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       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 at 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 find from all over.  (Readers are welcome to  for "dissection" and discussion as well.)  Since the first installment, the articles list has grown to include a variety of topics.  And growth continues!  To see what's what, subscribe to Autoharp Quarterly to see the articles and more!

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The MIDI files in the last column below comprise only those columns published in the last 5 issues Autoharp Quarterly.  (If you missed one from an earlier column and would like to hear the MIDI file, .) All files are the melodies only, generated in music software.  ( if the audio files--and the column, for that matter--are helpful, too; your feedback helps me to help you.)  To stay current with what's coming up next, subscribe to AQ today!
Published Article Title Tune Listen!
May 2007 Hello to a Farewell Farewell to Whisky one tempo
August 2007 Dancing Fingers and More Fairy Dance slow     at tempo
November 2007 Going to Latvia Tumsa Natke one tempo
February 2008 A Chestnut for a Winter Night Batchelder's Reel slow     at tempo
May 2008 A Tune from Down Under The Black Cat Piddled in the White Cat's Eye slow     at tempo

 

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