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The Right Hand Fingerstyle Technique of David Massengill

by Steve Eulberg At the Gebhard Woods Festival I was given a tutorial by David Massengill about his right hand finger-style technique for playing mountain dulcimer.  Take a look!

There are many different styles of playing our beloved instruments and being able to witness the variety always inspires my creativity! 

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David Massengill and Reverse Ionian Tuning

by Steve Eulberg On the road as part of my country-crossing-summer-tour, I got to visit with David Massengill at the Gebhard Woods Festival in Morris, Illinois in June. David has a long history with the mountain dulcimer and developed some playing styles that pre-date the 6-1/2 fret, DAd world that has been more common since the instrument was brought in from the "free-range."   Here he demonstrates the beautiful of what he calls "Reverse Ionian Tuning".   5 - 1 - 5 are the relationships between…

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