Thoughts of Note

       Welcome to this collection of playing ideas to ponder, written for anyone who plays music. In addition to Today's Thought, you can peruse the Glossary for terminology, much of it related to hammered dulcimer and autoharp, as you need it.
        The most popular Thought connected to this page describes preparation tips for competition, which you can go to by clicking here. To reread past Thoughts, click here.
        To see another thought of note posted on Alice Parker's (my choral-music mentor's) web site, click here. Once there, scroll down to her editorial titled "Listening Differently." (If my scroll bar is any indication, you'll find this article a little more than halfway down the page.)
        My own thoughts have expanded into why dulcimer and autoharp players hurt, and you'll find a page elsewhere on this site devoted to eradicating stress, discomfort or downright pain. Click here to go to that page.
       And for diatonic autoharpists: In August, 2002, I began a column for Autoharp Quarterly called "The Diatonic Corner." Four times a year, diatonic AQ subscribers get a mini-lesson devoted to relevant "pumping felt" and chording strategies in tunes I collect from all over. (Readers are welcome to for "dissection" and discussion as well.) To see what's what, subscribe to Autoharp Quarterly to see the articles and more!

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Published	Article Title	Tune	♫ Listen! ♫
May 2009	My First Tune	Petronella Note: The tune's notation is distorted in this issue. Click here to view and print page 2 of the this column..	click here
August 2009	Gentle Annie	Gentle Annie (Stephen Foster)	click here
November 2009	A Guitar Gift for US	Planxty McMillen (Dana Swift)	click here for E major click here for G major

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