noter style

Sep 22, 2019 10:03am

By Steve Eulberg

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Expanding Noter Style

Linda Ratcliff & Steve Eulberg

If you want to play your Appalachian mountain dulcimer in the old traditional style, you will use a noter on the melody string(s), leaving the other 2 strings open to create a drone sound. We have developed several lessons that use a "noter," so we decided to add a new separate category for these at Dulcimer Crossing: Traditional Noter Style.

If you have never used a noter, you should start with our introduction to the Traditional Noter Style here. …

Kitty Puss at the Ozark Folk Center

While teaching at the Mountain Dulcimer Week at the Ozark Folk Center in the summer of 2009, Steve Eulberg performed this tune, Kitty Puss, which he learned from Don Pedi, in the midday concert. He is playing noter style on his Mike Clemmer dulcimer (with a doubled bass string). Video by Barry Bianchi.

This tune is an example of a traditional tune played on mountain dulcimer in the old-time style.

Check out our Traditional Noter Series on dulcimercrossing.com to learn tips on playin…

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Expanding Noter Style

Kitty Puss at the Ozark Folk Center

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