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April 2007 · Bimonthly
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| Nonesuch for Four (or more) Hammered Dulcimers | A Dulcimer Camp through the Eyes of a Guitar Player | Luthier Profile: Dwain Wilder, Bear Meadow Dulcimers Print this Article (PDF) Email Article to a Friend 
Nonesuchfor Four (or more) Hammered Dulcimersby Sam Rizzetta Although this is a collection of original music, I have included quartet arrangements that include this hypnotic melody. "Nonesuch" is a medieval dance tune that was a popular dulcimer quartet for the early Trapezoid stringband. If you have five players or more, get someone to play the drone part. This can sound like a tom-tom with the emphasis on the first beat of the measure. I recorded this as a dulcimer quartet on the reissue CD Trapezoid. Another version is on the LP and cassette Trapezoid, Tree Forks of Cheat, Rounder Records, which may be out of print. For more music and information on Sam Rizzetta and the dulcimers he builds, visit his Luthier Profile in the October 2003 issue of DulcimerSessions! http://dulcimersessions.com/oct03/sam.html 
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