Stick Dulcimer in Gdg tuning (part 2) comparing G and D models

Alternative plans now available for this tuning.
www.michaeljking.com/plans.htm
My 2012 Stick Dulcimer comes with pearl or abalone position markers, zero fret and a handmade hard case as standard, I will only be making a small number as always.
Over the next couple of Videos I will play some examples

plansd available for the updated 2021 version here: https://payhip.com/lyreshop

Stick Dulcimer in Gdg tuning (part one)

Alternative plans now available for this tuning.
www.michaeljking.com/plans.htm
My 2012 Stick Dulcimer comes with pearl or abalone position markers, zero fret and a handmade hard case as standard, I will only be making a small number as always.
Over the next couple of Videos I will explore this tuning and give you a chance to compare it to the "Dad" tuned older brother. In this first part I play an improvised piece and then demonstrate the sound with different plectrums.
I still have a few spaces this year to make one for commission,  or for those interested in making one I will be making the plans available for sale  for £5.00 here:

Gdg Stick Dulcimer plans

My Youtube videos showcasing this shorter scaled Gdg Stick Dulcimer will be out this week, but for those interested in making one I will be making the plans available for sale  for £5.00 here:

Gdg tuned Stick Dulcimer coming soon

The earliest instruments I made of this type were back in 1999 and were very short scaled for my kids to play. When I started making these for musicians I increased the scale length to guitar lengths but kept the same tuning. Around 2006 I changed to the Mountain Dulcimer pitch of Dad for comparability with that instruments and the tabs available. My current offering this year has the original tuning but with a more ideal scale length, this will make playing tunes even easier and it has the benefit of 12 years plus of making them.

Welsh Crwth January 2012

First Welsh Crwth this year,  a natural finished model with modern strings and fine tuners.


Here is a short sound example(from mobile device)

Tailpieces for Stick Dulcimer available

Tailpieces in stock



The tailpieces are available from my website, You can of course make your own which I encourage and the original design is on my plans, still,  it is sometimes good to have one to know how to make them!

see my website for details

http;//www.michaeljking.com

Stick Dulcimer making DVD serialised

; video series2 hour version!
I have now serialised the whole of the Stick Dulcimer DVD-ROM on my Blog, please subscribe to be updated and notified when new posts are released. The blog has all the notes about the videos in an accessible chronological format and can be searched as well. The plans are still available as a download as is the DVD complete version and I still have some spare brass tailpieces available.

The full series of 28 episodes(over 5 hours of video) is still available to view on youtube, this edited version was previously only on the DVD gives an overview to the process.( thanks to my Son Stephen for sorting through the 5 hours of video to edit this down!)

Plans are available to purchase and download here: (direct link!)

https://payhip.com/lyreshop

download includes videos of the series including the plans can be ordered for reference

http://michaeljking.com/stick_dulcimers.htm

PDF playing guide:

http://www.michaeljking.com/stick_dulcimer_playing.htm

New Stick Dulcimer Forum!!

http://mountaindulcimer.ning.com/group/stickdulcimersstrumsticks

I still make a small number of these instruments for sale each year, please message me for details or go to my website!h