
Sounds so sweet! All of my dulcimers are DAD, so I borrowed one set up for DAA, to learn what I can do with that tuning. So thank you for this very helpful video! Now I can get started.
Thanks for slow time with Steve. I started to play the dulcimer 3 years ago at age 60. I don't think God will allow me the time to learn to play close to that. But who knows? Love the video
I love slow time! 😂 I find it peaceful.
Hi Stephen. Is a tuning fork better than an electronic tuner?
That’s a little bit like asking if a book is better than a PDF. The two things are different and sometimes they can work together. I like how tuning forks require no batteries. I like how they keep my ear in shape. there’s a time and a place for all the different options. Just because you go with one as your default doesn’t mean you can’t get better at learning the others. And like I said, they can all work together nicely.
@@stephenseifert
Rick Beato (Guitar teacher on RUclips) did a show about how our ears fall 1/2 step flat sometime after 50 years old.
I have always been a fan of tuning forks for the reasons you mentioned. It keeps your ears in tune. In fact, you can tune much faster if you get your ears trained to use the beat frequency. Dial in that first string then bing bing bing all the other strings are 3-5 seconds away by ear, and you can focus solely on the sound.
It’s also a great interval exercise. I don’t even hold any fretted notes when tuning with a fork. Just pluck each string and listen for the interval.
It’s incredibly fast and satisfying.